BryanKDonnelly
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Left wingers are now happily telling themselves that the Tea Party movement is rent by factional differences, thus rendered powerless. This is mere “whistling past the graveyard,” denial. If wishful thinking were a sporting event the left would be gold prize winners.
The Tea Party Movement IS a coalition of libertarians like me, joined by our traditional values friends and, with what Obama is trying to do to business, business conservatives (who will help finance the revolt.) But let’s not leave out a huge segment; so called "independents." Many of these former clueless moderates even mistakenly voted for Obama in '08 (now ashamed to admit it to pollsters); for "hope" and "change" whatever THAT meant since Obama and our left leaning media cleverly concealed his real socialist agenda. Now these folks are saying, "Hey, THAT is not what I voted for!" Socialism at home and spineless appeasement abroad is not "hope" though it IS "change" for the worse! Take a look at the "right track, wrong track" polling data.
You'll also find "foreign policy hawks" and "neo-cons" like me (there are lots of libertarian “hawks”) strongly supporting the movement. This group tends to be a bit too intellectual for participation in grass roots mass movements. But they're in strong support! Thinkers like Elliot Abrams and Richard Perle provide superb foreign policy guidance.
Don’t forget disillusioned Democrats. I personally know four such people who’ve actually gone to the length of changing their party registration to GOP. But many other conservative to “moderate” Democrats are appalled with the gang of leftover 1960’s radicals who’ve taken over the party of Jefferson and Jackson. They are quite willing to vote Republican until their party regains its senses. Democratic Leadership Council, are you still out there? You’ll find some of these at Tea Party rallies.
You may well observe that these groups disagree on many issues. I, for one, am "pro-choice" though happy to support my religious conservative coalition partners on such a grisly issue as partial birth abortions; genuine infanticide. We agree to disagree on the issue itself, though we concur that Roe v Wade was bad law; inventing "rights" that do not appear in the Constitution. It is really a STATE matter and the grasping federal government has no place in the debate. I'll tell you what it boils down to. I'm willing to defer to other members of the conservative coalition on "social " issues and expect similar deference on my important areas; school choice, drastically downsizing government, free trade, elimination of business regulation etc.
What’s important is what we AGREE on; Obama and the Democrat-socialist congress are a national DISASTER heading the country into insolvency, galloping inflation and economic meltdown and our people to serfdom. Get ready, because in November were going to CLEAN THE DEMOCRAT-SOCIALISTS CLOCK! With Tea Party assistance, the GOP is going to take over the US House and possibly even the Senate; or at least achieve a minority sufficient to permanently block Obama’s vile statist programs and radical left wing court appointments. In 2012, we’ll DUMP Obama and elect a genuine principled conservative (leaves out Romney of MA Romneycare fame.) Might then be a good time for a constitutional convention to prevent anything like this ever happening again. No nation can survive demagogue generated mob rule. Thomas Jefferson noted, when people discover that they may enrich themselves by “despoiling their betters” a representative republic perishes.
After that we may again begin disagreeing on things.
The Tea Party Movement IS a coalition of libertarians like me, joined by our traditional values friends and, with what Obama is trying to do to business, business conservatives (who will help finance the revolt.) But let’s not leave out a huge segment; so called "independents." Many of these former clueless moderates even mistakenly voted for Obama in '08 (now ashamed to admit it to pollsters); for "hope" and "change" whatever THAT meant since Obama and our left leaning media cleverly concealed his real socialist agenda. Now these folks are saying, "Hey, THAT is not what I voted for!" Socialism at home and spineless appeasement abroad is not "hope" though it IS "change" for the worse! Take a look at the "right track, wrong track" polling data.
You'll also find "foreign policy hawks" and "neo-cons" like me (there are lots of libertarian “hawks”) strongly supporting the movement. This group tends to be a bit too intellectual for participation in grass roots mass movements. But they're in strong support! Thinkers like Elliot Abrams and Richard Perle provide superb foreign policy guidance.
Don’t forget disillusioned Democrats. I personally know four such people who’ve actually gone to the length of changing their party registration to GOP. But many other conservative to “moderate” Democrats are appalled with the gang of leftover 1960’s radicals who’ve taken over the party of Jefferson and Jackson. They are quite willing to vote Republican until their party regains its senses. Democratic Leadership Council, are you still out there? You’ll find some of these at Tea Party rallies.
You may well observe that these groups disagree on many issues. I, for one, am "pro-choice" though happy to support my religious conservative coalition partners on such a grisly issue as partial birth abortions; genuine infanticide. We agree to disagree on the issue itself, though we concur that Roe v Wade was bad law; inventing "rights" that do not appear in the Constitution. It is really a STATE matter and the grasping federal government has no place in the debate. I'll tell you what it boils down to. I'm willing to defer to other members of the conservative coalition on "social " issues and expect similar deference on my important areas; school choice, drastically downsizing government, free trade, elimination of business regulation etc.
What’s important is what we AGREE on; Obama and the Democrat-socialist congress are a national DISASTER heading the country into insolvency, galloping inflation and economic meltdown and our people to serfdom. Get ready, because in November were going to CLEAN THE DEMOCRAT-SOCIALISTS CLOCK! With Tea Party assistance, the GOP is going to take over the US House and possibly even the Senate; or at least achieve a minority sufficient to permanently block Obama’s vile statist programs and radical left wing court appointments. In 2012, we’ll DUMP Obama and elect a genuine principled conservative (leaves out Romney of MA Romneycare fame.) Might then be a good time for a constitutional convention to prevent anything like this ever happening again. No nation can survive demagogue generated mob rule. Thomas Jefferson noted, when people discover that they may enrich themselves by “despoiling their betters” a representative republic perishes.
After that we may again begin disagreeing on things.
