The Left's Total Moral Bankruptcy

Did you hear the one about the left's plan to counter the tea party movement? It's no joke.

"In an effort to replicate the tea party's success, 170 liberal and civil rights groups are forming a coalition that they hope will match the movement's political energy and influence," explained a Washington Post report. "They promise to 'counter the tea party narrative' and help the progressive movement find its voice again after 18 months of floundering."

The effort is curiously dubbed "One Nation." Historically, of course, when that two-word phrase has been used in America, it is usually followed by another two-word phrase — "under God." But with groups such as La Raza, the NAACP, the AFL-CIO and the SEIU joining the party, it is unlikely the deity will be invoked by any within this coalition.

You might ask: What's their beef?

They've got Barack Obama in the White House. They have Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House. They have Harry Reid as Senate majority leader. They seem to have Elena Kagan on her way to the Supreme Court.

The answer is they see it all slipping away beginning this November. The tide has turned against their causes. Something very predictable happened on the way to their workers' paradise — an awakening in the American spirit that is saying: We will slouch toward Gomorrah no longer!

That spirit is illustrated by the tea party movement — the biggest and most potent grass-roots political development in generations. People who never before marched on Washington, carried a protest sign or rallied at a town-hall meeting have done just that — by the millions. They have no familiar household names among their leaders. They have no billionaires bankrolling them. They represent no special interests. They get no friendly coverage from the press.

They demand nothing for themselves from government except their freedom and to be molested no longer. And this is what has the super-organized, well-funded, government-subsidized, media-backed left in a tizzy. Understandably so.

As I write in my new book, "The Tea Party Manifesto," this movement represents what might well be America's last chance for a return to liberty and self-government. If it fails, so does the uniquely American dream of constitutionally limited federal power, the protection of God-breathed inalienable rights, equal justice, the rule of law, the will of the people and national sovereignty.

So, you might ask, what does this new opposition movement demand? What will be the rallying cry of its planned march on Washington on Oct. 2?

More government spending on job creation. Yes, that makes sense. That plan is working so well. It has worked to perfection with the biggest stimulus spending programs in the history of the world. Obviously all we need to do is more of the same!

Of course, no rational human being involved in this movement actually believes that more government spending is going to solve the problem of unemployment. The smarter and more devious elements of this movement know that more spending will only make joblessness worse. However, they also understand that it will create more unsustainable dependency on government, which will inevitably lead to chaos and the collapse of the nation and ideals they detest.

With Washington already facing insurmountable, intergenerational debt, what else could be on the minds of those within this movement who have any rational understanding of economics? They want to push America off the cliff.

Is there any other explanation? They don't want jobs. They want to complete the revolution. And they want to complete it, if at all possible, before the new Congress sweeps in following the tea party electoral victory on Nov. 2.

This rogue, reckless movement of fundamentally anti-American ambitions bears careful watching.

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