[2ndDivisionVet]

The foreign press, with a few exceptions (mainly British and Canadian) do not get the Tea Parties or Governor Sarah Palin, it seems. I don't know Ms. Romulo's politics, but she sounds like one of our Beltway elites.

[Retired COB]

a spot once held by arch-conservative Newt Gingrich.

Are there two Newts???? The one I'm familiar with is barely conservative, let alone arch-conservative. Actually, you might even call him a RINO after his New York fiasco.

[SuziQ]

"Pretty, but relatively inarticulate, and apparently unaware of national or international politics and diplomacy,"

Riiiight. Sarah Palin is so inarticulate she could NEVER possibly give a speech without having to use teleprompters. And she is so stupid and provincial, that no one could EVER imagine her actually discussing foreign trade, or the politics of energy supplies, with representatives of other nations. And forget about the possibility of her shepherding the negotiations for the construction of a natural gas pipeline that has been stalled for years, because smarter, more articulate politicians had been in charge of the discussions! /s

[I still care]

“They think the government has undermined the Constitution, and they want to do away with the Federal Reserve, Federal Income Tax, Social Security, and Medicare. They want smaller government, less government spending, and are against national healthcare.”

They forgot the NEA and the Dept of Education.

[bagman]

I’d like to know who many Tea Partiers have lost a job or a house recently. Not many, I bet. Sounds like someone is trying the old “shoehorn them into the old angry, disillusioned slot so that we can dismiss them” argument.

These people just don’t get it. It is precisely that dismissive attitude which has caused the Tea Partiers to coalesce.

[rae4palin]

Their conspiracy theories include one that the president is deliberately undermining the Constitution

Not a theory.

[Jim Scott]

This is a typical foreign journalists take on the Tea Party and Sarah Palin. It adopts the left-wing media’s meme of mis-characterization followed by tacit disapproval of the Tea Party and Palin. It also makes the mistaken assumption that we care what they think about either one.

[Logic n' Reason]

Did someone mention our Ms. Sarah Palin???

Remember: The rules....

[BRK]

I don't know Ms. Romulo's politics, but she sounds like one of our Beltway elites.

OMG, don't get me started on Philippines politics! But others here are right to point out that most of the foreign press gets their opinions from the International Herald Tribune, New York Times and CNN. But let me tell you one thing, Fox News is HUGE in the Philippines.

[Oztrich Boy]

Pretty, but relatively inarticulate, and apparently unaware of national or international politics and diplomacy

He won. Learn to live with it.

[GretchenB]

It does not do her any good to endorse a RINO - granted, she owes him, but isn’t that what makes politicians suck!