Once again RedState brings out its 50 caliber weapons to participate in a circular firing squad. We need to stay concentrated on the real enemy – the Democrat party and the leaders of that party, not the occasional foolishness of our own people. The real story here is still the racism and the irrelevancy of the NAACP, not the over eager zealousness of Mark Williams.

A basic understanding of organization and administration seems to be missing in this thread. I keep seeing references to the Tea Party as a “group”. To my knowledge, there is no such thing as “The Tea Party”, so there is no such group. I do know of several Tea Party groups concentrated in numerous locations and apparently, most of those groups do have local leaders and organizers.

A group, by definition, must have such things as a purpose, goals, and actions. If it does not, it will cease to be a group in any practical way. Suppose I and a few other people happen to be walking along the beach and we spot a swimmer floundering in the water, apparently about to drown. We might all go to the swimmer’s aid, rescue him from danger and help him back to the safety of the beach. During the rescue, we would be a “group”, with the purpose of providing rescue to a drowning swimmer. When the rescue was completed, we probably would all go our own ways, and the group would cease to exist because we would no longer have a reason for being. Now, we could all decide that we do not want to disband, but then we would then have to define another purpose for being. We could decide to meet once a month down at the local Surf and Turf, have a few drinks, tell some lies, and brag about what swell fellows we are. That would give us a reason for being.

In the case of the Tea Party, which Scope says should stay unorganized; The idea that the Tea Party will remain a significant force and unorganized is a myth. It will not happen. Leadership will emerge and organization will emerge, or the Tea Party will not have a national identity. Local Tea Parties already do have leadership and organization and if they cease to have such organization, they will cease to be.

As the movement continues, there will be efforts made to find leadership and to develop organization. Take note of the current movement to provide a Tea Party Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. Also take note that Rand Paul is talking about forming a similar group in the U.S. Senate if he is elected. As these attempts are made to coalesce around leadership, goals, and political action, some might be successful and then again some might fail. In this process, some gaffs will be made when people speak their minds. Of course, here at RedState we will be ever ready excoriate anyone who is less than perfect in his/her utterances.

Take for instance, the events when some unnamed associate of MIttens criticized Sarah Palin. As we saw, Sarah’s folks promptly told Mittens’s folks where they could put it. It reminded me of a parent telling a child, “if you touch that stove burner, you will get painfully burned” It was an interesting exchange of verbiage, but it was also an exercise in futile distraction from the goal before us, and that is to defeat the Democrats in November. Mittens and Sarah can fight it out after we secure the win in November, but right now we have a goal, one of many needed to achieve our purpose of securing freedom in this great land.

If we are going to bring out the guns for a circular firing squad every time some leader wannabe makes a silly gaffe, then we are going to spend a lot of time chasing rabbits who run very swiftly. I, for one, as a seasoned rabbit hunter, do not intend to spend my time in such futile activity. I intend to stay focused, like a laser, on the enemy. We will never be able to favorably impress the main stream media with our zeal to discipline our own. They are and will remain our enemy. They will never like us! They will never give us a favorable press! I do not intend to appease them. I intend to defeat them and the Democrat Party.