“Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not to their own facts.”
Former New York senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who, thankfully, was spared the advent of the Tea Party.
Perhaps we can glean some agreement from this week’s Time magazine, which, in quoting Moynihan, says “…it is clear that Moynihan’s adage is no longer true.”
“The Tea Party movement has proved not only that people can have their own facts but also that they can use them to vast tactical advantage, crashing through the taboos of political convention and changing the game along the way. It has also proved that in a democracy, a minority can rule quite effectively, thank you.” (Michael Crowley, Time, August 15, 2011)