Dean Obeidallah says 2013 taught us a lot of things we 'd rather forget . The first is that the Tea Party was not just about fiscal conservatism, it was also about social conservatism. We are the most self-centered generation ever , he says . Obeidallah : But Sarah Palin criticized the Pontiff for being `` kind of liberal '' ( which she views as a really bad thing ) though she did n't specify the offending words and later apologized . A crack-smoking mayor can have a higher approval rating than the President of the U.S .
Dean Obeidallah says 2013 taught us a lot of things we 'd rather forget . The first is that the Tea Party was not just about fiscal conservatism, it was also about social conservatism. We are the most self-centered generation ever , he says . Obeidallah : A crack-smoking mayor can have a higher approval rating than the President of the U.S .