Last Friday was the fourth time Rutherford County’s anti-government Tea Party Republicans took to the streets to protest. Republicans oppose federal stimulus spending aimed at turning around the Bush recession that started in December 2007.
But this time, Tea Party Republicans were out numbered 10 to 1 by Rutherford County voters supporting health care reform.
Rutherford County Republican Tea Party organizer Christian Hidalgo of Navigation Advertising told protesters to show up in front of Rep. Bart Gordon’s (D-6) office last week, but then never bothered to show up himself.
It takes a lot of courage to stand on the street and publicly protest paying your taxes, reforming healthcare, enhanced healthcare for Rutherford County’s veterans, Nissan’s $1.6 billion government loan creating 1,000 new jobs of the future and the millions of dollars now being spent in our schools, roads, and extended unemployment benefits. It’s not surprising that Hidalgo hid in his office the entire time.
When voters reflect on how our nation addressed the deep Bush recession, they will see one party who acted swiftly with change that works and one party that protested every effort and yearned for four more years of the same failed policies.
