Inside The Tea Party Movement
Posted on 19 April 2010 by LynThomas in Uncategorized
Are the TP (Tea Party) rallies really just Mad Hatter tea parties, after the Alice of Wonderland classic? Or is the Tea party movement just another political party?
When the Tea Party express made a pit stop in Boston Massachusetts, it was recently reported on the Broad Humour (women and comedy) website.
It is now said the home grown political movement has had both good and bad publicity thrown at it, since its inauguration one year ago.
The reporter felt that TP followers must spend most of their social security cheques on poster board, markers and glue for making homemade signs, which appear to play a major role in the TP experience.
The general sentiment is a dislike of President Obama, as the core members happily make money selling t-shirts, stickers, buttons and other gee-gaws bearing mindless slogans.
Music and entertainment, by home-grown artists, also feature large in any TP gathering.
Former Governor of Alaska and prominent iHand note-taker, Sarah Palin has become a fixture of the TP organization, appearing at numerous rallies such as the one in Boston. Some might say that Palin is the pride of the party and that she represents the core values of the group. However, it is difficult to ascertain just what those core values actually are.
The image of Palin is one of a working mom, a straight shooter and an average Jane. However, with a best-selling book, wealthy in her own right, former public servant and multiple television shows, Palin is hardly your everyday Jane.
It seems that Palin connects with the people and says the kind of things the TPs want to hear.
“We can’t spend our way out of these problems.”
“Small businesses.”
“Limited government!”
“Lame-stream media”
“Small businesses.”
“Drill baby drill!”
“Small businesses.”
Boston Tea Party
The Boston TP was a peaceful event where people came together to enjoy a beautiful spring day in New England, while listening to the terrible oppressive, corrupt American government, to heed warnings about the apocalypse that is upon the American people who are soon to be stripped of their guns, pills and cable TV. People who love to wave pretty coloured signs and relate to “small businesses.”
Is the TP movement just a passing fad, or a serious political party here to stay?
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