by SFC Steve McQueen (Ret.) 07/16/2010
As a co-founder of the Quincy Tea Party I was appalled at the lack of social responsibility and restraint Mr. Jealous displayed in his remarks regarding the Tea Party Movement. I found myself becoming increasingly irritated when he began his political spin and roll tactics to distance himself from his statements. Motivational speaking can backfire if it is at the expense of someone else. Especially if that someone else is 20,000,000 of your countrymen.
But alas, the truth will set us free. You see, Mr. Jealous ignited the single largest surge in Tea Party membership in the movement’s history. The current membership explosion has even surpassed the surge that followed the passage of the Health Control Law. I was amazed by the email and telephone traffic generated by his unfounded remarks. I feel as though we should pay Mr. Jealous a consulting fee or give him some sort of recruiting award.
Mr. Jealous seems to be unaware that you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool the Tea Party ever. This grassroots group of Americans has been abused, ridiculed, slandered, and hacked on by every form of progressive, democrat and leftist organization in existence from the day it was born. The Tea Party can take a verbal punch better than any candidate or spin doctor the left can muster. We are the grassroots equivalent of Muhammad Ali. The Tea Party is the classiest and most resilient group that has assembled in this country since the Civil Rights Movement. That being said the Tea Party Movement is about as likely to give up, as Dr. Martin Luther King was during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
Some believe in an eye for an eye, but the Tea Party is more geared toward a seat for a seat. Grassroots conservatives know that the irrelevant ramblings of leftist officials, leftist organizations, and leftist media will cease when the “Fundamental Transformation of Congress” occurs on November 2, 2010. Of course, we will follow up with the “Fundamental Transformation of the White House” in 2012.
I was fortunate to be raised by parents who taught me to respect all people, even when they lose their way or turn on you. It is my fear that the honorable mission of the NAACP may have lost it’s way, but I am confident that it will find it’s course. In the meantime, unprovoked attacks on your brothers and sisters in the Tea Party will be met with tough love. This is not a game and the collective stakes are high for all Americans. My invitation to Mr. Jealous is to join us and let’s work together to continue the centuries old tradition of
American exceptionalism that we all desire.
In any case it would be a dire mistake to underestimate the Tea Party Movement’s resolve in returning this nation to it’s former greatness.
Big Government
As a co-founder of the Quincy Tea Party I was appalled at the lack of social responsibility and restraint Mr. Jealous displayed in his remarks regarding the Tea Party Movement. I found myself becoming increasingly irritated when he began his political spin and roll tactics to distance himself from his statements. Motivational speaking can backfire if it is at the expense of someone else. Especially if that someone else is 20,000,000 of your countrymen.
But alas, the truth will set us free. You see, Mr. Jealous ignited the single largest surge in Tea Party membership in the movement’s history. The current membership explosion has even surpassed the surge that followed the passage of the Health Control Law. I was amazed by the email and telephone traffic generated by his unfounded remarks. I feel as though we should pay Mr. Jealous a consulting fee or give him some sort of recruiting award.
Mr. Jealous seems to be unaware that you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool the Tea Party ever. This grassroots group of Americans has been abused, ridiculed, slandered, and hacked on by every form of progressive, democrat and leftist organization in existence from the day it was born. The Tea Party can take a verbal punch better than any candidate or spin doctor the left can muster. We are the grassroots equivalent of Muhammad Ali. The Tea Party is the classiest and most resilient group that has assembled in this country since the Civil Rights Movement. That being said the Tea Party Movement is about as likely to give up, as Dr. Martin Luther King was during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
Some believe in an eye for an eye, but the Tea Party is more geared toward a seat for a seat. Grassroots conservatives know that the irrelevant ramblings of leftist officials, leftist organizations, and leftist media will cease when the “Fundamental Transformation of Congress” occurs on November 2, 2010. Of course, we will follow up with the “Fundamental Transformation of the White House” in 2012.
I was fortunate to be raised by parents who taught me to respect all people, even when they lose their way or turn on you. It is my fear that the honorable mission of the NAACP may have lost it’s way, but I am confident that it will find it’s course. In the meantime, unprovoked attacks on your brothers and sisters in the Tea Party will be met with tough love. This is not a game and the collective stakes are high for all Americans. My invitation to Mr. Jealous is to join us and let’s work together to continue the centuries old tradition of
American exceptionalism that we all desire.
In any case it would be a dire mistake to underestimate the Tea Party Movement’s resolve in returning this nation to it’s former greatness.
Big Government
