Politablog

Ignorance is one of the leading problems in the world of politics. It has been for a long and most likely will continue. To many, this sounds harsh, dismissive and arguably ignorant. But, let me explain.

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This is why I have a problem, in general, with the Tea Party. They do not even represent this country, in fact, it seems that they are very un-American.

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Well, the first year or so of Obama’s administration has been interesting. The healthcare battle seems to finally be over as the Democrats have successfully pushed through the much needed reform bill. But, the war for reform has just begun and if the previous battle was any indication, it will not be easy.

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On Thursday, April 15, Tea Partiers from around the country gathered in the nation’s capital to protest what they percieved to be egregious increases in taxation under the Obama administration, despite taxes having actually been lowered for 98% of working Americans.

The usual anti-science and nativist rhetoric, and praise of Fox News personalities, ensued.

This NEW LEFT MEDIA film was produced and edited by Chase Whiteside (interviewer) and Erick Stoll (camera operator) with additional camera work from Kasey Hosp.

We apologize for the poor sound quality and shortage of sunlight, the event was held late and music –this was something of a Tea Party Woodstock–was playing throughout.

The AP reviewed tea party operations in almost every state, interviewing dozens of local organizers to produce a portrait of the movement to date _ and its prospects for tilting this November’s elections. (April 5)

The tone around the US has been rather negative over the past year and it is almost entirely coming from the extreme right wing. Whether it is Palin with her lies about death panels, her attacks on anyone (Letterman, LL Cool J, etc), her recent targeting of certain politicians, Glenn Beck’s claims that Obama is not a US Citizen, Rush Limbaugh’s threats against democrats, the Barack the Magic Negro song or a recent letter sent out by a GOP group threatening to “remove”  a lot of governors from office (both dems and repubs).

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US politics has a history of movements gaining rapid momentum and then fading away. Whether it is the Reform party victories in MN with Jesse Ventura, the law and order Republicans from the Nixon Era or the hippie movement that counter-revolted against the Nixon zealots. In the end all of these movements withered and devolved (or evolved depending on who is talking) into various other groups.

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