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Michael Steele Doesn’t Understand The Point of Primaries

Michael Steele I wrote during the CBS News debate a few weeks ago that this current field of Republican presidential candidates is astonishingly less inspiring and conservative than in 2008 which, in turn, was less inspiring than 2000. At least in 2008 we had the opportunity to get behind a sage conservative traditionalist in Duncan Hunter. We just never game him the attention or support he deserved, in my opinion.

So we have a pattern here — a decreasing trend of truly conservative, inspiring candidates in the mold of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan. In fact, we get quite the opposite: Mitt Romney and Newt Ginrich, both of whom will take any side of an issue that will result in their election; Herman Cain, who, despite being a conservative traditionalist, wasn’t ready to be president; Ron Paul is refreshingly right on many issues — the Federal Reserve, national debt, etc. — but troublesomely wrong on several issues including aspects of his foreign policies; Jon Huntsman is even more liberal than a typical RINO (Republican In Name Only); Michele Bachmann, much like Sarah Palin, would make a much better senator than president; and finally Rick Santorum who, I believe, is a good man, he’s just not on the level he was several years ago.

We have to ask ourselves, why are these the candidates from which we have to choose? Why is the roster of principled, conservative leaders declining election cycle after election cycle?

The answer lies, at least partially, in the mistaken belief that a primary, particularly the Republican primary, should be a process that focuses squarely on attacking the Democrat candidate(s) and results in electing someone who as perceived as the most “electable” (read liberal) general election candidate.

Former Republican National Committe Chairman Michael Steele championed this belief when he wrote earlier this week on Politico:

The base is looking for a fighter, but they don’t want the fight to be taken to another member of the family. Their fight, which should be the candidate’s fight is with Obama.

This type of thinking completely misses what the object of a party primary should be: to nominate a candidate that embodies the core philosophy and values of the the party and inspires and energizes its members. The candidate chosen for those reasons will indeed be the most “electable.”

Obama: GOP agenda is to “defeat me”


(Politico) President Obama is telling supporters that he needs people in Congress “who want to cooperate” — and that’s not Republicans.

“Their whole agenda is to spend the next two years trying to defeat me, as opposed to trying to move the country forward,” Obama told the radio host Steve Harvey in an interview broadcast Tuesday morning as voters head to the polls.

He’s exactly right. The GOP agenda must be to defeat Imam Obama’s Marxist takeover of America. That’s the only way the country will be able to move forward, breaking the shackles of socialism Obama has placed upon us the last two years.

Sarah Palin: GOP establishment, consultants “sleazy”

Sarah Palin is echoing something I have been pointing for 6 years: one of the biggest problem with the GOP is its good-old-boy network of consultants and advisers who are in it only for “control, power, and money.”

Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin says “sleazy” establishment Republicans are out to get her.

“Some within the establishment don’t like the fact that I won’t back down to a good-old-boys club,” Palin said. “A lot of this has to do with control, power, money.”

Palin complained about the consultant culture in Washington, arguing that party operatives are often working in their own best interest rather than doing what is best for the party.

“Establishment bosses and advisers that try to shape a candidate and get paid to shape that candidate,” Palin said. “It’s very sleazy.” (My emphasis)

Bingo!

With the GOP, you have a network of unprincipled consultants who transform conservative candidates into left-leaning “wolves in sheep’s clothing.”

Retaking and reforming the Republican Party must start with dismantling the current network of consultants and advisers–including the likes of Karl Rove–and replacing them with principled and aggressive conservative traditionalists.

Republicans waving off Tea Parties

According to Virginia GOP Congressional spokesman Congressman Eric Cantor, as reported in the Richmond Times Dispatch, none of the Virginia GOP Congressional incumbents want to join the Tea Party Caucus created by Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann.

First, I would like to thank her for giving the Tea Parties a real litmus test we can all use to identify who stands against us. So far only 29 Congressmen have joined her. The rest must be Mercantilist Republicans and Democrats; the Democrats who are not Mercantilist in mind are full-blooded Marxist ideologues who could not be trusted to give you the correct time of day and give the same amount of intellectual respect to Tea Party followers that Al Gore gives Fox News.

To quote Richmond Tea Party spokesman Chuck Hansen in the report from the Richmond Times Dispatch discussing Congressional interest in the Tea Party movement, “Ultimately, they will be judged by their actions.” Along side his words, the evidence mounts up against the integrity of the GOP in their intention not to follow the US Constitution to represent the citizenry.

Let us analyze what happened to George Allen and the “Maccaka” (I still can’t find a correct spelling for that…it must not be a real word) moment. It was no secret from the beginning George Allen was a Jeffersonian and not the Hamiltonian Mercantilist like many Republicans. Still, like Ronald Reagan his name recognition helped him overcome the usual GOP protective outer circles (who were probably afraid the late Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas would blow the whistle on the party if they didn’t support him in his first run for the Senate) and he prevailed. When he tripped the wires of the Alinsky-style political mines, the GOP, who never really cared for Allen, allowed him to be devoured by the Marxist controlled media and then let him be cast out by a hand full of votes as they laid down and refused to defend the man like so many WWII French rifles were laid down at the Maginot line.

To his credit, Allen never stopped believing in those who knew him to be a good man.  He was crucified by lies and stabbed in the back by people who proudly put GOP bumper stickers on their BMW or their Mercedes election cycle after election cycle. Friends tell me he speaks at Tea Party events all around the Commonwealth of Virginia on his own dime. He now speaks freely without the GOP mercantile muzzle he used to have and speaks the Jeffersonian truth wherever he goes.

Also, new evidence of the GOP’s actions from the 1st Congressional district of Virginia is the Republican candidate,who was touted by party officials as 80% “Conservative”, is having a fundraiser hosted by none other than a man who must be related to Benedict Arnold himself, Scott Brown from Massachusetts. Representative Rob Wittman, who voted for a bill–HR1388–that would allow President Obama to build his “Civilian Security Force” which, as you may recall, he promised would  be ” just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded” as the military, was given voting approval by the NRA even though that vote will no doubt give authority for this “Civilian Security Force” to take away your guns in the near future. That proves the NRA has become another “player” in the Hamiltonian favor structure and cannot be trusted.

So I say Virginia Tea Parties in districts where a Republican is running unopposed or against a weak Democrat this fall should get a “Write in” campaign going against the Republicans who refused to caucus with Michelle Bachmann. Use a name everybody knows in the state. Use a name everybody knows how to spell. Use every spare penny you have to make up bumper stickers and signs for the candidate. If you’re a 501 C4 you should be buying radio advertising just before the election telling people how to “write in” your candidate. Make the established Republicans in your community go to the polls and vote against the Tea Party candidate. Who should you use?

George Allen. (Or the local favorite in your congressional district.)

The chances of him winning may be better than you think if you act now. If you use the same name all over the state the movement gets bigger and more people are aware of it no matter what district they live in. First time voters won’t be confused either.

What about other states? There are so many like George that are true Reagan-Jeffersonian types who never got in and ran as Tea Party people but were crushed by the feckless design of open primaries. Since the open primaries can’t be trusted to give you who you really want to represent you then you have no choice but to get a “write in” campaign going. Write them in now or forever hold your peace, Tea Parties. You’re the only ones left to fight for your Constitution. Let the GOP worry about the health of their party since they obviously don’t care about you.

Note to the GOP Congressmen…it’s not too late to change your mind in joining Michelle Bachmann. Tick-tock…

Lemonade–Tea Party style

We’re deep into the primary season for congressional races with just a few states left to clear up who the final candidates are going to be. What has been quite obvious is that the only candidates who have been identified as “Tea Party” worthy are those who have also had the benefit of Sarah Palin’s touch. Though this looks more suspicious as time passes, the list of actual “Tea Party” worthy candidates who have been defeated by the “machine” candidates grows longer. So what should those local Tea Parties do if their candidate didn’t win their primary? Make lemonade if you’ve got lemons!

Just because your candidate lost doesn’t mean you must support the other guy. In fact it’s the other candidate who now needs to campaign for your vote as well as the other lost sheep in the flock. You have every right to expect that candidate to respond to more questions and more vetting–tofind out if they’ve decided to moderate to the “Tea Party” position.

Local chapters should get, in writing, from the primary winner whether or not they promise to work towards those matters which hold the highest priority to that local chapter. Local chapters can also create and hand out “voter guides” at the polls which point out the positions of all candidates come Election Day.

There has been a lot of talk on the street for the Tea Parties to get more involved in the local Republican offices which usually meet once a month. It’s time to get prepared for the 2012 race and who ever will be the next Tea Party candidate. You must get a plan together and implement it. Two years will pass faster than you think.

In one case the National Rifle Association (NRA) itself actually endorsed the machine candidate over the “Tea Party” preferred candidate when in actuality, the incumbent Republican (NRA supported) had voted for HR 1388 (Obama’s civilian security force). That endorsement put the wrong person back into the running. More evidence the NRA has transformed itself into a “King Maker” and no longer concerns itself with citizen’s rights. This type of injustice needs to be exposed in the future or we’ll be stuck with the same old RINOs.

The Tea Party “movement” is young and needs to work hard amongst its membership to be more cohesive. When your members work to get into the Republican Party meetings you can expect resistance. If you get resistance then you give in kind. For example if the Tea Party people are not let in or asked to leave then you should respond in kind. You ask those Republicans who have infiltrated your local Tea Party to leave at your next meeting.

Stand your ground and make those candidates give you their word they will work to support you if they return to Congress and get it in writing. Remember, they need you more than you need them. Don’t let a Republican (or perhaps in one case a Democrat) stand in front of you after a primary and say it’s up to you to “unite” the people! It’s their job to get your vote. Our Country has been all but destroyed and needs to an opposite and equal “reaction” to the Communists who have taken over our nation.

Lemonade is great this time of year. It’s like Iced Tea in the respect that their both served cold.

Report from Washington for June 28, 2010

On this week’s edition of the Report from Washington with Ellis Washington:

WorldNetDaily columnist, author, and conservative radio talk-show host Ellis Washington and Conservative Beacon’s Josh Price discuss the scarcity of courage and the abundance of cowardice in contemporary politics.

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How long before hate speech laws come to America?

  1. Christian preacher arrested in Britain by a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender liaison (yes, apparently there is such a position on Britain) for violating the Public Order Act by simply saying homosexuality is a sin. My question to you: how long before we have laws against so-called “hate speech” like the Public Order Act here in America? Simply offending or insulting someone would be a crime punishable by imprisonment!
  2. Obama administration now says that failed Times Square terrorist attack might be tied to an international terrorist organization. Well no kidding! Just because the attack was poorly executed and failed doesn’t necessarily dictate that it was committed by a “lone wolf.”
  3. It’s not just Democrats who see granting amnesty to illegals as a way to grow their voter base, some Republicans are taking this view whether they admit or not, including Karl Rove and Jeb Bush.

Also on today’s podcast: The Report from Washington with WorldNetDaily columnist, author, and conservative radio talk-show host Ellis Washington. Ellis discusses his latest column, Kill the welfare state, Part 2.

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Kill the welfare state, Part 2

Ellis Washington

Some people felt literally the bigger the mess we could make the better. That is whatever it cost, whatever destructive activity we could do against the U.S. government the better.

–Bill Ayers (President Obama’s Leon Trotsky)

In my last column, I gave a historical overview of how the welfare state was purposely and systematically entrenched into American law, culture and society by the Progressive Movement, the Democratic Party and by liberal pressure groups that hate America, via FDR’s “New Deal” programs of the 1930s and ’40s and LBJ’s “Great Society” programs of the 1960s.

The second part of this article series will examine another aspect of this multi-headed hydra, citing additional history and some public-policy strategies the GOP must implement to make the death of the welfare state a major part of all future party platforms.

Rather than providing the public with a diametrical worldview opposite socialism and the welfare state, the Republican Party over the past 75 years, since FDR’s New Deal, has foolishly seemed content to tinker around the edges of this Frankenstein monster, promoting a de facto “New Deal-lite.”

Enough is enough! Republicans must kill every aspect of the welfare state and return America to being a constitutional republic once again.

Here is how America can kill Obama’s fascist policies, which are designed to become FDR’s welfare state, part 2. After achieving majorities in Congress this November, Republicans can immediately start defunding the big 3– welfare (Obamacare, Medicare, Medicaid and TANF), Social Security and public-sector pension plans, which are bankrupting America, especially in states like California, Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Florida and New York.

One of the many incarnations of progressivism was The Frankfurt School. This school taught that there were two types of revolution: a) political, and b) cultural. Political revolution deconstructs from the outside, while cultural revolution demolishes from within. Progressivism would turn rebellion into revolution over time. Communists and progressives saw it as a long-term project and kept their sights clearly focused on the family, education, media, sex and popular culture.

In 1922, on Lenin’s orders, a meeting of all the leading Marxist intellectuals and revolutionaries was convened in Frankfurt, Germany. Their purpose was to clarify the concept of and give credence to how the workers’ revolution would infiltrate into Europe and eventually into the U.S. In other words, how to effect a Marxist cultural revolution, kill Christianity and take over the world.

In a fine article by Timothy Matthews, “The Frankfurt School: Conspiracy to corrupt,” the author quoted from Christopher Dawson’s outstanding work, “Enquiries into Religion and Culture”:

Western civilization at the present day is passing through a crisis which is essentially different from anything that has been previously experienced. … Civilization is being uprooted from its foundations in nature and tradition and is being reconstituted in a new organization which is as artificial and mechanical as a modern factory.

The tactics and strategies of Frankfurt School Marxism was followed concurrently by radical and influential American progressives like Walter Lippmann, Herbert Croly, John Dewey, Margaret Sanger, Emma Goldman, Woodrow Wilson, FDR and the Democratic Party to purposely deconstruct America from a moral republic and transform this country into a servile, socialist welfare state.

Some of the extremist ideas created or exploited by the progressive movement to create this welfare state included:

  1. The creation of racism offenses. (Jim Crow discrimination; President Woodrow Wilson used the State Department to purge all black people from federal government; NAACP, Al Sharpton, La Raza)
  2. Continual change to create confusion. (Trotsky’s “Perpetual Revolution”; Alinsky, Ayers, Obama’s “Change We Can Believe In”)
  3. The teaching of sex and homosexuality to children. (Freud; Alfred Kinsey; the 1960s Sexual Revolution; The Stonewall Riots of 1969)
  4. The undermining of schools’ and teachers’ authority. (“Separation of church and state”)
  5. Huge immigration to destroy identity. (GWB’s amnesty policies of 2006; Obama’s desire to give amnesty to 30 million illegal aliens)
  6. The promotion of excessive drinking. (FDR’s repeal of Prohibition)
  7. Emptying of churches. (Marx called religion “the opiate of the masses”; LBJ’s 501(c)3 churches)
  8. An unreliable legal system with bias against victims of crime. (About 1900 Positive Law replaced Natural Law jurisprudence; Incorporation Doctrine; Living Constitution; “social justice” replaces “equal justice”)
  9. Dependency on the state or state benefits. (FDR’s New Deal; LBJ’s Great Society)
  10. Control and dumbing down of education and media. (Progressives’ creation of the public schools; advent of the state-controlled media)
  11. Encouraging the breakdown of the family. (Progressivism, feminism, communism, no-fault divorce, countercultural revolution, gangs, drugs, abortion, pornography, pathology, etc.)

Class envy, redistribution of wealth, social justice, economic equality and compassion are the sophistic tactics socialists have exploited over the past 100 years so politicians can steal more money from the workers and transfer it to the leeches of society who refuse to work. It is the successful tactics liberals have used to acquire and wield their limitless power.

Equal justice vs. social justice; republic vs. statism; Natural Law vs. Positive Law; liberty vs. slavery – these have always been the choices of free people and free nations. Therefore, we must defeat the tyrannous welfare state of FDR, LBJ and Obama by electing bona fide conservatives to Congress who are skilled in legislating according to the original intent of the constitutional framers.

Obama’s mentor and likely author of his memoirs, the terrorist Bill Ayers, to this day brags about destroying America by any means necessary. As predicted, President Obama is quickly codifying Ayers’ terrorism megalomania into public policy, which even many liberals are beginning to see is unsustainable on every level.

America, our first step of this long arduous journey toward killing the welfare state will be retiring as many Democrats as possible in the upcoming November elections. The second step will be sending President Barack Obama and the regime packing back to Chicagoland in 2012.

To paraphrase that great British intellectual George McDonald – Out Satan [the welfare state] must go, every hair and feather!

Political cowardice: Hill Republicans refusing to take a stand on Arizona immigration law

The current crop of GOP “leadership” might just be some of the most equivocating, cowardly politicians we have seen in America. Even with poll after poll showing that a significant majority of Americans want Obamacare repealed, the GOP so-called leadership is still unsure if it show encourage candidates to campaign this fall on a full repeal.

Now several GOP leaders are equivocating on Arizona’s new immigration law. Check some of these statements out:

“I am sympathetic to the problem and the challenge the people of Arizona and their elected leaders face with this issue…there is an absence of direction at the federal level on this,” said Thune (John Thune), a South Dakota Republican who is viewed as a possible presidential contender in 2012.

“I think the federal government needs to step up, that’s why I support a comprehensive approach,” Cornyn said, but only if President Barack Obama invests some political capital—and so far “I haven’t seen any investment whatsoever other than just lip service,” he said. (My emphasis)

Take a stand! Either you support it or you don’t. How hard is that?

Hey Republican leadership, there is something called courage. Get some!

ATTENTION Republican Candidates: The American People want Obamacare repealed

Memo to GOP candidates this fall: Listen to the American people, not National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman Sen. John Cornyn! According to a new Rasmussen poll, almost 60% of likely voters favor the repeal of Obamacare.

If the GOP is to take full advantage of the opportunity to make significant gains in Congress this fall, they must make repealing Obamacare a focal point of their campaigns.

Which side of the War on Terror is Afghan President Hamid Karzai on? First he wanted to us to scale back use of our air power and to tighten our rules of engagement. Then he wanted to reconcile with the Taliban (which nothing more than bribery). Next he threatened to join the Taliban. Now he’s threatening to block a NATO offensive to rid Kandahar of insurgents all because the warlords don’t want it. Well of course they don’t want it!

In my opinion, Hamid Karzai is impeding progress in Afghanistan–he’s part of the problem, not part of the solution.

On this week’s edition of The Report from Washington, Ellis discuss his latest column What is intellectual racism?

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