garyinaz66 garyinaz66 • 10 months ago Everyone accepts that the goals of the TEA Party are directly opposite to those of the Democratic Party and people expect them to be in a continual battle to achieve their opposite visions for the nation. While true that is not where the real political battle is. While the goals of the TEA Party align perfectly with the Republican Party’s Platform achieving the Tea Party’s goals and acting in accordance with the principles of Republican Platform are anathema to Establishment Republicans, and therein lies the true political battle today, one for the heart and soul of the Republican Party. For years my political party, the Republican Party, has failed to follow its stated beliefs. Republican politicians give us wah wah conservative talk in the primary and then legislate and govern as Democrat Lite. They follow behind the Democrat’s sprint toward European style socialism at a saunter, ever expanding government along the way, only concerned with their reelection, all the while giving lip service to our Party’s conservative platform. As I have said to countless Republican groups before if my political party, the Republican Party, had stayed true to its conservative roots, its conservative platform and remained the party of Reagan we would not be in our current difficulties and the Tea Party movement would not exist. To effectively oppose the Democrats the Republican Party would have to stand on and follow its platform. That is an inside political game. While protests and town hall nightmares for Democrats make good press they do not necessarily change how a Party and elected officials act. The TEA Party has made reforming the Republican Party a key objective and that is happening from the inside. We have picked up Reagan’s call to once again make our political party, the Republican Party one of bright bold colors rather than pale pastels. A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers. I do not believe I have proposed anything that is contrary to what has been considered Republican principle. It is at the same time the very basis of conservatism. It is time to reassert that principle and raise it to full view. And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way. Ronald Reagan, CPAC 1975 So to the Establishment Republicans shape up or ship out. Stand boldly on and act on our platform or go find and join your pale pastel friends over in the jackass party as we do not need squishy wimps in ours.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 06:46:47 +0000
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