Tea Party: Do Your Home Work

Michele Bachmann

           Rep. Michele Bachmann and her Tea Party friends keep screaming that our country has to bow down and worship the Constitution of the United States. Not a bad idea. I'm all for it. But the problem is they want us to worship their version of the Constitution. It appears they are the anointed interpreters of what the Constitution "really" means. For example: Alaska Senate nominee Joe Miller says unemployment benefits are "unconstitutional;" Rand Paul, the new Republican senator from Kentucky questions the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; West Virginia Senate Nominee John Raese insists the minimum wage be eliminated; and some Tea Party candidates want to repeal amendments for the Federal Income Tax and the direct election of senators. Furthermore, contrary to the 14th Amendment,  Rand Paul wants to stop the US from granting citizenship to native-born children of  illegal immigrants. And of course, Sarah Palin says the Constitution "acknowledg(es) that our inalienable rights...come from God." (Both she and John Boehner have trouble distinguishing their documents.)


        Michele, Sarah and friends, just read what the document says. It is quite clear; you do not have to interpret it for us. Our Founding Fathers were much more proficient with the English language than you are; we do not need your obfuscations. Perhaps you should have paid attention to the teacher when you were in High School.