I don’t know a single person who is active in the Tea Party movement. I have yet to carry a banner, or wave a flag, or attend a town hall meeting. On the other hand, I don’t know a single person of my acquaintance who does not subscribe to what the Tea Party folks stand for: Smaller government, less taxes, less spending, reduce the debt, balance the budget, and in many cases, throw the bums out who got us into this mess in the first place.
I know this is anecdotal evidence, but it seems to me that for every active Tea Party member there are ten, maybe twenty, hell maybe even one hundred citizens lurking in the shadows with the same views. I think that is the real power of the movement--aside from the active ones who are raising Cain, that there is a huge, ticked off electorate who will make themselves heard come November. We are mad as hell and we are going to be heard loud and clear.
How else can you explain the stunning losses to the liberal agenda in Virginia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Alaska, and Delaware? Conservative voters seemed to come out of the woodwork. I personally think we haven’t seen anything yet.
All it took was nearly two years of an Administration and Congress completely out of sync with the folks in Flyover County. Its about time.
JP
Flyover Country is a mindset rather than a location. It is a place in the American consciousness where family values still rule and self reliance is preferred over the nanny state. The people of Flyover Country are derided by the effete liberal left for clinging to their values and beliefs. So be it, we cling proudly to the true meaning of the American experience.
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"it seems to me that for every active Tea Party member there are ten, maybe twenty, hell maybe even one hundred citizens lurking in the shadows with the same views."
Take that to the bank.
Obama's unintended Great Awakening doesn't really consist of us olde tyme "Back to The Constitution" decentralists. We were already very aware and more than mildly annoyed about the leftward drift of the country. What Obama did, in my opinion, is to tear away the rose tinted glasses from the eyes of the well intentioned, dreamy eyed, knee jerk Liberals. He gave them a taste of the lala land they've been dreaming of and the reality has proven too bitter for them.
I've read that a new Conservative is a former Liberal who's been mugged.
As H.L. Mencken said "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
Remember all the Obama bumper stickers before the election? Seen one lately? Mmm, I thought so.
Aram
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