Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 30, 2010
Transcript:
Zonker: Excuse me? Are you one of the leaders here? Man: Leaders? The Tea Party doesn't have leaders, man! We're a populist, grassroots movement - the people are in charge, not the man! We're trying to stick it to the man! Zonker: You are? Why... that's incredible... Man: What is? Zonker: I've always stuck it to the man! Man: So you say. How do we knock you're fronting for him now?
Actually, the Tea Party Movement is nothing more or less than ordinary Americans who are sick & tired of higher taxes, more Govt. regulations & interference in their daily lives, and they want politicians to know it! They are not, in ANY sense of the word, “radicals,” unless “radical” means wanting more freedom to live your own life. Btw, GT, not ONE time have I heard of members of the Tea Party movement say anything LIKE, “Join us! Join us! Or die!”