Tea Time in America: Naomi Wolf on teaparties.
• Naomi WolfI hope that the Republican establishment does not succeed in co-opting the Tea Party – and that the Democratic establishment does not, either. And I hope that the movement captures the imagination of progressives, who are equally disgusted...
The libertarians better hurry & take charge of them. I was kicked out of Valley Forge Patriots - Tea Party Conservatives for advocating liberty.
Here's a good sampling of some of our debates:
http://www.meetup.com/VFP-TeaParty09/messages/8814395/
http://www.meetup.com/VFP-TeaParty09/messages/8812052/
http://www.meetup.com/VFP-TeaParty09/messages/8812152/
http://www.meetup.com/VFP-TeaParty09/messages/8812165/
http://www.meetup.com/VFP-TeaParty09/messages/8751524/
http://www.meetup.com/VFP-TeaParty09/messages/8660373/
http://www.meetup.com/VFP-TeaParty09/messages/8654408/
http://www.meetup.com/VFP-TeaParty09/messages/8496851/
They also believed every goofy email that came down the pike. Here's just one:
http://www.meetup.com/VFP-TeaParty09/messages/8675624/
Restore liberty,
Darren
The International Libertarian
"When all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall
be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the
checks provided of one government on another and will become as venal and
oppressive as the government from which we separated."
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Charles Hammond [1821]
Establishment politics is using a standard tactic against the Tea Party movement: inject some charismatic people to take control of the conversation, find, isolate and excommunicate the loudest opposition voices, fill the resultant void and bring the confused masses back around to the status quo. The Democrats do this to homosexuals and civil libertarians constantly, the Republicans mastered it with the religious right and "paleoconservatives" decades ago. Let's hope the tea partiers have the sense to see through the charade. Right now it's not looking too hot, but I haven't given up on them.