An Army of Tax Revolters — and a warning to fair-weather Republicans
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Blog pioneer Glenn Reynolds, author of “An Army of Davids,” has a nice overview of the Tea Party movement in the Wall Street Journal today. (We probably shouldn’t use the phrase “army of (fill-in-the-blank) anymore” — what with all the DHS warnings about “rightwing extremism chatter on the Internet” and “disgruntled military veterans” and all. But I digress.)
Reynolds’ reporting on how many Tax Day Tea Protesters are as fed up with Republicans as they are with Democrats is spot on. It’s something I’ve also pointed out and chatted with Glenn about since the tax revolts got underway nearly two months ago. Clueless leftists and lazy MSM journalists can scream about the partisan nature of the Tea Party movement until they are blue in the face. Too bad. They’re missing an important story. Reynolds writes:
There’s good news and bad news in this phenomenon for establishment politicians. The good news for Republicans is that, while the Republican Party flounders in its response to the Obama presidency and its programs, millions of Americans are getting organized on their own. The bad news is that those Americans, despite their opposition to President Obama’s policies, aren’t especially friendly to the GOP. When Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele asked to speak at the Chicago tea party, his request was politely refused by the organizers: “With regards to stage time, we respectfully must inform Chairman Steele that RNC officials are welcome to participate in the rally itself, but we prefer to limit stage time to those who are not elected officials, both in Government as well as political parties. This is an opportunity for Americans to speak, and elected officials to listen, not the other way around.”
Likewise, I spoke to an organizer for the Knoxville tea party who said that no “professional politicians” were going to be allowed to speak, and he made a big point of saying that the protest wasn’t an anti-Obama protest, it was an anti-establishment protest. I’ve heard similar things from tea-party organizers in other cities, too. Though critics will probably try to write the tea parties off as partisan publicity stunts, they’re really a post-partisan expression of outrage.
Of course, it won’t be the same everywhere. There are no national rules, and organizers of each protest are doing things the way they want. And that’s the good news and the bad news for Democrats. It’s not a big Republican effort. It’s a big popular effort. But a mass movement of ordinary people who don’t feel that their voices are being heard doesn’t bode well for the party that positioned itself as the organ of hope and change.
Let me add one more example of Tea Party protesters upset with the Beltway GOP. Reader Ryan e-mails:
I doubt you’ll even get this with how busy you must be, but I am so disheartened I had to write the only person I really respect as always sticking to her conservative principles. My wife and I are signed up to go to the tea party in Madison, WI on April 15. I was very excited to finally get off the couch and make my voice heard. Then last week, I got an email from www.fightbackwisconsin.com saying that the Republican Party of Wisconsin had decided to sponsor the event by providing free parking and shuttle service. In addition (and probably as a condition of the free parking), Rep. Paul Ryan would be speaking. This, the same Paul Ryan that voted yes on the 700 billion dollar tarp bill. I like Paul Ryan and I think he’s a decent representative, but he is part of the problem. How can somebody who voted to spend 700 billion be addressing an anti-tax tea party?
In addition to voting for TARP, GOP Rep. Ryan — billed as a Republican rising star– voted for the auto bailout and the AIG 90 percent confiscatory bonus tax. Crikey. How many strikes do “Republican rising stars” get?
Another Wisconsin voter here highlights Paul Ryan’s troubling votes and flip-flopping:
So now all of a sudden, picking winners and losers in the market is bad policy? But a couple month ago, when Paul Ryan was arguing to give funds to the failing auto companies, that somehow wasn’t “neo-industrial policy” and wasn’t “picking winners and losers”? We weren’t taxing Toyota to save GM then? And now Paul is suddenly concerned about executive control over funding, when he said not one word after President Bush unilaterally, and illegally used TARP funds to bail out the auto industry? He’s concerned about keeping the Fed focused on the financial industry, but he had no problem with the car czar that he proposed in his earlier legislation?
Look, I’m all for cutting off these funds, and perhaps I’m being stupid to continue to go after Paul Ryan like this. But when reading these releases, you’d think that he was against these things the entire time! But only now that a Democratic President is in office, is he all of a sudden for a more reasonable fiscal policy that didn’t bailout industrial concerns.
Well you know what, that’s what a straight partisan hack does. He ought to be apologizing for his previous votes, not pretending he was being responsible the entire time, but I don’t see one bit of regret for what he did previously. And I’ll be damned if I’m going to let him get away with it.
If you have a GOP representative attending your tea party, be sure to look up his/her record on these and other key fiscal votes before you get to the event. Did the congressional reps speaking at your tea party vote for the $6 billion GIVE/SERVE national service boondoggle?
Did they fall for the Chicken Little scenarios plied by Paulson et al.? Ryan did. If so, the first words out of their mouths at the Tea Party protests should be:
I’m sorry.
Now is not the time to sing kumbaya with the GOP or indulge in celebrity worship. This is the chance to hold your politicians accountable for engaging in legislation without deliberation, for “sacrificing the free market to save it” to paraphrase George the pre-socializer Bush, and for abandoning their fiscal conservative principles in the mad rush to “Do something.” (Quoting Rep. Ryan from last fall: “Doing nothing is the worst thing we could do!”)
I hope someone in Madison will ask why Tea Party activists should trust him not to crumble the next time the big government juggernaut yells “emergency!”
Promoting his tea party appearance, Ryan told a local radio station:
“I think the message is people are fed up with this notion of chasing ever-higher spending with ever-higher taxes. There’s a limit to how much you can soak the taxpayer.”
Message to GOP opportunists hitching their wagons to the Tea Party movement:
Practice what you preach when it matters. Not after the fact.
(And that goes for retired politicians and presidential hopefuls who flip-flopped on TARP and bailoutpalooza, too.)
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Call me impolite if you want, but he, and any like him, should be booed off the stage. An “I’m sorry” is not enough at this point. We should not suffer these ignorant fools any longer.
“The bad news is that those Americans, despite their opposition to President Obama’s policies, aren’t especially friendly to the GOP.”
Amen! I have been to two Tea Parties so far, Saturday we held our big one here in San Diego and I will be going to the ones held tomorrow as well. We are pissed and this “pissed” has been fomenting well before King Barry took office. He just cemented it.
Texas Sovereignty
~ watch Gov. Perry!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LHrIxc-QyE
20 states signed on ~ 30 more to go!
No more crap sandwiches!!!
Absolutely! Where was the GOP today when we found out that Napolitano is spying on us bible-toting, gun-clinging right wingers? Silent. Deafening silence. They have no backbone in the GOP anymore, and it’s why I registered Libertarian earlier this year.
Amen! Being polite would be taken as a sign of support. Loud boo’s will send a more appropriate message.
On another thread I made a joking reference about to having to mail five tax filings to Annapolis, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Andover on Wednesday, but the tax situation is nothing to joke about. It doesn’t seem worth being an honest taxpayer…except for the fact that I have to live with myself, so I pay.
Do away with the IRS !! Please! The IRS sucks and we all know it.
Here in Texas, I know that Gov. Perry will be speaking in Austin, I believe, and Congressman Pete Olson is supposed to speak at the Sugar Land event.
In Houston, there SHOULD NOT BE ANY POLS SPEAKING. That’s my understanding from having met with the organizers of the Houston/Sugar Land events last week at the Kevin Price show.
We’re hunting RINOs, but we’re also on the lookout for any turncoat Republican. I’m fed up. And I’ll be out there today showing my anger.
God Save the Republic!
…write the only person I really respect as always sticking to her conservative principles.
As founder of the new Extremist Party™, we fully support this statement.
“Secretary Geithner, the taxpayers are revolting!”
“You’re telling me? Make me another Cosmopolitan.”
I haven’t considered myself a Republican in years. They’re almost as bad as the Democrats when it comes to spending money. The reason I’m going to the Tea Party is to express my anger not just at the taxes but at the out of control spending which means the Republicans deserve almost as much scorn as the Democrats.
I’ll be damned if I am going to turn this into lets bash GOP crap game.
TEA PARTIES are not partisan so lets not say in order to be at one we HAVE to trash GOP so libs join in SCREW THAT.
Booing a Republican Senator or Representative would probably actually make the mainstream news!!!!!
ah I see glenn reynolds is that instapundit guy part of jammie media.
had no idea who he was nor do I care.
It is not up to him or anyone to define who and what is cheered or boo’d at any venue as each will have local issues they are in theory addressing.
MM ya might be a wee bit biased in your coverage of this guy and that is fine.
Americans are showing up today in rain and other weather to say what THEy think is important they don’t need any marching orders………
It’s not about trashing the GOP so the libs can join in. It’s about letting them know we’re not happy with them and they need to get their act together if they wish to enjoy our continued support. The GOP takes the conservative base for granted these days and its time they got a wake up call.
and to further spout off as this really steams me:
if Americans in any city want to cheer thier asshat GOP or DIM pol that is THEIR right to do so……..
RIP,
That is a local issue if it is in fact applicable. It is not for anyone else to define.
Look do tea parties have to be perfect in message and and what not? cmonnn who is setting this benchmark?
Americans who give a hoot are showing up today to say what they have to say let them say it in rain and shine.
WE DONT NEED MICROMANAGED told what signs to bring what to say etc etc.
Steve Lonegan will be speaking at four of the NJ tea parties. He is running for Governor of the State of NJ … there are two Reps on the ticket; Lonegan and Christie. Christie is a RINO and wouldn’t be much different from Corzine. Lonegan gets it and the fact that he is speaking at these events is a good thing. If New Jerseyans want real change they would remove Corzine from his office and replace him with Lonegan.
30 woo hooo I would love to see him speak! if joisey folks want him there that is for THEM to decide!
30 point is if a tea party wants corzine to speak that is THEIR choice!
not some blogger has one opinion ( my otehr post got blocked lolo!!! )
I guess what got me so steamed is MM’s post that if someone has a GOP pol showing up she did not say ANY pol and the first few posts were anti GOP.
THAT is total crap and NOT what this is all about MM and glenn and whomever should know better.
ta and God Bless all those who go to a rally today don’t let anyone define what YOU are angry/happy about
Bansharia,
I know and they do. I’m hoping they send Corzine packing.
I am well aware of that. My point wasn’t to suggest who should and should not speak. My point was that Lonegan will speak and I hope that enough people will realize what he is about and do what it takes to bring real change to NJ. I kinda like this hope and change talk.
Consistentcy matters.
Yes it is. I still have the damn fool McCain calling for money as well as the RNC. They tell me they need money to oppose Obama. I ask them: when are you going to start?
Veteran-quite disgruntled at that
NRA member
Pro Life
No Shamnesty
Oh Lord J-No and her Dykes on Bikes Security is after me!
Have Tea Bag
Will Travel
Here in the Greater Cincinnati area, the March 15th rally had former Rep. Steve Chabot, speak and sounded like a re-election campaign (along with another city clowncil member Chris Monzel). I would vote for Steve if I can, but in my opinion the politicians need to stay out of this. Why? It is because so many career politicians got us into this mess and we need some new blood taking over. I mean new blood, not some kid whose family is a political dynasty whether national or local levels.
I want a true grassroots movement, representing every hard working schlep like my husband and I. I like to see more average Americans to run for office whether local or national. To me that would be true CHANGE.
About 90% of our elected representatives should be fired. They were on watch while all the bad stuff happened, and the case is easy to make that many of them were responsible for it or at least encouraged and enabled it.
Why do we keep hiring people to run our country who do nothing but spend money we don’t have and run us further and further into debt each year?
The idea that these clowns are the best we can find is laughable and if it were true would not just be pathetic but would make me want to give up altogether. The tea parties give me hope – take back our government!
Someone else who needs to listen, and isn’t, is National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman John Cornyn. In an effort to prevent the democrats from getting a “filibuster proof majority”, he endorsed Arlen Specter (RINO, PA).
I sent him an email telling him that just because someone puts an “R” by their name, that doesn’t make them a Republican.
God bless all of you today!! You are in my prayers as I can’t join you in this one. But next time…I’ll be there!
Nuff said.
We have 3 Rep. governor candidates attending our tea party. I was disappointed because I don’t want the dems and independants scared away. But I think everyone is ready to get rid of Corzine so maybe it will be ok.
Hey, 30. Have you ever checked out a New Jersy based blog called “Conservatives With Attitude?” I like to read it, and they are giving good coverage or your Governor race.
Same thing is happening in Cobb County Georgia. Yesterday I got an email from our county GOP chairman all upbeat about the rally happening in Marietta, a suburb of Atlanta and it included a list of GOP politicians who will be speaking. They never gave it so much a mention until yesterday. Now they want to claim credit for arranging buses to take the people from Marietta to Atlanta to attend the big rally there. BS
The arrangement for the buses were in place long before Scott Johnson and his merry band of political hacks decided to show up and take over the rally in Cobb County.
If I could I would take off work to attend and be in the crowd to heckle these politicians.
I will be at the main Atlanta rally since it occurs after work.
If on the off chance somebody from the area is going to attend the Cobb County rally and they happen to read this I hope they can convey the point that the folks on that stage are part of the problem and not the solution.
Tre,
Thanks. No I haven’t heard of it … will check it out.
My biggest fear today, God forbid, is that ACORN shows up at a party that the MSM is actually covering, hoists a few profane and racist banners, causes a riot, and is seen as evidence of yesterday’s DHS report.
Don’t forget today:
Then there’s Newt…and what to do with him.
That is why I’m also headed to a couple other tea parties in Wisconsin, which at last check WON’T have GOP officials speaking.
If AFP-WI (the organizer of the Madison Tea Party) had to invite a Republican, I would have much prefered Jim Sensenbrenner. Yes, he’s old, but he’s also old enough to remember fiscal conservatism.
Simple solution …
Hold any politician at any level that tries to co-opt a tea party and turn it into a campaign event to task as just another hack … period …
This movement must remain non-partisan and non-affiliated with any political party …
Another roll call vote to check… those who voted in favor of adjourning the House of Representatives on 1-Aug-2008.
That led to the “Texas Tea” Party on the floor of the House of Representatives.
That includes Rep. Walter Jones (RINO-NC).
Nancy Pelosi thought it was more important to promote her book “Know Your Power” than it was to address “Drill Here! Drill Now!”
Well, Nancy, “We the People” know our power!
Wonder if I’ll end up on a “do not fly” list. I’m wearing a tea bag through the airport today.
It’s kind of amusing that most Republican politicians can’t seem to stand on their own for anything, but now want to co-opt tea parties. Where have these idiots been for 10 years, while their phones and emails have burned up with traffic?
If a politician tries to insert him/herself into the “program”, politely ask if he/she was invited to speak. If they say no, then respectfully tell them to get lost! This is so typical of the political hacks in DC today…both sides! They horn in on other people’s gathering and just assume that they would be welcomed because they are, after all, one of the “upper class”…you know, the ones who RULE US! They all make me sick.
And in the words “post-partisan” lie the potential value of the Tea Party protests.
Protesting won’t make any difference in the here-and-now. Metaphorically speaking, the deficit horses have already fled the barn, gone over the horizon and aren’t coming back. Not only that, but the donks have set fire to the barn itself and even if the Republican fire brigade remembers to bring water with them in 2010 — something by no means assured — by then everything will have turned to ash.
Elections have consequences. Those who saw the 2008 contest as an existential fork in the road for this country were not hyperventilating. We went down the wrong fork, and there will be consequences.
Finishing the metaphor, the question becomes, “How to control what gets put up in place of the old barn?” And this is where the tax protests today have potential relevance. When the Federal government goes under, neither the donks nor the Republicans are likely to survive. But if the “Tea Parties” are the edge of the wedge in a broader movement to salvage the Founders’ ideals in post-Weimar America, then they’re a good thing to get off the ground now.
A “fair weather” Republican is just a politician who uses the party to be nominated with. They never were a conservative. They are a RINO.
Remember, Republicans are not a uniform conservative party. That is our #1 problem.
Witness Palin…She rails against Big Oil in Alaska. Big Oil pays big taxes and provides jobs. She doesn’t talk down all that bacon her reps bring home from the Great White Father either. Nice try Sarah, I like your energy, but no sale.
Teddy Roosevelt was a Progressive (aka DemocRAT) NOT a Conservative. Watch this “Republican” icon…it is from a place and time where we first strayed.
We need a litmus test. Let the DemocRATS let every Tom, Dick, and Harry wack job and poser into their tent. Let THEM have no ideals and principles.
rightwingmom:
here is a good site to keep up with. Lots of info on the subject.
Depends on the TSA agents that see you. I wore my John Doe shirt through security 2 years ago, and there was no problem.
Hate to hear that about Ryan. Saw him muscle his way into a Boehner press conference and steal the show in a big way last year. Now he’s muscling his way into a tea party. Boehner acted as if he wasn’t even there. I need to do more research on young Ryan.
Which tea party will Meghan McCain be at? That book deal will have a hefty tax bill attached. I’ll be watching.
They, and we know who They are, seem to think this is a Political movement rather than a popular movement. I agree, any political hack that wants to use this as a platform for themselves should be asked to leave.
I will participating in the Athens, Georgia Teaparty at 5 pm at the Arches. Stayed up to 1 am making signs. I keep telling folks this is a peoples movement with no political influence. Its good for everyone.
So much for Tea Party crashers …
The mistake being made here — and I see it in some of what Michelle writes, and hear it from a couple of local radio hosts who are relentlessly banging the tax-protest drum — is that the Repubs (and so-called conservatives) are being singled out for scorn.
This should be — to use a word that is anathema to us all — a bipartisan movement, bent on ridding us of all politicians who espouse the notions of tax, spend and waste in particular and nanny-statism in general.
The old rules about party identification don’t matter any longer.
It is the beliefs that matter (and in this case must be vigorously opposed), not the party affiliation!
So, does this mean that “conservatives” will actually vote on principle in 2010 and 2012 rather than for anyone who happens to have the letter “R” next to his/her name? Sure, organizing tea parties is fun and all, but what are you doing, politically speaking, to overcome the opposition (Republican and Democrat alike)? Are you vetting some candidates for Congress, or are you merely going to do the same old thing (e.g. vote for the lesser of two evils)? Consider this: what do you have to lose by basing your vote on principle rather than expediency and a fruitless hope to hedge your bets?
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” ~John Quincy Adams
I pasted a sentence into the wrong spot in my earlier comment. It makes more sense this way…
We had momentum with the “Drill Here! Drill Now!” DontGo Movement. Unfortunately, RINOs allowed the manufactured crisis in September to lead to TARP, and there went grassroots support for Republicans in the election.
I just heard M. Steele wanted to speak at a Chicago tea party and was politely turned down. That sends a good message. Unless you want to stand against the liberal onslaught of Obambi and his minions don’t use this protest to further the RINO message. We have been hearing that crap to long.
We have “Republicans” who support cap ‘n trade (GoreBull warming tax). Who can ever forget; “Raise your hands if you believe GoreBull warming is caused by man” and how many “Republicans” raised their hands?
We have the RNC headed by a RINO (Steele).
We had a RINO for the “Republican” presidential candidate.
We have “Republican” aisle crossers.
We have “Republican” supporters of Pork-bull-us.
It seems we have plenty of fair-weather “Republicans” running the show. The question becomes; how do we get rid of them?
I wrote my reps that supported Pork-bull-us and told them they were fired. I wrote the RNC and thanked them for handing over the office of the POTUS by giving us McCan’t (I voted for Palin BTW). I wrote the RNC when they gave us Steele (Thanks for nothing. When are you ever going to learn?)
When we get Republicans to understand that they cannot throw conservative principals under the bus to appeal to the middle of the road liberals (which will never happen), we can start rebuilding. Until then, expect “fair-weather republicans” to show up at evens that criticize tax issues they supported and proclaim they are on our side.
It is enough to make one sick.
/rant off
This is what happens when the insurgent pokes his head out before building up enough support among the population. Culture is the key. Until we win back the culture, things like these Tea Parties will remain, at best, largely ineffective, or worse, counter to that which you stand in the eyes of our fellow citizens. I ask: In whom are you striking fear? In whom are you building trust? In whom are you building respect? If you can’t answer these, then you must go back to the building phase. You are not operational yet.
Here’s a good chant for the folks in Madison: “Say You’re Sorry.”
Newsflash: “RINO” = Republican. Was Reagan like Nixon? Bush, Jr. or Bush, Sr.? McCain? Was Goldwater like any of them? They were the anomalies, not the norm for the Republicans.
The Tea Party movement must be wary of letting GOP “moderates” masquerading as “conservatives” infiltrate the movement.
I am a conservative! I am no longer a Republican. If the GOP takes over this incipient movement it is dead. The GOP will use the movement as much as possible and then return to governing as socialists should they regain power.
Don’t be fooled. The GOP is as much a part of the problem as the Democrats.
Yup. Great news flash. How many decades too late?
Personally, I support the FairTax to replace the current system.
Let’s not throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Probably most Elephants are RINOS, but there are some genuine conservatives: Jim Demint, Jeb Hensarling, Michelle Bachmann come to mind.
Fair Tax = Term Limits = No Frigging Way
Message to the GOP:
Change or Die.
Fair Tax.
Term Limits.
10th Amendment treated equally to the rest of the bill of rights, instead of trampled by the “commerce” clause.
Repeal the 17th Amendment (Permanent Senators via popular vote – return Senator election to the state legislatures).
Its the best way out.
McCain isn’t a RINO. He is a DIRC. (democrat in republican clothing) There is very little “republican” in that man. That is why the MSM wanted him to be our candidate!
If I was the ORGANIZER of the WI affair, here’s how I would introduce RYAN… Here is the man who voted in favor of the 700 BILLION BAILOUT, who voted in favor of, etc. etc. etc., and sit back and see the RECEPTION he gets… I would pay money to see that one… I like the ORGANIZERS who say to the POLLS, you are welcome to attend, but not to speak… This is not their PARTY, and I resent them trying to CRASH THE GATE!!!
A long time ago, Boston Mayor James Michael Curley made the famous comment (I paraphrase because I can’t find the actual quote): “When a lynch mob is running you out of town, run to the front to make it look like you’re leading a parade.”
Several clueless political factions are now trying to take credit for what is almost entirely a spontaneous grassroots movement raging against the United Establishment Party post-partisan corruption. For the Republicans to now try to appoint their own to lead this movement is despicable.
As an RNC sustaining member, I hope the GOP learns a great lesson from today’s Tea Parties.
Vikisoup, I feel the same way. The Repubs are spineless opportunists.
They have been shafting the lifeblood of their party-conservatives-for far too long.
Ryan is despicable.
*The GOP is silent and on the sidelines for a reason; They have been a part of the problem over the last 20 years; They cannot be allowed to hijack these events; Let their actions over the next few months speak for them; As of right now, they are walking backwards with Michael Steele Wool.
*As for Rep. Ryan, woe is the GOP if they hitch their wagon to that star; He is a Death Star for the GOP.
AS asked…”how many chances do they get…”? Get rid of Ryan and all others of the same. I myself was tired of my RINO senator here in Oregon last election…he was an aisle reacher…now he has all the time he needs to reach. I have no regrets for not voting for him, no worse off with this lefty we have now, at least I know where stands…at the trough.
How come none of you people go to work?
Are you at work?
I’m actually lovin’ tax day thanks to the TEA parties.
Hi
Yes, I’m at work…. why do you ask?
+1
Sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner. I had to leave for an appointment. Anyway, the reason I asked was because you wondered why none of us go to work and I just couldn’t figure out why you thought we weren’t at work. They do have computers at work…and there you are on your computur… at work. So why did you ask if none of us worked? It seemed like a silly question. That’s all.