In this summer of no love, a new Rasmussen survey found that 57 percent of Americans want to divorce members of Congress.
Some of those who want to replace the entire 111th Congress plan to march on Washington on Sept. 12. Indeed, the “Tea Party Express” is on a cross-country tour to rile up conservatives.
The activists will hold 33 tea parties as they head to Washington. Their message: We’re going to vote you out of office and take our country back.
The bus sponsors include the Multi-Cultural Conservative Coalition. I visited their website and it appears to be a, er, coalition of three people – a husband and wife and the ubiquitous Alveda King.
Alveda’s claim to fame is she is the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As blogger David Hart notes:
“Dr.” Alveda King does not have a doctorate. The anti-gay, anti-choice activist seems to issue a press release a week through Priests for Life. Her distance from the truth is becoming a disturbing pattern. The degree issue is relatively minor but it gives us insight into Ms. King’s self-absorption. In point of fact, she has an honorary degree. To make matters worse, her web bio states, “Alveda is also the recipient of a Doctorate of Laws degree from Saint Anselm College” which could lead some people to conclude that she is an attorney. She is not.
Having had two abortions herself, Ms. King would like to deprive everyone else of the choices that she had. In classic self-victimization, Ms. King now refers to herself as the “victim of the harsh aftereffects of abortion.” Ms. King is also unable to utter much more than a paragraph without a reference to “Uncle Martin.” Thus, Ms. King is defined by her phony doctorate, two abortions and an uncle who was a great man who died when Ms. King was a child.
Suffice it to say there are more black folks on the “Double Dutch Bus” than the Tea Party Express.