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Monday, June 24, 2013

Confessions Of A Tea Partier: An Open Letter To The GOP

Dear GOP Establishment,

We need to talk. It’s not us. It’s you.

Any successful relationship must be based upon trust, mutual respect, and understanding. We are 0 for 3 in those categories. There is a deep schism within this Party between a Conservative Tea Party base and an elitist Progressive leadership. Things just don’t seem like they’re going to work out between us due to irreconcilable differences.

First off, we in the Tea Party don’t trust you guys. How can we when you break your campaign promises to us again and again? No matter how Conservative a Democrat candidate will try to appear when running for office, those who are foolish enough to pull the D-lever know exactly what they’re going to get: higher taxes, social welfare expansion, a reduced military, and more intrusive government regulations that further limit individual liberties. Democrat politicians run a limited gamut from the very Progressive Harry Reid all the way to the extremely Progressive Barack Obama. That is why we Conservatives cannot support the Democrat party. But don’t misinterpret that as us automatically granting our support for the Republican Party.

In a lot of ways it is often scarier and more frustrating to vote for the Republican candidate because there is really no telling what we are going to end up with. A GOP candidate may be pro-life or pro-choice, pro-traditional or pro-gay marriage, fiscally Conservative or pro-government expansion. The fact that the Republican Party can house both a Ted Cruz as well as a Chris Christie does not testify to the success of a Big Tent policy. It is evidence of a house divided, and sooner rather than later one of the factions is either going to have to change or pack up and move out.

4 comments:

lmclain said...

This conundrum is caused by the fact that ALL of the current "representtatives" are slimy, thieving, two-faced, bribe taking, special interest protecting, insider trading rat bast'ds. YOUR guy is gonna "fix" things, huh? But it's going to take a 35 year CAREER in "public service" to do it, right? During that illustrious career, your guy's net worth goes up 40 million dollars. Because he's doing such a great job "serving" the people (up. on a platter.). Look around. Name two "representatives" that you would trust with your bank account information or babysitting your 8 year old daughter. they don't need votes -- they need hanging.

Anonymous said...

dittos 6:55. I don't trust any dems and very few repubs.

Anonymous said...

Well said 6:55pm

Anonymous said...

It is not Democrat or Republican. It is Government vs the people.
No matter what party these guys are in when they get elected, they wind up supporting the Government against the people