An Open Letter To The Tea Party

Dear Tea Party,
     Congratulations on being a true grass roots political movement that is the first of its kind in quite a long time to actually affect change in Washington, D.C.  The results of the 2010 mid-term election showed not only that the voice of the people could be heard, but that together citizens could shake up the establishment in our federal government.
     Now a "common goal", if you will, of the Tea Party is to make Barack Obama a one-term President.  You claim that it is because of his failed policies and his "tax and spend" and overtly socialistic philosophy.  Opponents of the Tea Party claim that your desire to defeat Obama is racially motivated.  So let's fast forward one year.  It's now November 2012, and Barack Obama has failed in his bid for a second term.  To the Tea Party I ask this:  now what?  Mission accomplished, let's go home?  Because if it is, all your opponents will get a big "I told you so" to play over all forms of media.  So if you were formed or if your members joined for the sole reason of getting rid of Obama, do us all a favor and leave now.  Leave and don't look back.
     Now those that joined the Tea Party for it's fundamental principles of smaller, limited government and adherence to the Constitution, I pose a stern warning:  Be careful what you wish for.  You need to understand that drastically cutting spending and eliminating many government programs and departments will hurt.  Bad.  But stick with it because it will turn around, and sooner than you think.  Look up "Great Depression of 1920" and you'll see precedence that shows it will work and work quickly.  However, there is one important thing you absolutely have to do.  Stay involved.  Don't assume that because Republicans are in control that all your demands will be met.  They won't.  Stay on them.  Make them fear for their jobs.  Because, as I've said before, the "D" and the "R" next to a politician's name is meaningless.  Just because you elected them doesn't mean they'll do as you wish.  I needn't go any further than Scott Brown to prove my point.  If you want adherence to the Constitution, you had better know the Constitution and all the things the government is NOT allowed to do.  You can't pick and choose which parts you like and label the ones you don't as "open to interpretation."  It isn't.  It never has been and it never will be.  So stay focused, stay informed and above all stay involved, and you will indeed put this country back on the path to greatness.