You make some very good points.
In the end, it comes to the same result, and we the people are not involved. We are slaves to the system.
No. We are not. The key is to translate the Tea Party movement into a takeover of the Republican Party -- starting at the precinct level.
Understand that the left did exactly this to the Democrat party. In 1968, the radicals were rioting in Grant Park, outside the International Amphitheater where the Democrat convention was being held.
By 1972, they were inside the convention -- nominating George McGovern.
It's going to take the same kind of effort on our part.