Ayn Rand: Why is she so popular?

[Ian Livingston]

I first about 'em on NPR. They were branding themselves at the time as
independent. The reporter had called their new office and the person who
answered the phone said, "Republican Party Headquarters. How can I help
you?"

On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 5:40 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Tea Party is a Fox "News" and Kotch bros invention, just a rebranding
> of the most ignorant Republicans, AKA their "base."
>
>
> On Friday, August 17, 2012, alice wellintown wrote:
>
>> > Why? Could the fact that she sought to dress the craving for power in
>> the
>> > drag of negative liberty have anything to do with the special affection
>> Tea
>> > Party Republicans have for her?
>>
>> I think the Tea Party is a babyboomer conspiracy; the goal is to stay
>> forever young.  And so Rand can appeal to bommers across the political
>> spectrum and she does. Yes, it is about getting power without
>> maturity, without ANYONE TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO. what a bunch of
>> teenagers. Rand, of course, is a favorite of teens for the same
>> reaosn. Collectiveism is so not me; I am so not, whatever, O-kay?
>>
>


-- 
"Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all creeds
the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust in
reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness
groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates than the simplest
urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant
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