Liberals feel supporting the 10th amendment is wrong. I just can’t figure out why. Well actually, I can; it gets in the way of statist, progressive types who want a Federal central planning system telling everyone what to do. I always thought that the liberals had enough lies in their arsenal of petty name calling, that they wouldn’t need to resort to using the truth, but I guess I was wrong.

So, to their credit, the liberals are right. I’m a staunch, stuck in the past, supporter of the 10th amendment, call me old fashioned, I guess. I’ve never been assaulted by the 10th amendment like the left has. Of course, I’ve never advocated a Federal takeover of State’s rights. If I had tried that, I too, may have felt the burning sting of those awful, hate-filled words in the 10th amendment. “Enumerated powers”, it’s enough to keep a guy awake at night clinging desperately to his guns and religion.

While you’re at theteapartyisover.org, check out some of these wacky loons listed at the bottom of the page. Especially, this David McAloon character. That guy scares me. Calling abortion, abortion?! What a nut job. To make matters worse, he even supports this right-wing diatribe entitled “the 2nd amendment”, and thinks people should be allowed to own guns. Scary stuff, indeed.

The movement has centered around the patriots of the Revolutionary Period, and a return to the limited Federal Government demanded by our Constitution, and which was in place during that time period.

However, being an opposition force with no elections in sight is a lot easier from being one in an election year. In 2009, simply criticizing those in power was good enough. This year, the Tea Party faces a much bigger challenge. They are going to have to decide who they will support, and what their platform really is.

If the Tea Party was born overnight in a fury over Government waste, excesses, and a lack of listening to its citizens, then those issues would seem to be the base of its platform. However, for the Tea Party to gain real credibility, it needs to differentiate itself from the Republicans.

The GOP has taken a beating in recent years because it didn’t remain true to conservatives. If the Tea Party allows itself to become indistinguishable from the GOP then it, too, risks a similar fate.

Is the Tea Party going to become an arm of the Christian church as the GOP has? Will they dare to separate the social issues from economic and national security issues?

Here are some recommendations the Tea Party should consider:

1) Adopt most of the Constitution Party’s platform.
2) Lay off the opposition to gay rights.
3) Steadfastly refuse to affiliate with any church or the values thereof. (This is Government not church)
4) Take a page from the Libertarian playbook and inject some intellectualism into the discussion.
5) Turn down the hyper emotionalism.
6) Get some serious speakers for their conventions.
7) Stop wearing silly outfits.