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Martin luther king jr. said it was piecemeal. he said the great society has been broken and eviscerated and turned into an idle play thing by a society gone mad on war. i think we continue to see these problems today. we are treating the symptoms, but we continue to sharpen the knife. i see the knife the same as dr. martin luther king did. i also see wall street as one of those knives. it made 10 million people displaced in the wake of the foreclosure crisis. >> tim, can you document that aspect of it? can we measure how much that dynamic from the left helped? >> look, first of all, the war on...

>> if not meeting the demands, certainly listening closely. these days tea party activists seem to be the apple of the republican party's eye. tea party activists, they're independent, outspoken, and suspicious of everyone in power. >> i caution against allowing this movement to be defined by any one leader or politician. the tea party movement is not a top-down operation. >> reporter: the message, the republican party shouldn't take them for granted. now it's not. party chair michael steele just held three hours of q&a with tea party leaders. how did that go? >> unfortunately, in my opinion, ...

I want to see some way there isn't something left of charm and grace. do you know what i'm talking about? >> no. i only know that i love you. >> that's your misfortune. >> ret, if you go, what shall i do? >> frankly, my dear, i don't give a damn. >> i'm glad it's gone with the wind. >> bill: once again, it's a tragedy. sarah palin was the keynote speaker at the tea party convention in nashville. >> the tea party movement is not a top-down operation. it's a ground-up, call to action, that is forcing both parties to change the way that they are doing business. and that's beautiful. [cheers] >> b...

I want to see some way there isn't something left of charm and grace. do you know what i'm talking about? >> no. i only know that i love you. >> that's your misfortune. >> ret, if you go, what shall i do? >> frankly, my dear, i don't give a damn. >> i'm glad it's gone with the wind. >> bill: once again, it's a tragedy. sarah palin was the keynote speaker at the tea party convention in nashville. >> the tea party movement is not a top-down operation. it's a ground-up, call to action, that is forcing both parties to change the way that they are doing business. and that's beautiful. [cheers] >> b...

I want to see some way there isn't something left of charm and grace. do you know what i'm talking about? >> no. i only know that i love you. >> that's your misfortune. >> ret, if you go, what shall i do? >> frankly, my dear, i don't give a damn. >> i'm glad it's gone with the wind. >> bill: once again, it's a tragedy. sarah palin was the keynote speaker at the tea party convention in nashville. >> the tea party movement is not a top-down operation. it's a ground-up, call to action, that is forcing both parties to change the way that they are doing business. and that's beautiful. [cheers] >> b...