I’ve seen dozens of stories tonight about how the Tea parties are a protest against Obama and how they are protesting high taxes. Bullshit.
A few high profile Republicans such as Sean Hannity, Newt Gingrich, and Dick Army hijacked the Tea Party concept for their own political purposes.
The Tea Parties are not anti-Obama. The Tea party movement is a protest against bailouts and government spending and regulations in general. They were originally non-partisan until some neocons hijacked them.
I am against big government in all it’s forms. I am against privacy violations as much as I’m against bailouts and higher taxes. The Republicans are lying scumbags – GWB created more federal debt than all previous presidents combined – and for them to act self-righteous now makes me sick.
Don’t get me wrong – anything that stirs up resentment against more government interference in our lives is a good thing! But I’m sick of the media turning the events of today into a Republican VS. Democrat protest, because that diminishes the impact of the protests.
gk
Just after I posted this I read another article that says it better than I did. Check out how E. Thomas McClanahan said it in the Kansas City Star.
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