Hear the new Tea Party anthem

Every revolution needs a great song that their followers can rally around, and the National Tea Party Council has sent me a link to their new anthem which they inform me is great. I haven't watched it yet, but from the preview it certainly looks like one of those tea parties.

EMBARRASSING UPDATE: This morning, I watched the first few seconds just to make sure this was a pro-tea party video, and it seemed OK. After all, marching through the streets carrying loopy signs is the hallmark of their movement. The bobby hats seemed a little out of place, but I chalked it up to the video being from Buffalo or somewhere else up near the border. Now, unfortunately, I realize this is in fact not a new tea party anthem but is something quite different (ideologically at least).

Regarding regrets, the only thing I'd regret is not speaking out against the tea party loons. There are two problems: their ideology, and their methods. They could still push the same ideology in a much more effective way, but instead their leaders are tied to cheap stunts and useless street corner protests. Their leaders are, in a word, lunkheads. And, their fringe ideology isn't even the defensible fringe but is instead focused only on completely self-centered and completely selfish financial matters. They have no interest in what's good for the U.S. as a whole but instead are only concentrating on their own self interest. Add in the fact that many of those pulling the strings on the movement (FreedomWorks, Grover Norquist, the Koch family, etc.) support massive immigration, and there's no way anyone who supports the best public policies should support their "movement".

Sun, 06/28/2009 - 06:36 · · Importance: 1