Tea Party “Rifts”?

All of the sudden there is hope for libturds, or is there?

Tea Partiers Urge Unity as Rifts Show:
Tea party leaders called for unity and action on Saturday, the closing day of their national convention, as rifts within the conservative movement continued to show.

Convention organizers and many participants have tried to zero in on fiscal responsibility as their hallmark issue, one they hope has the power to win elections in November. But others — including theorists who charge that President Obama is not a natural-born U.S. citizen — are pulling the grassroots phenomenon in a direction that might not be so politically profitable.

Joseph Farah, founder of WorldNetDaily.com, made questions over Obama’s citizenship a centerpiece of his Friday night speech in Nashville and got a standing ovation from the crowd for broaching the controversial topic.

But some convention-goers and speakers on Saturday distanced themselves from the so-called “birther” movement, saying that’s hardly a bread-and-butter tea party issue.

“There are much bigger issues out there,” said Alice Micca, a tea party activist who flew in from Dallas. “That’s just maybe window dressing.”

This is what most of the liberals are hoping for, a one or two issue division within the Tea Party movement. I read that article and all I can say is I knew it would happen. While I am absolutely sure Barack Hussein Obama is not only the “Manchurian Candidate” I also believe he was born on another shore, that being said; I also know pursuing that line of attack is a waste of effort and time. Obama is President now, so bringing up the eligibility issue does nothing for the cause of defeating the liberal policies he is pushing.

About 2 months ago I wrote in a forum I belong to, that the Immigration issue would be pushed this year in order to further divide the tea party movement. There are those in the tea party that would be supportive of the same plan McCain/Kennedy came up with in 2006-2007. And the issue will pit those that oppose amnesty in any form against the “guest worker/amnesty” crowd.  This will most surely divide the movement into two camps, and that will be unfortunate. The tea party is by it’s nature fiscal conservatives and anti-over taxation of US citizens, admirable goals and a noble effort indeed. The liberal attacks calling tea party members racists or rightwing extremists are easy to dispute, the attacks from within the party will be harder to refute.

The tea party is VERY necessary right now, and in the future. I’d hate to see one or two issues shut it down and give the idiots in DC the feeling that they can get back to business as usual…