Here is another one of these tea party congressional candidates who seems to have, to paraphrase Limbaugh, both halves of his brain tied behind his back. Rick Barber from Alabama has a TV ad advocating the taking up arms against the government. From Palin’s crosshairs to this, the taking arms meme is pretty consistent and dangerous. In this interview Barber calls this a metaphor, but words mean things and there are plenty of nuts out there who will find resonance in these types of messages.
Matthews also calls him out on this other ridiculous comparison these people like to make between the plight of the American colonists and America under Obama as if we have taxation without representation. This displays a clear lack of understanding of the casus belli of the American Revolutionary War very characteristic of these tea partiers. With the exception of DC, Puerto Rico and the overseas possessions, we all have representation in Congress, and specifically in the House of Representatives where all tax bills originate. The colonists were not protesting the Tea Act per se, but its imposition upon the American colonists by far off Westminster without having any representation in Parliament. I just wish these guys would take a trip down to their local socialist public library and check some history books.
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