THE EARMARK

They said it couldn’t be done.  “They” were either wrong or didn’t know there was an election last week.

Dean Murray, an organizer for the Tea Party movement and winner of a special election, takes office today in New York’s state assembly.

Now some of you hear “tea party” and think of a bunch of fringe activists hyperventilating into bullhorns on state house lawns, pausing only to force their elected leaders to recite the pledge of allegiance. But starting today, the movement’s members can finally shed that image and let us see them for what they really are:

Republicans.

Today is also a big day for the New York legislature, which is excited about any news that doesn’t involve domestic violence by its members.  And who could forget Murray himself– soon about to experience life on the other side of an unruly mob.

But most importantly, this inauguration cracks the door to every fringe movement that wants a voice in government.  With the Tea Party now ensconced in New York’s 3rd district, who on Earth could deny power to…

• Incompetent corporate executives?
• Plumbers making over $250,000 a year?
• Robots?
• The legally insane?

We say bring them all on board.  It doesn’t matter who they are or how little they know about government.  In fact, the less experience the better!  It’s well worth it to watch novice after novice leapfrog Alan Keyes in the quest to actually win an election.