Reason’s Michael Munger compares today’s Tea Party movement with the Republican voter revolt of 1964:

It will soon become clear that the anger behind the Tea Parties was the first sign of something bigger, something much deeper. But of what exactly? My tea leaves reveal two possible futures.  First, this new celebration of conservative values may well be focused and directed by the Republican Party, reprising the electoral destruction of the Democrats in the 1994 midterms.

But the second possibility is that it will be the Republican Party, not the Democrats, that is torn apart trying to deal with its own internal contradictions. That’s what happened in the disastrous but portentous 1964 election: The GOP stood up for principle in its platform, and fell down at the ballot box. . . .

From a Republican perspective, and taking the long view, there’s this to be said: In 1964 a sharp turn towards principle led the Republicans to wander for four years in the electoral desert. But 1964 also laid the foundation for the majorities that put Republicans in the White House, starting in 1968, for all but 12 of the next 40 years. So enjoy your tea, unsweetened.

A vote against a RINO is not a wasted vote if enough of us stand together. Not a penny to the GOP, which supports any incumbent no matter what their principles as long as they have an “R” behind their name. I’m on a life-long RINO hunt. Because I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it any more.

Stand together and vote for economic freedom and small government.

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