Wednesday, May 5, 2010
What's With The Tea Party
Lately I have been hearing a lot more about the Tea Party in Texas and around the nation. I have been wondering what has been going on since they have not had a big story in the news lately. Apparently they are starting to fizzle out according to the San Antonio News. They are reporting that they are making a lot of noise still but are not sure if they are going to have any political power once the elections in November of this year have occoured. The more I hear about them the more I am intrigued what they stand for. From what I hear on the radio and television they are pretty much fed up with the stupid people in congress. They appear to be conservative but they are just as angry with Republicans as they are with Democrats. I feel in the last ten years, even though I have leaned towards Republican, that both sides are making things worse rather than better. I think that things could really be shaken up in Washington. I mean really things couldn’t get a whole lot worse right? Everybody is blaming everybody else with the problems with America. I haven’t heard too many viable solutions from either side. And every day it seems like government is getting bigger and bigger. When I see government getting this big I always think of what George Washington said about government being a nessacary evil. I don’t know what the Tea Party could do differently but I guess any change couldn’t put America worse off.
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What is wrong with the Tea Party
I read my colleagues blog "What's With The Tea Party" and wanted to chime in a little. I agree with the observation that they are making noises, but not the kind of noises that would let them win the White House in 2012. First, you have the face of the tea party, Sarah Palin, who quit her job as governor when it got too tough. See calls herself conservative but yet has a daughter who had premarital sex in her house.
She does not agree with what the Obama Administration is doing, and talks about how politicians take money in contribution for votes but yet she asks for thousands of dollars in speaking fees. She made over a million dollars in a year. How conservative is that.
I don't think the Tea Party's actions are compatible to what they say. They say they are not racist but yet every time there is a rally, they hold "monkey" signs with our President's face. They say they love our nation and yet can't even give our President the respect he deserves. You do not have to agree with his actions but as a citizen of this country, we should at least respect our commander in chief.
My colleague's blog seemed to be a little vague about what his stance were on with certain politycal views. He leans towards republicans and he should have realized that the tea party is just a smaller party of the republican. Eventually the tea party movement will emerge with the conservative republicans, since they really do not have an emerging
This is in response to "Texas Polities...Deep in the Heart of Texas" about what's with the Tea Party. The blogger did not know much about the Tea Party. It sound like the blogger see the Tea Party as a noisy groups conservative but angry with both Republican and Democrats. As answer to the blogger I would like to write briefly about the Tea Party. The name "Tea Party"is reference to the protest taxation without representation. The letters TEA have been used by some protesters to form the backronym "Tax enough already". Reaction to the Tea Parties include counter_protests expressing support government the Obama administration. The Tea Party was fundraising success nearby $2.7 millions with formally filed with the Federal Election Commission in October to change its name to "our country deserve better PAC"a power players in the Tea Party and beyond airing hundreds of thousand of dollars in media supporting Republican campaigns such as Scott Brown's successful special election for senate in Massachusetts and blasting Democratic one such as senate majority leader Reid's re-election bid in Nevada. Tea Party can get million fans before any other political party.
Todd Staples the 11th Texas Commissioner of Agriculture serving as a Keynote speaker at the El Paso Tea Party was an honor for him. It made him proud to stand together with many of his fellow Texans who are committed to smaller government and constitutional principles. Todd Staples said:"The Tea Party does share with Republicans is a desire to bring real accountability to all levels of government. The Tea Party recognized that it is out of control government spending and out of control government power".
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