Hypocrisy Alert: Tea Party in Wooster October 24, 2009

It will likely look something like this (notice the use of socialistic property; also, the military is a government-funded entity):

There is even an invitation to use Public Parking for this event. Maybe someone can tell them that President Obama has cut taxes for 98.6% of working households; that President Reagan tripled the national debt, then after President Clinton left office with a surplus, President George W. Bush doubled the debt.

In fact, President George W. Bush increased government spending more than any of the six presidents preceding him, and when adjusted for inflation, Bush increased the federal budget by 104 percent. By comparison, Clinton only increased the federal budget by 11 percent in his eight years. But the most astonishing thing about Bush's spending is that we have nothing to show for it. Any Tea Party in America should only be taking place in President Bush's hometown in Texas.

But most importantly, President Obama was elected by an electoral landslide. Voters spoke less than a year ago, and they overwhelmingly supported President Obama's agenda. Time to get over it.

Attention Teabaggers & Other Anti-Government Protestors

Everyone understands that government is not perfect (unlike corporations, which always look out for the interests of average Americans), but the hostility towards the Federal Government in general and President Obama specifically is irrational. It is unlikely that Teabaggers are reading this, but if anyone knows of someone who fits this profile, ask them to review the following information and tell us how, with all honesty, they can justify their stance, particularly when these same critics were silent during eight years of Republican rule.

1. The Teabagger Socialist-Free Purity Pledge - Please fill this out and keep a copy on the refrigerator to remind you of what you are against and what you are boycotting (Social Security, Medicare, Police, City Water, etc.).


2. 10 Lessons for Teabaggers - There is a lot of false information being perpetrated from the far right (confusing who has actually cut your taxes and lowered the Federal deficit). This FACTUAL, INDEPENDENTLY RESOURCED document will clear up a lot of the misconceptions.


3. Sean Hannity's Ridiculous War Against Socialism - This could apply to any of the right-wing talk show hosts, but if you consider yourself an anti-Socialism person, take a look at this column to make sure you are acting accordingly.


4. Government is Good - Review this comprehensive site put together by a Professor of Politics at Mount Holyoke that demonstrates, in great detail, all the vital functions government has in our country.

But maybe we are overreacting. Maybe there isn't really this anti-government movement taking place. Maybe it is all for show, for ratings and a few minutes of fame. That certainly seems to be what happened at the 9/12 gathering in Washington, D.C. Let's look at a video of a Fair & Balanced Fox News producer coaching the crowd to scream during a live report. Of course, Fox did the right thing and fired her. On second thought, nevermind.

President Obama One of Most Productive Modern Presidents in First Year; Media Fails Again

We often hear Republicans throw around the "L" word when it comes to the mainstream media, but this has been a myth repeated so often by the Right that people just come to accept it. But the media is not Liberal. The only "L" word that would describe it appropriately is Lazy. If the media actually did its job, then it could be called Liberal, since the truth has always had a Liberal bias :)

The point is that while conservatives, with the help of the media, including Saturday Night Live, try to make it seem President Obama hasn't done much as President, there can't be anything farther from the truth. There have been at least 90 important accomplishments or actions taken by the Obama administration in just 10 months in office. The Pulitzer Prize winning PolitiFact.com, as of Nov. 25, has kept 55 campaign promises and has another 160 in the works, while only breaking seven promises.