What’s next for the Tea Party movement?
Around a million people took place in the 9/12 Project and tea party marches and rallies across the nation Saturday with the obvious big one in the nation’s capital. The jury is still out on exact numbers which reach from tens of thousands to millions. We shall never know but what we do know is people came out in force. This fact is undeniable unless you are a liberal democrat acting like an ostrich and pretending this is not happening. We have yet to have anything from the White House apart from a shrug which is ironic in a perverse way if you have read Ayn Rand’s influential tome ‘Atlas Shrugged’.
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So we the people came, showed up, protested out of control government and made our way home. But what comes next? The tea parties and the town halls are all about getting people engaged, and that’s wonderful but is it sufficient? These remonstrations regarding government policies are only valuable if participants remain engaged in the process.
There are historical events that impact the direction a nation takes. Project 9/12 and the tea party movement and the town hall meetings can be one of those moments. Momentum needs to be maintained and if done right this could be the MoveOn.org moment for the conservatives and libertarians in America. MoveOn.org started, if you remember, as a mere petition with an email list urging citizens to ‘move on’ from the impeachment of President Clinton. Look at the influence that organization has on American politics and policy making today. I still get emails from them on an almost daily basis.
It’s all about The Big Mo; momentum.
Those on Capitol Hill and at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue will hope that this will just die away. Personally, I do not believe it will. It was supposed to die away after the tax day tea parties, then it was supposed to die away after the July Fourth tea parties, the town hall meetings held (or not held) over the summer were supposed to be a flash in the pan from some angry un-Americans who were ‘evil’ and then we have last Saturday 9/12/09. It will only die down if it is allowed to.
Many of the disparate organization involved in this movement have set up websites and networks so as not to let this movement disappear as a fond memory whereby people can look back and say “remember those tea parties and town halls in 2009 darling?’.
American Majority has developed an After the Tea Party plan to which you can subscribe. But showing up and forwarding emails is not enough to ensure freedom and limited government. It is only the beginning. Call your representatives in the House and Senate and urge them to preserve and fight for your liberties. Tell them if they vote a certain way then you and your friends and family will certainly not be voting for them. There is a rule in politics which politicians know but don’t publicly admit to. If they receive one phone call or one written non form letter or email they know there are at least another twenty people out there who feel the same way. Same goes for phone calls to their offices.
In Virginia, both my Senators refused to have town hall meetings as they were too busy flitting off to Europe. Senator Mark Warner eventually caved and held one meeting after much pressure from his constituents.
Visit www.Congress.org for your congressman and senator’s information and keep on them whether you like them or not or voted for them or not. Most incumbents are re-elected for reasons I will not go into here. They therefore have a cozy mentality which needs to be shaken up.
Highly recommended is GET OUT OF OUR HOUSE - it’s message is non partisan and self explanatory. A how to guide is available on You Tube
Following the historical example of the Peasants’ Revolt in mediaeval England in 1381; we are indeed the peasants and we are indeed revolting.
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One million people? No way! It must have been more like 150 million, at least half of Amurka was there.
Peasants? That's exactly what Obama and his group of elitists think of Americans. They are going to be thinking about those "peasants" when election time Nov 2010 comes around. They are going to be wishing they had listened to them. There is revolution in the air. We need to vote ALL Washington politicians out of office. We need to start over with a fresh group of crooks that may not be so brazen as the ones currently in office who believe they are rulers and not those elcted by the people.
More exaggerated numbers.
Try this: pbump.net/912.html
Of course you probably don't see a difference, they probably look equal to you guys.
Oh..and you guys just keep following good old Dick, one of biggest pharma lobbyists around.
One million, plus!! I was there. I saw it with my own eyes! The reported 60,000 is ridiculus. I've been in 100,000+ people in the stands at Bristol Motor Speedway and UT Knoxville's Neyland Stadium. DC on 9/12 had more than that in on the west lawn of the Capitol building by 11:00, and we were just getting to the site! Tens of thousands we still coming in behind us. Just proves again that "The Lie" continues. You can't believe anyone in media. Better to participate than to be blinded by the liars.
If you weren't there, you don't know. I was, and I can honestly say: a million. Easy.
Are these the teabaggers or Glen BecKKK's 9-12 zombies? I'm confused, too many tin-foil hats.
#uck all u libs!..dummies
You obviously have no idea what a million people look like. You lost, get over it LOSERS. Now let the people in charge do their work. It's hard enough to get us out of the hole you put us in without you morons intervening.
2010- Waterloo for libs.
hey gopisdoodoo, it's not about the gop dumbass, its about our corrupt government, on the left and the right.
Only the uninformed and party pawns would keep relating this movement to the GOP. If people would just take the time to listen to what others are saying they would realize that a good majority of tea party participants are equally fed up with the GOP as they are democrats.
Listen, I hate to break it to some people- Obama is the same as Bush. Don't think so? What's up with Afghanistan? Did Bush push for the first bailout? Didn't Obama push through bailouts? Weren't people upset with Bush over corporate corruption? What do you think is going on with ACORN, the Unions, GM, the banks, the auto industry, etc....
Americans, do NOT become party pawns- to either side- they are one in the same.
Leigh
A former registered GOP that has seen the light- now an INDEPENDENT
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