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Tea Party Patriots: Millions of average Americans fed up with elitists on both sides of the political aisle

When Profit Trumps Patriotism

By JB Williams
Friday, January 29, 2010

The first major effort to bring Tea Party, 912 and town hall folks together at a convention in Nashville, Tenn. has devolved into a messy situation which threatens the image of the patriot movement overall.

TPM (Talking Points Memo) reports—“It looks like Sarah Palin may be left holding the bag at a Tea Party event that almost no one else in the movement wants anything to do with.â€

The movement is not about Sarah Palin, Judson Phillips, or any of the faction leaders more focused on growing their organizations than uniting the patriots with common goals. It’s about millions of average Americans fed up with elitists on both sides of the political aisle, and sometimes found at the helm of so-called Tea Party or 912 groups.

What made them think they could ever harness the tremendous power of the Patriot movement to begin with for selfish political advantages? The Patriot movement is bigger than any group, be it Tea Party, 912, etc, these groups are but the tip of the iceberg of a greater movement. We define our own agenda, we will not be hog tied by the republican or democratic parties. what binds us is love of country and strict adherence to the Constitution of the United States.

What made them think they could ever harness the tremendous power of the Patriot movement to begin with for selfish political advantages? The Patriot movement is bigger than any group, be it Tea Party, 912, etc, these groups are but the tip of the iceberg of a greater movement. We define our own agenda, we will not be hog tied by the republican or democratic parties. what binds us is love of country and strict adherence to the Constitution of the United States.

Yup. Hopefully that is right were it stays, "what binds us is love of country and strict adherence to the Constitution of the United States."

Last, birds of a feather flocking together to rally the troops is a good thing. But at the end of the day, all roads lead to local precinct involvement if we really want a say in the future of this nation. That’s where the power is… not at a convention hall. There is strength in numbers, at the precinct level!

Bottoms up!

This is a great article. It places the movement into a great perspective. It looks from the center outward, or from the bottom up, and leaves, from the top down for the idiots that wish to try and herd cats.