Tea Party and the lost art of irony

Papi Cruz

Many contemporaries have lamented about the lost art of irony. This may be true in the world of prose, poem and satire, however, this can not be said for the folks of Tea Party Nation.

Albeit unwittingly, the Tea Party has revived this lost art.

Who can forget when TPers shouted -- summer 2009 -- at various Town Hall meetings: Keep Guvmint out of my Medicare.

The irony, of course, is that Medicare is a government run program. So while expressing their opposition to government run health care, they refused to recognize their membership in government run health care.

Exhibit B: Pastor Rafael Cruz, father of Senator Ted Wacko Bird Cruz.

The father of Tea Party-hero Ted Cruz wants to send President Barack Obama “back to Kenya,” according to video of a 2012 speech during his son’s campaign for Senate.

Rafael Cruz, an evangelical pastor, calls the United States “a Christian nation” and tells the crowd “we need to send Barack Obama back to Chicago, back to Kenya.” Rafael Cruz also calls Obama a socialist and rails against the so-called “death panels” some erroneously claim are part of the Affordable Care Act.  source

Ok, where do we start...hmmm?

1. Playing the Birther card when his son (with presidential aspirations) has bigger Birther issues than President Obama, well, that just ain't to smart. Read Birther Cruz
2. Pastor Cruz has called three countries home: Cuba, Canada and USA. Technically speaking, Rafael is more invited guest than a naturally born citizen such as Obama. So who should go where?
3. Since when can a man born in Cuba, move to Canada and land in America unequivocally declare our diverse country as a Christian nation? Freedom of religion was so important to American forefathers -- and constitutional framers -- that it was the First Amendment in the constitutional Bill of Rights.
4. Last, how Tea Party apropos (even in its irony): A Christian pastor with nothing but hate and bigotry in his heart.

Alas, the unintentional resurrection of the Art of Irony. At this point, let me cue Alanis Morissett (another Canadian):

"Ironic"

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
"Well isn't this nice..."
And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face

A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic...don't you think
A little too ironic...and, yeah, I really do think...

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out