What this means for the Tea Party
This is bad news for the Tea Party. Not that they seem to be unified with little opposition from within, but that they will never get roads built.
The difficult reality is that when the highway system started up there was a lot of opposition. One guy didn't want to sell his house so the road
could go through there. Another guy wanted the road to go by his business and not two blocks over. Plenty of dissent and resistance everywhere.
These factions could be pitted against each other, leaving the people in charge to relax and watch.
But the Tea Party seems to be more like a construction crew. They are doing the heavy lifting, they are all moving in the same direction. And worst
of all, they expect results. In this environment how can any party boss survive. They can't. The Tea Party as it stands now will remain
headless.
I mean how is a boss supposed to preserve their position through the generations if everyone goes home after the first road is built.
The same is true of social clubs. Back in the day, my dad was a card carrying member of the Sierra Club _AND_ the National Riffle Association. He
told me that conservation, back then, meant that one only shot what one was going to eat.
And nothing got done.
But split those two groups into different camps, turn them against each other, and a boss has something to work with. So what if they got absorbed,
generally, by two different political parties. They still have their axes to grind, and at the highest level they can be used to slow down the other
ones.
Too many accidental gun deaths? "Sierra, I have good news, the national media is going to cover our next spotted owl sit in."
Too many restrictive laws on business expansion? "NRA, I have good news, [Insert Famous Actor] is running for president of the NRA."
See how that works?
A political party is nothing but opposing forces balance out in such a way that one boss can easily manage it. Heck they can even fit some of their
friends in the basket. Even an enemy or two helping to steer can make sure the balloon goes no where and just wobbles back and forth.
edit on 9-11-2010 by davidgrouchy because: (no reason given)
edit on 9-11-2010 by davidgrouchy because: (no reason
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