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October 4, 2010

J.C. Watts: Why Is The Tea Party On A Roll?

For those who've been wondering why the Tea Party is on such a roll (such as liberal-progressives of the Obama/Reid/Pelosi crowd or others who just don't get it), J.C. Watts makes it perfectly clear - it has to do with the nationwide outrage by "We the People" coupled with a love of God, country and the Constitution. And he offers some mind-numbing statistics that serve as a basis for the Tea Party's outrage over what the Obama agenda has wrought upon our country.

[...] More than 6,000 men and women will be married today and each of their children will be saddled with a $30,000 share of the runaway national debt.

More than 15 million men and women will not be finding a job today.

More than 2,900 families will have their homes foreclosed today.

Some 300,000 illegal aliens will sneak across our borders, underscoring the human, arms and drug trafficking that is destroying the quality of life in Arizona, California and a growing number of other states.

At the same time, during the past two years, an ever-expanding federal government has taken over everything from General Motors to the health-care system. And the United States appears weaker on the international stage than at any time since we lost the Vietnam War. As I have said in this column before, our allies don't trust us and our enemies no longer fear us.

No wonder that a tea party movement motivated by patriotism and adherence to the Constitution, as well as opposition to record high tax-and-spend policies, sprang up to challenge incumbent candidates of both parties who are presiding over the decline of our country.

[...] keep in mind that the tea party is not Republican, although its supporters will be voting for a large number of GOP candidates this fall. It is an independent, small-government, constitutional movement. Its adherents sincerely believe that all too many elected officials in Washington have evolved from being "representatives" of the people to our dictatorial rulers. This is why I've said on many occasions Republicans or Democrats who ignore the tea partiers do it at their own peril.

Watts' point that the tea party is a grass roots movement is supported by a new book by national pollsters Scott Rasmussen and Douglas Schoen, which explains that the Tea Party movement is a genuine grassroots movement, not a corporate-led Astroturf falsehood as liberal-progressive Democrats allege. A theme in the book is that the elite class in America simply does not understand the depth and breath of the Tea Party movement. And according to Rasmussen and Schoen, the Tea Party represents a real and powerful uprising or groundswell of right-wing populism. Not understanding the depth and breadth of the Tea Party -- or if they do understand it, then fearing it -- elites criticize it.

Posted by Richard at October 4, 2010 8:06 AM

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