tea party youth

Courtesy of the great Instapundit, Glenn Reynolds, and PJTV comes this lovely interview with the face of the next generation of conservatives, Lyda Loudon, who’s all of fourteen years old.  The interview was conducted during the recent National Tea Party Convention in Nashville as part of the new Tea Party TV.

And don’t miss Glenn’s latest Insta-column about the Tea Parties in today’s Wall Street Journal.  Be sure to read the whole thing:

Tea partiers are still angry at federal deficits, at Washington’s habit of rewarding failure with handouts and punishing success with taxes and regulation, and the general incompetence that has marked the first year of the Obama presidency. But they’re no longer depressed.

Instead, they seem energized. And surprisingly media savvy. William Temple donned colonial dress knowing that it would be an irresistible lure to TV cameras. When the cameras trained on him, he regaled interviewers with well-informed discussion of constitutional history. Other attendees were hawking DVDs, books, and Web sites promoting tea-party ideals, while discussing the use of tools like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for political organizing.

If 2009 was the year of taking it to the streets, 2010 is the year of taking it to the polls. With ordinary Americans setting out to reclaim the political process, it’s likely to be a bumpy ride for incumbents of both parties. I suspect the Founding Fathers would approve.

Meanwhile, you can watch Lyda sing the national anthem here:


Maybe there’s hope for America yet.  What do you think?