What is wrong with the Tea Party

I read my colleagues blog "What's With The Tea Party" and wanted to chime in a little. I agree with the observation that they are making noises, but not the kind of noises that would let them win the White House in 2012. First, you have the face of the tea party, Sarah Palin, who quit her job as governor when it got too tough. See calls herself conservative but yet has a daughter who had premarital sex in her house.

She does not agree with what the Obama Administration is doing, and talks about how politicians take money in contribution for votes but yet she asks for thousands of dollars in speaking fees. She made over a million dollars in a year. How conservative is that.

I don't think the Tea Party's actions are compatible to what they say. They say they are not racist but yet every time there is a rally, they hold "monkey" signs with our President's face. They say they love our nation and yet can't even give our President the respect he deserves. You do not have to agree with his actions but as a citizen of this country, we should at least respect our commander in chief.

My colleague's blog seemed to be a little vague about what his stance were on with certain politycal views. He leans towards republicans and he should have realized that the tea party is just a smaller party of the republican. Eventually the tea party movement will emerge with the conservative republicans, since they really do not have an emerging leader.

Immigration and Perry

I read this article "Perry: AZ law 'not right for Texas" in which Gov. Perry states he "understands" why Arizona passed this law to allow police officers to check on the status of a person's residency, but it is not for Texas. His staements tells me that he is trying to play both sides of the fence. On one side he wants to support his Republican Party's efforts to be tough on illegal immigration, but he also realizes that he is in the middle of a election.

I understand why Arizona passes their own laws, since year after year our federal government refuses to take on immigration reform. Arizona has also seen an increased in border violence and they are just trying to protect their citizens from being attacked.

I also see where Perry is coming from. He is in the middle of election year and needs to be able to say, I am for securing our border but our police force should not be checking on status of residency, when they could be enforcing the criminal elements. Isn't being an illegal immigrant a criminal offense? I think so.

The bigger picture is that our federal government needs to take on immigration reform and pass laws that States could follow. It is not a popular topic but it needs to be done. What are we paying Congress for? Tax payers pay them to take on hard topics and pass laws so we could follow them, not just show up and say I am here, pay me.