The media has totally missed what the Tea Parties are all about. I’ve heard much of the reporting about how they are ‘right wing’, Republican, Fox News rallies full of people that that don’t even have a clue as to what the original Tea Parties were all about. I’ve also read where the media thinks that it’s a protest about taxes put together by leaders of the Republican Party, Glenn Beck and other radio talk show hosts.
But here’s what I think they are all about. First of all, they aren’t about right and left, conservative or liberal or even Republican or Democrat. They aren’t really about taxes but the spending in the current administration lead many of the participants to take action. They aren’t about us vs. them. They aren’t about disliking BHO. They are about people being fed up with a government that thinks they can keep coming back to use like we’re an ATM machine, spending our money on items that either we don’t want or don’t need. The Tea Parties are about people finally waking up and taking action. They are about people that are fed up with paying for social programs for people that think working is for suckers. They’re about not wanting to support people who are getting money from the government for ‘disability’ when they are actually able bodied but too lazy to work. They are about people being fed up with supporting people that can work but don’t. They are fed up with paying more for health care because so many people use the emergency room as their primary care instead of paying for health care (which most of them could afford if they wanted to). They are tired of a government that won’t enforce the current laws we have on immigration but wants to give illegal aliens in-state tuition at all our universities. They are about people that are tired of their tax dollars going to support abortion not only here in the US but now worldwide.
Not everyone at the tea parties would agree with what I wrote above. But I think they all would agree that the change that is happening in Washington is not what they want or what they voted for. I think they would all agree that they don’t feel like their elected representatives are listening. I think they would tell you that their elected officials, with very few exceptions are only in it to line their pockets and put their own profits above their concern for America.
The media and current elected officials need to take note. There is a lot of enthusiasm out there and there are people who protested that have never, ever been motivated to take action. Right now, the tea party activists are disorganized and their leadership is scattered throughout the U.S. There are chapters and small organizations in cities all around the country. At some point, they will realize that they need to coalesce into a larger more cohesive group that encompasses all the things they stand for. Once they do, the current incumbents need to watch out because they will be sitting on the sidelines after the next elections. Even now with their separate disjointed groups, they are searching, interviewing and recruiting possible candidates for local, state and national positions.
This will become the most powerful voting block you’ve ever seen and when a leader who recognizes this and can get these scattered groups to come together, there will be real change. There will be change that makes this country stronger by making government smaller, giving back states rights, giving Americans back our liberties and by letting us keep more of our hard earned money.
