Pascal intones here that the conservative media, what there is of it, is largely composed of researchers that cherry pick the best of the best of everyone else’s thoughts.

More than once I’ve heard words coined by fellow bloggers on talk radio- the guys at WLS clearly read Ed Hering’s blog, because not two days after he said of the GOP budget cuts “That’s not a budget cut- it’s a rounding error!” the guys on WLS repeated it word for word.

The problem is, the conservative media takes these things, cherrypicks the stuff that’s sound-bite worthy, and broadcasts them without the background of the rest of the well thought out posts. That is what the Republican party has become; a caricature of the sound bites culled from the best conservative thinkers, while the substance of the average Republican politician is no dramatically different than a democrat.

The Tea party began by including not the sound bites, but the substance, of what people think. We want a constitutional government. We want a small government. We want to be protected in our sleep. We want our money, our children, and our lives to be left alone.

The right has been espousing these ideas in symbol but not in substance for so long, that they believe the symbol has become the substance, It has not. We can see through the ever-thinning veil of BS, and we’re tired of it. The tea party may not be the best solution, but it has certainly provided a tangible threat to the right and the left, and it’s clear both parties are threatened.

Keep your voice strong, and keep saying the things that matter to you. You alone know what you want, don’t wait for some talk show fool to take what they like of your message and turn it into a rallying cry to get some empty suit elected. if you only reach four people, you have reached someone. Not everyone will agree with you, and maybe you should look at what they have to say, because it may have merit, and may encompass some truths of which you are not aware. But keep yapping.