9/12-ERS, TEAPARTY AND FREEDOMWORKS FRAGMENTATION

A Mother Jones article sheds light on the confusion and dissent, confusion and infighting the disparate grass roots organizations trying to form one cohesive group.  It seems unlikely that can happen when there is not a cohesive platform.  Glenn Beck made a plea on his radio show for unity.  It would be a miracle of Beck's whining could achieve that when so many opf the key players are narcissists who want the limelight and major role for themselves.

The Mother Jones article  click for full article, written by Stephanie Mencimer, is quite a comprehensive presentation on the subject.  She writes: " If nothing else, conservative activists will have plenty of opportunities this summer to publicly vent their frustrations with the Obama administration. On the afternoon of September 12, FreedomWorks plans a repeat of last year's march on the National Mall. Another group with ties to Beck's National 9.12 Project has decided to get in on the action as well, putting together a three-day extravaganza that weekend that includes a "liberty XPO" at a swank DC hotel and a march on the Mall on the 9^th anniversary of 9/11. Then there's the "Restoring Honor" spectacle planned by Beck himself for the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, on the 47^th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech on the same spot. That rally will be followed the next day by yet another protest march, this one sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots."

We Americans who voted for and appreciate Obama's presidency, though we may not agree or sufficiently understand all his choices,  do not appreciate the revolutionary and hostile rhetoric spouted by these groups and their political supporters.  Personally, I view it as treasonous, having been around during WWII when no one felt such hatred for our country and government...when we were all proud of our flag as a symbol and saluted it with our right hand over our heart, and revered and sang the Star Spangled Banner, our National Anthem.  The only people who overtly plotted to overthrow our government were enemies of it as I see many of the ones who are openly stating they are trying to make Obama fail and that they are planning to 'take back the government'!

Hopefully there are more citizens who care for our country than these people who weren't elected to office but believe they could run the country better.  I, for one, do not believe they are being led by people who care to save the United States but are being led by people whose interest is a self-interest to destroy what we had fifty years ago as we were coming out of the last of the 'real' wars.  We were attacked and knew who attacked us.  Countries and their leaders were visible and there to sign their defeat and agreement to end the war.