Are you Tea'd-Up with hearing the constant barrage of insults and attacks leveled at the Tea Party? It's almost become common place to hear the words Tea Party interchanged with words like extremism, radicals, racists, and forces of evil. I guess we shouldn't be too surprised. If former President Bill Clinton will suggest that half of the nation needs a shrink (see video below), and then our current President indicates that half of the nation is scared, not thinking straight, and therefore may vote Republican on November 2nd, hey...why not, let's drag the Tea Party through the deepest mud pits we can find!
With all the un-sportsmanship and un-statesmanship like conduct of the progressive left, just what the Tea Party movement is all about has certainly been muddied. And it hasn't helped to have a media that goes along with it - well, except for that...
It amazes me at how much then candidate Barack Obama, promised on the campaign trail, to bring change should he get elected. In fact, he indicated that one of the big changes he would bring to Washington was that of unity. It sounds absolutely hilarious now to even ponder that, but back then, people thought he was for real. What people didn't realize, but is now obvious, is that unity with the President and the left is only attainable when those who disagree learn to agree and go along with everything. In other words, the President and the left view unity, not as something achieved through consensus from both sides of the issue, but rather by blaming, badgering, and demonizing those who have a different point of view (Healthcare bill for example). In the end, that approach leads to polarization, not unity.
Now some would argue that the President is just inexperienced and lacks the ability to lead this great nation. I would argue that the President knows well how to lead, and the kind of leadership we see is actually true to his nature. In fact, his leadership is so good, that he has the left lined up right where he wants them, saying what he wants them to say. Because at the end of the day, if the President was interested in unity, instead of pitting the right against the left, his students like talking head Ed Schultz, wouldn't be calling conservatives the forces of evil. By the way, I liked Ed Schultz when he was a college football announcer - he should have never quit his day job.
