Posted on 12/17/2011 12:08:08 PM PST by Jim Robinson
First there was the Reagan Revolution, then Newt's Republican Revolution, and now the Tea Party Revolution.
In each successive revolution, the lovers of liberty threw off a bit more of the yoke of the oppressive ruling class to reestablish some vital part of our God given liberty and freedom.
Pro-life, small government, big defense Ronald Reagan set and accomplished the goal of bringing down the socialist Soviet Union as a threat to the world and reestablished free America as the dominate superpower. He rescued America from the hapless Jimmy Carter who had dragged the nation down into to the depths of despair. Reagan taught us that our best years were indeed yet to come. He reinvigorated our economy by reducing government regulations and taxes and created a free market environment ripe for capitalism to flourish. A lover of life and freedom, he fought off the socialists and merchants of doom and death at every turn and sparked the beginning of the decades long Reagan Economy. He was a champion of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness and he delivered us from evil.
Pro-life, small government, big defense Reaganite, Newt Gingrich, set and accomplished the major goal of wresting the congressional majority away from the socialist Democrats who had held it for forty years. His conservative Republican Revolution cut the taxes, cut the spending, cut the deficit, cut unemployment, blocked President Clinton's progressive agenda, blocked HillaryCare, reformed welfare, defended life, and balanced the budget four years running, ensuring that the Reagan Economy flourished and stretched throughout his term and beyond.
Mitt Romney set goals of protecting and sustaining abortion as safe and legal in America. He sought to be more radical than Ted Kennedy in respects to "gay rights." He swore to defend Massachusetts' strict gun-control laws that "kept us safe" and promised not to chip away at them. He set and accomplished the goal of bringing big government healthcare solutions to his state and mandating that all formerly free citizens must purchase a government approved product or suffer a tax penalty. He loves mandates against the people.
He stated that he was an independent during Reagan-Bush and he was not returning to Reagan-Bush. And he didn't. Instead, he delivered taxpayer funded abortion, gay marriage, gun-control, socialized healthcare, busted budgets, ruined economy, liberal activist judges and a destroyed Republican label.
Romney was and is demonstrably per record an anti-Reagan, pro-big government, pro-abortion, pro-gay agenda, pro-gun-control, anti-liberty, pro-socialist healthcare, mandate-loving, liberal judge appointing, budget busting progressive.
He is without a doubt the exact opposite of Reagan, Gingrich, the Reagan Revolution, the Republican Revolution and the Tea Party Revolution.
If the Tea Party now embraces Romney, it will have accepted defeat and surrendered to the ruling class.
There is a reason why the elite establishment GOPers are pushing the anti-Reagan Romney and rejecting the pro-life, Reaganite Newt Gingrich. And I guarantee you, it's not in the best interest of the Tea Party or the Liberty we seek.
Not on my watch!! No Romney, no way!!
Rebellion is brewing!!
‘Cain was that man.’
And I had so looked forward to using my slogan:
“Our Black Man Can Beat Your Half-Black Man” - - -
Not being sarcastic - was going use that if Cain won the primary.
Would have backed Cain to the hilt.
The Race Card, mercifully, would have been cast aside.
1. Dodd, Christopher $165,400
2. Obama, Barack $126,349
3. Kerry, John $111,000
Right -I'd forgotten about that. that got swept under the rug too.
If it comes down to Newt vs Romney, it will be like choosing the winner on Survivor Season 1, where Newt is Richard the Snake, and Romney is Kelly the rat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBSMBfoMVHk
(Sue’s Famous Rat and Snake Speech)
17 days to get this right. Bachmann/Santorum/Perry, I don’t really care now which one of them gets the momentum, just one of them get his job done.
I do remember those Democrat payoffs pusrsuant to the passage of the Affordable Care Act, and will not soon forget Haley and O’Donnell’s endorsements of the slickster just as I won’t Colon Powell’s cross-party endorsement of the piece of crap we have now.
Bumperoo
I believe Newt can and will win this election and I relish the intellectual "tidbits" he will provide me along the way as a supporter to help him argue his cause. Already his leadership on the Palestinian and Keystone issues has changed the debate in the actual arena of ideas.
And why the heck can't we subpoena judges to come before Congress to "SPLAIN" their rulings??? Who else is even saying things like this? Does anyone else see the power this kind of thinking brings to the intellectual debate? Let's put the camera's on these guys and make them defend the Constitutionality of their rulings! Let's hear what they have to say. They currently operate in a veritable state of unaccountability! Here's their chance to instruct the American people with the wisdom of their foundational thinking! Judges should relish the opportunity to show off the intellect of their wise judgments!
Not that I disagree with newt’s plan of subordinating the judicial branch. But this will lead to a political war between the republican and democrat factions over control of the same courts, just as Ron Paul suggested it will.
I beleive it or not I support such a political war because its inevitable result will be to devalue and largely defang the Federal Cort system. By extension as a product of mandated trial for enforcement of Domestic federal laws, the defanged federal court will result in a competitively defanged Federal Goverment.
The Logic behind this is quite simple:
1: There is no way either party can replace all the Federal judges now in existence in the time they hold office. So there must either be fewer of them judges(Thus slower enforcement of federal edicts) or judicial peace(as exist now).
2: A smaller federal judiciary will be able to take on fewer cases thereby leaving a larger share of the judicial load to the States from which there will be no timely appeal.
In short our States will have their way until the Feds can get around to imposing their will, which might well be long enough for the State sentence anyway.
So by all means Bring on the war, and the days where the Federal Goverment is largely replaced.
No how.
No where.
No way.
NEVER will I vote for Myth.
The day that FR supports Myth is the day I leave FR.
Great post Jim!
The rebellion needs to begin in Iowa! They need to send a clear and loud message to the RINO establishment! However, there is a blistering anti-Newt campaign going on attacking him on everything from his marital issues to how he wipes his arse! The establishment is scared to death of Newt…that should tell us all that he is a game changer.
How is the Tea Party organization in Iowa? Can they match the cult following of Ron Paul? People keep saying how unorganized Newt is in Iowa…well all you Iowa conservatives get organized at the grass roots on behalf of Newt! Counter the attacks and push for a decisive win. Show the establishment that this is truly a “different” election cycle.
Conservatives have to draw the line NOW! If we allow a RINO to get elected then rest assured that an Obama clone will be elected in 4 or 8 years and we will be worst off then before. The Washington Elites need to be fearful that what they have finally done is “awaken a sleeping giant and filled it with great resolve”...Iowa show them the giant awakens!
You make perfect sense. People who only listened to Nixon and JFK debate felt Nixon had won. Those who saw them on TV were seduced by Kennedy’s looks and charisma.
Could you please then explain how Barney Frank ever won election?
Thanks (lol)
You are 100% right on that!
I feel the same way. None of my well informed friends who are Republicans say anything good about mittens. I have several who thought he was an "OK guy" until I sent them to FR. They now see him just as we do, 0 bummer lite.
“Should the Tea Party very begrudgingly mumble some kind of wet napkin support for Romney, or write off the White House and focus on Conservative House/Senate candidates to thwart the Executive Branch?”
None of the above. It should do what it should have done from the beginning: write off the useless and feckless gop and build a third major political party.
The irony here is thick, because the moment that Ron Paul walks and goes third party, the howling at FR will be at a fever pitch. After all, how DARE a Constitutionalist do anything but support the grand old plantation?! Why, it might even cause the mittens to lose! Oh, the horrors!
I like the essay, but I would like to see what you think happens next. Mittens will either be the nominee or the VP nominee. The grand old plantation and it’s fellow travelers in the lsm wouldn’t have it any other way.
So what happens then? While Newt is well down my list of choices, I could vote for him in the general. I won’t vote for or support mittens in any capacity. Period.
Conservatives are about to be served a nice, steaming s*** sandwich. The gop Brown Plate Special. I don’t plan to smile and take a big bite.
“Advice: Vote for a Republican Senate and then vote for Romney. That’s the best shot conservative Republicans have at gaining true transformative power. And you would squander it by not voting for Romney ???”
I’ll pass on taking your advice. I’m all for the road less traveled, but voting for mittens to gain transformative power is like jumping off a cliff to cure a fear of heights.
Thanks. I’ll take my chances with someone else. A conservative for example.
“Ron Paul is the WRONG candidate to lead a viable third party Conservative movement, IMHO.”
No other RIGHT candidate has materialized. I’d be delighted if Sarah Palin led a viable third party movement. But she’s discounted the possibility, and I’ve seen nothing to suggest that she’s going to reconsider.
“While no self respecting tea partier would support Romney, one must appreciate the fact of picking the lesser of two evils.”
Why? Choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
“Another good question: Why is Ron Paul running as a republican when HE isn’t one?”
Because he is an ideologue and realizes that running in an election is a good way to spread an idea or ideology. Plus if he does reasonably well in Iowa and early primaries it gives him some electability creds for a third party run.
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