I too have organized a number of tea parties and have a talk show on our local radio station discussing the very issues that anger the tea party attenders. It's MUCH more than simply just about “smaller government”. Its about restoring Article 1. Section 8 to its ORIGINAL MEANING thus eviscerating a large centralized federal government. This is not small potato's.
I too have organized a number of tea parties and have a talk show on our local radio station discussing the very issues that anger the tea party attenders. It's MUCH more than simply just about “smaller government”. Its about restoring Article 1. Section 8 to its ORIGINAL MEANING thus eviscerating a large centralized federal government. This is not small potato's. Yeah, but the problem is, once you get past that one small cluster of issues, the field is kind of wide open, and you fall into the same trap the Reform Party did - of leaving everything else so open ended once you find agreement on a few issues, that you end up running Pat Buchanan and Lenora Fulani on the same ticket. Not a prescription for political success.
Conservatism - I hate it to break it to some folks - is about more than just Article I, Section 8. It's about more than just a few hardcore economic conservative issues. Any group or Party that fails to understand this will not have my continued support.