To me, this is not the REAL Tea Party movement. As Nancy would say, it is astroturf, not grass roots. I am involved in a local Tea Party group and we don’t let the Republican party or anyone else take credit for it or overtake it.
Event: Constitution Rally
Date: Saturday February 6th
Time: 11:00 – 1:00 (Doors open at 10:00)
Where: Old Menards Store in Sheboygan (4309 County Trunk J)
The Sheboygan Liberty Coalition is sponsoring this educational event about the Constitution, it’s origins, the fundamental differences between the State and Federal Constitutions and more. Learn how you can protect your future and the future of our children using principles set forth in the Constitution by our founding fathers. Featured speakers include: Dr. Kevin Gutzman, Constitutional Scholar and author, Hon. Randy Koschnick, Constitutionalist and Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge and Mr. Bob Basso, a.k.a. “Thomas Paine”.
Please go to our website at www.sheboyganlibertycoalition.com for more information including directions.
P.S. above is a shameless plus for our tea party tomorrow
I have to think about this one for a while. On the one hand, I don’t like the idea of the Tea Party Movement becoming “corrupted,” on the other hand, the Tea Party Movement, per se, has done more in one year to popularize the message of liberty and Constitutional ideals than the Libertarian Party has done in 40 years.
I think a lot of people are being too quick to criticize a Movement that is so young. Like every other populist movement in history, they are going to make tactical and strategic errors, piss people off, become too big for their breeches, take too much for granted, become involved in internal Machiavellian power struggles, and so forth.
That having been said, I admire what they doing and hope they keep on doing it. They are a force to be reckoned with in American politics and a breath of fresh air. Hopefully, the cooler, rational heads in the movement will prevail and the losers will go back to their day jobs.
Huckillary