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Some time ago, I wrote for my desire to see a Tea Party blog here on the Times Union blogosophere despite the fact that it conflicts with my own political stances.
Happily, Mike Huber has secured new bloggers for the venture and the Tea Party blog has launched. I look forward to seeing what all three have to say, and it is my hope that it moves beyond rhetoric to provide a more clear and concise idea of what the Tea Party Movement stands for.
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Let the freak show begin! Will anyone be proofing their posts?
Blog posts aren’t proofed at the TU.
I mean, hell, mine should be evidence of that fact.
when I saw the heading on the main blog page, I knew for sure the first post would be an ignorant petty shot… and was correct…
Mitch – the first post? You mean mine, or the Tea Party’s, or the comment from Dan Nester?
The way in which the blogger doing the Ted Danz thread is proceeding reminds me of Patrick Batuello. What more need be said?
The focus of the Tea Party is economic conservatism. I don’t think that’s a bad thing — however, the movement seems to be attracting people obsessed with abortion and gay marriage.
This is evidenced in one of the first posts, where the writer talks about preventing “government power grabs” at the same time she advocates laws to outlaw abortion. I asked in a comment (here I go again),
The Tea Party attracted people from the fringes — many of them with social agendas that do not go along well with the intent of what the movement is trying to accomplish. Maybe this is why they quickly started looking more like a mob than a political group.
If you oppose reproductive rights and gay marriage, you are not a true conservative. And when did the definition of freedom and liberty become telling people they can’t get married?
I would love to see a lucid explanation as well, Kevin, as I would LOVE to see a viable third party movement emerge in the United States . . . but I couldn’t make it past this paragraph in the first post:
“Politics has never been an interest of mine until the most recent presidential election when I realized that our country is being taken down a path that is very dangerous, by a group of people who have no liking for America as it is meant to be. The Founders warned of things like this, which is why they wrote the Constitution to protect us. Our current government is determined to ignore the Constitution and fundamentally change this beautiful country of freedom and liberty, that so many men and women gave their lives for.”
A group of people who have no liking for American as it is meant to be have taken over the country? Please . . . . our current government was elected under the laws of the land. They did not storm the Capitol in a putsch, nor inherit the throne from their parents. “A group of people who have liking for American as it is meant to be” sounds more like Halliburton, BP and Exxon/Mobil than it does like the Obama administration.
I also don’t and can’t accept constitutional originalism, given the provisions for slavery and lack of franchise for most of the citizenry. The beauty of the constitution is that is has provisions to change when the majority of citizens so governed and their elected officials deem it prudent to do so. The heavens did not open to the Founders to give them a unique, momentary insight on how government should operate until the end of days. A belief that they did is frightening to me, especially when you consider how many members of the Supreme Court hold it . . .
So I’m still looking for a good third party movement, and/or a blog explaining what it’s about . . .
Lord love ya for welcoming ye frustrated denizens of the Tea movement, Kevin…though my short perusal of their blog gives me no joy. Here’s one of the bloggers’ self-introduction:
“Politics has never been an interest of mine until the most recent presidential election when I realized that our country is being taken down a path that is very dangerous, by a group of people who have no liking for America as it is meant to be.”
Does not bode well for the rational mutually acceptable dialectic approach to public policy, which I had hoped might re-emerge following the 2008 election.
Time to go watch the ducks. Metaphorically, that is. It is actually vital to counter these folks, lest we be brought fully back to the golden days of spoiled food and almshouses.
Kevin, I doubt he meant you. I think your post was great. The only way we learn anything is if we open ourselves up to all sources of information and viewpoints. If you’re someone who just dismisses and demeans (e.g.; Daniel Nester, who I think Mitch meant), you have no conversation, civility, or dialogue. That’s just not the mark of a society that values freedom (IMO).
Rob (and I mentioned this on a Tea Party blog) I am right there with you…maybe. I think I’m probably the most right-wing person I know as far as what gov’t should do and who it should be doing it to. I think I want to like the Tea Party, but I just can’t muster enthusiasm. Their inclusion of social issues into their message is off-putting to me. I also am not sure that this is not a fad and question its long-term viability. That makes me very worried that their primary winners in the spring will be detrimental to Republicans in the fall when the fad has faded.
J. Eric, law and politics is way over my head, but I always thought the “living” part of the Constitution was due more to its ability to be amended as opposed to re-interpreting. Hence, slavery was corrected through amendment. More of an ordered adaptability than just some amorphous thing that permits you to do whatever you feel today and not tomorrow.
Meh. The tea party is to the current government what moveon.org was during the Bush years. Both groups are essentially the same: a loud voice of the opposition to whoever is in power at the moment. People jump on the bandwagon, because it’s fun to oppose things. That’s why college kids protest everything.
The left was convinced Bush was going to destroy the world, and the right is convinced Obama is going to destroy the world. Some group will be angry at the next bunch of people. And the media will perpetuate the rhetoric, because it sells. So it will go on, forever and ever amen.
Well, I made it through the first two authors, not sure if I have the stomach to read any further. But, thanks for adding another bunch to the mix, I guess? Might add for some comic relief, I suppose…..
KM- Nester’s.
I too look forward to this blog even if it’s just more reasons for me to stand firm in my belief that they might just be misguided wack jobs. But then again, they might make some good points and offer me a different understanding. One never knows!