Sara and the Tea Party

I surprised the man from Tennessee when I told him, "She (Sarah Palin) is very unpopular in the North/East among middle-class, educated women. He thought that because she was a woman governor, mother and all, we'd be in her favor. "Hell, no we can't stand her. We see right through her."

I simply don't like Sara Palin and what comes out of her fake, small town, angry, mean-spirited, self-involved, scripted mouth. I only wish I had added this last sentence to the conversation we were having, but I was enjoying listening to this conscious, thoughtful man from Tennessee. I didn't want to shock him unduly. Intelligent conversation is hard to find at this resort. A single woman learns to be respectful and acknowledging of any wife in situations like these. I forgot, she was just as happy he was talking to someone else but her. Whatever. The grass always looks greener on the other side.

Those of us from Massachusetts on our trip to the DR, discovered ourselves riding the crest of the wave of the upset victory of Scott Brown as the newly elected junior US Senator from our state. We were astonished to learn the election results made us heroes across this country. This was surprising and a bit hard to adjust to as a progressive and a history buff. Here we are on vacation, being transported in a 3rd world country and the whole conversation was US politics. Oh, Lord, there is a lot of thinly veiled arrogance and anger out here. Just what we need is Sara stirring up the pot with her sexy-kitten-come-on-to-men. This is when guys get stupid.

She makes my skin crawl. Yet I do acknowledge she is attractive, crafty, lacks depth and real experience but I get her appeal .... for all the wrong reasons, in my opinion. I'm definitely not jealous of her. Her personal and professional life makes mine feel extraordinarily blessed, rich, rewarding and humble. Let her have the spotlight. She needs it to feel good about herself. This is a woman who believes in her own PR.

Have you noticed this Tea Party is mostly white? Christian. Catholic. Yes, Catholics are Christians but not all religions agree on this fact. Something about the Vatican. Oh well, without Vatican Roulette many of us wouldn't be here at all. How many generations have been conned, abused, terrorized and manipulated? It's a damn shame. The truth is coming to the light.

The corruption in all areas of all institutions, small and large, is despicable. Disastrous consequences are at hand. The marriages of politics and religion inevitably denies citizens and residents of equal rights. The Supreme Court has now ruled that corporations have the same rights as individuals. That's the base conversation of conservatism is "I have mine. And I ain't sharing." I believe in the separation of church and state, now more than ever. Thank you, John Adams, for your sacrifice.

That Sara Palin has become the spokesperson of the Tea Party Movement is scary beyond belief. 

Time to go see Alice in Wonderland because we all must be at the Mad Hatters Tea Party.