Tea Party? Ha! More Like Me Party

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David M. Abromowitz
Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress
Posted: April 18, 2010 10:52 AM


Tea Party? Ha! More Like Me Party

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Already on average better off than most Americans, they have constructed a wonderfully self-serving vision of America where government programs that benefit them equate with freedom, but anything that benefits others is tyranny. Hands off their Medicare!

Tea Party pretenders also claim to revere the Constitution above all else. Under our Constitution, we hold free and fair presidential elections every four years. No serious person disputes that Barack Obama won the last election by a large margin, and voters gave Democrats large majorities in Congress. Yet do they respect this mandate of the people?

No. From Inauguration Day on, they have disrespected the President. And in doing so they have disrespected tens of millions of citizens who voted for him, and the very basis of a democracy -- that elections matter.

So it is no surprise that the keynote speaker at a Tea Party convention says, to applause: "People who could not even spell the word 'vote', or say it in English, put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House." Words of respect for democracy, or the whine of a sore loser?

At bottom, the Tea Party leaders seems to speak themes better suited to those who in reality want a "me" party. No "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" socialist nonsense for them. Far better to dress up your rejection of responsibility to your fellow Americans in language of patriotism and righteous outrage.

Yearn as they might, however, theirs is not a movement that harkens back to the Founding Fathers. It is a movement espousing self-interest, denial of liberties to others, and a good side to greed.

That's not what Sam Adams and company stood up for when they denounced taxation without representation. Modern-day Tea Partiers seem instead to be fighting for representation without responsibility.

PROGRESSIVE?

I seriously doubt the seemingly endless obsession of "ragging on the teabaggers" is going to fill in the time gap? :shrug:

does a heart good.

a Robust Public Option ... instead of forgetting that they promised to AT LEAST TRY?

Americans. Only MY needs are important. Only MY version of the Constitution is correct.

I'm so sick of these narcissists. Sadly, they fail to play out their selfish vision to its logical endpoint: a third world dictatorship with a pampered
white rich club and an overworked, underpaid peasant class with everybody else in it - including them of course. Fools.

"Already on average better off than most Americans, they have constructed a wonderfully self-serving vision of America where government programs that benefit them equate with freedom, but anything that benefits others is tyranny. Hands off their Medicare!"

AMEN!

You have to love these people who say "People who could not even spell the word 'vote', or say it in English, put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House."

These are the "Get a brain morans" crowd. Who are they to talk about spelling and speaking Engrish.

I'm starting a new party. Forget Tea Bags. I'm starting the "Douche Bag Party" and I hope Sarah P. will be on the ticket!