Happy Fourth of July to the Treason Party

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/steinberg/13560582-452/happy-fourth-of-july-to-the-treason-party.html

BY NEIL STEINBERG [email protected] July 3, 2012 6:02PM

What history we recall on the Fourth of July typically involves stirring words of freedom, and rightly so.

But why stop there? After all, not every colonist in 1776 was a patriot, and at this particularly fractured political moment, we might do well to remember that, according to contemporary accounts, one third of Americans wanted revolution, one third were loyal to the crown and one third could go either way. Loyalists did more than talk; they formed Tory regiments and fought alongside the British, against their fellow Americans. snip

When I look at the Republicans, I am tempted to dismiss them as the Treason Party. Seriously, were a band of traitors to concoct a series of positions deliberately designed to weaken America, they would be hard pressed to beat the current GOP dogma — hobble education, starve the government by slashing taxes to the rich, kneecap attempts to jumpstart the economy by fixating on debt, invite corporations to dominate political discourse, balkanize the population by demonizing minorities and immigrants and let favored religions dictate social policy.

What gave me pause, however, is that they beat me to it — for 15 years the Republicans have been treating Democrats as if believing in a government that addresses our common public problems is a form of sedition. Given how uniformly wrong they are, I’m loathe to use any of their tactics, even one that has been so stunningly effective, convincing millions of Americans their best interests lie in coddling the rich and their champion is a stiff, dressage-riding multi-millionaire.

[Bonhomme Richard]

1. There is not a doubt in my body that the tea party of today......

would have been the Tories of the revolution.
Their greatest fear is change and that wouldn't have been any different in 1775.

[The Blue Flower]

4. I take comfort in knowing

The tea partiers are absolutely on the wrong side of history. They're swimming against a tide that will eventually overtake them. Ugly as things can look and actually be, I am totally certain they can't win. The arrow of time always goes forward, never back.

[glowing]

2. And if I remember correctly, the "states" that

were loyal to the crown were mostly southern states like SC and GA.

[Historic NY]

3. We'd still be singing God Save the King....

and I don't mean Elvis.

[maddiemom]

5. To be fair...

I doubt Mitt can ride at all, let alone ride dressage. He refers to his wife's horse as "It."