martybegan
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First of all, let me start off by saying I understand where the name comes from. The tradition of the Boston Tea Party where they rebelled against taxation without representation and the current resistance to an ever increasing federal government that requires more and more funding for things it was never meant to intend.
However the name has been beaten down by the MSM and the progressive statists, whos goals are one and the same. Tea Baggers is just one of the more childish references you get from that side. The vilifcation has lead to people basically saying "Tea Party Bayyd" because the media harps on the Tea party being bad, although If you ask people "why" the tea party is bad I bet you get alot of "because" and not alot of substance.
So, onto the main point of this post, the people from the Tea Party Movement need a new name, something that reflects the original ideals of the movement, and focuses it on the main objective, reduce the size and scope of the federal government and get our country back to more local control bound by the consitution.
We have to go to the two core causes that we wanted the Tea Party movement to accomplish. 1) Federalism, the concept that yes, we need a strong federal government, but that government has to be limited, and has to share soverginity with the states, and 2) Constitutionalism, as defined by strict interpretation of the document, with radical changes only allowed by the established amendment process.
Thus the term Constitutional Federalist is to me, the best term for what the Tea Party should stand for. Strict interpretation of the consitution, and through that exercise of power at the lowest level of government dicated by the consitution. This exercise only to be tempered by the amendments of the constitution to limit the powers of the states as well when it comes to the rights of the people.
However the name has been beaten down by the MSM and the progressive statists, whos goals are one and the same. Tea Baggers is just one of the more childish references you get from that side. The vilifcation has lead to people basically saying "Tea Party Bayyd" because the media harps on the Tea party being bad, although If you ask people "why" the tea party is bad I bet you get alot of "because" and not alot of substance.
So, onto the main point of this post, the people from the Tea Party Movement need a new name, something that reflects the original ideals of the movement, and focuses it on the main objective, reduce the size and scope of the federal government and get our country back to more local control bound by the consitution.
We have to go to the two core causes that we wanted the Tea Party movement to accomplish. 1) Federalism, the concept that yes, we need a strong federal government, but that government has to be limited, and has to share soverginity with the states, and 2) Constitutionalism, as defined by strict interpretation of the document, with radical changes only allowed by the established amendment process.
Thus the term Constitutional Federalist is to me, the best term for what the Tea Party should stand for. Strict interpretation of the consitution, and through that exercise of power at the lowest level of government dicated by the consitution. This exercise only to be tempered by the amendments of the constitution to limit the powers of the states as well when it comes to the rights of the people.
