Surprised by Comments

As of Friday, April 22, 2011

I am surprised at the things that bug Steve Bouser about the tea party (April 20).

Why go into a definition of “party”? I’m sure he knows the name from the famous Boston Tea Party. A Revolutionary War outfit is clearly a reminder of the war for independence, our Constitution, our Declaration of Independence and our inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, for which our forefathers shed their blood.

Tea party citizens work to restore a federal government limited by the Constitution, to restore the rights and liberties of the Constitution. We are willing to recognize that the founders were a remarkable group of people, led by divine providence. As a newspaperman, Bouser must recognize that the Revolutionary War outfit gains media attention for our cause.

I do not remember saying that we represent the American people. Many Americans, not just tea party members, dislike Obamacare. He asks why Republican tea party members didn’t cry out over the overspending by Bush? We are very fortunate that Obama won the election. If McCain had won, we would have continued the slow movement toward a welfare state of government control and suppressed rights of the individual. The election of Obama and his swift actions woke us up. He is correct that we are working toward another American Resolution, a peaceful revolution to restore America to its founding principles and ideals.

Peggy Smetana

Pinehurst

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JimHeim 2 years ago

The founders established a country governed by white men. Is that what you want to return to?

mcg2010 2 years ago

I think what bothers me the most about all this nonsense is that we didn't hear a peep from the same people who make up Tea Party when our constitution was steam-rolled by the Patriot Act following 9/11. Now I'm supposed to rally behind them under the guise that they want the constitution to be upheld and their "inalienable rights" protected? Protected from what exactly? The government?? Okay, well then you can take your silly hats and guns and start protecting the streets on your own, because the government covers a lot of things, taxes, libraries, public schools, law enforcement and many more things that without would make our society a lot less civilized.

Do I think the government needs to control every aspect of my life. Absolutely not, but if the TPers would take a second to actually read the constitution they keep waving about, they would realize that there are the protections in there that limit the power of the government.