Tea Party Movement Moving Forward: Lost Of Obstacles Ahead
By Diana Perkins on December 10, 2010, 5:30 pm
One of the stories some conservatives told themselves in 2010 was that the Tea Party movement had succeeded in getting the Republican Party “out from under Bush.” …Fresh off of a significant electoral victory aided in part by the Tea Party movement, what has been the first and most pressing priority of the Republican leadership? To make sure that the deficit-expanding tax cuts they failed to pay for in the Bush years continue to increase the deficit in the future, and to make sure that they don’t pay for them now.
Victim Of Media
John Rhodes Sr., a board member and founder of the Mississippi Gulf Coast 912 Project, said the Tea Party movement is the victim of “some media’s disingenuous descriptions of us, like racists, bigots and other vile terms” and he believes this perception is to blame for the Back Bay charity not accepting food the 912 Project has collected.
Role In November’s Vote
It may be true that the Tea Party’s role in November’s vote was less than some people feared, and it’s certainly true that several of the movement’s elected representatives will very soon learn the arts of compromise and the pork barrel. But then what happens at the next downturn? A large, volatile constituency has been created that believes darkly in betrayal and conspiracy. A mass “literature” has been disseminated, to push the mad ideas of exploded crackpots and bigots. It would be no surprise if those who now adore Beck and his acolytes were to call them sellouts and traitors a few years from now. But, alas, they would not be the only victims of the poisonous propaganda that’s been uncorked. Some of the gun brandishing next time might be for real. There was no need for this offense to come, but woe all the same to those by whom it came, and woe above all to those who whitewashed and rationalized it.
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