[SoConPubbie]

BTW, the tea party protester etc would all still exist. The potential of the American public has always been there. The American public arises when needed. Had McCain been elected, the potential would have still been there. Beck might not have been as famous. You might not have met your latest boy/girl friend at a tea party protest, but that is individual interest not interst of the US.

You could not be more wrong in that statement.

Obama and his actions (as effectively detailed by Rush, Levin, Beck et all), not just Reid and Pelosi, was the real reason the Tea Party movement started. It never would have with McCain.

Furthermore, you most certainly would have had #5 since McCain even had a Bill that attempted to start this whole nonsense off before 2008 and he has repeatedly stated that the "Science is settled" and that he is in support of the Cap and Trade.

And finally, the one thing you did not mention is that McCain would have pushed through Amnesty effectively destroying the GOP for years as he would have driven off and de-moralized the base completely.

[JLS]

You are missing the point. The tea party spirit of Americans has always been there. Sure the Dims brought it out, but whether it is brought out or not it is still there. This is a conservative country. Remember we do not have to fool them to win like the Dims.

As I said, I could care less if the tea parties were not scheduled this year if they were not needed. But if you met your new girl friend or boy friend at them, I understand you personal stake in them meeting this year. But that does not change the character of the American people. If provoked, they will rise to the ocassion.