The Last Bastion

Over the course of time, everything from religion to politics has been called the "last bastion of scoundrels". With the NAACP's decision to confront the Tea Party movement at their current convention, I would now say "cries of racism are the new last bastion of scoundrels". The Tea Party movement is about smaller, less intrusive government, lower taxes, and the government spending more wisely. No element of race even enters into the equation of why most join the Tea Party cause. Are there individual racists at Tea Party events? I would assume there are, just as you would find a fringe element at any large gathering, but they do not represent the ideas on which the Tea Party is being created and they are not welcomed or tolerated in the ranks. There was much more overt racism tolerated until recently in the ranks of the Democrat Party as can be easily ascertained with a quick perusal of the biography of the recently passed Robert C. Byrd whose early affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan was rationalized by former President Bill Clinton during Byrd's funeral service and whose staunch defense of racial segregation enforced by law was not mentioned. Will I as a minority member (I am Jewish) continue to support the Tea Party and the ideals it represents which if implemented will save the country? To borrow a Palinism- "you betcha".