Posted on 12/27/2012 10:35:03 PM PST by neverdem
The latest attempt is todays front-page article by the New York Times, which alleges that the Tea Party is turning to narrower issues and suggests, none too subtly, that Congress should stop paying attention to it.
As proof, the Times offers the fact that Republican leaders have embraced raising tax revenues in budget negotiations, repudiating a central tenet of the Tea Party. It ignores the fact that Republican leaders could not muster the votes in the House to pass those proposals.
To the great frustration of the mainstream media and the GOP establishment alike, the Tea Party continues to hold the line against tax hikes and new bailouts. It also won a significant victory with the recent passage of right-to-work legislation in Michigan.
These are not narrower issues: they are the most fundamental issues concerning the nations fiscal health and economic future. It is the Times and the liberal gentry that it serves who cling to narrow, often contrived issues such as the co-called war on women to maintain their political clout. The ailing, indebted Times hates the Tea Party precisely because it is serious about economic realities the left would prefer to deny.
The one kernel of truth in recent mainstream reporting on the Tea Party--a truth that Tea Party leaders themselves admit--is that the movement is discouraged by Obamas win in November.
Mitt Romney was never the Tea Partys first choice, and some Tea Party supporters may have stayed home on Election Day in protest, but once he secured the Republican Partys nomination most Tea Party activists worked hard to help him win.
Michael Patrick Leahy of Breitbart News has argued that if not...
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
the media went to great lengths to characterize the Tea Party as wite and borderline racist, thereby limiting its reach anmong minorities. This is the game.
I have not yet begun to fight.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/11/i_have_not_yet_begun_to_fight.html
If you ask me where do we go from here my answer will remain the same.
In my opinion the ONLY way forward is for the states to assert their sovereignty by calling a constitutional convention.
We need to propose and ratify a few amendments and changes that will restore limited government as outlined in our constitution.
The tea party could lead the way in this effort. We need 34 states to trigger and 38 to ratify the changes. The founders knew when they wrote article five that one day the federal government could become corrupt and refuse to control itself. We have now arrived at that very point.
I’ll go out and research it, but briefly explain to me how a constitutional convention could go about being called?
Is it citizen petitions in each state that brings this about?
http://goldwaterinstitute.org/article/amending-constitution-convention-complete-view-founders-plan-part-1-series
Note: the page displayed is the summary and part one is a link just below. It's a small .pdf file.
Let me know what you think
WooHooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanx, appreciate that. Happy new year
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/11/i_have_not_yet_begun_to_fight.html
Thanks for posting. Great article.
We have not yet begun to fight!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.