Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Is Sara Palin the Reason so Many Women are Involved in the Tea Party Movement?

Actually, the answer is: taxed enough already. Women control the household accounts and we know when spending is unsustainable, threatening the very fabric of our families, or our country as the case may be. As one Tea Party rally sign aimed at big government succinctly put it, "My kid isn't your ATM." (article by Tammy Bruce, The Guardian)

Actually, I think that the answer is that women are easily swayed by emotion.  The Tea Party movement focuses on issues that hit close to home and affect all conservatives.  However, more often driven by logic, men are more apt to focus their efforts on involvement in the established Republican party.  All political issues are important and, in many ways, emotional.  Tea Partiers, especially women, must be careful to justify their emotion with logic.  Is there a good reason to have a Tea Party?  Perhaps.  I am not convinced, but I am not completely opposed.

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