Mr. Santelli,
Your ‘rant’ has inspired a fairly large grassroots effort to organize tea party protests across the nation. These efforts, while commendable, lack three very important factors: most of them aren’t in Chicago (most the top level organizers are, and there will be one), they aren’t in July, and most importantly they aren’t yours.
I like many others found your words uplifting and inspiring, and I believe you could be the hero so many liberty loving Americans have been searching for. We are tired of the same old Washington games. Both parties have shown fiscal and monetary irresponsibility continually despite promising change, and it is time someone led a very loud and visible protest against it.
Politics is often a game of buzz marketing. Words like ‘change’ ‘reform’ ‘freedom’ ‘transparency’ and ‘responsibility’ are marketing tactics to get elected while legislation sports names that will sound great when presented to the public but deceive or mask its true nature. I’m not asking you to run for office and change this, I wouldn’t want to ‘take a shower every hour’ either. I’ve been in a position to know many that do.
I understand that your call for ‘A Chicago Tea Party in July’ was an impromptu statement made for effect during the heat of the moment on a live broadcast, so I can hardly blame you for not immediately running out to begin organizing such an event. All things considered, however, both the grassroots Tea Party organization that has sprung up and Glenn Beck’s “We surround them” unveiling of the912project.com last night go to show that there is a huge demand for action, and since you fired the first shot, I would hope that at the very least you join the fight.
I will echo what I recently posted on my blog, where this letter also will shortly appear:
“I don’t want just another round of Tea Parties (the Ron Paul campaign had many), I want THE Tea Party. The Rick Santelli Tea Party that hits home our sentiments and makes us decide to drop work, life, and everything else and travel to Chicago just to be there for this momentous occasion. Right now real America needs a Hero not a sophist, and Santelli is about as close as we’ve come. Rick are you out there? Are you listening? I want to go to your Tea Party, in July.”
All I ask, Mr. Santelli, is for you to continue what you have begun, be it intentional or otherwise. If you want we can find people to organize the tea party, but you, the guest of honor, the keynote speaker, the hero, had better be there.
Thank you for your time,
James Thoburn
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James Thoburn (twitter: @you_count) is the founder of Backyard Politics. Comment here or @reply you_count on twitter to join the conversation.
Hey James -
Great encouragement to Mr. Santelli. I hope he continues to speak out, like all freedom loving people should and must do. The protests, against socialism, must continue until our elected officials listen.
Dear Rick Santelli
You captured me with your passion and as a previous “silent majority”, I waited long enough to speak my mind and commit myself to the Chicago Tea Party, the We Surround Them project and any other way I can take a stand. I promise to do whatever it takes in conjunction with others who share my conviction to preserve our American values, principles, language and our culture from those who wish to destroy or dilute it. I am tired of the money grubbing greedy politicians on ego trips who look to me as a rock they only want to suck more blood out of. I don’t have any left. As a former liberal Democrat, I only wish I had seen the light a long time ago, I wouldn’t have wasted so much time with my head up my rear end. Rick, I want to see you at the Tea Party, don’t let us down.
Thanks Doug!
and great addition deb