The last straw for me was two-fold: The reelection of Boehner as Speaker; it convinced me that my party and their party are two separate parties. And the refusal of the GOP to even look at the cases of voter fraud or even make it an issue. If they can’t defend their own vote, then what good are they?
One of the things I noticed in the run-up to the last election was the way that the “tea party” was mocked and attacked by GOP figures when to my mind the so-called tea party is essentially the GOP’s own rank and file. It struck me then that the GOP doesn’t particularly like its own membership. They want our votes, but they don’t want us.
My answer has been, until now, for the “tea party” or the rank and file to simply take back the party from the usurpers who claim to speak for it. I’m not so sure now. These are the people who backed Romney when he was AWOL all during the fights to stop Obama when he was steam-rolling the country, all while mocking folks like Palin, and Bachmann, and DeMint who were the lightning rods during those fights.
I agree with one of the writer’s main points which is that the way to long-term success in politics is not to water down your message but to fight for it and preach it and if you go down, go down fighting frankly and openly for what you believe in. Even losing, in that case, you prepare the ground for the next fight. If you water down your message and win, you have no mandate because you haven’t persuaded anyone. If you water it down and lose, you have nothing to build on.
So, my reaction is that in 2012 the country voted judgement on itself, and so did the GOP.
Once you’ve let go of the constitution, and once you’ve let go of God Almighty, it doesn’t much matter which party provides the current puppet in the White House. Its time to retire the Whigs again.
I’m there. The GOP was never conservative and will never be conservative. They control the machine. They are a tiny number of people. They have no voters. We are the People.
I’m there. The GOP was never conservative and will never be conservative. They control the machine. They are a tiny number of people. They have no voters. We are the People.