The Democrats and their activist old media are running in circles and working themselves into pretzels trying to define the “Tea Party” movement. It can be quite entertaining to watch. They really have no idea what is happening right in front of their eyes. The media would have an easier time reading Mandarin Chinese than they would deciphering the signs at a Tea Party rally.
You could argue that they don’t want to understand what they are seeing because that means they would have to admit that Democrats have lost the beloved grass roots that they claim to have had forever, and I would not disagree. But, for the moment, let’s just say that they are really trying hard to figure this out and it’s just not sinking in to their brilliant Ivy League minds.
Let’s give them a little hint:
Sunday on Meet the Press, Dee Dee Myers, the former Clinton press secretary, took a stab at defining the Tea Party movement. “I’m not sure exactly where this is going….is it a third party, is it part of the Republican Party?”
On ABC’s This Week, Al Hunt of Bloomberg News said, “I’m not sure exactly what the Tea Party movement is, I’m not sure the people who respond to the polls know what it is, and it remains to be seen whether it is an asset to the Republican Party.”
Saturday on CNN, Don Lemon had political consultant David Gergen on and they wrestled over whether the movement was racist because they only saw one black person in the crowd at the Sarah Palin speech before the Tea Party Convention. They should’ve invited Kenneth Gladney on the show and asked him. Gladney was the man who was smacked around by SEIU thugs at a Tea Party rally in St. Louis. The activist old media doesn’t know Gladney’s story because he’s a conservative minority Tea Party participant and they don’t want that story. I met Gladney at a Tea Party rally in Las Vegas and found him to be a fine man with a fascinating story. I bought a couple flags from him that I proudly hang in my office. The activist old media might want to ask him what this movement is about – warning – be prepared, he will give you the right answer, but it will not be the answer you want to hear. I know, I asked him.
With that, let me tell you what the Tea Party movement wants. I will make it simple and straightforward and easy for all to understand — I will put it in all CAPS and type slowly:
THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT WANTS AMERICA TO RETURN TO CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES.
There it is. I said it, one simple sentence.
The Democrats and its activist old media want to find “leaders” for the Tea Party movement. They feel that the only worthwhile political movement must have direction from a man (or woman—but mainly men). They saw the movements led by Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini and feel that there must be a dynamic personality for people to follow in order for it to be significant. That same game plan was followed in the 2008 presidential election: find a dynamic leader who fits with the values of larger, more intrusive government, and follow him.
They also want a “leader” of the Tea Party movement so that they can destroy that person. This is from the play book of Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals:
RULE 13: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.
By this I mean that in a complex, interrelated, urban society, it becomes increasingly difficult to single out who is to blame for any particular evil… Obviously, there is no point to tactics unless one has a target upon which to center the attacks.
Once they have a fallible human target they can destroy that person, and thus destroy the movement. That’s the game plan. They will not come out and say they want the destruction of the U.S. Constitution, so it’s very important for the media, Democrats and the American left to get a name and face attached to the Tea Party movement.
Sarah Palin understands this perfectly when she spoke at the Tea Party Convention over the weekend and said that “this is about the people,” and it’s “bigger than any king or queen of the Tea Party movement.” This movement needs no leader. With the Constitution as its guide, it is doing just fine, thank you.
While the media tries to marginalize the movement and make it seem insignificant, racist, divisive, angry, trivial, and mean—-the Tea Party movement rolls on. Democrats will twist and turn on a roller-coaster ride of definitions before they ever find the answer. If they really want the answer, I’ll give it to them again in case I wasn’t clear:
THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT WANTS AMERICA TO RETURN TO CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES.
Don’t we all want that? Shouldn’t we all want that? Occasionally you will hear Democrats talk about their love for the Constitution, but were that the case, they would join hands with the patriots of the Tea Party movement and demand that we begin the long road back to our founding documents. For the last 100 years we have made a strong left turn from those documents, and it’s time to correct it.
Those at the Tea Party rallies may not all be Ivy League grads, or brilliant enough to be on those dazzling, luminous, Sunday talk shows, but they are smart enough to know which political party represents a return to the Constitution right now. It’s that party they will support in 2010. It’s that party they supported in elections in Massachusetts, Virginia and New Jersey. If Democrats and their complicit old-media cronies are not smart enough to figure out which party that is, then they’ll sit there at the round table on the Sunday shows this November and wonder what hit them and again, not get it right.
You’ve got to think that if they had Sunday shows in 1773, the British would’ve done the same thing.
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Yes for that is the one thing that all Americans have in common, The Constitution!
You know…I really don't want them to get a clue, either…
There are times its better to cut loose the boat anchors and float down the river…
This is that time…
You must have read my posts on the 912communique website Mr Futrell, I've been saying that for months!
Great minds think alike…
Nice concise description.
Now the attack will be: bumpersticker politics.
Mr. Futrell, this is right up the ally and over the wall.
Than you.
The greatest danger to the movement is to embrace a party outright.
Both the Republicans and Democrats told us wonderful stories while destroying the economy and our liberties.
I'd like to believe your assertion, but far too many Tea Party folks that I encounter fail to question the government's flawed foreign policy–a foreign policy which runs completely counter to the beliefs of the founders.
A government big enough to police the entire earth will inevitably turn its eyes inward toward policing the lives of the citizens. If we have an unfortunate tendency to want our government to exercise control over the rest of the world, our government will likewise have a tendency to want to exercise control over us. Not recognizing that simple fact will ensure that we are stuck with a bloated, intrusive, bureaucratic government for a very long time. At this point, bankruptcy may be the only thing capable of stopping the beast.
Where's Ron Paul?
He's been all about these principles for years now.
And he has a brain.
I'd love to vote for Paul but he's not presidential material.
I just hope that the elitists in the republican party understand and start being the conservatives they claim to be so we don't keep going back and forth with each election cycle
Excellent points. We already see the lengths they go to in order to "look out for our better interests".
The Constitution. Absolutely! But republicans! Not necessarily. Both parties are calcified and corrupt, greedy and bloated. Bush was NO fiscal conservative. Our govt is TOO BiIG and must be reined in.
But Huckabee is?
I never use stupid internet-speak because I despise it, but LOL.
If you want to know who the Tea Party is…just take a look at the polls…and see what has happened to the independents.
These are GDI's…and, for once…they are standing up to be counted.
Both parties would do well to take a closer look at those polls. The momentum has shifted, because leftist Democrats misread a "mandate" that was not there. Ever.
They "saw" what they wished was there, what they wanted to see.
Certainly not a mistake worth repeating by anyone else.
I heard some anti-Constitutional – even Anti-American – ideas parading under the Constitutional rhetoric.
Why not just admit that big money screwed us all over and stop scapegoating?
There are many fine people in the TPM that are rightfully outraged at what our government has become they are ultimately unwilling to do what is necessary to change it. In the short term they may accomplish slowing the size of government and spending (not with help from the GOP though) but it will not be shrunk. There are too many believers in too many unconstitutional entities.
Also, GB8898 is correct. This fervent adherence to a failed foreign policy will only serve to further destroy this Republic.
PS, Huckabee is a statist tool.
In my business I talk to many people everyday and I have learned one thing, Some people just don't get it, and they never will.
Who said anything about Huckabee? The Hackster is all about social justice wrapped up as Christian duty whereas Obama is all about social justice wrapped up in Marx. Two different justifications for the same big government outcome.
In order to keep the Tea Party movement going forward, we need to agree to a simple set of principles and leave the rest aside. Limited government, low taxation, fiscal responsibility and Constitutional principles should all be on the list. As much as I have my social beliefs, they shouldn't play a role because they are too contentious. That doesn't mean I should give up on my social beliefs; it does mean that I recognize that a return to the basic principles above give me the best chance of effecting change more in keeping with my social beliefs. Social battles are homefront battles. They shouldn't be national battles, and with a limited government, Constitutional federal government, most of them will be relegated to the state and local level where individual groups can vote unlike now.
People better wise up, I would bet most of you are not even aware your tax dollars are being used to
destroy the tea party movement before elections later this year, read about it
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/09/anti-t...
Ocorpseman & Co. "What is this Constit…er, how do you say it? Er, Constituion you people speak of?"
"Is that the new entree' at 'Le Faux's'?"
If we're going to uphold the Constitution and use the Founding Fathers as role models, we would do well to remember that they belonged to a philosophical movement called "The Enlightenment."
We need far better leaders than someone who believes that dinosaurs and men walked side-by-side 6000 years ago.
I agree. Too many people on the Right want to address everything at the federal level when that should be the absolute last thing we should want. We've gotten in this mess specifically by acting as a "nation" instead of as a collection of individual states. Almost every problem that confronts us can and should be addressed at the state and local levels, exactly as the founders intended.
that's for sure…I'm at a major Texas (not U.T.) university and of course the party line is "liberalism is good – socialism works – we just need to 'do it better'".
Bleeetch….
Thank you, big journalism. I hope that this article is your response to the stupid birther article. We want the CONSTITUTION to be followed. And please let's not get hung up over Huckabee. I doubt he will be the nominee, but he did turn a deficit into a surplus in Arkansas without raising taxes. Comments like "Huckabee is a statist tool" aren't constructive and don't help anyone.
Of course no one knows the Constitution inside out, backwards and forwards; so it is necessary to explain what is meant by adhering to the Constitution (limited Government, property rights, freedoms of many and varied kinds) to name a few. Whether it is in the Constitution or not, Americans either should have or do have the right to not be interfered with by the government as long as they live in obedience to the laws of the land. When it comes to taxation we certainly should not be taxed beyond a small and reasonable amount, and not taxed to help people live off the government dole if they are physically and mentally able to take care of themselves.
That's right, I don't want the MSM to understand the tea party movement, they are Constitutionally unable to understand ha ha. Any group like the MSM that can make fun of Sarah Palin for having 3 or 4 talking points written on her hand from which she then delivers a long speech, but who think that Barry and his Twin Teleprompters without which he can barely speak a complete sentence are just fine, well, they have to be pretty damn stupid.
I want people in office who respect and follow our Constitution – I'll take someone with THOSE qualifications any day, any time over any politicians no matter how much experience or supposed appeal they otherwise have. If they can't follow our Constitution they are low-class no-class bad characters by definition.
Latte Links (2/9/10)…
Some items of interest, well at least interesting to me . Cato @ Liberty: Senate Health Bill May Violate First Amendment Weekly Standard: Obama Has Learned Nothing by Matthew Continetti First Things – On The Square: The Most Influential Conservative Bo…
Very interesting…and typical DemonKKKratSS.
A lot of things Ron Paul supports I agree with, but he loses me when he starts on his isolationist policies.
I have been saying it for years on the internet and in the news media. It is the Constitution and only that.
All news in the U.S. is nothing more than media-revenue-generating-hype.
All media in the U.S. is nothing more than highly paid empty suit pundits.
All pundits- left, middle and right, have one thing in common: they care about just one thing "me, myself, and I".
As long as a big fat paycheck is involved, these pavlovian pups will forever say or day anything.
Don't believe this, the proof in the pudding…Don't Ask Don't Tell = NBC.
Lucy, do-tell, so sorry, as of yesterday, the Breitbart folks made it clear, us -Article II, Section I, United States Constitution and NBC-educated need not apply.
I'm still at a loss to what anyone means by returning to "CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES". Do we mean return to the original document? As in a roll back the rights of woman and minorities?
Or do we mean to fulfill the promises of the constitution? Is the mission to make certain that all men are created equal and have the right to pursue happiness. If that is the case, where are the tea-parties for gay rights? Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't civil rights a big deal to us?
I think the issue we have is tone. How can you expect for people to take us seriously when we are warning of death panels and waving images of the president photoshopped to look like Hitler. The other side isn't an evil insidious organization bent on enslaving middle class Americans. It's people just like you and me with different ideas. They are our friends and neighbors, regardless of who they are or what school of thought they follow they, like us, want to live well and be left alone. Misguided thought they may be, with reason and a little compassion maybe we can find a solution together.
Go on YouTube and find some video of anarchist protest. When you remove the labels of left or right what you are left with is a bunch of unhappy people (waving images of Bush with the Hitler stash) who know they are right and want to take control right now! The trouble, of course, is if they got what they want they wouldn't know what to do.
Judging by your post, I have no idea what to expect if you get power.
A "return to the constitution" doesn't sound like a solution to anything except what to write on a bumper sticker. What are our goals? When we take power, what will we do? What concrete things can we expect?
Well researched article with facts that can be verified, and terrifying. I think everyone needs to pass this on so the truth gets out there.
Good post I will check it out, looks like cause for concern but remember astroturf ain't the same as grass roots.
There's a difference between isolationism and non-interventionism. Pat Buchanan is an isolationist. Ron Paul, like the founders, is more of a non-interventionist.
Has an embargo against Cuba been effective at getting rid of Castro? Embargoes are isolationist because they disallow trade between people in different countries. Sanctions act the same way. Supporting free trade and the exchange of ideas between cultures is the polar opposite of isolationism.
Was Jefferson an isolationist when he said, "Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none." It seems like most people on the Right today would tar him with that label the same way they do Ron Paul, a guy whose political philosophy is most similar to the late Robert Taft, who was called "Mr. Republican."
That ought to show you how far off the reservation most of the Republican Party has wandered.
Obviously you are one of those who just doesn't get it. Have you ever actually read our Constitution? Do you not realize that it sets forth LIMITED government with strictly ENUMERATED powers? If it's not in there, the Federal government is not allowed to do it. I looked just now, and I didn't read anything that says we must "roll back the rights of woman (sic) and minorities" – can you please show me where that is?
Of course we should not take people seriously who wave images of the President photoshopped to look like Hitler. Were you asleep for 8 years when Bush was President (you know who I mean, "Bush", as in "bushchimphitler", remember that?)?
Do you really believe that we need MORE government, that it isn't already bloated enough? I invite you to take a look at the list of government agencies at http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/All_Agencies/...
If that bloated, overweight list of blubber doesn't make you ill and want to throw up, you obviously do not belong in the TPM, LOL!
This article hits the nail on the head. The Republicans and the Democrats have had 150 years to run this country and run it into the ground they have. They are toast.
The Democrats can not come out for the Constitution because they hate the constitution and have niot the solightest idea what it is about. They are the enemy for ever. The Republicans might have a chance at recovery but, I doubt it as they are almost as bad. The Tea Party/Patriot movement is and always has been about The Constitution.
Death to Tyrants
What's your point, bigot?
There is a battle today between progressives that want to destroy our constitution because it stands between them and their socialist utopia and conservatives who believe that man is greedy, lazy and power hungry. if there is not a government in place to control those base instincts, then we will fall victim to what so many governments have fallen for and end up living in a facist state with some group or single dictator telling us to live by their(his) rules.
We are a nation of law, and all those laws stem from our constitution. We have amended it, made it better at times, but the basic document survives, however is under attack. We have lost much of it already, it cannot be weakened further, or America may not survive, at least not as a free people.
You make me laugh …. well, not really.
You have to be some kind of stupid to believe that the majority of your political opponents believe in the young earth theory.
I call the Hackster a statist because he is on record as having said that he believes it's government's role to help the less fortunate and do God's work. In other words, he favors big government social policies to further his religion.
It is following the constitution and looking at history. We believe that if we do not learn from history, then we will surely repeat it. Much of what is happening is just like what happened at the time of the great depression. We did not learn and remember our history. We need to now read frantically to learn how to get out. Spending our way out is only going to prolong it. Reducing spending, cutting taxes stimulate economies. Taking more out for the government, borrowing more money prolong recessions and may cause a disasterous collapse.
You nailed it, Futrell….MSM and Dems don't WANT to know what the Tea Party protesters stand for. They don't WANT to recognize that all we are asking is for our Constitutional liberties and powers to be protected and enforced…not revised. And I say OUR Constitutional liberties and powers because they are just that….OURS. The power behind the American government belongs with the people.
When you have engineers, housewives, retired folks, small business owners, and others who have never participated in a single protest in their entire lives suddenly showing up at local Tea Party protests, the MSM and liberals had better pay attention. We vote in every election (not just the popular ones), we contribute money to politcal campaigns, and we are the Silent Majority. It takes a heck of a lot to get us riled, but Obama, Pelosi, and Reid have managed to wake a sleeping giant and we ARE NOT GOING TO GO BACK TO SLEEP. Get used to it!
I said it before, but until the "Tea Party" folks really read their history and learn that the original Tea Party was a criminal act perpetrated by dedicated men who were willing to TAKE RISKS for their beliefs, the MSM and the Democrats will never get it. Are there any patriots today who will do something beyond talking and donating a few bucks? Someone who will, for example, hijack a day's press run of the Boston Gloat and dump THAT in Boston Harbor? Or start a smear campaign on "Pinch" and his lib cronies at the NYT? Or telling the next typical lin TV interview to go pound sand?
Personally, I think the more they attack the Tea Party, Sarah Palin, Conservatives, etc, the more they show their true nature and the more people will be disgusted by their behavior and reject them. Plus, like they always say "Any publicity is good publicity". Their obviously vile, childish attacks only serve to raise awareness of the Tea Party movement and cause people to want to know what it's all about.
You've missed the entire point of what people HATE Ron Paul — Ron Paul reflexively blames America for the problems in the middle east. No, it's not greedy Arab governments, no, not Palis who surround themselves with hate, and it can never be the inhuman teachings of Islam — no, Ron Paul blames America first. That's why he's not presidential material. We don't need another president to go around the world apologizing for what America hasn't done wrong. Screw Ron Paul.
What we need is someone who is willing to address the issues, not assume that someone is stupid because they subscribe to the Young Earth theory. This makes you, as others have said, a bigot. (BTW, I guess you never considered where the Constitution came from, did you? It's form of federalism is directly inspired by the Old Testament and English common law — you know, practiced by hordes and hordes of people who believed the Young Earth theory.) Good night, bigot.
You're concerned with popularity and appearance, not truth. "Depart from me, for I never knew you."
Bing search for Bush-Hitler = 7,120,000 hits
Bing search for Obama – Hitler = 214,000 hits.
RULE 13: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.
It is always interesting when they pick Sarah Palen as their target, she has a knack for shooting back… very accurately!
Sarah Palen takes it all and comes back with a beautiful smile, that has got to be extremely frustrating for the sour-grapes, anti-American, liberals/populists/progressives (I am elite and smart, you are stupid, therefore I will be your master). I hope she keeps on smiling and chopping them up all the while making big bucks and exposing them for the mean-spirited hypocrites they are.
Obama Mocks Christian Faith
http://usataxpayer.org/?0033881580
Obama vs. The Constution of the United States
http://usataxpayer.org/?0046741148
Thanks for the question. The answer is to return to Constitutional principles in the current document. If can be amended, and has been. It was designed that way by the Founders.
Great article, and a great point. The American people want the government (at least the part of America that aint getting a government handout) to return to the principles (err … OK,, in reality the RULES) of the Constitution. One problem though. We are assuming the Progressive/Socialist in charge now know what the Constitution is.
Don't you mean he BLAMES THE GOVERNMENT?
I'm not the government and neither are you. Americans are not their government! For the love of all that is holy, please stop equating blaming the government for problems with blaming America for problems. They're two entirely different things.
Does welfare suck? How about the public education system? Medicare and Medicaid? If you think these things are bad, you are by your own twisted logic "blaming America."
The world is a messed up place full of messed up people. The fact that our government sticks its nose into the hornet's nest just because it thinks it can and should doesn't make it smart or right. And pointing out that stupidity doesn't make one a "blame America firster."
Get a new line of argument. You're using the same tired line of thinking that drives every statist.
What some of us "teabagger" types want is for bigjouralism.com to stop running hit pieces
on the "birther" issue which has it's very root in upholding the constitution
and for folks like Breitbart and Glenn Beck to stop throwing "teabaggin" "birthers" under the bus. It's a big tent folks and there weren't a whole lot of Tea Party activist interested in the facts behind the said constitutional eligibility of the TOTUS, oops sorry I meant "POTUS" (get those two confused sometimes), then you can be sure the organizers of the Tea Party National would not have invited Joseph Farah to speak.
A soccer Mom who is a part of the Silent Majority… we are not going Back to Sleep … and we also are educating our young… my 18 year is ready to vote these knuckleheads.. out of office.. I am telling everyone I know to read your site…
Keep up the good fight…
Is Obama Eligible?
This should be a no-brainer, produce the birth certificate so that document experts can examine it and end of story. Unfortunately it is not the end. The Obama Administration claims to have put his birth certificate on the Internet for examination by all. What they posted was a document that had obviously been photo-shopped, and not a very good job at that. ALL AMERICANS SHOULD BE INTERESTED, is this man, who is enacting huge changes to our society, actually eligible to be president.
Obama is in charge of the most powerful military force in the world. OBAMA HAS THE POWER TO START A NUCLEAR WAR with the push of a button, WITHOUT CONSULTING ANYONE. It would seem prudent to check him out.
Video – Is Obama Eligible?
http://usataxpayer.org/?0070027258
Is Obama Eligible?
http://usataxpayer.org/?0053487342
It might be my "handle"… I'm in no way a Mike Huckabee supporter and think he would make a terrible president. Ron Paul is the kind of guy you want as an advisor. I like him a lot. But I wouldn't want him running the show.
That's right. Hold each elected SERVANT accountable. No more BS.
OT-I encourage you all to show up at rallies/meetings with notes on your "Green Palm Pilots". I was thinking it could say "We the People".
Agreed. But we aren't going to be able to right this ship as fast as we would like. Patience & perseverance.
Governing pursuant to the Constitution, while deemed political suicide by most politicians and not fashionable by most people, would put this country back on he track to fiscal and moral supremacy. Not a very tasty medicine but neccessary if we wish to survive as a sovereign nation.
Oops, correction: "and if there weren't"
Looks like a troll but I'll bite…
Where did you find "gay rights" in the constitution?
The whining gays claim they only want the same rights as everyone else. THAT'S A LIE, if it were true there would be no need to change the law. On top of demanding special privileges, they also want to force society to accept their disgusting, deviant life-style as normal.
No one is born gay, we are ALL born either male or female. It is a DESIRE! Why should our laws give special privileges to a desire? A perverted desire at that. Other perverted desires are gay bashing, and pedophilia, should we legalize those too?
What's next? Incestual marriage, Polygamy? Pedophilia? Bestiality, Marry your mom? Marry your daughter? Marry a Goat? Marry a tree?
Perversion Being Taught in Public Schools!
http://usataxpayer.org/?0039156365
There is Nothing Gay About It…
http://usataxpayer.org/?0068297850
I see what you are saying, but I think that it has not been so much "back and forth" as it has been 3 steps forward, one step back. Slowly we have been walking away from our Constitution for a long time now, but what was an outrageously bold move to the left a few years ago has now become accepted common practice today.
Thank you fantum, maybe I'm not a "conspiracy nut" after all as some around here would have me believe. I might add that Joseph Farahs speech at the Tea Party National was very important for reasons other than "birtherism".
Watch the whole thing here:
http://www.pjtv.com/video/Tea_Party_Convention_20...
Thank you, Joel. I agree totally. Hey Breitbart and Beck, I boldy QUESTION YOU on why you won't cover legitimate questions about the usurper in the W.House!
Joel M. you are right this is America by God, and you are certainly entitled to speak your mind. I am in no way even disputing your clain as a matter of fact lats say,
Young Earth Theory?
Is that wiccan or something?
I'm sure that the lefties don't believe in the young earth theory.
If they did, it would show another example of how their educational system is a complete failure.
Birther questions comes with T-Party which means just matter of time before we get aswers one way or the other, but obama had better make up his mind quickly because its on the table now. if he doesnt volunteer the info it will be forced out from authorities.
I read Drew's comment and others. And I'm still not clear what you mean by Constitutional Principles. Which Principles? Some websites report the Constitution as having the principles of Separation of Powers, Federalism, Checks and Balances and Judicial Review. Don't we still have them? Heck, it's judicial review that gets a lot of people angry!
Wow!! I like that and have to consider that it would be swell for a moment or two but ultimately…??? but still it is great for now…thanks!!
One step at a time. No use in critizing the movement because it isn't perfect.
100 % agreement with your sentiments. The real battles are going to be local in the future after this train wreck is stopped.
Such a leader as Obama, who stated that the Constitution tells us everything we can't do, so I'm going to see if I can see what it can do by ignoring it. We understand you elitists twits all to well. Thanks, but no thanks.
Exactly how I feel about him.
To Obamunists, the Constitution is getting to be more of an annoyance than they had expected.
We must fight Obamunism
every second
of every day
at every step of the way.
The point is to WIN BACK THIS COUNTRY, not just to do something illegal or outrageous.
Winning is what counts here.
Obamunism poses the greatest threat to the future of this great nation since the civil war.
Seriously? You haven't been speaking with true Tea Party folks then. I do agree that we shouldn't excercise control over the rest of the World, and last time I checked, we don't. We offer military and financial aid to other countries. And we protect our own security, on foreign soil, so we can prevent attacks on our soil. We do not make policy in other countries. We are getting to the point economically where we won't be able to afford to help other Countries. When Countries are in trouble they look to us.
Yeah, it's similar to how the harmless pro-life Super Bowl ad starring Tim Tebow and his mom revealed how "pro-choice" feminists really are freedom hating femi-nazis. Hence, those who support Roe v. Wade are now less bold about their true feelings.
The attack against Tea Party patriots like yours truly are resulting in the same backlash against the Left overall.
Instead the Left believes in man-made global warming (aka neo-paganism) despite all the recent blizzards in the US.
The idea that man can control the weather as much as God does is a lot more crazy than believing men and dinosaurs co-existed at one time.
Amen to that.
Actually, in the eyes of the Obama administration, exercising your constitutional rights to free speech and peaceful assembly is a crime. Recall that early last year, the head of HOMELAND SECURITY branded Tea Party Patriots as "terrorists."
So, it does take guts to join a protest or send money for a conservative, pro-Constitution candidate.
WE THE PEOPLE – every time I see those words I want to scream them at the top of my lungs. Notice the founders did not write; "WE THE PINKO COMMIE POLITICIANS." We are coming for them and that day cannot come soon enough.
Ahh what do we have here?
Oh, oh, I know… a pseudo intellectual…
Thanks for the link hadn't seen that before.
No matter how much I read, watch, and listen I still can't keep up with all of the attacks waged against us. But I'll do my best and with the help of sites like this someday the country will be back on track. Hopefully in November we'll take a big step forward.
Thanks for that. Very interesting what lengths they will go to. If they weren't worried about "We the People", I doubt they would go to that much trouble and $$$. They have the unions, but their time is limited. We may not have the money, (i.e. Soros, etc.) but we will use our power and voice to inform the "uninformed" and vote. They cannot shut us up, and we are not going away……..every again.
Precisely. The Tea Party should not have a leader.
http://rockportconservatives.blogspot.com/2010/02...
That was "ghost", ladies & gentlemen!
Isn't he great, folks?
Let's give him a hand!
May I suggest the book "A Patriot's History of the United States" I'm picking up a copy in the morning for myself. I heard about it on Glenn Becks show.
Good article and some very good comments thanks to all.
I would recommend "The 5000 Year Leap", also suggested by Mr. Beck.
AMEN!
The current Repubs(RINOS) must realize that the Teaparty folks are the rebirth of the "FoundingFathers" and to minimize their importance and influence, will take the Republicans farther downhill then the McCain Express ever could…
We must take the Republicans where they need to go in order to win…Real Conservativism wins every time it's tried…..and Sarah must distance herself physically from the "TeaPartiers", as she becomes the big beautiful target the Regressives are looking for….
"RULE 13: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
The liberal statists relentlessly attack Sarah Palin for just about everything she does or says. Why? Rule 13. They are setting Palin up as the de facto "leader" of the TPM for the sole purpose of using her as a target. And a target that they know that they can destroy because they've done it before.
Even though most of us have a great deal of fondness for Gov. Palin, polls show that fondness is not shared by a large percentage of the American people; Palin is one of the few Republicans who does NOT win in a hypothetical 2012 matchup against Obama. So it is in the Dems best interest to "promote" her into the frontrunner position for the GOP in 2012.
I think the world of Sarah Palin; I only voted for McCain because she was on the ticket. But I also think she can better serve the TPM as a thought leader and a rallying point than as a candidate. She is too easily beaten with a single word: quitter. I know she had her reasons and they were good ones; she had a choice between being labeled a quitter or being the governor who had to declare personal bankruptcy, so she chose the path that was better for her family. But politics is a cruel business (especially the politics of personal destruction perfected by the Left) and it never forgets or forgives (unless one is a Democrat, of course). But it would have been no different for her if she had taken the other path.
All of that notwithstanding, we on the Right should not let the Left choose our candidates, regardless who they may be. I don't know who the right person is for 2012. I suspect it will turn out to be someone that no one has even mentioned to this point. But I don't think it will be, or should be, Sarah Palin.
Agreed.
Lots of political types looking for some safe shelter.
Wasn't that ever so eloquent – Gibbs, White House spokesman, doing the same hand writing mocking thing?
Gibbs, mocking someone? We have children in our White House, and I don't mean Barry's girls.
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