Illustration, Tea Party from Alice in Wonderland
I know and understand that we need a fresh start from the republican and democrat way of doing things in this country. As a matter of fact i honestly feel that most if not all members of congress should in fact be voted out and replaced. I like a lot of Americans do not feel that congress represents us the way they should.I have often felt as if our law makers have forgotten that they indeed do work for us the American people and, they also seem to feel that they need to vote party almost every time they gather to vote on a bill. Take the health care reform bill that was just passed. NOT one republican voted for it. There were some republican law makers that liked the health care reform bill but, they would NOT dare vote against their party. Believe me when I tell you that when congress acts like this, it is never a good thing for the American citizen no matter what bill is being voted on. Never should anyone ever vote a party line because when that happens then whoever is voting cares not about the people they serve. All that law maker cares about is his/her political party and not the good of the American people.
Now we have a new group on the scene. This group calls themselves The tea party. Now the idea of the tea party is not a bad idea at all. There are some very knowledgeable and caring people involved with the so called tea Party. However, I as well as many others are in no way convinced that the tea party is the answer to any of this country's problems. In fact I feel that the tea party might is some ways be very dangerous to the well being of this country. I myself feel that Sarah Palin is a danger to this country (That however is a different blog )You all might not like to hear that but that is my opinion.
Allow me to share with you what just a few of the samples I have collected with regular Americans thoughts on the tea party. I have removed the person's name and city for privacy reasons. Below are a few of real Americans thoughts on the tea party
1 They may be grassroots people, but they suddenly have $250,000 in ad money to defeat U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak? They have a caravan of big buses bearing entertainers, and they lack no amount of professionally printed signs and placards to wave at TV cameras. They have a fairy godmother named Sarah who, for a five-figure fee, will show up, mouth the banalities they want to hear and wink as necessary.
Such a sophisticated array requires money, planning and a leadership that can quickly generate a target and elicit a fast response. Where did these good sincere folk acquire such money and style? Who in the background turns them on and out?
They scream socialism, evidently not knowing that under a socialistic government, they would first be herded into a concentration camp. No socialistic government would tolerate them or their invisible leaders.
Our great need now is to be united. Rabble-rousing divisiveness is what we can least afford.
2 think people are getting riled up by a political party that wants to be back in control so they can continue their grand old lifestyles and those who don't have won't get.
3 So Tea Party activists believe that national health care is another government handout that they don't want any part of? Really? Are Tea Party activists paying taxes on their employer-provided health care benefits? Aren't these benefits income that is not being taxed? Isn't that a government subsidy of their health care benefits? Why aren't these Tea Party activists complaining about their own government-subsidized health care? When will these Tea Party activists stop accepting such government handouts? When will these Tea Party activists really embrace free market capitalism?
4 Where were all the Tea Party people when George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, et.al, were lying through their teeth to get us into Iraq, losing billions of American dollars, lives, minds and limbs? Generations of future Americans will be paying for that hideous mistake for years to come. The money spent on that fiasco could have paid for a national health care program and fixed our infrastructure. The one constant of the Republicans, neoconservatives, conservatives and nut cases like the Tea Partyers is their hypocrisy. All along, the people screaming opposition to health care reform have been those who have health care, including those on Medicare, a national health care system
5 If we are to believe the prevailing wisdom, we are to assume that these Tea Party people are good, solid, down-home style Americans suddenly angered and patriotically aroused. Instantly gifted with the infallible power to assess every nuance of government, they see only corruption, deviousness, lies and threats.
Now I myself feel that the tea party has no laid out goal as to where they want to be. They make issues out of everything because they have no one thing that they think should be addressed first or foremost. They say they want no more taxes. Well I hate to tell you this people but this country is in bad finical shape right now and, no matter how it git that way or who is to blame it will NOT get much better without some sort of new tax or at least an increase in taxes we already have.
Another reason the tea party is a joke is simply that they have no leader. I think we all know that for any organization to be successful that organization must have a leader who shows real leadership and I also believe that the tea party down the road somewhere will produce a leader or someone who is the head of their so called organization. I think at this point the tea party could be dangerous to this country simply because well, I think Bill Clinton described itbest so here is a link to a video as to how he described it. And also, on the same page Rush Limbaugh responds to Mr. Clinton words on this. I am not overly concerned with what Rush has to say because I think he is out of touch with so many issue we face today.
Until next tie my friends take care and stay healthy
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