There’s no way in hell that 10% are loons. What O’Reilly said was “Some of these tea partiers are nuts. They’re crazy. 10% are just loons, out of their minds”. It’s simply not true, and 10% is not a small number when you’re referring to large crowds. I ask you again, what have they done that makes you agree with that number? Any chance of a straight answer from you? What have they done?
I think the ten percent number is pretty accurate. You disagree? Fine. We disagree. From what I’ve seen, half of the ten percent are ‘birther idiots’. Then you have the other conspiracy types, everything from 9/11 ‘truthers’ to the ‘moon landings were faked’ to the laughable ‘bilderbergers’ floating around in the crowds.
I’m not saying the Tea Party movement is made up exclusively of kooks, far far from it. But I am saying, yep, about ten percent are nuttier than your average fruitcake.
Same can be said, confidently, about ANY gathering numbering in large numbers, btw.
And yes, 10% of 100% is a SMALL NUMBER statistically. To say otherwise is just silly...or should I say ‘foolish’?