Obama’s Favored Scapegoat

by Allan Erickson 

Many of us hit the streets in 2009 in protest because we could readily see this president was leading the nation in the wrong direction: massive spending inevitably leading to increased taxation, financial mismanagement tanking the economy, enormous growth in government to the injury of liberty, exploding debt and deficits putting posterity in the crosshairs, the centralization of power, and the erosion of constitutional republic.
Those protests created a Republican majority in the House, the only thread holding the country back from the brink, avoiding complete collapse these last few years.   Recently, more conservative Republicans decided to take a stand and fight to the finish, primarily over the criminal excesses and destructive power of ObamaCare, but also for the sake of economic health and national security overall.  Like true statesmen akin to the Founders, they put everything on the line for the sake of country.  In rational circles, that’s called patriotism.
From the beginning, the group protesting government tyranny and inspiring conservative activism has been vilified.  What became known as the Tea Party was immediately and viciously attacked by Obama Democrats everywhere, especially in the media.  There is no rational reason for these attacks, other than the perceived threat.  Oligarchs everywhere fear and hate liberty lovers.  You cannot establish central, domineering authority unless you clean out those pests by any means.

It should not surprise anyone that the disciples of Saul Alinsky routinely take his advice and apply it by isolating opposition figures and attacking them mercilessly with ridicule and condemnation.  Anyone familiar with spiritual warfare has been frequented by such tactics.  As Alinsky accurately pointed out:  “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counteract ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage,” especially with the aid of enormous power in the media helping hammer home the message.
Ridiculing the Tea Party and anyone associated with it became the full-time work of Obama Alinskyites and media.  Political crucifixion became the favored pastime. Scapegoating and condemning the Tea Party became a profession for Leftists, politicians, and celebrities. A vicious war was waged, the overall aim crushing traditionalism, a continuance of war being waged by the Left for decades. Expecting reasoned debate, bipartisanship, or cooperation in this atmosphere is expecting what never was and never will be.  Deep divisions leading to gridlock were created by vicious ridicule from the Left, demonization that only escalates as circumstances deteriorate across the board.

Through it all, common sense Americans simply stayed the course, calling out for reform and reminding the powerful that fiscal responsibility, free markets, and a constitutional republic have always served us well, and would again if given a chance.  Obama and his Alinskyites insist that the door be closed forever on those opportunities.
The truly disheartening development was seeing Republicans turn against the Tea Party, almost from the beginning.  Consumed with the D.C. culture, addicted to power and money, these RINOs made a choice.  To avoid the ridicule and condemnation and maintain their positions of privilege, they made a deal with the devil.  They agreed to accommodate and even promote the Obama march toward tyranny.  They made their bed with the enemy and turned on their friends, blaming and condemning Tea Party Americans.  Having sold out, they nonetheless asked for money and votes, helping condemn and ridicule the Tea Party while pretending patriotism.
And so today, the Tea Party is blamed for the sequester, the debt, and deficits, looming bankruptcy and default, and downgrade and decline, when in truth, the Tea Party has been the only force for good willing to stand for principles that could be our salvation. If only we had more courageous leaders like Ted Cruz and Rand Paul and Mike Lee willing to fight for their application.
It is the height of irony that the ones promoting proven solutions are falsely accused of creating problems and lynched without trial, all in the name of achieving the ‘fundamental transformation of America.’