TEA PARTY MOVEMENT MIRRORS A DEEPLY DIVIDED AMERICA SanFranciscoSentinel.com
US President Barack Obama came to power promising to unite the nation. Now he has divided it even more than his predecessor George W. Bush. The burgeoning conservative Tea Party movement is calling for Obama to be removed from office.
The auditorium in Tulsa, Oklahoma is silent for a moment, as the Walkers, a happy couple in their mid-50s, walk onto the stage. They manage an electrical store in the area, and they say that after being married for decades, they still love each other just as much as they did on the first day. They are here to demonstrate that love to the audience — with a passionate kiss.
It’s meant to be an homage to the old, forgotten America, the land of high-school sweethearts and beauty queens, where honesty, decency and loyalty still meant something. A land where the promise of the American dream — that anyone could make it to the top — still reigned supreme. There are 5,000 people — ordinary people — in the audience, including Democrats, Republicans and independents.
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