A further example of this viewpoint was shown in a recent interview of Sarah Palin with Sean Hannity of Fox News. Gov. Sarah Palin, a committed pro-life leader, was asked to name the top five issues facing the country today and the deaths of 1.25 million unborn annually from abortion was not on her list. If, indeed, this is the approach a new Congress takes after the November mid-term elections, then the agenda of the Tea Party movement will fail.
He is absolutely right.
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QUITE CORRECT!
Fiscal conservatism cannot succeed in the Culture of Death.
I respectfully disagree. Remember when our nation was founded, the issue of slavery was the most important moral issue of the day, with entrenched disagreement on both sides.
The founders would never have come together for independence, or to ratify the Constitution, if the slavery issue had been inserted into the debate. Instead, there was agreement to disagree, and the anti-slavery states did what they could to make a little progress, but did not allow the disagreement to derail the formation of the Union, which it certainly would have done.
I think it will be a tragic mistake if pulling back the reach of the federal government, and stopping/reversing the take over of our economy, is tied to the abortion issue or gay marriage or other social issues.
The Tea Party is right to keep its narrow focus, IMHO.
The Tea Party is about putting limits on out of control government and elites who don’t listen to the people anymore.
But Glenn Beck did a brilliant thing at the Lincoln Monument, bringing social conservatives into the tent through honorable government.
I agree.
The house is burning and we’re worried about the broken toilet? Lets get as many people together, both Pro and Anti death to beat back Gov’t to a manageable state. If the Pro life message was such a universal winner, why has a grass roots movement of its own not take hold lately? As people are introduced to the new GE 3D ultrasound, minds will naturally be changed.
100% on the mark. Murder is not just an “issue.” Set it aside, fix the economy first?? Tempt the good God, I say.
There won’t be a dime from me for a “personally opposed but...” candidate. There won’t be a vote from me unless the Dem is a bona fide Communist like Obama.
Republicans, listen up. Eighteen years ago, Lee Atwater opened up the “big tent” to baby killers. I left, and there’s many more like me. We’re waiting.
For if they were, they'd vote for it if they had a chance. But this article indicates that they would not... because this message is not a ‘socially’ conservative one.
That speaks volumes as to how ‘conservative’ they really are.
IE: Anything is good as long as abortion is banned! No, really, ANYTHING! Forced anal goat sex on pain of death, fine... as long as abortion's banned. Turning the citizenry into slaves of the state, that's fine too! Just gimme dat old-time abortion ban!
It's attitudes like this that got Venezuela their Hugo Chavez.
To treat it as a political party with a platform will not work. Such a strategy is not even in the same ballpark and those who try it will relegate themselves to a cul-de-sac of history. They will be left behind and chances are, if they are even thinking of the movement in those terms, they are left behind already.
There may have been a seismic shift but 8/28 was not about November. I explain in this piece I posted today.
What was Glenn Beck's “Restoring Honor” rally really about? (Maybe not what you think).
I have to warn you, though. Most of those commenting had trouble getting through it but not all. I am in the process of a rewrite but here it is as is.
**Successful Tea Party Movement Must Include Pro-Life Issues, Not Just Economy**
An absolute!
Neah.
The Tea Party is about high taxes and excessive spending. It needs to stay as focused on that as possible.
There might be niche for complaining about “aborting the future prosperity and greatness of this nation,” though.
The pro-Life movement sqaures perfectly with the principles espoused in the US Constitution.
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The TEA party movement is about fiscal conservatism. Regular republicans are mostly pro-life. We have plenty of conservative coalitions and 99 percent of them are pro-life whether they say so or not. The republican party has drifted from fiscal conservatism and that is the role of the TEA party. I don’t see a problem.
No, you add that and it will fail. Right now it has support of independents, libertarians,and democrats, fiscal conservatives who worry more about their wallets than what you do with your body.
He is absolutely wrong.
With all due respect to the pro-life movement, if there were not a single abortion performed in 2010 we would still have two wars, still have a near-depression, still have open borders and still have a bunch of socialists trying to destroy America as quickly and as messily as they can.
Pro-Lifers are a tough foe. Just look at how Planned Parenthood has been outspending the pro-life crowd with not much to show for it these days except a number of recent losses to the pro-life folks!
I am solidly Pro-Life, but the Tea Party movement must be about Lower Taxes and Lower Deficits.
That means getting the federal government out of the business of subsidizing, encouraging and forcing the States to allow abortion.
After that it's a state issue, or a matter of constitutional amendment.
Can you live with that?