WHAT AN IDEA!!! - THE TEA PARTY
by Gerri Gibney on 10/25/13
WHAT
AN IDEA!!! – THE TEA PARTY
I’ve
been thinking a lot about the Tea Party message, and how it is in the process
of being demonized by President Barack Hussein Obama, by the Democratic Party,
and most certainly by the press.
Even
many Republicans have jumped on the bashing bandwagon saying; the Tea Party is “too
right wing,” “too partisan,” “too extreme,” and on and on. According to the other side, the Tea Party
people quote the Founding Fathers too much, they speak of our Constitution too
much, why they even use the word God
too much. Can you imagine?
Ted
Cruz is smeared as a Tea Party person.
Sarah Palin, why she’s the poster woman for these evil people. While all these expletives are tossed around
by the president and the press, did any of these mud slingers ever read what
the Tea Party stands for? The Tea Party
publishes its platform and lists their ten core beliefs. Here they are:
1. Eliminate excessive taxes
2. Eliminate the national debt
3. Eliminate deficit spending
4. Protect free markets
5. Abide by the Constitution of the United
States
6. Promote civic responsibility
7. Reduce the overall size of government
8. Believe in the people
9. Avoid the pitfalls of politics
10. Maintain local independence
You
can read these 10 core beliefs on line at http://www.teaparty-platform.com/. This page also gives an explanation of the
ten.
After
reading this, can anyone, especially an American, call the Tea Party “too much”
of anything? This message is not the
problem, it is the answer.
If
we went point to point, we could ask the detractors of the Tea Party would
their platform read as follows?
1. Keep the present taxes and continue to
tax excessively
2. At present, the national debt is fine
and it doesn’t matter how it will be dealt with now or in the future
3. There is nothing wrong with deficit
spending. We will just print more money. Fiscal responsibility is not important.
4. Free markets did not contribute to
making America great, on the contrary, government made America great.
5. The Constitution is old. It does not have any relevance anymore.
6. Government knows best, no need to know
anything about civics or current events.
7. More people on the government payroll
means more power to the government, the supreme power.
8. The American people are not
trustworthy. They do not know anything,
especially what is good for them.
9. Entrenched politicians ensure the supremacy
of the government.
10. Central authority rules best. The goal is to eliminate all local and state governance,
and put the power into the central government.
This
is time to promote the message, not to back off. I’m thinking of printing up the Tea Party ten
core beliefs on small cards and giving them out at every opportunity I get. The great American people need to know the Tea
Party platform is not the enemy, it is the answer.