Okay.  I’ve just been shocked, which rarely happens to me any more.  At my age, I’ve seen so much and been through so much that I’m almost never surprised by anything.

So, when I viewed the following video of a rap song about the Tea Party movement, I did not expect to like it.  I don’t like rap.  Mostly, I suppose, because the rap music I’ve heard was filled with revolting, dehumanizing lyrics, hugely misogynistic and unfit for the ears of self-respecting women.  On the other hand, racists might say I never liked rap because my whiteness prevented me from being able to jive to the beat, much less dance to it.

Suffice it to say that whenever I’ve heard the beat, especially when coming at noise-polluting decibel levels from a pulsating automobile with all the windows down, I’ve nearly been driven to nauseating spasms of pure revulsion.

So, call me downright shocked because now I can say I like rap.  I probably still can’t dance to it but I like it.

It’s the Tea Party rap by Polatik, a guy on the Tea Party Express.  It’s cool.  It’s groovy.  I can dig it.  It’s way out, man.  Its words are fit for the history books and I predict that before 2010 is over, even grannies and toddlers will be sing-songing this rapper’s brilliance in every nook and cranny of America.

Have a listen and a look at the video.  Just don’t let me catch you making fun of those white people trying to get the rhythm down in their steps.  That part needs a little work.

But the way things are going — with black conservatives coming out more strongly every single day — I think we’ll all be stepping proud and ably very, very soon.  Together.  Together.  Together.  We’re all Americans.  We are united by our values and our love for freedom.  Freedom was the name of MLK’s game; entitlement is just another word for slavery.  More and more are waking up every day.  It’s time to stop nanny-government liberals from divisive politics that help no one but the political class.

Here’s Polatik on the Tea Party Express, showing us how it’s done:

Okay, as a mom, I like this one even better.