Tea Partiers take over national politics

This article talks about the "angry Independents" making the difference in the races over the past few months.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31717_Page2.html

"This voting bloc has swung decisively against Democrats, starting this past summer. A review of polling in Massachusetts, in other states and nationally shows the same thing: By about a 2-to-1 margin, independents have turned on Democrats.

A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that two-thirds of independents would prefer Republicans controlled Congress. The same polls show the voters don’t even like Republicans. A CBS News poll showed only one-third of independents approve of Obama’s handling of the economy — a nearly 20-point drop in less than one year.

In all three big Democratic losses this past year — in New Jersey, Virginia and now Massachusetts — better than 60 percent of independents said they backed Republicans."

Make no mistake, these are Tea Partiers. Pelosi's Politburo didn't want to acknowledge them when they marched on DC over 1 Million strong. She's hearing them loud and clear now.

This is no GOP backed movement. They don't like the GOP either. These are former GOP and Democrat supporters who have banded together over the ideas of limited government and the freedom to determine their own lives.

The rallying cry is starting to become "Ballots or bullets" as the mounting frustration with the clear tyrannical bent of the government is starting to boil over. The government is clearly not listening to the wishes of the people or they never would've tried the stunts they pulled over Christmas, nor the mere idea of trying to ram a bill through before the new senator was seated, or of trying to circumvent a filibuster by using cloture or of changing the rules of the Senate as the despicable Barney Frank insinuated.

The people are becoming educated as to what is going on, they are organizing and they are volunteering all over the country to make sure the candidates that they agree with (even in other states) are winning elections by making phone calls, donating time, money, resources, anything that is needed. Some even take off from work and drop everything to go door to door in other states.

The Tea Party is now the dominant force in American politics. These are not "redneck teabaggers" as Janeane Garofoalo contemptuously referred to them. These are neighbors, citizens, middle class, upper class, lower class - Americans, coming together to save their freedom, their country and their way of life. They are taking heed of Mr. Jefferson's directive:

"Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [i.e., securing inherent and inalienable rights, with powers derived from the consent of the governed], it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness." --Thomas Jefferson: Declaration of Independence, 1776.

The current administration would be wise to listen to the people before they deem it necessary to obey another of his directives:

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson