It’s an honest question. Is there anyone else out there that thinks there is a possibility that he’s a plant from the Left to once again try to paint the honorable patriots that make up the Tea Party movement as social right-wing nut-jobs?
I’ve been involved with the Tea Party movement since its inception and he doesn’t sound like any of the people I’ve met within the movement. The people I’ve met are a fairly good cross-section of people who’s social values span across the political spectrum, be they disenfranchised Democrats who are also tired of oppressive taxes and reckless spending, Libertarians tired of the infringement of our government on so many of our freedoms and liberties, or fiscally conservative Republicans, all are people concerned for the future of our great country and are focused on the three main principals of Lower Taxes, Limited Government and more Freedom/greater Liberties for our citizens. While many within the movement do claim to follow one religion or another, their beliefs in that regard are quite diverse and would likely surprise many from the outside who’ve fallen for the “racist, fundamental Christian wackjobs” label that the main-stream media has tried to tag us with. We aren’t about Right vs. Left – we’re about Big vs. Small – a concept that seems foreign to most people today and therefore the media is confounded because they’re not sure how to define us. Because the Tea Party is a movement and not an actual party, they can’t go to a single “leader” or “chairman” to ask where we stand on any given issue. Therefore, out of fear of the unknown, they feel they must attempt to demonize us or paint us as though we reside along the fringes of society when in reality, we’re more likely to be your neighbor, your co-worker or the person you bump into in the grocery store.
It is for that very reason that I find it almost humorous that a 26 year old man like David Lewis, with limited business experience, no legislative experience and comparatively little life experience, has declared himself the “Tea Party Candidate” that will face Speaker Boehner in the next primary election. Are we to believe that the people who make-up this movement, the very people who’ve had tremendous success in affecting numerous House and Senate races, from the election of Scott Brown in Ted Kennedy’s old seat, to the massive swing in the 2010 mid-term elections, to maintaining the majority in the WI Legislature (despite the huge amounts of Big Labor money that was funneled into the state to influence the democrats failed recall bid to gain control), on down to the latest victories in NY & NV, we are to believe these people are just going to get in line behind this guy because he says he’s “the guy”? Let’s keep in mind that the reason the vast majority of the people within the movement are fired up and involved to begin with, is to focus on the afore-mentioned three principles of Lower Taxes, Limited Government and more Freedom/greater Liberties for our citizens – not abortion related issues.
The people who make up the Tea Party movement were indeed disappointed in Speaker Boehner for his compromise with Obama and the Democrats in the Senate on the debt-ceiling debate as Mr. Lewis stated, but beyond that his rhetoric begins to ring hollow and falls flat. The people weren’t disappointed because Boehner didn’t insist on blocking abortion funding for Planned-Parenthood. They were disappointed because he didn’t stand up with conviction and fight to take serious steps to reign in run-away spending and get our government back on the track to financial solvency and furthering the freedoms and liberties of our citizens – period. That’s why we call it the Tea Party movement Mr. Lewis – It’s about an over-taxing, over-spending, over-reaching Federal Government and the people being tired of feeling as though they don’t have a voice through their elected representatives. I don’t recall reading anything in the history books about any of the Sons of Liberty who risked their very lives to dump tea into the Boston Harbor on that cold December night in 1773, doing so in protest of any abortion-related issue. Abortion funding is an issue for the Christian Coalition - not the Tea Party.
The reason the people of the Tea Party movement didn’t like it was because the deal Boehner ended up making with the Democrats had no real meaningful cuts, nor will whatever half-baked ideas the Deficit Reduction Super-Committee they’ve put in place comes up with. “Why?” may you ask? Because the committee has been charged with “Deficit Reduction” and not “Budget Cuts”. That means that rather than freezing the Federal Budget at the real dollar amount it is at right now, (effectively freezing any and all additional spending) and then making Budget Cuts from there, what they’ve agreed to is to cut the amount the Federal Budget will AUTOMATICALLY GROW over the next 10 years. The fiscally responsible people who make up the Tea Party movement aren’t looking for Politicians who will “slow” the growth of government - we are looking for real Leaders who are willing to stand up with conviction, debate the tough issues that will need to be faced and work together to develop real solutions if we are ever to get our country back to being the economic leader, the rock of stability and the shining light of freedom and liberty to the rest of the world that she once was. We should all be mad as hell (and maybe even a little disappointed in ourselves) for letting our elected officials in Washington legislate, regulate, and spend us into our current position. Simply put, doing things they way we have over the last 20 years is not sustainable, is not responsible and the people within the Tea Party have made it apparent that it will not be tolerated any longer, regardless of the initial behind your name.
David Lewis might like to fancy himself as the Tea Party candidate, but as I’ve said, the Tea Party isn’t a party at all, they have no “official nominee” nor “party delegates” with which to select one, just a groundswell of people who are tired of politics as usual in Washington and THEY will decide who they will back – Just ask Joseph Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy was “selected” by prominent Massachusetts Tea Party activists Carla Howell and Michael Cloud as “the Candidate” for the Tea Party, even though he was running on the Libertarian ticket, in the special election race for Ted Kennedy’s then-vacant Senate seat. The problem was the people who make up the movement decided for themselves that Joseph Kennedy wasn’t electable and backed Scott Brown instead. We all know what happened from there - Scott Brown won the election and the Tea Party movement had cemented the 41st crucial seat for the Republicans to prevent a filibuster-proof Senate for the democrats.
That’s why I suspect that you, Mr. Lewis, may be a plant from the Left – If you were truly one of us you’d now that YOU cannot decide to be OUR candidate - WE will decide WHO we will support – That’s the beauty of the Tea Party movement!!
Now that’s Change Every American can Believe In!!
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