Post by CatholicCrusader on Mar 3, 2011 13:04:42 GMT -5
Waiting For Reagan -- Melissa Clouthier, February 28, 2011
www.redstate.com/melissaclouthier/2011/02/28/waiting-for-reagan/
In the opening of the not-nominated-for-an-Oscar movie Waiting For Superman, a school administrator who teaches disadvantaged inner-city children reveals his own disappointment as a child to find that Superman wasn’t real. If he’s not real, who would save us, he wondered.
Republican gatherings, especially this year, have been similarly maudlin. People are waiting for Reagan. And the truth is, Ronald Reagan is dead. There will never be another Reagan.
And yet, there are one group of people who don’t seem depressed at all–they seem determined. Enter the Tea Party.
If you’ve never hung out with Teaparty people, I’ll give you a description: Most are new to politics, disgusted with both parties (still), educated in the constitution, and understand the effects of government–probably because they own their own business or work for a small business. They are not, by a long shot, dummies.
What I most love about Tea Party people: their good attitude. It occurred to me this weekend that we’re looking for that one great leader, that magical, once-in-a-century mythical living legend to bring America back to greatness. We’re coming up empty. Partly, the expectations are too high. Partly, the Republican party fell down on the job of cultivating new leadership and so there’s a gap. Partly, it’s a generational thing.
So, Republicans are looking for their Happy Warrior, right? They’ve found them.
Like Reagan, the establishment Republicans view the Tea Party folks with fear and admiration. Like Reagan, the Teapartiers cling to naive notions like limited government and the powers vested in government enumerated by the constitution. Like Reagan, the Teapartiers are unabashedly patriotic. Like Reagan, the Teapartiers are pragmatic
Aside: and just like Reagan, the left loathes the Tea Party. They call them racist, bigoted, mean. Sound familiar? It’s the same old, same old.
Hopefully, Reagan’s warriors are not too late. America needs the Tea Party.
www.redstate.com/melissaclouthier/2011/02/28/waiting-for-reagan/
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www.redstate.com/melissaclouthier/2011/02/28/waiting-for-reagan/
In the opening of the not-nominated-for-an-Oscar movie Waiting For Superman, a school administrator who teaches disadvantaged inner-city children reveals his own disappointment as a child to find that Superman wasn’t real. If he’s not real, who would save us, he wondered.
Republican gatherings, especially this year, have been similarly maudlin. People are waiting for Reagan. And the truth is, Ronald Reagan is dead. There will never be another Reagan.
And yet, there are one group of people who don’t seem depressed at all–they seem determined. Enter the Tea Party.
If you’ve never hung out with Teaparty people, I’ll give you a description: Most are new to politics, disgusted with both parties (still), educated in the constitution, and understand the effects of government–probably because they own their own business or work for a small business. They are not, by a long shot, dummies.
What I most love about Tea Party people: their good attitude. It occurred to me this weekend that we’re looking for that one great leader, that magical, once-in-a-century mythical living legend to bring America back to greatness. We’re coming up empty. Partly, the expectations are too high. Partly, the Republican party fell down on the job of cultivating new leadership and so there’s a gap. Partly, it’s a generational thing.
So, Republicans are looking for their Happy Warrior, right? They’ve found them.
Like Reagan, the establishment Republicans view the Tea Party folks with fear and admiration. Like Reagan, the Teapartiers cling to naive notions like limited government and the powers vested in government enumerated by the constitution. Like Reagan, the Teapartiers are unabashedly patriotic. Like Reagan, the Teapartiers are pragmatic
Aside: and just like Reagan, the left loathes the Tea Party. They call them racist, bigoted, mean. Sound familiar? It’s the same old, same old.
Hopefully, Reagan’s warriors are not too late. America needs the Tea Party.
www.redstate.com/melissaclouthier/2011/02/28/waiting-for-reagan/
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