Tea Party a Dangerous Movement
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It's safe to say that the 2012 elections have been in full swing since President Obama won the presidency in 2008. After Sarah Palin's chance as VP ended in a tail-spin, she took her rhetoric on the road, preaching to the conservative base about guns and rights and going rogue. Her core crowd, a hodge-podge of ultra-conservative men and women, heartland born and bred, followed her every move, turned out in droves and fed on the foolish notion that this woman knew about the national political stage. While people outside the Palin Parade saw through the charade and understood her role as a political soothsayer, Palin supporters believed the rhetoric because her message was the one they wanted to hear. Rather than trust in a black man with a funny name, they put all their stock in a right-winged woman who recklessly prodded her followers to "target the democrats". That insinuation, many believe, led to the assassination attempt on Congresswoman Gabby Gifford. So the irresponsible undertone of Palin's message evolved into a hate crime.
Anyone else would stop short of pulling their commentary, or soften it a bit, for fear that their hatemongering might escalate again. But no dice for Conservatives. Recognizing that the Tea party holds a lot of cards, yet missing the fact that they will likely go the way of MySpace, current candidates continue to pander to a dangerous minority who just happens to make enough noise to be heard.
Of course, this is simple conjecture and could be wrong. And of course, most of the Tea Party members have no desire to go shooting democrats. But the Tea Party works much like a raging river. One drop of that river water is harmless, but add it all togehter and your chance of being swept to sea is exponential. The Tea party collective is a dangerous animal, not the individual members. Financially backed by big ticket donors, what is presented as a grass-roots heart-of-America movement is a dangerous political tool. We can only hope candidates recognize their flash-in-the-pan status before it's too late.
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"Rather than trust in a black man with a funny name"
When are people going figure out this IS NOT about the color of his skin, it's about the fact that his policies are harming the American public. The socialist drivel that oozes from his mouth is undermining the concepts of the Constitution, as laid out by our founding fathers! The longer this clown is left in office the closer we come to living in a dictatorship. You seem to be blinded by what his SPEECHWRITERS want him to say. Not the truth.
"Socialist drivel"is propoganda speak. In order to inflame conservatives into fearing Obama's agenda, the right's spin doctors have labeled him a Socialist, a Nazi, a Facist. The last time I reserached this, these monikers were reserved for heinous dictators. I would hardly categorize Obama as a Stalin, Mussolini or Hitler. You mistake social activism by way of government for socialism. They are two very different things.
Not yet you don't, but you will when you lose every right you now enjoy. NDAA, Obamacare. The first and fourth amendments are just two of your rights that are now under attack from this pres. By the way, Hitler lifted NAZI Germany out of a depression left by WWI. He started a hero and wound up a dictator. Stalin was the same. Read what both said then tell me Obama is not a socialist.
Steve Orion Level 5 Commenter 4 months ago
Some conservatives really dislike the Tea Party movement for how it affects public perception of them. As well they should, if you ask me. Good Hub, let's hope this movement finally dies soon.