I have had more discussions about the Tea Party the past few days’ then tea dumped in the harbor. I’m just simply amazed at the extreme stories that surround the Tea Party. I’ve heard it all from the Tea Party is dead to the Tea Party is killing America. Funny the more the left tries to kill the Tea Party the stronger it gets. The Tea Party is like a strange creature that only gets stronger, the more hate you throw at it.
I can only laugh at those who think if they just keep saying the Tea Party is dead that somehow the Tea Party will believe it. The best response to those who claim that the Tea Party is dead is to quote Mark Twain, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” Now I will admit in the light of the recent debt crisis the death talk has almost died itself, of course there are those that blame the Tea Party and say that it’s still dying. Those are the people I love to point out their contradiction to and then if they still don’t understand I send them for help.
“I don’t care what the F@#*ing S&P report says!” was the response of a guy who was determined to blame the downgrade on the Tea Party. I was actually speechless and did not know what to say. I simply apologized to him and said sorry I guess S&P got their own report wrong and I’ll call them to let them know they should have blamed it on the Tea Party.
I have delighted in hearing different analogies of the Tea Party blame game. Andre Breitbart had one of the best on his Twitter feed “Blaming the Tea Party is like blaming the booing fans at Wrigley for a bad Cubs team.” Rand Paul then said “Blaming the Tea Party is like blaming the firemen for the fire.” Rand Paul then had the best retort to those who want to blame the Tea Party. Keep it in perspective the Tea Party is the minority of the minority party in Washington. That would make the Tea Party like Joe Scarborough, a conservative in the MSNBC liberal sea of hate.
One of my favorite Tea Party politicians is Marco Rubio who said “We need more taxpayers, not more taxes” Not only do I love this quote but it has been haunting my thoughts. Recently, as I listened to a union discussion, it hit me. It was a light bulb over the head moment. A thought that was so clear it was sure to bother both folks on the left and the right. The Government should run more like a union. WHAT? I know, but allow me to explain. The discussion I heard was a union that was down in this bad economy and the discussion was how they were going to stay afloat. The discussion was not about increasing members dues, if they did that the membership would throw the union officials out. They began talking about how to get more guys jobs and what other services they could provide clients to keep men on the job. The union had it all figured out, more members means more guys paying dues. You may be a bit confused right now but just think of union members as the taxpayers and the government as the union hall. Now break out that argument the next time a liberal gives you the old line of tax the rich. I’m sure you will get the confused, mouth open, I don’t know what to say for a few seconds look, they won’t want to trash a union. The stunned silence will only last until they break out the Blame Bush! I’m not say in’ I’m just say in’ my Tea Party brothers.
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