Ruben Navarrette: Tea Now Spills On the Gop

San Gabriel Valley Tribune › February 23, 2011

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A political party is only as good as the principles it espouses. And if it doesn't live up to those ideals, it's no good at all.

So, who's afraid of a little friendly competition? It turns out some Republicans are. Fifty years ago, Democrat John Kennedy implored Americans: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." Today, the Republican message is more like: "Do as we say, not as we do."

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Ruben Navarrette: Tea Now Spills On the Gop

In one of the sideshows of the State of the Union address, some GOP aides on Capitol Hill grumbled to reporters about CNN's decision to air a response by Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., a darling of the tea ...

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