A CNN Reporter (who probably is getting a reprimand) claimed the Tea Parties were anti-government (should be against unbridled government spending and high taxes) and anti-CNN! What in the world does CNN have to do with this?

Supposedly, in this warped little mind, these protests across the nation are anti-CNN since Fox News was reporting on the Tea Parties (as did a lot of news outlets, as I noted yesterday). Granted, Fox communicated these events to its listeners well in advance and the mainstream media waited until the day of the events, but there were directions to the protests, directions on how to find them.

This poor, picked on CNN reporter (to be fair – who knows how much harassment she took off camera before the live shot) even went on to say the protests were anti-family! Right after interviewing a dad with his baby in his arms whom she kept trying to shout down. I don’t think she approved (like anyone cares).  While I get the feeling we tuned into the end of some longer encounter that started before the shot, it is enlightening to see the anger and paranoia that jumped out of her so spontaneously.

Seems the new “in thing” with politics are the drama queens playing the victims. It just reinforces the fact that we need a centrist 3rd party in this nation like never before. And I do mean centrist. Most 3rd parties have extreme platforms. Libertarians are for no government, socialists want all government, environmentalists want an all-green government.

I want a national ‘neighborhood council’ government, like the ones where neighbors get together and decide a fair budget, how to do safety patrols, who to hire for the landscaping and pool staffing, etc. Nothing fancy, nothing radical.  Nothing strange. No Chicken Littles crying “Wolf!” in full drama queen garb. Just simple sanity. Limited pay and term limits as well.

Update: Drama Queen meets Drama Queen in this encounter (which proves my suspicions this CNN reporter was getting hot under the collar over something):

Obama was voted in by a significant number of voters. They still trust themselves and their vote.
And when the far right goes off like this, all they do is cement Obama voters to Obama. When you attack him like this you also attack those who voted for him. I know, being a Bush supporter and having to listen to years of the far right bash him, and by extension me as a supporter.

Obama has not done anything to resemble the Nazis and Hitler, which is what people think of when some incoherent clown throws out the word ‘fascist’. He is our duly elected President and deserves a modicum of respect. But since the far right could not respect this nation and the presidency under Bush (remember how El Presidente Jorge Bush was a “traitor”?), why would they be able to muster a small dose of class under Obama? And I don’t mean elite ‘class’ here, I mean small town America class where people show respect to one and all.

Tags: CNN, Tea Parties