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To: Utmost Certainty

Exactly right! Not one candidate other than Paul will make any effort to do that. Not one other candidate even seriously mentions the expansive role the Executive Branch has assumed. The Progressives have obviated Congress. We are ruled by power-hungry bureaucrats. Obama, Johnson, FDR, and Wilson have been the biggest offenders in leading us to this point, but plenty of Republicans have been just about as bad (Lincoln, TR, Nixon, the Bushes).

It astonishes me that the Tea Party supports Gingrich. The man is a megalomaniacal Progressive. How could anyone imagine Gingrich or Romney doing anything to roll back the damage Obama has done. If either of them is elected he will only tinker with Obamacare at the margins. The pace of the erosions of our liberties may slow, but it would march on nevertheless.

This country, as we know it, or think we know it, is about over. We need to ditch the income tax, the central bank, whack these bureaucracies, and enforce our borders. While we need to maintain a strong military, its role should be limited to defending our country and deterring any aggression against it. Part of that includes getting over the Israel fixation. We have been conned into thinking there’s a Biblical connection that compels us to dance to its tune.


44 posted on 12/16/2011 9:27:05 AM PST by rashley (Rashley)
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To: rashley
It astonishes me that the Tea Party supports Gingrich. The man is a megalomaniacal Progressive. How could anyone imagine Gingrich or Romney doing anything to roll back the damage Obama has done. If either of them is elected he will only tinker with Obamacare at the margins. The pace of the erosions of our liberties may slow, but it would march on nevertheless.

Obviously I agree with you re: the paramount importance of curbing statism. But I don't think it's accurate to assail Gingrich as a "Progressive" by any means, considering he's one of the only political leaders in recent memory who's lead a successful charge in scaling back the size and scope of big government.

You might want to read this if you haven't.
58 posted on 12/16/2011 11:44:01 AM PST by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State | Gingrich 2012)
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To: rashley

Yep. I’d need a much more hawkish vp.


67 posted on 12/17/2011 11:51:37 PM PST by TomasUSMC ( FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM)
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