[ohioWfan]

As a conservative Republican who "grew to dislike the Republican Congress" and has been part of the Tea Party movement from its beginning, I am familiar with the information you have given here. My husband and I were in DC on 9-12, and then with the massive protest against the healthcare legislation right before it passed.

(Not sure how Miers fits into this history, though, which was the point I was objecting to in your first post).

Thanks for the post, though. Others may not understand what the Tea Party movement is about, and sans the stuff in your first post, what you have written is accurate.

[a fool in paradise]

I may have not put it into the best of terms. Yes this is different and more pronounced, but when Obama claims “nothing” like it before, he’s a little short sighted (or dishonest since EVERYTHING is always about him).

The public has HELD these views, the progressives pushing this agenda rarely move towards it so directly and forcefully.

He claims to be a moderate and THAT is what causes the backlash to his policies, Americans are not THAT dumb when push comes to shove.

An honest media would bring this debate out into the open (and actually undercut the activism of some in the tea party in doing so).