Tea Party, "Splainin' it to Lucy!

The era of big government is over. Remember that from Pres. Bill Clinton. He said it, and America believed it. Liberals hated it, and what happened? The government grew.
Then Texas Governor George Bush convinced us that he would be a tax cutting leader who would keep government under control. He then used his political capital to reduce taxes but thought he needed to get along with the our friends on the other side by expanding government. They won, he lost. When you extend your hand, they cut it off.
Then Bush tried to explain to America that we needed to provide amnesty for illegal aliens, which was wildly unpopular.
The Republicans in congress under Bush, decided they would spend as much or more on some parts of government, which went against the feelings of conservatives of both parties, and there are a lot of them.
You have to stand for something, or you'll fall for anything.
The Republican Congress and George Bush were repudiated at the polls in 1986 by the democrats complaining about government spending and blaming Bush and the Republican congress.
Then in 2008 the democrats won both houses of congress, destroyed George Bush's last two years, vilified him as a war criminal and set up an inexperienced senator to run, someone who hadn't voted very much so no one would know where he stood for.
They found Barack Obama who could read, but no one knew what he stood for.
They took back ALL THREE branches of government. They believed the American people wanted big government spending and big government programs. They believed wrong. After running up huge debt and untold spending caused by unpopular programs they shoved down the throats of America, conservatives raised their voices to say NO MORE!
The Tea Party had three simple principles, smaller government, lower taxes and a strong national defense. The same principles of Ronald Reagan in 1980.
So when the media says they don't understand what the Tea Party stands for, that should be expected, because they never understood the principles of Reagan and how he was able to connect with the foundation of America's beliefs, conservative beliefs that have been around for more than 230 years. Liberals can't remember these principles, and conservatives will always remember them. It's nothing personal, it's just our country and our future we care so much about.