The Death of the Tea Party

It has been my observation that when things political or social get out of balance, people will almost always over correct. Such is the case with the Tea Party. It got it's start because we as a country have drifted away from the principles and ideas our Founding  Forefathers laid out for us in the Constitution.

Now to be fair, do we need to get back to Patriots ideas that they laid out?

Yes I believe we do. But let us keep in mind as to what great lengths the Founders went to to make sure there would always be a balnce of power. After living under a monarchy/theocracy they knew all to well what happens when a person, group or political faction gets too much power.

So with that in mind they set up a form of government with 3 branches. The Legislative, Judicial and Executive. Like a 3 legged stool, if one leg is missing, it won't work. These 3 branches are designed to balance out one another and to provide a healthy amount of suspicion of one toward the others.

The Tea Party tried to get us back to this point and failed. Why? Because they adopted from the start a no comprimise policy when lobbying Congress.

Anyone who has followed politics or served on any kind of board or commitee can tell you that will not work ever.

I went to the first Tea Party rally they had in Tulsa. It was at Veterans park, and they were promoting ideals I closely identify with. While I was there I signed up for some follow up e-mail updates to see what the group had planned.

It didn't take long to figure out this was a right wing extremist group.

If there was one underlying principle the Founders wanted in their new form of goverment it was moderation! They went to geat lengths, as mentiond above, to try to keep things politically centred. In other words in exact opposite of what the Tea Party ideals are.

How can a group that tries to so closely identify with the Founders, yet at the same time be for a point of view politically opposite the Founders?

With such contradictions as this as their platform, the only thing surprising about this group is how long they have lasted!