Tea Party Vision for the United States

There is no end to Tea Party demands. With each win they go on to make more demands. That is the behavior of an extortionist. Their real intent is to reduce the United States Federal government to a very limited bureaucracy that cedes most functions to the individual states. The result will be the end of the United States as a consequential power in the world. They appear to be winning.

America’s enemies couldn’t be happier.

From the National Tea Party Federation

The Tea Party movement’s objectives:

Fiscal Responsibility
Constitutionally Limited Government
Free Markets

So Fiscal Responsibility means no borrowing at all. That would reduce the federal budget. The debt ceiling is currently $16.4 Trillion. In August of 2011 the ceiling was $15.2 Trillion. Current deficit spending amounts to about 1/3 of the money spent each year. What does that mean in terms of impact on society? Reports say that the current government shutdown has resulted in reducing the government payroll by 15%. That number does not include planned layoffs of contractors who say they will begin layoffs next week at Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky Helicopter and the thousands of smaller businesses that supply government with a variety of goods.

Constitutionally Limited Government means limiting the federal government to only those responsibilities specifically defined in the Constitution. Translate that to mean no subsidies for any business or industry, no welfare grants or other aid to any business or individual, no agriculture department, no FAA, no FTC, no FDA, no SEC, no government departments for any function that is part of the 21^st century. Medicare, Social Security, and other social programs would have to be eliminated. Of course the individual states could run those programs.

Free Markets really means no government interference with any private enterprise even if that means monopolies. Drug manufacturers could make and sell anything they want regardless of its effectiveness or safety. Food inspections would not occur because they would interfere with free markets.

Would these programs reduce the impact of the United States in the world? I say the United States would be reduced in every way in the 21^st century. Our impact – well we would not have any impact.

Republican Party Tearing Itself Apart

We are watching the Republican Party going through some very troubling times. Democrats could not be happier. Those in the “progressive” party should not be watching with glee. The commentators on MSNBC ought to do more reporting and less celebrating. The two party system has worked well for most of this nation’s history.

I find it surprising that I would back Karl Rove for anything. Compared to the Tea Party he is a moderate. There are no photos of Tea Party leaders. I do not know who their leaders are. And finally Huffington Post has created a Karl Rove page that is at least fun to read.

I subscribe to the Tea Party Patriots e-mail letter system to keep abreast of their thinking and campaign plans. This morning I received this plea for money (every organization does that) and their campaign against Karl Rove. I have deleted the money pleas lines but the rest of the e-mail tells me that the GOP may be about to break into two parties. The highlighting, underlining, and bold font is theirs.

Dear Patriot,

Karl Rove’s new “Conservative Victory Project” is nothing but an anti-Tea Party hit team that is gunning for our candidates.

So, grassroots conservatives must now all band together and fight back. We must defend the Tea Party!

We formed this brand new PAC to help Tea Party candidates challenge entrenched big-government Republicans for the nomination.

But, in light of recent events, we need to also be ready to defend our conservative incumbents as well.

The establishment is gunning for us. They want to crush our movement. We have to fight back!

Just last month a former top GOP aide in the House called for the purge of Tea Party-supporting congressmen from the Republican Party.

Then, last week an anonymous senior Republican declared to the Politico news website that their plan was to “marginalize the cranks, haters and bigots — there’s a lot of underbrush that has to be cleaned out.”

That’s what the liberal GOP establishment thinks of people like you and me. They believe that ordinary citizens who dare to stand up and fight for our country are “cranks, haters and bigots.” To them, their fellow Americans are “underbrush” that needs to be cleaned out!

Karl Rove and his cronies say they are now going to “pick” our Republican nominees. He said in a Fox News interview that he’ll even try to drive incumbent conservatives out of politics if he personally doesn’t consider them electable enough!

The Republican establishment is going to spend millions on private investigators, opposition researchers and a torrent of negative ads aimed at destroying every Tea Party conservative candidate or elected official in America.

Rove will target their personal lives, he’ll dig into their family backgrounds. And, if necessary, he’ll simply make up some dirt to smear any Tea Party candidate who gets in his way.

He’ll never debate issues. He’ll never provide solutions to the big-government mess he and his establishment buddies helped create.

Rove and his liberal allies only believe in the politics of hate and division, and they want to crush the Tea Party!

If Karl Rove and his cronies have their way Rand Paul, Michele Bachmann, Steve King, Mike Lee, and Tim Scott will all be driven out of Washington on a rail so that Rove and his big-government buddies can continue to enrich themselves at the expense of you and me!

Patriot, the fate of our movement is at stake. We must be prepared to fight back. Our country cannot survive much more of this.
We will support good conservatives who want to shake up Washington against entrenched liberal Republicans who want to continue to ruin America.

And, if necessary, we’ll support any Tea Party incumbents who are targeted for defeat by the establishment’ political goons.

Unfortunately, our opponents have lots of money. They’ll raise millions from liberals who share their goal of destroying the Tea Party. And they’ll raise even more from special interests that benefit from big government.

We can’t hope to compete with Rove or allies in the spending race. But we can out organize and out hustle them. However, I need your help to do just that.

We are going to organize and train local Tea Party groups to win primary elections.

We are going to support good conservative candidates who will go to Washington and help fix our fiscal mess.

And we are going to call out “Republicans” who vote like liberal Democrats with ad campaigns that blanket their districts or states.

Once again, we are on our own. It’s the Tea Party versus the corrupt Republican establishment. And the fate our great nation is at stake.

G.O.P. Should Look in the Mirror

I am disappointed with the Republican Party. The Party has allowed fringe groups to take control and that is the reason they are at a loss to explain their situation.

They decry the beliefs of Islamic extremists and then offer extremists as candidates to congress and the presidency. CNN reported that women voted 55% for Obama to 45% for Romney.

Why? You might ask. Romney refused to confirm the Lilly Ledbetter (equal pay) Act and instead launched into “binders of women” he used to add women to his governor’s staff in Massachusetts. His running mate’s desire to stop all abortions and declare conceived unborn children as human beings only added to the distrust by women. Then there was Richard “Mourdock [in Indiana] saying that God meant for rape victims to bear the resulting children “and [Todd] Akin [in Missouri] saying that women only needed to hold Aspirin between their legs to prevent pregnancy.

So is it any wonder that a majority of women voted for President Obama? My question is; why would any woman vote for Romney?

This nation has changing demographics that make 1950s views of the world ancient. If the Republican Party wants to remain relevant they will have to accept the changing world. If they want to remain loyal to all of their beliefs they will have to accept a minority position in our government. As to the Tea Party (the largest group within the GOP), that group helped REDUCE the number of Republicans in the Senate. There are so many issues to address that this little blog cannot discuss them all in one posting. My list includes:

-Immigration
-Jobs
-Medicare/Medicaid
-Social Security
-Global Warming
-Infrastructure
-Education

Many GOP ideas are worthwhile. Unfortunately they face vocal fringe groups and people that are not acceptable to the majority of Americans.