Tea Parties

I have not posted on the tea parties because I am conflicted. I am among the many who are upset and feel that the elected officials in Congress are acting against the will and interest of its constituents. What I resent is that while these tea-parties started out as a true grass roots effort (mostly by the Ron Paul Crowd through their websites and e-mail lists), and begun in response to the Bush bailouts, they were co-opted, or astroturfed, by the GOP and Fox News hoping to harness the parties for their own agendas and ratings. It is an error to see these tea parties as anti-Obama or anti-Democrat, because until the GOP fully acknowledge their recklessness in through the Bush years, true fiscal conservatives will be as upset or more upset with Republicans than with Democrats.

Getting mad at Democrats for expanding government is like getting mad at a puppy for peeing on the carpet. It may be frustrating, but its what comes naturally to them. Republicans, however, have no such excuse. They were elected to not pee on the carpet, and through arrogant and willful disregard of their constituents, they have done it for years and attempted to rub our noses in it.