Below you will find an article from the New York Times concerning the Tea
Party Movement.

As I've stated a number of times before, I don't place much faith in polls
of any kind, due to the fact that the data can be manipulated and made to
say whatever the pollsters want it to say. Furthermore, I believe that
taking such a small sampling of data -- in this case, only 1,580 adults were
polled -- and then extrapolating the results of the poll in order to tell us
what the ENTIRE country thinks, is ludicrous, to say the least. Just because
1,580 people think and believe a certain way, does NOT mean that 300+
million people think the same way.

The above objections aside, and if we accept that this article from a
liberal newspaper like the New York Times contains at least some small
degree of truth, then it adds weight to what I have suspected all along when
it comes to the so-called Tea Party Movement.

In other words, when you take away all of the excessive baggage and
verbiage, and get down to the basics of what it really represents, the Tea
Party Movement is nothing more than an extension of the Republican Party;
which, as we all know, is primarily comprised of white, well-to-do
Americans.

In essence, the Tea Party Movement is like the Republican Party on steroids;
or maybe another way of putting it is to say that the Tea Party Movement is
kind of like a Reformed Republican Party. All most Tea Party supporters
really want is a better Republican Party, and that is basically it.

If you doubt what I am saying, then consider that, according to this
article, most Tea Party supporters and members vote Republican, and they are
NOT interested in forming a third political party in the USA.

So what does that tell you? It tells you that they only want a better
version of the party that most of them already vote for, which is the
Republican Party.

If you have been reading my articles on the Endtime Prophecy Net website, as
well as my commentaries on the EDGE Mailing List, and on the Endtime
Prophecy Org Messageboard, then you will already know that I am strongly
opposed to some of Mr. Obama's social policies and positions, particularly
those concerning abortion, embryonic stem cell research, the gay and lesbian
agenda, etc.

However, for these Tea Party supporters to be angry with Obama because he
wants to help the poor is not only silly, it is both selfish and unChristian
as well. Doesn't God's Word instruct us to help the poor and the downtrodden
when we have it by us to do so?

It is also selfish of these people to complain because they have to carry a
larger portion of the tax burden than the poor. If you earn a lot more
money, then obviously, it is also your responsibility as an American citizen
to pay more taxes. That's just the way that the American system works.
Furthermore, let's not forget that the way that some of these rich people
became rich, is by abusing the poor, by paying them minimum, non-livable
wages, etc.

Furthermore, let's not forget that during the eight years of the Bush
administration, these people who are complaining now got all kinds of hefty
tax breaks that the poor did not get. Obama is simply trying to add some
balance to the system, and ease the burden of the poor. Those people who are
blessed with more, should be willing to share more, particularly when so
many of them have so much more than they really need. What some of these
people earn each year is embarrassing! What in the world can they possibly
do with so much money?!

Of course, as I said, being as the NYT is a rather liberal newspaper, this
article is obviously written with a certain degree of bias. For example,
they obviously quoted the woman who still believes that Obama is secretly a
Muslim, in order to ridicule the Tea Party Movement, and to show that some
Tea Party members are not as educated as they think. Some of them also still
believe that Obama is not a US-born citizen -- although that has never been
conclusively proven -- and therefore, he should not be president.

In short, all of this controversy about Obama supposedly being a Muslim, or
a socialist, or not being a US-born citizen, is just the Republicans making
noise. Obama's election knocked the wind out of the Republican Party, and so
they are fighting back in any way that they can, whether their methods are
honorable or not. That's dirty politics for you.

You will also notice that the Times concluded the article with a quote from
another woman who has the last name of "White". Don't think for a minute
that it was just a coincidence. They obviously chose to quote that woman on
purpose, not only to make a subtle point because of her last name, but also
to use her comments to ridicule the Tea Party even more, by pointing out the
hypocrisy in some of the positions that they embrace.

Just remember one thing: We Bible-believing Christians are not of this
world, and our Government is not of this world. We are citizens of the
Kingdom of God, and our loyalty is to God alone. Our values should not be
based on the Democratic Party, or the Republican Party, or the Tea Party
Movement, or even the US Constitution. Our values should only be derived
from God's Word. If a view, a position or a belief contradicts God's Word,
then we should soundly reject it, because God's Word is all that matters,
and it is the only thing that stands forever.


Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated

By KATE ZERNIKE and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN - NYT

April 14, 2010


Tea Party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general
public, and are no more or less afraid of falling into a lower socioeconomic
class, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

The 18 percent of Americans who identify themselves as Tea Party supporters
tend to be Republican, white, male, married and older than 45.

They hold more conservative views on a range of issues than Republicans
generally. They are also more likely to describe themselves as "very
conservative" and President Obama as "very liberal."

And while most Republicans say they are "dissatisfied" with Washington, Tea
Party supporters are more likely to classify themselves as "angry."

The Tea Party movement burst onto the scene a year ago in protest of the
economic stimulus package, and its supporters have vowed to purge the
Republican Party of officials they consider not sufficiently conservative
and to block the Democratic agenda on the economy, the environment and
health care. But the demographics and attitudes of those in the movement
have been known largely anecdotally. The Times/CBS poll offers a detailed
look at the profile and attitudes of those supporters.

Their responses are like the general public's in many ways. Most describe
the amount they paid in taxes this year as "fair." Most send their children
to public schools. A plurality do not think Sarah Palin is qualified to be
president, and, despite their push for smaller government, they think that
Social Security and Medicare are worth the cost to taxpayers. They actually
are just as likely as Americans as a whole to have returned their census
forms, though some conservative leaders have urged a boycott.

Tea Party supporters' fierce animosity toward Washington, and the president
in particular, is rooted in deep pessimism about the direction of the
country and the conviction that the policies of the Obama administration are
disproportionately directed at helping the poor rather than the middle class
or the rich.

The overwhelming majority of supporters say Mr. Obama does not share the
values most Americans live by and that he does not understand the problems
of people like themselves. More than half say the policies of the
administration favor the poor, and 25 percent think that the administration
favors blacks over whites -- compared with 11 percent of the general public.

They are more likely than the general public, and Republicans, to say that
too much has been made of the problems facing black people.

Asked what they are angry about, Tea Party supporters offered three main
concerns: the recent health care overhaul, government spending and a feeling
that their opinions are not represented in Washington.

"The only way they will stop the spending is to have a revolt on their
hands," Elwin Thrasher, a 66-year-old semiretired lawyer in Florida, said in
an interview after the poll. "I'm sick and tired of them wasting money and
doing what our founders never intended to be done with the federal
government."

They are far more pessimistic than Americans in general about the economy.
More than 90 percent of Tea Party supporters think the country is headed in
the wrong direction, compared with about 60 percent of the general public.
About 6 in 10 say "America's best years are behind us" when it comes to the
availability of good jobs for American workers.

Nearly 9 in 10 disapprove of the job Mr. Obama is doing over all, and about
the same percentage fault his handling of major issues: health care, the
economy and the federal budget deficit. Ninety-two percent believe Mr. Obama
is moving the country toward socialism, an opinion shared by more than half
of the general public.

"I just feel he's getting away from what America is," said Kathy Mayhugh,
67, a retired medical transcriber in Jacksonville. "He's a socialist. And to
tell you the truth, I think he's a Muslim and trying to head us in that
direction, I don't care what he says. He's been in office over a year and
can't find a church to go to. That doesn't say much for him."

The nationwide telephone poll was conducted April 5 through April 12 with
1,580 adults. For the purposes of analysis, Tea Party supporters were
oversampled, for a total of 881, and then weighted to their proper
proportion in the poll. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus three
percentage points for all adults and for Tea Party supporters.

Of the 18 percent of Americans who identified themselves as supporters, 20
percent, or 4 percent of the general public, said they had given money or
attended a Tea Party event, or both. These activists were more likely than
supporters generally to describe themselves as very conservative and had
more negative views about the economy and Mr. Obama. They were more angry
with Washington and intense in their desires for a smaller federal
government and deficit.



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