American Tea Parties

When I started this endeavor, I pledged (to myself) that I would eschew politics, even though I am a strong believer in both partisan and non-partisan politics. However, I feel compelled to write something about the April 15th demonstrations which have obscenely been called "tea bagging" by it's opponents. If you're not familiar with the term, "google" it.

I have posted two links below and have used the blogspot directions for making them clickable, but if they don't turn out that way, please just highlight them, copy, and paste into your browser address bar. The first link shows Jeaneane Garofolo on Keith Olberman's program. She states in strong terms that anyone who participated in the protests was a RACIST, and that the only reason they were there was because the hated a black man being in the White House. If you do any search at all, you will find many, many blogs that make the same observation.

The second link features a piece from Town Hall which puts my "spin" on it which is that this was not anti-Obama, it was for his current policies. This was not a Republican program, it was not a Democratic program, it was not a Fox News program except in the context that FN was the only network interested in reporting on it. Good grief, since when did public protest become anti-American. We've put up for years with public hostility towards parties, people and policies. Is it because we now are supposed to have "change"? I believe that both parties and both administrations are equally guilty for causing our current crisis.

Anyway, that's my rant for the day. I really hope that some of you out there will share your opinions on this topic.

http://townhall.com/Columnists/SabrinaLSchaeffer/2009/04/20/tea_parties_whats_next

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/16/garofalo-outdoes-herself-tea-parties-all-about-white-power-says-d-lister/comment-page-1/#comments