Sour Grapes and Misinformed Tea Parties

I don't know what else can be possibly done to the continuing attempt to discredit the President of the United States. As we approach Day 85 of Mr. Obama's Presidency, the Party of No along with others have been unsuccessfully attempting nicely and not so nicely to discredit Mr. Obama. So far these attempts have included:

• Attacking Mr. Obama's citizenship which has been clearly proven. Yes, there is a birth certificate but these just say no guys and gals and their political commentator friends keep this baseless story alive.
  
• Making the continuing claim that Mr. Obama is trying to raise taxes. Taxes are actually down and most do not go into effect until 2011.
  
• Been attacked by the former Vice President Cheney that he is making our country less safe.
• Has been deemed not qualified for receiving an honorary degree (he's the President of the United States.) He should use Arizona State degree when he does it as target practice.
• Not receiving a single Republican vote on his recovery act, the budget, and besides smiling for the camera, no visible support from those no people.
• Oh, I forgot, he's been called a Socialist, an elitist, and been deemed the guy that want to take the gun lover's guns away. Have you seen the news recently, people and guns don't go well together?

There are plenty of things to be outraged about here so I will skip my line this once. President Obama has inherited the worst economy in the past 75 years, two wars, threats from North Korea and Iran, and now he has to deal with pirates of all things. The sense of the spirit that was in Washington DC of hope and the the new renaissance of the Government and our country just 85 days ago is slowing fading away because many on the right is making sour grapes of their own failures of the past eight years.

Speaking of sour grapes it is now April and there is still one United States Senator missing from the party in Minnesota. Al Franken has been declared the winner (again) in the Senate race that should have out-seated Norm Coleman. It has been reported that he will likely appeal the results (again) and the Party of No has continually stated that they will block any attempts to seat the should be Senator Franken. Talk about sore losers, but that wasn't the talk when Al Gore was the loser despite that fact that he did win the popular vote. The Party of No back then told Gore to think about his country and he graciously bowed out to the one of the most legendary thefts in our history.

And now in the not so good spirit of the Boston Tea party with the help of what rhymes with Box News is this tea party-like protest of President Obama and his 85 day old policies. I call it desperation and just like the banks, the auto industry, and the newspapers. Is this all that the Party of No has left? They too have sacrificed long term success for short terms gains. In the short 12 years (1995-2007) of their dominance in Congress and the eight years (2001-2008) in the White House, like Citibank, GM, Chrysler, and the New York Times, the Party of Just Say No has not created a blueprint for the future of their party. They have no plan, no idea, and no identity. Their base is slowly dying off and as more of the country are waking up and separating their personal and social views from the practice of how our government should work.

The Party of No and their agents (Rush, Hannity and Glenn Beck) the unofficial leaders of this group. They argue of how much money Mr. Obama has spent and how he is going to raise taxes and why he didn't adopt his daughters' dog from a shelter. They nicely criticize his decisions and resort to lies, smoke and mirrors. Sound like anyone else you know? Wall Street? Is this a return to yellow journalism? Fox News will be "reporting" from the events of these tea parties on April 15 and will continue their operation to misinform, confuse, and distract their audience from rational thought in a "balanced" attempt to report the news.

This is a tell-tell sign that the Party of Just Say No's ship is sinking and fast. I just hope that they can take out the Pirates on their way down.