Let me ‘splain something to the author who can’t understand why the Tea Party is so angry:
For DECADES, conservatives have politely taken steps back as the collectivist (fascist/communist, take your pick) usurped our freedoms and gave government more and more intrusive power into our everyday lives, stepping inevitably to the place where “that which is not prohibited is required”. The majority of these usurpations were accomplished not by the will of the people, either, but through the unelected and unaccountable court system.
We took steps backward out of civility, out of the inherent “live and let live” beliefs of the right.
We just noticed the cliff behind us. There are no more steps back in the name of civility.
So, Mr Author who can’t understand the anger, it’s not any recent, current policy, nor is it that “there’s a black man (gasp) in the White House”. As an aside, imagine putting a Keyes, Sowell, or W.E. Williams in the White House and see how angry (and racist?) the left would be.
It’s the culmination of the erosion of liberty and the usurpation of our freedom by your nanny state that has made us angry. We’ve had enough. We’re reaching for the ballot box, possibly for the last time before we move on to the next box of freedom.
You’ve been warned.
Very well said, sir. Very well said.