Why the Tea Party is envious of the Occupy Wall Street Movement

You need no more evidence to the answer to the question above than to read the article by Chris Hawley of the Associated Press titled “Anti-Wall St. movement grows to dozens of cities”.  His article is full of reasons why the Tea Party envies the Occupy Wall Street Movement but incase you are a little confused, let’s recap.

The Tea Party began as a united group of people from all walks of life banded together to demand change in the government.  Their first priority was the indignation of partisan politics and the refusal to compromise.   Their initial goal was to force all of Washington to work together for the betterment of the nation as a whole, to prevent this economy fiasco from ever happening again and to hold those responsible accountable.  Their movement was about to begin but big money influenced those at the head of this snake and they allowed themselves to be then cooped and controlled by those more radical than they had hoped.  Enters Dick Army’s FreedomWorks, Rove’s American Crossroads, Big Parma, the Koch Brothers’ Americans for Prosperity and other splinter Tea Party designations, none of whom kept the initial reasoning for its beginning and each identifying its own reason and pushing its own agenda.  That was the beginning of the end of the Tea Party and instead of getting a more cooperative Washington it ended up dividing not only the federal but state governments much more than it already were.

Those who refuse to buckle to big money and stay strong to their convictions of a more tolerate and inclusive government burned their Tea Party tags and left the group.  Only those who “wanted their country back” and was so engrossed in seeing Obama’s birth certificate remained.  These members gained notoriety because of the immense coverage by the news media elevating them from a grassroots organization to a national powerhouse.  The Tea Party enjoyed this reign as a national powerhouse by helping progressives in convincing the bulk of voters to sit out the mid-term election.  This convinced the Tea party that they had arrived and was now a group that could shape this nation to conform to its will.  Many are beginning to understand now that 25% of anything controls very little and the power that they believed they had could be easily reversed if the other 75% ever decided to band together.  Occupy Wall Street is that 75%.

Now this movement has brilliantly displayed the growth that the Tea Party thought they would have.  This movement has not only joined people of all parties but people from all walks of life.  You see the differences in the faces as the media camera scans the crowds.  You see the similarities in the people’s message.  You see the majority refusing to be unlawful or bring guns to rallies but most importantly you see the influence that this movement had all over this country and the world.  This is what the Tea Party dreamed it would be but big money made this dream die.  As long as the Occupy Wall Street protestors allow big money people to be a part of their movement but do not allow them to take over, it will continue to be the type of movement that many read about in our history books and one day we will be able to say that we were a part of.  This will not be the case for those still clinging to the Tea Party label.