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I think the majority of the people in this country are now realizing the extreme nature of the Tea Party.
Truthfully, I don't mind the Tea Party's Platform of fiscal conservativeness. What I mind is the vitriol that they display on a regular basis that is even evident in this thread. It's as if no other opinion matters but theirs. That attitude, no matter where it's shown on the Ideological spectrum is bad for this country.
They need to stop and realize that all of us are Americans, we are all fellow countrymen and brothers. The pettiness, the venom and the downright hate needs to stop. We aren't in a schoolyard, we are supposed to be adults. I'm not saying that this is only a problem with the Tea Party, but they are by far the worst offenders of this kind of behavior.
That is my beef with the Tea Party. There is no room for bullies and assholes in our legislature. Hopefully, they'll learn their lesson and grow the hell up as a political party and learn to work with the rest of Congress instead of holding their breath till they get their way.
Like I said... I have no problem with their ultra conservative stance.
Part of the problem is that folks think the rhetoric that's made Rush Limbaugh money is going to also work in government.
Rush can afford to be idealistic and bombastic. He doesn't actually have any say in the process. However once you're in the game, you get no where on your own. At some point you have to come to agree with 217 other Representatives, 60 Senators, and 1 President of the United States. Being bombastic and uncompromising is no way to motivate 278 people to your side, nor is it likely to even win over most of the folks that voted for those 278 people.
Excellent point, and I think that is a lot of it... and if it's not Rush, it's Beck, if it's not Beck, it's Hannity, if it's not Hannity, it's O'Reilly or Greta.
And yes... I know... Maddow, Olbermann, Shultz, etc.... but two wrongs don't make a right, does it?
The weird thing is... on Thursday, my wife and I went to Walden Books(subsidiary of Borders) at our local Mall. Borders is going out of business and everything was 20-40% off. I was browsing through the bargain bin and I found this book by Jimmy Carter called "Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis". I haven't read much of it yet... been pretty busy lately.... but it was written in 2005, and what struck me about it is that in the book, he speaks of fundamentalism and the blurring of the lines of religion and politics, and he expressed his concerns that that polarization and the possible effects of it on the country.
So I have mon/tues/wed off this week and i want to sit down and read it(if I can keep my obsessed ass out of this place(hehe), that is.
Give us a book report on it!