Now that a domestic terrorist struck an IRS building with his private plane in Austin, Texas, teabaggers across the land must be nodding their heads in understanding.
Sounding like Glenn Beck from Fox News, this nutcase ranted on a blog to justify his actions. Apparently, there were so many sympathizers for this homegrown terrorist that Facebook had to take down a site supporting him. You can find more sympathetic comments on stories all over the internet.
Domestic terrorists, from the Oklahoma City bombers to the murderer of an abortion doctor last year, seem to find sympathy from what is now called the Tea Party movement. They indulge in an old-school form of teabagging: opening tea bags and dumping out the contents.
Anti-government action is nothing new, it's part of our DNA. From the Ku Klux Klan to the John Birch Society, racism, hate and intolerance are as American as apple pie.
But, the teabagger movement emerged after Barack Obama's election to the presidency in 2008. It's obvious that the losers from that day, particularly in the South, couldn't stand seeing a black man, a true African-American, leading our country. They've created an anti-Obama website called O.B.A.M.A.(One Big Ass Mistake America) that is a repository for racist ranting. The site has a half-million devotees.
Teabaggers claim they are merely against big government and the deepening deficit, but they were mute, in fact non-existent, during George W. Bush's plundering of the national treasury.
No, teabaggers are disgruntled Republicans, but Republicans nonetheless. They listen to Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham for insight and enlightenment. It's no wonder they hate education. Learning just turns students into liberals.
The nation's leading Republicans gathered in Washington today for their annual meeting that bashes Democrats and their own government. Speakers, from Dick Cheney to Mitt Romney, channeled their inner teabagger to woo the elephants in the room. Later, Scott Brown, the new U.S. senator from Massachusetts expressed sympathy for the Austin terrorist.
Missing from the fray was Sarah Palin, the Tea Party's pinup teabagger. Glenn Beck, the ultimate gloom-and-doomer teabagger, will close out the hate-fest on Saturday.
Some teabaggers would love to see a Palin-Beck presidential ticket in 2012.
Republicans may think they can absorb the teabagging movement and they'll take over the government once again. But, while Palin and Beck have rabid followings, they only represent about 30 percent of the electorate. That doesn't win elections.
What was once the so-called "silent majority" is now the cranky minority.
When the teabagging Republicans lose with this kind of lineup they'll resort to extremism, perhaps even violence.
Today's sorry event in Texas is not likely the last of its kind. With Beck, Palin and teabaggers showing the way, we're going to see more of this domestic terrorism. And that is not good for this country.
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