The Ron Paul Tea Party is Coming! The Ron Paul Tea Party is Coming!

Ron Paul has a great gimmick going: wrapping himself in the cloak of the Constitution, and selling himself as the reincarnated, living-breathing embodiment of the Founding Fathers. Supposedly, he and he alone is faithful to their original intent, and how it is to be applied to 21st century problems.

Ron Paul had a great day on the fifth of November (Remember?) when he raised around 4.2 million in 24 hours. The Ron Paul Reverists wish to repeat and surpass that bit of impressive phenomenon:

On December 16th, 1773, American colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to protest an oppressive tax. This December 16th, American citizens will dump millions of dollars into the Ron Paul presidential campaign to protest the oppressive and unconstitutional inflation tax (which has enabled a flawed foreign policy, a costly war and the sacrificing of our liberties here at home). Please join us this December 16th 2007 for the largest one-day political donation event in istory. Our goal is to bring together 100,000 people to donate $100 each, creating a one day donation total of $10,000,000.

All I can say is that the Ron Paul Reverists remind me of the kind of crazed cult-like following that a Tony Robbins enjoys at a motivational seminar; or the passionate sales pitch that an amway salesperson will deliver. ArPee preaching about “the Constitution this…” and “the Founding Fathers that…” has his followers eating out of the palm of his hands….seeing Paulbots attacking conservative blogs with so many of the same talking points…it’s like watching a brainscrubbing religious revival in the making.

Connecting the day of donation to the Boston Tea Party is quite appropriate, symbolically: in 1773, tea was flushed into the harbor; in 2007, American dollars will be flushed down the toilet.

Hat tip: Matt Lewis

(Thanks to Curt for the ArPee “I’m just a Constitution” photoshop- hope those who revere Paul find it cute and charming, as well).