Thursday, December 30, 2010

Tea party and the rise of the right

Samuel Adams was the original Boston Tea Party ringleader. Mr. Adams (the same who has a brewery named for him) believed he needed only "an irate, tireless minority" to prevail.

Are you irate and a part of the tireless minority? If so then you most likely lean to the right with regards to political thought. Based on political ideology it is almost impossible for a Democrat to be considered a player in the Tea Party. Why?

Democrats dream of bipartisanship and a world in which everyone plays nicely. If this were the case then China, India, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, North Korea, etc. would all be in attendance having afternoon tea. Do you really think they have an interest in having a cup of tea with the United States? Did the King of England invite the colonist to afternoon tea to discuss bipartisanship?

Grassroots are sprouting in the United States and neither Democratic or Republican members of Congress have been invited to the Tea Party gathering. Many are trying their best to gain an invite; however, invitations are like Super Bowl tickets they are hard to come by.

John Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity" was an attempt to form a Tea Party for our friends from the left, but it was a failure in its attempt to make the "Magic Middle" theory work. The "Magic Middle" theory belongs to one other than I. Please forgive me, but I have been unable to find the individual to who I should pay credit.

It is true that policy decisions are driven by people who show up and thus Tea Party players have decided to show up for tea. Over the last forty years American politics has seen the rise of the right more so than a rise of the left. More red than blue, and it appears with the latest Census figures even more red is upon the drawing board when election boundaries are redrawn in the near future. Forget Democrats and Republicans perhaps you should be looking for the next available seat at the Tea Party. Better yet, Mr. Adams may offer you a sample of his special blend.

1 comment:

outsider said...

T-Party? call it what you want, but when you fill in the ballot you have to choose between Republicans, Democrats, or Libertarians. If you want more freedom and less government look at what they do not what they say and the choice becomes very simple.