Overthrowing The DemoPublicans
What is it about the Tea Party that is so objectionable? The attacks are too regular and varied to require recounting. It appears the Tea Party is a movement back to our anti-federalist origins; a movement advocating the restrictions on government found in our Constitution. If that is true then the attacks are from those who fear the implied loss of control, position, power and free money. The attacks are from either the Ruling Class, as described by Angelo Codevilla in his “American Spectator” essay, their sycophants, or recipients of the largess the Ruling Class bestows on those who help them maintain control.
Since the Tea Party is a loose conglomeration of individuals associated for a common purpose, it is difficult to describe them and more difficult, if not impossible, to control them. Thus the fear. The Tea Party may, perhaps, best be described as an organization similar to the Baptist Church. In each congregation of individuals there is a common purpose but their methods and goals are their own and not dictated to them from above. This is different from the two major political parties, where the elitists and Ruling Class have taken control and dictate procedure, policy and participation from on high. It has been difficult, if not impossible, to advance in US politics if the Ruling Class does not approve of you. Take, for instance, the voting and registration laws of North Carolina.
The Democrats and Republicans share control of the state government. Each of them allows a slate of aspiring individuals to vie for positions on various elected bodies. In doing so, the DemoPublicans have primaries. These primaries, even though exclusively for the benefit of the political parties, are paid for by the taxpayers. As primaries are for the benefit of the DemoPublicans their organizations should pay for them, not the taxpayers. This is pointed out more specifically by how third parties, such as the Green or Libertarian, are treated by state government, including the state board of elections.
Third parties have participation requirements that are onerous. Where the DemoPublicans use ‘givernment’ (Michael Dullea’s word) to fund their operations and primaries, third parties must use their own. Just to maintain the party in legal standing third parties spend countless hours and millions of dollars, simply because the DemoPublicans have no desire to share power. More exactly, the DemoPublicans are controlled by the elitist Ruling Class and have no intention of allowing anyone else to participate. Thus they write laws to exclude competition for elected seats, making it easier for the Ruling Class to control those who are elected.
So when the Tea Party decides to involve itself in the Republican Party it makes a very astute decision. The problem, of which they are aware, becomes not being co-opted by the existent power in the Republican Party, which is beholding to the Ruling Class.
Over the decades, even centuries, the Ruling Class has insinuated its political control in every aspect of our lives. When the economy is going well and freedoms are being taken away incrementally instead of wholesale, the people have allowed the DemoPublicans to control the political discourse and to elect whomever they wished. The Tea Parties began to form after the actions of the DemoPublicans finally awoke enough of the people to the truth of the usurpation of power and the actual enslavement of the people. The goal of Tea Parties is to take back government from the elitist Ruling Class and return it to the people. This is true republicanism. The Tea Party members are a reflection of the voters who have registered Independent for years and by doing so indicate their lack of identification with and support of the policies of the DemoPublicans.
Churches have existed for centuries. They evolve with the times, yet their basic focus and goals remain constant. The Tea Party must be the same. Those who join and participate must understand the long-term commitment necessary; that their enemy is complacency and the elitist Ruling Class. The Ruling Class will not give up easily and will forever be making the effort to regain control. The understanding of the Tea Party participants must be that a federal government is easily usurped by a few. Local efforts will be required to maintain control; conventions should be to share information and network, not to elect a central board of directors.
The Constitution of the United States is a document that indicates a fear of centralized (federal) government. In seeking to return to the original principles of the Constitution, the Tea Parties work to upset the basis of the government of the United States because, to quote Joseph Sobran, “The Constitution poses no serious threat to our form of government.” The point being that if the Tea Party intends to reestablish the Constitution as the basis for government in our country, those who now depend on government have much to lose. So this should be exactly what the Tea Party seeks to do.
The elitist Ruling Class has been using the pretense of a Constitutionally-derived government as the rationale for taking from the people to give to themselves. But there is a serious farce at work here. Anyone who can read this, can read the Constitution. It is a simple, straightforward document. Read it and ask yourself this question: Why does a Supreme Court Justice need to be a lawyer? Why should we allow government to ruin our lives and say their right to do so is in the Constitution?
The Tea Party and its members have the answer. Small wonder they are constantly attacked.
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