Dear GOP, Since you are not really using the Republican Party name...

Constitution&Bill of Rights were meant to be in effect forever,not just until they were inconvenient

Don Mashak, The Cynical Patriot - TEA Party

 

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Prologue - I realize that some people have the perception that the TEA Party Movement is a Republican Trojan horse.   To be sure, there is a strong conservative leaning in the TEA Party Movement.  And, there is a faction of the TEA Party Movement that are what I would call "Republican Party Loyalist".  But there is also a small faction of Liberals who have concerns with the Democratic Party similar to the concerns we conservatives have with the Republican Party. Most of the TEA Party folks define themselves as anti-corruption and pro-Constitution. The fact of the matter is the TEA Party Movement's most unifying concerns are about both major political parties 1) lack of adherence to the Constitution, 2)the erosion of our Bill of Rights, 3) overwhelming Political, Judicial and Bureaucratic corruption, 4) excess special interest influence and 5) the de facto Plutocracy (Government and Justice to the highest bidder) which causes legislation and judicial decisions contrary to the best interests of the general citizenry and the country as a whole. Citizen to Citizen, I would ask the Republican Loyalists and concerned Liberals who place loyalty to country over loyalty to party to be as critical of the failings of their own respective political party as I am about to be with regard to the Republican Party.

Dear GOP Leadership:

Since you are not really living up to the principals of the Republican Party name, how about giving it to the conservative faction of the TEA Party Movement.   Perhaps you would then be able to name your party with a name that more accurately represents its position, like "Democrat Light" or "Special Interest Lackeys"

What's that you say?  You would like to discuss this matter a bit more before we go that route? Well, ok, but I would have thought that if you were truly interested in wooing the vote of the conservation faction of the TEA PArty Movement, you would have done so already. With that, please let me start the discussion.

I have heard a lot of complaining lately from the Republican Leadership and some TEA Party Republican Loyalists.  The main complaint seems to be that the TEA Party is going to split the conservative vote if we go our own way and form a third party and/or support candidates that are not endorsed by the Republican Party. Instead of inviting the TEA Party to discuss our concerns and define common ground, you tell us we have to curb our enthusiasm and lofty ideals for the good of the country. You deride us as naive when we talk about integrity and corruption. You tell us we must vote Republican or else we will split the vote. This you tell us will lead to Obama and the Liberal Progressive redistributionists staying in power and cause the destruction of America as we know it.

The question I have for the Republican Party is;" Why does the TEA Party Movement have to "save the country" by voting for Republican Candidates?  Is it not an equally valid argument that the Republicans should save the Country from Obama by voting for the TEA Party Movements candidates? 

In light of the recent poll showing that the TEA Party Movement is more popular among the American Public than either the Democrats or Republicans ( http://twurl.cc/1zrv ) isn't it a bit presumptive for the Republicans to command the TEA Party to sacrifice their votes to save the Country from Obama and the Democrats. And, by means of logical deduction, it occurs to me that the Republicans are more concerned about not losing their  power than they are concerned about saving the country.

IF Republicans can try to marginalize the TEA Party and attempt to hold the TEA Party accountable for splitting the Republican Vote by discrediting and demonizing the TEA Party with name calling and other tactics; Why is it not legitimate for the TEA Party to level the allegation that the Republicans themselves are causing the split in the Conservative vote.  The Republican Leadership has abandoned the average citizen.  Both the Republicans and the Democrats have been ignoring the best interests of the American Public and selling their votes to the highest bidder(Plutocracy).

Before I say more, to present my credentials and In the interest of full disclosure; I have been a Republican for the past 15-20 years. I have voted Republican, made phone calls for Republicans, walked in parades for Republicans,  given money to Republicans and last summer I was a volunteer driver for the RNC when the convention was in Saint Paul Minnesota.  I backed John McCain.  I believed his Rhetoric about standing up to special interests, combating corruption and reforming our Government.  I specifically cited his refusal to take early release from the Hanoi Hilton, his refusal to take a single earmark in his career and his refusal to change his position on the Iraq war when he sank in the polls as proof of his integrity.  And then he stuck a shim in my back and made me look the fool when he voted for the bank bail out just before the election. I think I have vetted myself as Conservative, perhaps even a Republican using the rhetorical definition.

With my credentials established, I begin by saying the Republicans are suppose to be about Limited Government, Fiscal Responsibility and adherence to the Constitution and Bill of Rights.  Instead Republicans increased the deficit, Passed unfunded mandates, expanded government and I won't even go into the gutting of the Bill of Rights. [(They who would trade liberty for temporary Security soon have neither and deserve none. - Franklin and Jefferson)]

I return to a specific example -the Republicans are suppose to be about free markets, both the freedom to succeed and the freedom to fail.  Risk and Reward. And then the Republicans throw all of their free market rhetoric out the window and vote to bail out all of these businessmen (bankers and automakers).  Republicans voted to spend 700 Billion Tax dollars we don't have to worsen a several million of Deficits. [By the way, I ask all Democrats why they are not holding their Democrat leadership accountable for betraying their allegiance to the common person by voting to bail out rich fat cats.  I call upon my liberal TEA Party Counter-parts to demand an answer from the Democrat Leadership]

On top of it, the Republicans go along with Enron like accounting that grossly understates the amount of the deficit.  That is right, WE THE PEOPLE know about at least three off the books deficit accounts... The bogus Social Security Lock Box, The Medicare deficit and "Emergency" deficit accounting like Hurricane Katrina. 

In my mind, the question is how do the Republicans and the conservative factions of the TEA Party resolve this impasse. Given the failure of the Republican Leadership to proactively request, suggest and/or encourage fundamental and meaningful discussions with the TEA Party Movement, my intuition tells me the Republicans do not want to have such a dialogue. The Republicans do not seem to share the perspective of the TEA Party Movement . That being that something is seriously wrong with both major political Parties. In short, the Republicans are content with the status quo.

The Republicans attitude seems to be, "Who do these TEA Party folks think they are?I and others in the TEA Party movement have suggested that if the Republican Party wants our support and participation, they should sit down with representatives of TEA Party and negotiate compromise.

And as a matter strategy,  this should happen before the primaries and caucuses. Otherwise the GOP Leadership will worked behind the scenes to hand pick and stack the deck with candidates the Leadership wants before the caucus and primaries occur..  And worse, the general membership will again be manipulated and/or forced to choose from the lesser of evils and miss another election cycle.  Ergo, the Republican Leadership will have succeeded in marginalizing the TEA Party for another election cycle. Therefore I suggest t he GOP Leadership of each State should meet with the TEA Party  Representatives of each State by January 15, 2010 and discuss the possibility of coming to an understanding and agreement before the before the TEA Party invests time in exploring starting a 3rd party. ( I hasten to add that my liberal friends in the TEA Party Movement should request such meetings with there leadership.)

The Republican Leadership knows that the outcome of the Caucuses and Primaries are being manipulated with back channel discussions before the Caucus ever begins.  And they know that superior planning, numbers and understanding of the rules allows the Republican Leadership to stack the deck in favor of their own anointed Candidates.

I will not let my TEA Party associates be led like sheep to the slaughter.  I know how the game is played at the caucuses and by the Republican Leadership.  And therefore, I will advise the TEA Party Movement to read into any failure of the Republican Leadership to meet with and come to terms before the caucuses as the prelude to underhanded political tactics. Tactics intended to marginalize and neuter the TEA Party Movement. It already speaks volumes to me that the Republicans have not already made overtures to the TEA Party Movement, but some of my conservative TEA Party colleagues desperately hold out hope that the current Republican will willingly share power with the conservative faction of the TEA Party.

So all that having been said, if the Republican Party Leadership is not interested in meeting and coming to terms with the TEA Party Movement State by State at least 2 weeks before each state primary or caucus, I have a simple request.

To all my conservative TEA Party Coharts....  Think critically.   The Republican Leadership's actions speak louder than words.  If they aren't actively courting the TEA Party movement is it likely they are plotting ways to marginalize and circumvent the TEA Party Movement to maintain there own power?

Those were my thoughts.

Don Mashak

The Cynical Pariot

Tomorrow evening please check my proposed 2010 TEA Party New Years Resolutions

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