The teaparty movement taps into and redirects American discontent.
It is a manifestation of the system of disinformation designed to keep Americans at each others throats.
It is the CODE PINK of the Republican party.
I think that the TEA party covers a multitude of political positions that are all tangent to a feeling that there is something deeply wrong with a system that uses so much money to do so little right.
I felt that Bush was good hearted, but wrong minded. He was awfully simplistic and was a huge overspender. The Big 0, on the other hand, makes Bush look like a fiscal Conservative. That by itself is a good trick.
The Big 0 is an elitist who believes in his heart that he is smarter than everyone else. Evidence to the contrary, this is the central tenant of his belief system. Whether in the Congress or in the White House, there is too much power in Washington. The Congress is inept and corrupt and the the Executive Branch is inept and corrupt.
It could be systemic or it could be the people who are running things, but this is a mess and it's time to stop the lunacy.
Nobody knows how the thing works anymore and the only driving force is the need to get more money to campaign and then to win the election and then to campaign again. The spending needs to be brought closer to the point where the taxes are collected which means decentalizing power and effectively castrating the Feds.
The Founders knew that the States should have the power and the Feds should exist to protect the States and regulate their relations. We have wandered far from this ideal and we are about to pay the price.
If Greece goes down, the world might follow. If the USA goes down, the world won't follow, it will sink at the same moment. The Federal Government exists in large part to defend the borders and they refuse to do so. To uphold the Constitution and they refuse to do. To maintain order and promote justice for its citizens and they refuse to do so.
The Feds refuse to do their job and instead overspend and underwork.
To my way of thinking, the TEA Party is a group of people who are mad as hell and aren't going to take it anymore. If I were an incumbant, I'd be thinking about what I had planned to do after public life because that time is fast approaching.