“OK. But how should we effectively move forward? I say take the precincts, caucuses and primaries by storm...like they’ve been doing in Nevada -”
Good start. Education on the constitution and our own history would help. And that has to come from us, from the grass roots to our neighbors. Most Americans haven’t a clue what it says or means, much less what their ‘favorite’ candidates say or vote for. Political parties are special interest groups formed to promote special interests.
“If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.” Thomas Jefferson
And then there is Thomas Paine:
“It is the nature and intention of a constitution to prevent governing by party, by establishing a common principle that shall limit and control the power and impulse of party, and that says to all parties, thus far shalt thou go and no further. But in the absence of a constitution, men look entirely to party; and instead of principle governing party, party governs principle.”
And then there is Thomas Paine:
“It is the nature and intention of a constitution to prevent governing by party, by establishing a common principle that shall limit and control the power and impulse of party, and that says to all parties, thus far shalt thou go and no further. But in the absence of a constitution, men look entirely to party; and instead of principle governing party, party governs principle.”
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We have lost our respect and the authority of the Constitution and Constitutional law, as well as our own history. Yes, we need to revive that as the very foundation for anything else.
Fortunately, the Tea Parties themselves, even Glenn Beck et al, have been focusing on, doing trainings on, distributing the US Constitution and books there on.
*That* is a MASSIVE task ahead of us.
In the meantime, I advocate for TEApublicans.