Posted by George Miller, April 15, 2010
Erick from Red State may irritate some people. I don’t agree with him on everything, but many months ago, after carrying signs, chanting slogans, making phone calls and endlessly sending emails to Liberal/Socialist officials, I realized that it was hardly doing a darned bit of good to change their minds– or their votes. Blue Dogs, toss-up districts, or whatever– it simply did not matter. Obamacare is now passed (although under legal fire), TARP, Stimulus, “Omnibus Spending” bills– check, Cars for Clunkers motored through, Cap and Trade is past the House, Amnesty and possible confiscation of IRA’s are rearing their ugly heads etc., ad nauseum.
However, the protests had one huge fringe benefit: attracting a large base of Tea Party supporters, turning some elections and energizing the largest Conservative activist base in history. I have been telling our local people that we MUST focus like a laser beam on the primaries and general elections this year. Since our legislative, executive and judicial branches have mostly failed us, we must change the Congress- House and Senate to start effecting any meaningful change. It is our last peaceful route. If our path to legal redress is blocked, for ANY reason, the consequences will be quite serious.
I’ll be honest with you. Even with our vaunted electoral system, we have incredible media bias, electoral fraud, misrepresentation, dealmaking, voter apathy and other hazards. We can overcome some of that. Don’t think that the answer is just putting in GOP people, either. Some of them are simply RINO’s, but have the money and organzation to lie and buy their way in. Some seem like infiltrators, not merely “Country Club Republicans.”
Our side is more motivated this year than they have been in a long time. The current regime has used up most of its nine lives in record time, increasing our motivation even more. Some excellent candidates have emerged,but must first survive the primaries, which are on June 8 in CA.
So, when you’re at your Tea Parties this week, think about how you can turn that protest energy into action. I’m doing both, but weighting toward the latter.
We could use your help.
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Erick excerpt:
“So I will not be turning out to protest this tax day. Instead, I am going to put down my protest sign and pick up my campaign sign for Marco Rubio, Marlin Stutzman, Ken Buck, Pat Toomey, Mike Lee, Chuck DeVore, Pam Gorman, Tom Graves, Sean Duffy, Angela Hicks, Nikki Haley, Karen Handel, and others. I’m going to focus not on protesting, but on actually changing the country through finding, fielding, supporting, funding, volunteering for, and praying for good men and women who share my very American concerns. I am going to focus on my local government, making sure my local leaders live up to my expectations; likewise at the same at the state and federal level too.”
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/04/13/the-national-tax-day-amalg…
Here here!
Nothing will change unless we the people take action. For far too long we left matters in the hands of supposedly educated and trustworthy professional politicians. No longer can we abdicate responsibility for our liberty, our livelihood, and our future. Every citizen who fails to take action must be willing as a consequence to accept the role of submissive servant of an ever-growing socialist government which increasingly sucks the life from productive individuals and businesses and which rewards failure.
Lee