The media (even Fox News) tries to tell us what our opinions are. But they are subtly promoting their own agenda. We were told by the media that the Tea Party was against Romney, but he took more than half of Tea Party votes in Florida and Nevada. I am so tired of hearing Sarah Palin trying to convince us that she is unbiased while practically spelling out "Newt Gingrich" in her interviews! I'm sick of being told that the "establishment" is against Gingrich, while Gingrich has been part of the establishment in Washington for decades! Fox News covertly promotes their Fox News contributor "Gingrich"!
I was a Tea Party supporter. I made signs and attended a big Tea Party rally in Portland. But, I have become very disappointed with the so called "leaders" of the Tea Party. They claim to be "true" conservatives, but I think they have become very right wing. They seem to be losing the common sense factor that was present in the original grass roots movement. The original tea party groups were a cross section of people with diverse views who came together to oppose the actions of a government who was abandoning the constitution and overtaxing and over regulating its people. They were not all "true" conservatives! They came together because common sense told them that something was very wrong with the way our government was functioning.
I consider myself a "common sense" conservative. I realize that we live in a world where everyone doesn't have the same opinions. We have to find some common ground and we have to do some compromising if we are going to accomplish anything! We must trust our common sense objectives.
We can't let the media tell us what we should think. We must follow our common sense gut feelings and vote accordingly.
