Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on April 29, 2009

By Vicki McClure Davidson * Frugal Café Blog Zone

Tea party attendees on April 15 (and all other tea parties that are still being held throughout America) are a rich rainbow of people… all races, colors, ages, party affiliations, religions, sexual preference.

Despite our external differences, in common we have our love of country and our growing anger at the actions of the federal government: the raising of taxes, so many broken promises, pork barrel spending, socialized medicine and health care, countless bailouts, deficit spending, bashing America on your European tour… the alarming list grows daily. And we all are proud Americans, proud of our country and what it stands for. We share many commonalities that are usually rooted in conservative values and principles, no matter what political party designation we are labeled.

So, tax protest tea party attendees comprise a broad mix of folks; they are the vegetables and meat and broth and herbs of the “soup” of America. This country has always welcomed the world’s oppressed and millions of immigrants have added to the soup mix for more than two centuries.

But patriots don’t always receive the respect they deserve. Or, have some of you already forgotten Janeane Garofalo? Click here and here and here for three Frugal Café commentaries about this miserable, angry, radical liberal who hates anything that even hints at having conservative values; to Garofalo, all tea party protest attendees are racists, not patriots. And, anyone of color who attends a tax protest is a sell-out or part of the Eva Braun fan club. And I’m not using the word “hate” figuratively. SHE HATES.

In the Age of Obama, “transparency” doesn’t mean “transparency.” “Cutting out all pork” doesn’t mean “cutting out all pork.” “Not raising taxes” doesn’t mean “not raising taxes.” And if you’re sworn to be a temporary steward to protect and uphold the US Constitution and the American people, well… fuhgettaboutit.

From Politico (videos embedded on site):

Obama targets tea bags at town hall

At his 100th-day town hall meeting in St. Louis Wednesday, President Barack Obama took direct aim at the anti-tax “tea party” demonstrations that have cropped up over the last month and took a veiled shot at the Fox News Channel, the cable news network closely associated with the protests.

Asked about fiscal discipline and entitlements reform, Obama seemed to be repressing a smile as he jabbed critics of his spending plans. “Those of you who are watching certain news channels on which I’m not very popular, and you see folks waving tea bags around, Obama said, “let me just remind them that I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how we are going to stabilize Social Security.”

“But,” Obama continued, “let’s not play games and pretend that the reason [for the deficit] is because of the Recovery Act.”

It’s the president’s most direct response so far to the protests that flared up in some locations around tax day, on April 15.

In his briefing that day, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters: “I don’t know if there’s a specific response to protests… I think you saw the president today talk about as candidate Obama promising to bring a tax cut to 95 percent of working families in America, and as president delivering that tax cut.”

Class act. And, I must ask, WHAT tax cut? If you mean the $13 a month extra I’m bringing home for the next few months, but will lose when your other taxes kick in gear, you must think we are dense.

Whatever happened to your offer for a “serious discussion” anytime with anyone who disagrees with your policies, Mr. President? Oh, wait, it’s the Age of Obama. Right…

Wish he’d gone golfing instead.

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UPDATE: Rush Limbaugh Comments on Obama’s Dislike of Tea Party Protesters | April 29, 2009

This is a man who supposedly has great political instincts, correct? Barack Obama. But this is a bitter clinger moment here. He’s looking at you people that went to the tea parties, and he doesn’t like you at all, “waving tea bags around, let me just remind them I’m happy to have a serious conversation about how we are –” You know, he’s not president of all the people. I mean, he’s cold, and he’s partisan. It’s going to start trickling out. Things that irritate him, he’s going to eventually let it be known how irritated he is. He says let’s “have a serious conversation about how we’re going to cut our health care costs over the long term.” …But the tea parties were not even about health care. The tea parties were about his irresponsible spending, his irresponsible growth of government, his irresponsible power grab over individual liberty and freedom.

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