by Cedric Mcclester

Created on: February 16, 2010   Last Updated: March 20, 2010

Despite assertions to the contrary, the Tea Party movement as evidenced by their vociferous protests, have largely been fueled by their fear of change.  They will deny that having a black president has anything to do with it, but nothing could be further from the truth.  Their xenophobic reactions to President Obama speaks volumes.  In the history of our country, no other president’s eligibility for the office of president has so obstinately been challenged.  After producing a certified birth certificate, and other documentation of citizenship, they still question whether the president is a citizen.  

Writer Linda Sunkle-Pierucki‘s article analyzing the Tea Party protests provides some historical context she states, “The original Boston Tea Party was not a demonstration against taxation. It was the culmination of several overbearing matters of governance by the crown.”  Who can argue with an eye-witness account?  Ms. Sunkle-Pierucki goes on to assert that the first “actual Tea Party event that took place  in Michigan in February 2009 wasn’t organized.  She suggests that it occurred spontaneously, which shows her naiveté .  All of the Tea Party protests have been highly organized by those business interests that serve to benefit the most from that misguided movement.  They have incited a group of people who are fearful of losing their perceived hegemony over others whom lack what can best be referred to as “the right of white,” or white entitlement.  These people tend to cut off their noses to spite their face.

Under the guise of government overreach and uncontrolled spending, the  business interests that are  the puppet masters behind  the Tea Party Movement  have incited their minions into acting against their own best self-interests.  Tea Party adherents are against government regulations that restrict how certain businesses are conducted.  These same businesses were allowed to run unchecked and rampant under the Bush Administration, resulting in the massive economic downturn, which forced the government bailouts in the first place.  Tea Party member claim to believe in strict adherence to the Constitution, which provides the  framework for our government.  Where were the  tea bag protests when the Bush Administration almost succeeded in nullifying that sacrosanct  document?

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