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5 Reasons 2/23/2013 is Going to Be a Day of Resistance
Townhall.com ^ | February 5, 2013 | John Hawkins

Posted on 02/05/2013 1:25:54 AM PST by Kaslin

Last year, when a Republican candidate should have waltzed to victory, Mitt Romney got his teeth knocked in by a man who could fairly be called the single least competent American President in history. This beating had very real consequences.

1) Barack Obama feels empowered: Liberals are always vulgar in defeat and hubristic in victory, but Barack Obama has become so toweringly arrogant that it wouldn't be a surprise if he were getting himself fitted for a crown. He's acting as if he expects to have anything and everything he wants handed to him on a silver platter and if anything gets in his way, he'll simply shred the Constitution, ignore the law, or issue an executive order and dare the Republican Party to do something about it.

2) The Republicans In Congress have lost their nerve: Republicans on the Hill have turned into a pack of cringing dogs since the election. They've lost the will to fight on spending cuts, they're seriously considering an amnesty for illegal aliens and Karl Rove and his establishment pals at American Crossroads are now planning to target conservatives in Republican primaries. There's not a single issue where you can trust the Republicans in Congress to hold the line because they've lost confidence in themselves, the people who elected them, and conservatism.

3) The conservative grassroots is demoralized: Conservatives haven't lost faith in their principles, but they've started to wonder if the country has passed a tipping point. Do we have too many takers and not enough makers? Is the Republican Party so hopelessly incompetent that it's time to give in? What's the point of fighting to help the country when the Republicans we have in office are just going to let us down yet again? Are we fiscally doomed no matter what we do?

4) The Democrats want to take our guns away: The Democrats are following Rahm Emanuel's cynical advice to the hilt and are determined to "Never let a crisis go to waste." There's not a gun control bill on the table that would do anything to stop another Sandy Hook, but the point is disarming the American people, not stopping massacres. Since the Democrats can't get away with banning guns....yet, their goal is to limit the 2nd Amendment rights of law abiding Americans as much as humanly possible.

5) The Democrats are overreaching: Less than three years after the worst defeat they’ve suffered in fifty years, the Democrats are acting like the whole country has become another San Francisco. Their message to Republicans? Go to hell! To Independents? We don't need you anymore! To even moderate Democrats? This isn't your party anymore. Meanwhile, "In nine of the ten sixth-year Congressional elections since 1910, the president’s party has lost seats in the Senate and in the House. The average loss in the Senate has been 8.6 seats and in the House it was 30 seats." In other words, if we play it smart, we are poised to have a monster year in 2014 that could increase our margin in the House and put the Senate back in Republican hands.

This is why we're organizing Day of Resistance rallies all across the country. Barack Obama, the Democrats, and even the Republicans in Congress need to be reminded that the Tea Party is still here and those of us in the grassroots are not sitting down, shutting up, or giving in. That goes double for Americans who care about their Second Amendment rights. The Democrats believe they can demonize gun owners and try to take your guns away without having to worry about any consequences at the ballot box. We need to show them that they're wrong.

We're off to a good start. This effort, which was begun by Dustin Stockton of Western Representation PAC and The Tea Party.net is less than two weeks old, but we're already getting close to the 100 rally mark and dozens of new protests are being added every day. Tiffiny Ruegner of Women Warrior's PAC has even done a press conference promoting the event in front of Diane Feinstein’s office.

Want more information? Keep an eye on Right Wing News and The Tea Party News Network. Want to help? Share the videos (here and here or the graphics), forward, tweet and email this column, volunteer to help, or sign up to organize a rally at Day of Resistance.com.

Folks, I am proud to be one of the people who has been helping to get these protests off the ground from the very beginning and I want you to be there with me because I absolutely believe that this will be the moment when the conservative comeback for 2014 begins. We're going to have hundreds of peaceful conservative rallies all across the country and unlike the Occupy movement, we'll be showered, we won't be breaking the law, and we won't need any "rape free zones" to make women feel safe at our rallies. This is going to be the moment when the conservative movement stops backing up. This will be the time when law abiding Americans send a resolute "No more" to the gun grabbers in Congress. This will be the day when the retreat that started with Mitt Romney's loss ends and the conservative movement once again starts to resist!


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: barackobama; guncontrol; protests; rally; secondamendment

1 posted on 02/05/2013 1:26:04 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Good for you, Kaslin. I’ll certainly do whatever I can to help.


2 posted on 02/05/2013 1:49:59 AM PST by basil (basil)
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To: Kaslin

The only way to get their attention is for EVERY business in Acirema to shut down for three days. EVERY superstore, EVERY mom-and-pop, EVERY transportation company.

Of course, it won’t happen. So, the regime will go merrily on its way, stealing our freedom and our future.


3 posted on 02/05/2013 2:57:50 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: Kaslin
I'm in.

What's happening in Austin, TX?

4 posted on 02/05/2013 4:30:46 AM PST by grobdriver (quences.)
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To: grobdriver
Some outfit Save Texas Schools has the South steps on that date...
5 posted on 02/05/2013 4:35:07 AM PST by grobdriver (quences.)
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To: Kaslin

Bump


6 posted on 02/05/2013 4:37:55 AM PST by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders.)
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To: Kaslin
if we play it smart, we are poised to have a monster year in 2014

At the present rate of "progress" we may not make it to 2014. And why would the hugely successful voting machine capture and manipulation be limited to a Presidential election now that it has been demonstrated to work so well and the Republicans can't/won't make a sound?

7 posted on 02/05/2013 4:38:13 AM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE www.fee.org/library/books/economics-in-one-lesson)
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To: Kaslin

Marylanders meet in Annapolis Wednesday.

http://inthefraytostay.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/holding-the-line-in-annapolis-gun-rally-february-6-2013/


8 posted on 02/05/2013 4:42:43 AM PST by Venturer
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To: Kaslin

9 posted on 02/05/2013 4:53:50 AM PST by Lazamataz (LAZ'S LAW: As an argument with liberals goes on, the probability of being called racist approaches 1)
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To: Kaslin
For those of you in the Idaho Falls, Idaho area:

On February 16th at 11:00 AM we will be having the Bonneville County Second Amendment Rally at the Bonneville County Courthouse. We will then march with our signs and firearms to the Shilo Inn to hear speakers on the issue. Please bring your sign and your favorite firearm. Please follow the open carry law and Shilo has welcomed us to bring weapons inside their building as well.

10 posted on 02/05/2013 5:25:42 AM PST by Old Badger (Don't bother me! I still like Palin because she will tell like it is!)
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To: Kaslin

Any North Carolina freepers: Attend the rally in Raleigh at the capital TODAY at 12:00 PM. Turn out to protect your gun rights!


11 posted on 02/05/2013 5:36:25 AM PST by lafroste
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sfl


12 posted on 02/05/2013 5:44:13 AM PST by phockthis (http://www.supremelaw.org/fedzone11/index.htm ...)
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To: Kaslin; LucyT; All

Fly the Gadsden Flag from now until Tyrant Obama is IMPEACHED!


13 posted on 02/05/2013 5:46:54 AM PST by Graewoulf ((Traitor John Roberts' Commune Obama"care" violates Anti-Trust Laws, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: Kaslin

The first “Laft Behind” book is brought to mind again.


14 posted on 02/05/2013 5:52:39 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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To: arthurus

At the present rate of “progress” we may not make it to 2014. And why would the hugely successful voting machine capture and manipulation be limited to a Presidential election now that it has been demonstrated to work so well and the Republicans can’t/won’t make a sound?

&&&
Agreed.


15 posted on 02/05/2013 5:59:08 AM PST by Bigg Red (Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! -Ps80)
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To: Graewoulf

I put my Gadsden flag up the day after the election in 2007. I removed the American Flag right next to it the day after the election in 2012. I don’t care what anybody says...


16 posted on 02/05/2013 8:48:29 AM PST by BreezyDog (Illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: Lazamataz

Resister? Or resistor?


17 posted on 02/05/2013 12:18:51 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: Kaslin

Save


18 posted on 02/05/2013 3:34:38 PM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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