You hit the nail precisely on the head. Starve the Beast of power & government money and this puppet show of emotionally-charged issues -- that have us at each other's throats-- end.
It isn't abortion or the homosexual agenda that have the majority of people up in arms -- it's seeing their wallets being robbed and their freedoms taken away. Abortion and the homosexual agenda have been pushed through by the Liberals, ultimately as prerogatives of having power. Take their power away, and they've got nothing. And that's what we just did. Now, it's a matter of keeping that power -- and the best way to keep power is not to abuse it by introducing socially divisive issues other than what was already stated -- lower taxes, smaller government and a less intrusive government. That's where the power of the Tea Party is. Work on fixing government & the economics first so that people know that they can depend on you for these issues, then you can risk exercising the prerogatives of power if you so choose. But until our people put their money where their mouth is -- and deliver on their campaign promises -- that power could be temporary and fleeting by the next election.
“until our people put their money where their mouth is — and deliver on their campaign promises — that power could be temporary and fleeting by the next election.”
Amen. The economy is a disaster, and is a difficult fix because the opposition is determined to trasform America into a socialist economy.
You want to see an orgy of abortion and gay-agenda in the USA, just watch what follows if the repubs focus on the wrong issues first, and get the economy wrong. We will see a reelected Obama, a resurgent democrat party and the conservatives won’t get another change for a decade. Then it will truly get bad,, far worse than today on ever social issue. Try imagining straight-out national single payer like England. Try a “right” to abort at government expense (most of europe), try the end of homeschooling (germany) Try banning Christians as foster parents at the request of gays (england).
The stakes couldn’t be higher.
"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. "--President George Washington's farewell address, 1796