I’ve been meaning to write up some thoughts on the ridiculous spectacle that was yesterday’s nationwide “Tea Party” protest. But I just came across this post from Kos that quite accurately sums up my feelings on the matter, the following paragraph in particular:
What was the message? Too much taxes? I didn’t see many bank executives and Wall Street types out on the streets. And coming on the heels of the biggest tax cut in American history, almost entirely directed at the middle class, this message didn’t have much salience. Furthermore, the theme of these protests “taxation without representation”, was pretty silly considering that these people did have representation. It’s just that they lost the elections, which sort of happens in a democracy. “Representation” doesn’t mean you always get your way, it means that you have a vote. So it was an indefensible frame to base the protests around.