An open letter to Vice President Joe Biden:
No, Mr. Vice President, The Tea Party has nothing in common with
the Wall Street Protestors. Here’s how you can tell the
difference.
Wall Street Protesters are being told to go out and create chaos
in the streets by union organizers and college professors. They
camp out in the streets because they have no place else to go,
and if they leave, they leave a mess behind them.
Tea Party Members go out on their own and once they’ve said
what they have to say, usually without shouting, they clean up
after themselves before quietly leaving to go back home to their
families.
Wall Street Protesters blame the evil bankers and rich people on
Wall Street for everything bad that has ever happened to them,
whether it ever happened to them or not.
Tea Party Members look for solutions to problems and not to find
someone to blame for problems. They see the root cause of our
current problems stemming from runaway government, misuse of
taxpayer’s money, unsustainable entitlement programs, and
failure of our nation to follow the guidelines set down by the
country’s founders in the Declaration of Independence and
the United States Constitution.
If you ask a Wall Street Protester what he or she stands for
you get conflicting answers. They don't really have a single
unified goal or reason to be out there. They will be carrying
signs that send conflicting messages, or that spew hate or
racism.
If you ask a Tea Party Member what he or she stands for, you
will get a lesson on history, the constitution, and coherent
reasons why they are at a given Tea Party rally or event. They
will be carrying flags. If they have signs, they will be on a
common theme, but only infiltrators carry messages of hate or
racism.
Wall Street Protesters go into the streets looking to provoke
the police, looking to shout messages of hate, ready for
violence.
Tea Party Members get permits for their rallies, bring their
families, have a good time together, frequently pray together,
and always leave the area cleaner than when they arrived.
No, Mr. Vice President, The Tea Party has nothing in common with
the Wall Street Protesters. If you can’t tell the
difference, you haven’t been watching the news.
Jim Gerrish
East Orange Tea Party - A Party of One
East Orange, NJ