Tea Party

Hi

Sometimes I wonder if people understand the Tea Party movement. The reason I say this is that I was watching the O'Reilly Factor on Fox News and I came away with the impression that Bill O'Reilly missed the point. Here is my take on it.

There is no such thing as a Tea Party, not in the way we ave come to understand the Republican and Democratic Parties. The group should be best thought of as a grass roots movement. Because it is a movement and not a political party there should be no leader or spokesperson. No agenda except for the common desire for a more responsible government. If the Tea Party were to run candidates then I feel the aim of the movement is lost. To really be effective the Tea Party should only support candidates of the two major parties if those candidates pledge to champion the causes of the Tea Party.

It would seem like a path to destruction if the party were to run candidates and act like a regular party. Our history is full of examples of what happened to third party movements,they all have failed. Not only have third parties failed but because they dray voters away from one of the major political party they generally mess up elections. It is well known that third parties usually draw from the candidate most closest to their way of thinking,this splits the vote and almost insures that the candidate they hope to defeat gets elected. Not a good way to achieve results.

The Tea Party should stay away from a structured existence and just operate as a place to marshal voters and accumulate support for the desired candidate. The party would get better results. More to come.

Continue to pray for our brave heroes.
GOD Bless