WHEN DANA MILBANK WRITES THAT THE TEA PARTY LOSES AGAIN HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE POWER STILL REMAINS IN DC WITH THE WASHINGTON ELITE

By Victor M Adamus

And he's not kidding one bit.  It's a joke that for decades people have never gone to Washington, D.C. to get work done for the people who elected them, they went there to get re-elected.  This is one of Milbanks greatest writing efforts, in my opinion, mainly because Alex and I grew up in Northern Virginia when campaigning for an elected position meant the politician would change what was wrong for the majority and today it's only what's good for them.  I remember campaigning door to door with Alex's Mom because those were days when voting was a privilege.  Washington listened to the middle class!  Today it's more important to hang on to that $200,000 a year job than work for what their constituents want. 

Milbank's writes "On Wednesday afternoon, the House was steamrolling toward passage of a trio of free-trade agreements without a whisper of objection from the Republican side. Finally, hours into the debate, Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) rose to appeal to his fellow Tea Partyers to heed the people who elected them.

“Here we have roughly 9.1 percent unemployment in this country, due in no small part to the Washington elite jamming these job-destroying trade agreements down our throats,” Jones pleaded on the House floor. “It’s time we started listening to the will of the American people, doing what’s in the best interest of the American people, not in the best interest of the foreign nationals who desperately want to take our jobs.”"

"It was a passionate speech but useless. Lawmakers, including the overwhelming majority of Tea Party Republicans, voted in support of the three trade deals, which had been at the top of corporate America’s wish list.

That was just one of the day’s party favors for corporations. Hours earlier, House Speaker John Boehner made clear he would guard the corporate elite’s interests in avoiding a trade war with China. He refused to take up a bill that would have punished China for its currency ma­nipu­la­tion, saying he had “grave concerns.” (The bill would have passed easily if it had the chance.)

So is there any wonder that this government of and by the people will ever get anything to change that hurts them but favors Corporations?

"Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur (Ohio) actually praised the Tea Party as she denounced lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. “Is anybody paying attention?” she demanded. “This is just another example of powerful Washington elites being totally out of step with Main Street and the American people.” Beckoning to the Republican side and then to the Democratic side, she said: “I’m proud of the Tea Partyers who are out there organizing, and I’m proud of the Occupy Wall Street people because they’re saying you folks you are out of step up here in Washington.”

"They may be out of step with their constituents. But they’re perfectly aligned with the people who fund their campaigns."

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