At last week's Congressional debate with New York Congressman John Hall, Nan Hayworth refused to denounce the actions of an exteme Tea Party organization, the Tri-State Sons of Liberty, which notoriously brands Democrats as "socialists" and "communists" and brazenly flies the Confederate Flag at their rallies. It made for some awkward moments for Hayworth, who wanted to appear as a mainstream candidate, while not denying her radical supporters. Awkward, indeed.
Hayorth's no fool, she knows that in order to win this election, she needs to convince the Tea Party crowd that she's one of them while also working as a double agent for one of their objects of ire, the pro-TARP, pro-outsourcing Wall Street interests that nearly destroyed the global economy only a few short years back.
Hayworth, we find, is now fine-tuning her message depending on her audience. Like her friend Glenn Beck, her eyes well up when talking in platitudes about "our freedoms" and "patriotism" to Tea Partiers. But when Hayworth talks about lowering oppressive taxes, she is really speaking about programs that will reduce taxes for the richest Americans while raising taxes for the middle class.
