@hawkeye10,
Quote:This is about a fundamental disagreement about what America is all about, and about the increasing distance between the leaders and the lead, and part of a continuum of late where what the people want does not count for much. This is an expression of lack of control over our destiny, and striving for control and a fight about what direction we should go in.
That's just what the Tea Party movement has been saying, that's why the Tea Parties exist. But, when people like that talk about, "taking our country back" they are also saying they don't like the fact that non-whites will soon outnumber whites in the U.S. because of all those blacks and Latinos, they don't want mosques built because this threatens Christian values, they really don't accept the legitimacy of a black President, and they want America to remain under the control of white anglo-saxons. With all the talk about small government and fiscal responsibility, a large dose of bigotry also appears to infuse Tea Party rallies.
People have the same control over their destiny they have always had--and that control is exercised at the ballot box. There is no separation between the government and the people.
And none of this has anything to do with whether a mosque can be built in lower Manhattan.
And there is no reason that the National Republican Trust should be trying to run anti-Muslim ads on TV stations in NY. This mosque controversy has nothing to do with the major issues affecting the country. This is the Republican party trying to play the "terrorist card" to get votes in November. If they had decent candidates, and decent solutions to our national problems, they wouldn't have to resort to stirring up anti-Muslim sentiment and fears in order to get votes.
