Looks like Salt Lake City mayor Ralph Becker and Salt Lake County are urging us to buy local. That is a fine thing to do, but please help local people compete. What got me off kilter today was when Becker stated that foreign visitors thought that some tea party event was hateful.
Remember this, if you are conservative, the things that you believe in are hateful. I will agree that things like White Supremacy, Gay Bashing and many other things often associated with the far right are hateful and I find them offensive.
What is hateful about protesting the spending at the federal government? What is so hateful about holding our elected officials accountable no matter what party they belong to? These people were elected for a limited time, not appointed for life!
The far right is not guiltless in this matter. Remember that people who were against the war in Afghanistan were unpatriotic or un-American? We often paint with a broad brush. Maybe this is what George Will meant when he said that George Bush should have dithered a little bit before going into the Afghan war. If more people would listen then fewer people would feel that they need to shout.
Please, Mr Becker and others. Do not dismiss the tea party goers. Please listen to them. Many of them voted for you and will again if you only open your ears.
A post script...
I found this editorial in Newsweek. It says that Cheney should run for President in 2012. Why? Assuming he lives that long, he would be an easy person for Obama to beat. How dense to you think the GOP is?
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