DICK ARMEY, ANOTHER CASE STUDY OF CONSERVATIVE MEDIOCRITY

In an interesting article in the New Yorker about the Tea Party movement, Ben McGrath shows us that Armey is losing it. First, he doesn't seem to have a clue about Glenn Beck:

He took off his Stetson and said that he’d only just learned about the existence of the Tea Party Patriots and “a group that call themselves the 9.12 Project, and I’m not quite sure where they come from.”

“It’s Glenn Beck,” his press aide interjected.

“I don’t know Glenn Beck,” Armey said. “I think I was on his show one time. Was I?”

And then he doesn't know when Move On began and why:

“Where did MoveOn.org come from?” Armey asked, citing the grassroots liberal group that was until recently the envy of all its conservative counterparts, and then answered his own question, incorrectly: “From George Bush.” In fact, as Armey’s aide was quick to point out, MoveOn originated in the Clinton impeachment proceedings...