The Tea Party movement is mad as a March Hare if they think they are going to get the kind of change most members want by voting Tea Party this November. That is, unless solidifying the corporate control over our used-to-be democracy is the goal.
I have watched intently this movement with fascination and dismay as these tea-party types rail on one hand against the Bush corporate bailouts, while simultaneously pushing a free-trade agenda (can you say one-world government?). That they don't see the illogical inconsistencies in these positions seems to be lost on them.
The tea party may possibly win a few seats this year, and it remains to be seen if they will make a difference in the control of the congress. But the fact remains that this is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people- a fact the tea-partiers I know seem to crow at every turn (as if their corporate agenda is exactly this). It is not. Of the PEOPLE means people, not corporations. The supreme court of the United States made yet another grievous error in the Citizens United case by opening the floodgates to unlimited corporate funding into our elections. I can think of no quicker way to lose our democracy than this. The only thing I see coming out of their movement is chaos and further harm to our country. Apparently this is ok with them, just as long as we stop the Obama agenda of tightening our oversight of Wall Street, big corporations, and the like. Because we all know that that the big corporations know better than we do how to handle a Wall-Street meltdown or a Big Oil spill. Just ask them, they will tell you.
One can only hope these Tea-Party types come to their senses before election time, though that is doubtful. They are so riled up about having to actually pay taxes to support roads and bridges they are beside themselves- (and they pretty much will be after we quit paying for roads and bridges). They are so riled up about being forced to do the right thing by making sure they have insurance coverage that they forgot that it was their idea in 1993. What they don't do is acknowledge their hipocricy. They don't acknowledge that their own ideas are all over the map. Really, they don't acknowledge anything but whatever the latest meme-of-the-day is.
I, of course, will be watching this play out on the TV and reading the political stuff as always, and sipping a glass of lemonade. And if, by some unholy event, the Tea Pary gains traction I'm fully ready to mix up some tea and invite my Democratic friends over to discuss a counter party to level the playing field.
Oh, and a final word of advice for my divisive friends: If Glenn Beck, that modern-day genius and philosopher, offers you any Kool-Aid, I would highly advise you to pass on it.
