After the election of 2008 Conservatism was declared dead. In reality, what was rejected was Rockefeller republicanism and it’s contradictory ideology of big government, debt spending, wars for democracy and using social issues to trick conservatives. George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole, George W. Bush and John McCain were all Progressives at their core whose only disagreement with the Left was how fast they would implement liberal ideas. Out of the ashes arose the Tea Party movement.
The Tea Party movement was motivated by Reagan-Goldwater conservatism. Its belief in limited government, free markets, state rights and defense of American national interest rallied a coalition that defies the stereotype of Conservatives. The new base’s main concern is no longer about gays and abortion, it is broad and it is in reality a leave me alone coalition. The days of social issues being the primary concern of the Right are over. It’s now about freedom and liberty. Leaders like John Boehner and Mitch McConnell don’t realize this change. They think that being against abortion will placate Conservatives while they support the Progressive agenda. They are wrong and the Tea Party leaders are angry at the GOP elites’ weakness in resisting Obama’s agenda.
As Tea Party politicians prepare to take their seats when the 112th Congress convenes this week, they are already taking issue with Republicans for failing to hold the line against the flurry of legislation enacted in the waning weeks of Democratic control of the House of Representatives and for not giving some candidates backed by Tea Party groups powerful leadership positions.
Just a month ago, Tea Party leaders were celebrating their movement’s victories in the midterm elections. But as Congress wrapped up an unusually productive lame-duck session last month, those same Tea Party leaders were lamenting that Washington behaved as if it barely noticed that American voters had repudiated the political establishment.
In their final days controlling the House, Democrats succeeded in passing legislation that Tea Party leaders opposed, including a bill to cover the cost of medical care for rescue workers at the site of the World Trade Center attacks, an arms-control treaty with Russia, a food safety bill and a repeal of the ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military.
“Do I think that they’ve recognized what happened on Election Day? I would say decisively no,” said Mark Meckler, a co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, which sent its members an alert last month urging them to call their representatives to urge them to “stop now and go home!!”
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This is a warning to the GOP elites, we are sick of the manipulation. You use family values to trick well meaning people into supporting your Progressive lite agenda. Those days are over, we want America to once again be a place where we can succeed economically with good jobs and our nation’s arm forces used to destroy our enemies not build roads. If the elites don’t head our warning, we will remove you from party leadership. The days of Bushes, Doles and McCains are over. The heirs of Reagan and Goldwater want their party back. Beware Boehner and McConnell, if you don’t fight back, we are coming for you!
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