Richard A. Viguerie
March 10, 2010
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Former Texas GOP Chairman: Bush and Rove betrayed conservative principles
Dallas Morning News - Former Texas GOP chairman Tom Pauken knows George W. Bush and Karl Rove very well, having served with both during Bush’s ascendancy to power in the early 90’s – and Pauken is just the latest conservative to claim that Bush and Rove did more to destroy the conservative movement than the Democrats ever could hope to. Pauken’s claims appear similar to those of other prominent conservatives such as Richard Viguerie, who’ve made the case that Bush’s presidency was a disaster for conservatism and the GOP.
March 9, 2010
How Quick the Message Fades
enterstageright.com (Frank Salvato) - “It is stunning to find out that there are still some elected officials in Washington DC especially on the Right side of the aisle who dont fully understand the message being sent by the American citizenry regarding their grotesque spending addiction. No, Im not talking about earmarks or pork barrel spending, which in and of themselves should be egregious enough to warrant defeat in the next election. I am referring to how US Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) was thrown under the bus when he demanded that his fellow Senators actually allocate existing funds for a program they wanted to implement.”
March 4, 2010
Did Republicans learn a lesson from Jim Bunning?
American Thinker - Jed Skillman writes that as a baseball player, Jim Bunning was a Hall of Fame-caliber pitcher who often kept his team in the game – and now as a Senator, he’s done the same thing for the Republican Party, if they can only learn from his example. Bunning successfully won a couple minor ‘concessions’ from the Democrats in order to end his objection to a spending measure – and now the spending debate that Bunning was after will take place right around tax time. Bunning’s strategy kept his GOP ‘teammates’ in the game – now they need to help win it.
March 3, 2010
The conservative movement has all the energy right now
Wall Street Journal – Polls across the country are revealing the reemergence of the conservative movement, but none more so than in Florida, where grassroots favorite Marco Rubio has surged ahead of the GOP establishment’s choice, Gov. Charlie Crist, for the state’s Republican U.S. Senate nomination. One political scientist (Prof. Matthew Corrigan) in Florida explained Rubio’s surprisingly large 18-point lead this way:
“The conservative movement is the one seemingly with all the energy right now. That really puts moderate Republicans with targets on their back.”
March 1, 2010
Conservative shift boosts Arizona College Republicans
StatePress.com - The national wave of conservative grassroots enthusiasm is apparently hitting college campuses as well, as college Republican groups in Arizona are reporting a surge in interest and membership in the past year. Young voters flocked to Pres. Obama in the 2008 election – but the trend is definitely headed in the other direction as young conservatives are beginning to join together and advocate for the policies that are important to them.
Here are my tweets for today:
@RichardViguerie Big-government Arnold Schwarzenegger says T Party movement not going anywhere. Sounds more like a wish being father to the thought.
@RichardViguerie Politicians like Arnold S correctly see the T Party movement as a threat to their continuing ability to exercise power over others.
CNN Poll: Majority says government a threat to citizens’ rights
CNN.com - ”Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday say they think the federal government’s become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens. Forty-four percent of those polled disagree.”
February 25, 2010
Tea Party Patriots Poll: Up to 57 Million Conservative Activists in U.S.
Washington Independent - The rise of the Tea Party movement has demonstrated that its numbers are large, but a recent poll conducted by a group affiliated with the Tea Party Patriots revealed that there’s a potential for up to 57 million conservative activists in the United States. America’s Tea Parties have given citizens a voice, and they’re starting to use it.
Mark Levin to Glenn Beck: “Stop acting like a clown”
Politico - ”Conservative radio host Mark Levin is criticizing Glenn Beck’s widely publicized CPAC speech this weekend attacking Republicans.
“Beck trashed the GOP as being “addicted to spending” during the keynote speech to the Conservative Political Action Committee Saturday and has been a major advocate of the tea party movement, even suggesting the formation of third party of grassroots conservative activists.
“But on his show Monday night, Levin called on Beck to ’stop dividing us’ and suggested he ’stop acting like a clown.’ ”
Here is my tweet for today:
@RichardViguerie My article in today’s Investors Business Daily http://tinyurl.com/ybu7ww4 says conservative movement has added a 4th leg.
A Fourth Leg for Conservatives’ Big Table
Investors Business Daily (Richard A. Viguerie) - Richard Viguerie sees the addition of a fourth ‘leg’ to the conservative table, which comes in the form of the rapidly growing Tea Party movement. The new Tea Party ‘leg’ is unique because it is truly independent (whereas the conservative movement became an appendage of the GOP) — and although conservatives may not always like what the Tea Party has to say, it would be unwise not to listen to them.
February 22, 2010
Glenn Beck blasts GOP at CPAC
Newsmax – Conservative media talker Glenn Beck has never been known to hide his opinions, and he shared more than a few with the CPAC audience while delivering the final major speech of the convention on Saturday night. Beck was blunt with his criticisms of the Republican Party, claiming that it is addicted to spending and Big Government – and that the first step to getting better is for the Party to admit it has a problem.
February19, 2010
Here are my tweets for today:
@RichardViguerie Sarah Palin says Tea Partiers should pick a party. I strongly disagree. That will make it easy for Republicans to control Tea Partiers.
@RichardViguerie Tea Partiers and traditional conservatives should operate within the 2 major parties pulling them both toward constitutional government.
@RichardViguerie Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev said-what the Communists control is theirs and we’ll fight over the remainder. Reagan had a different idea.
@RichardViguerie Conservatives abandoned the Democrats to the left but fight over GOP. That hasn’t worked well. We should operate in both parties.
The re-establishment of America
American Thinker – Former Reagan Administration official Herbert Meyer writes that America is about to do something unprecedented: peacefully replace our entire political establishment. Meyer surmises that most Americans don’t pay close attention to politics and desire to upset the balance only when the political class really messes things up (as they’ve done) — but in these times, it’s clear to even the uninvolved that things have to change. The end result, Meyer believes, will be a wholesale changeover of the political establishment that’s heretofore unheard of.
Richard Viguerie on the Mount Vernon Statement
ConservativeHQ.com (Richard Viguerie) – “Hopefully, the Mount Vernon Statement will draw a line to clearly separate the principled conservatives from the majority of Washington politicians (Republican and Democratic) who want to continue to expand the reach, power, control, and influence of government at all levels.”
Richard Viguerie’s keynote speech to Leadership Tea Party
ConservativeHQ.com – Watch the YouTube video of Richard Viguerie’s keynote speech to Leadership Tea Party in Dallas, Texas on January 29, 2010.
February 17, 2010
This year’s CPAC is for the younger crowd
Washington Examiner (Nikki Schwab and Tara Palmeri) – “This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, which kicks off Thursday at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, is paying a little more attention to the under-30 set, and doing it by holding a partner event called XPAC. (That’s short for Xtreme Politically Active Conservatives, if you’re wondering.)”
February 16, 2010
59% Favor Letting States Opt Out of Federal Programs
Rasmussen Reports – “Voters strongly believe that a state should have the right to avoid federal programs it doesn’t like, but they draw the line at states seceding from the union.”
Here are my tweets for today:
@RichardViguerie Since the 1970s the conservative movement has rested on a 3-legged stool: defense, economic, & social issues. The Tea Party movement adds a 4th leg so now conservatives have a large 4-legged table.
@RichardViguerie A potential source of major conflict between DC conservatives and the Tea Party movement is most DC conservatives support big-government GOP leaders (Boehner, McConnell, etc.)
Why Citizens United Helps the Grassroots (and scares incumbents)
American Thinker – Richard Viguerie and Mark Fitzgibbons write on the impact of the recent Citizens United Supreme Court decision, and how it will allow citizens at the grassroots level much more power to challenge incumbents on their records. By opening up an individual’s avenue to criticize government, Viguerie and Fitzgibbons reason, incumbents will find that it’s very difficult to protect themselves from scrutiny — and henceforth, the result will be more open and accountable government, which is exactly what we need.
Young generation of conservatives using YouTube videos and other alternative media to get the message out
National Review – Mark Steyn praises the musical duo of Dartmouth grads that call themselves the Young Cons. Their new YouTube video, “The Problem,” uses hip hop to take Ronald Reagan’s message to the Millennial Generation. Judging by the group’s growing popularity, the message seems to be resonating with the under 30 crowd.
Richard Viquerle
February 11, 2010
Here’s my tweet for today:
@Richard Viguerie Know who the left fear the most? It’s who bears the brunt of their daily attacks – Rush L, Glenn B, Sarah P, Tea Partiers, Fox News.
Founders would cheer Virginia’s anti-Obamacare bill
Washington Examiner (Ken Cuccinelli) - “People are figuring out the way to stop abuses of power which seem to be crippling our economy and eating away our liberty, is by using the Constitution against those who violate it. Leadership in this approach must come from the states.”
February 10, 2010
House Republicans have raised more hope than cash
Dallas Morning News – Principled conservatives such as Richard Viguerie have called for conservatives to stop donating to entities such as the National Republican Congressional Committee until new Party leadership is in place – and it seems as though people are complying, as the NRCC is having a hard time raising money despite a very favorable political climate.
February 10, 2010
The Right gets itself wired
Consortiumnews.com – Liberal journalist Robert Parry writes with begrudging admiration how the conservative movement is now conquering the internet world – a fact that clearly seems to be scaring liberals to death. Such a move towards conservative ‘connectivity’ has been foretold by notable conservative authors such as Richard Viguerie – as he and co-author David Franke surmised in their book America’s Right Turn. For years, conservatives have been mastering the use of New and Alternative Media to help deliver their message – and the internet is just the latest means to get it done.
Tea parties are a new Great Awakening
Washington Examiner (Glenn Reynolds) -
“This past weekend’s National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Tenn., made it clear that the Tea Party movement is part of something bigger: America’s Third Great Awakening.
“America’s prior Great Awakenings, in the 18th and 19th centuries, were religious in nature. Unimpressed with self-serving, ossified and often corrupt religious institutions, Americans responded with a bottom-up reassertion of faith and independence.
“This time, it’s different. It’s not America’s churches and seminaries that are in trouble: It’s America’s politicians and parties. They’ve grown corrupt, venal and out-of-touch with the values, and the people, whom they’re supposed to represent. So the people, once again, are reasserting themselves.”
Richard Viquerle
February 6, 2010
FOX News Poll: In 2010 Elections, Incumbents Beware
FoxNews.com – Americans dispense just about as much disdain for Republicans (42 percent favorable; 46 percent unfavorable) as Democrats (42 percent favorable; 48 percent unfavorable), according to a Fox News poll released Friday.
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February 5, 2010
Tea Party Training Conference to be Webcast by Viguerie Marketing Institute
ConservativeHQ.com – The recent training conference of the Leadership Tea Party will be webcast by the Viguerie Marketing Institute on Saturday, February 13, from 8 AM to 8 PM Eastern time. The conference, held in Dallas, Texas on January 29-31, consisted of 10 sessions, including the keynote address by Richard Viguerie. The Webcast will be hosted live by Nationwide Tea Party Coalition co-founder Michael Patrick Leahy, author of Rules for Conservative Radicals. Leahy will be joined by other presenters to respond on camera during the Webcast to viewers’ emailed questions.
Richard Viquerle
February 4, 2010
Local Ohio GOP, Tea Party seeking to boost ranks of candidates
Aurora Advocate – In Portage County, Ohio, as well as all over America, TEA Parties are establishing their own identities and recruiting their own candidates – and offering to work with either major party that would share in their ultimate goals. Here’s a look at how the Portage County TEA organization is working with the local GOP to encourage citizens to get involved, and then providing the tools necessary to aid them in their pursuit of politics.
February 2, 2010
Tea Party protestors pan GOP Party picks in Ohio
Columbus Dispatch – National races may draw the most buzz from the pundit class, but Tea Party members across the country pay close attention to state and local races as well – and here’s a look at how grassroots conservatives in Ohio aren’t happy with what they perceive as a backroom deal (made by the leaders of the Ohio GOP) that will deny them their favored candidate for the Ohio Attorney General’s race
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February 1, 2010
Here’s my tweet for today
@RichardViguerie #3 in GOP Senate leadership Lamar Alexander on Fox said Obama not an ideologue. Wonder no more why only 20% identify as Republicans.
New media show strength of conservative movement
Washington Post – “For all those who predicted the death of the conservative movement after the elections of 2006 and 2008, here’s a look at how conservatives have responded to their time in the electoral ‘wilderness.’ Instead of packing it in and calling it quits, conservatives have instead established a vast nationwide network of policy groups and grassroots organizations full of motivated citizens who aren’t about to sit idly by and watch America go the way of socialism without a fight.”
Read This Article at News From The Front
January 29, 2010
Here’s my tweet for today
@RichardViguerie GOP shouldn’t impose litmus tests on candidates. Current GOP leadership is the problem.
Republican National Committee should reject litmus tests for candidates
ConservativeHQ (Richard Viguerie) - Richard Viguerie blogs on the proposal being considered by the Republican National Committee that would deny funding to candidates who did not meet political litmus tests on various issues: “I’m pleased the state chairmen have voted unanimously against litmus tests for candidates. I’m hopeful the whole Republican National Committee will follow this recommendation. As I noted last December, the litmus test proposal is well-intentioned but would do little to solve the two fundamental problems within the Republican Party: bad leadership and conservative acquiescence to bad leadership.”
January 29, 2010
Here’s my tweet for today
@RichardViguerie “It’s the primaries, stupid!” My interview today on Mark Davis’ WBAP radio program in Dallas: http://www.conservativehq.com #tcot
The Rise of Tea Party Activism
The New Yorker (Ben McGrath) – “I’m back for the Second American Revolution,” the man said. “My weapons this time will be the Constitution, the Internet, and my talk-radio ads.” If there was a central theme to the proceedings, it was probably best expressed in the refrain “Can you hear us now?,” conveying a long-standing grievance that the political class in Washington is unresponsive to the needs and worries of ordinary Americans. Read This Article at News From The Front
January 27, 2010
The New “Taint of Incumbency”
Washington Independent – “While Republicans are hoping Brown’s victory foreshadows a GOP landslide, a number of political experts are warning that the country’s restless anxiety – as evidenced not only in Massachusetts, but in Virginia, New Jersey, and now Florida as well – is less a backlash against Democrats in particular than a rebuke of the business-as-usual politics of Capitol Hill in general.”
January 26, 2010
President’s Proposal to Freeze Spending is Obama Obfuscation
ConservativeHQ.com (Richard Viguerie) – “President Obama’s expected announcement that he would support a freeze on non-security spending is another Obama obfuscation. Mr. President, if you are serious about controlling spending and reducing the dangerous deficit, you can demonstrate your bona fides with a stroke of your pen.”
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January 26, 2010
Why did Beau Biden really drop out of Delaware Senate race?
Michelle Malkin – “More than ever, the public is paying attention to the culture of corruption. A bruising Senate campaign in the Era of the Tea Party – and in the wake of the Massachusetts miracle – would bring uncomfortable light to bear on Biden family cronyism.”
Other Articles at News From The Front
January 22, 2010
Here’s my tweet for today:
@Richard Viguerie Grass roots cons – MA victory is result of your work in 2009. While GOP leaders mostly silent-you met, spoke out, donated, emailed, blogged.
March for Life today: Give a voice to those who have none
Catholic Online – “On January 22, 2010 millions will march on our Nation’s Capital and in Cities around the Nation. We mourn the United States Supreme Court decision of January 22, 1973, Roe v Wade. The countless millions of children killed in the first home of the whole human race cry out for justice.”
January 21, 2010
Here’s my tweet for today:
@Richard Viguerie The Dirty little secret about campaign finance laws. They were designed to protect incumbents by stifling competition.
Today’s Supreme Court decision: Good Riddance to Incumbent-Protection Censorship; Hello Insurgents
ConservativeHQ.com (Richard Viguerie) – “Today’s Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case means that the anti-incumbent furor that has been growing is partly released from the shackles created by ‘incumbent protection’ election and campaign finance laws.”
Scott Brown victory a reflection that grassroots support for conservative candidates and organizations at historic highs
ConservativeHQ.com (Richard Viguerie) - “Americans are furious, angry, and frightened at the political establishment’s massive expansion of government in the last 10 years. No big-government incumbent should feel safe in the 2010 primaries. And as Massachusetts voters showed, that applies in the bluest of blue states.”
January 20, 2010
New Conservative leaders to challenge political establishment regardless of party
ConservativeHQ.com (Richard Viguerie) - “Scott Brown’s election to the Senate is another example of the energy and passion that has been brought to the Republican Party in the past year by new conservative leaders. The next battleground for these new conservative leaders against the establishment big-government politicians will be in Republican and Democratic primaries. These new conservative leaders are gearing up to challenge the political establishment regardless of party.”
January 19, 2010
| Here’s my tweet for today:@RichardViguerie Obama policies have frightened and angered Americans, setting the Dem. party back a generation. GOP will pick up over 60 House & 6+ Senate seats. President Obama taking Democrats off a cliff |
Here’s my tweet for today:
@RichardViguerie Mass. voters in foul mood and could send Brown to US Senate by over 10 points (a landslide). Obama will set Dem. Party back a generation.
Conservatives Should Take Nothing for Granted in Massachusetts Senate Race Tomorrow
Riehl World View – “So many Democrats think like Euro-socialists today and Obama’s agenda is so critical to them, don’t think they won’t do anything to win this race. They will. For Scott Brown to win, it will take all the votes … being counted, with Brown then having an un-contestable edge and subsequently being sworn in.
“If we take anything for granted before that point, we will most likely come out on the losing end…To win will require a virtual voter bomb for Scott Brown.”
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Brown Surges Ahead in Massachusetts Senate Race
Boston Herald – “Riding a wave of opposition to Democratic health-care reform, GOP upstart Scott Brown is leading in the U.S. Senate race, raising the odds of a historic upset that would reverberate all the way to the White House, a new poll shows.
“Although Brown’s 4-point lead over Democrat Martha Coakley is within the Suffolk University/7News [WHDH TV NBC] survey’s margin of error, the underdog’s position at the top of the results stunned even pollster David Paleologos. ‘It’s a Brown-out,’ said Paleologos, director of Suffolk’s Political Research Center. ‘It’s a massive change in the political landscape.’ “
Pence Staff Move Raises National Profile
Politico – “Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, a rising star among House Republicans, has hired two high-profile national campaign operatives, a move that raises his profile for a possible statewide or even nationwide run.
“Pence, the House’s third-ranking Republican, hired Kellyanne Conway – a well-known Republican pollster who has worked for Newt Gingrich, Major League Baseball and the National Rifle Association – as a campaign strategist. Bill Neale, an Indianapolis-based attorney who formerly served as Dan Quayle’s treasurer, will take on the role of Pence’s treasure.”
January 13, 2010
Here’s my tweet for today:
@RichardViguerie RINOs not an issue. Americans angry at GOP for being CINOs-Conservatives in name only. Support candidates pledged to elect new leaders.#tcot
Tea Party Candidate Wins Seat In Tennessee State Legislature
ConservativeHQ.com – “Mark White, the Tea Party backed candidate who earlier scored an upset victory in the Republican primary, last night won a resounding victory in a special election for a seat in the Tennessee General Assembly. White won the race in the 83rd District with 68% of the vote. Mark Skoda, organizer of the Memphis Tea Party, the group which backed White early on, credited the on the ground get-out-the vote efforts of local tea party members for White’s primary and general election wins.”
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January 11, 2010
Here’s my tweet for today:
@RichardViguerie For decades Democrats lost elections because they were soft on communism. Now Democrats should be branded as soft on Muslim terrorism.
Illinois Republican Senate Primary May be a Test Case for the Effectiveness of Tea Parties
Red State – “February 2, 2010 is the Illinois Republican Primary. Less than one month away. Patrick Hughes is running an upstart campaign against the would be Republican nominee, Mark Kirk. Patrick Hughes is as far right as Kirk is as far left.
“Patrick Hughes aims to harness the conservatives and tea party activists in Illinois who feel marginalized by Kirk and the Democrats further to the left of him. On Friday, Mark Levin endorsed Patrick Hughes and urged conservatives to rally to Patrick Hughes in this last month before the primary.”
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January 8, 2010
American Future Fund PAC Spends $400k Supporting Brown in Massachusetts Senate Race
The Boston Globe - “The Iowa-based American Future Fund plans to spend $400,000 over five days airing a television ad comparing the two major-party candidates on the issue of taxes. The ad started airing in Boston on Thursday night.
“It highlights Brown’s pledge to oppose tax increases and Coakley’s recent comment that the country needs ‘to get taxes up.’ She was referring to tax collections from increased employment, and her aides immediately branded the commercial as an attack ad.”
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January 7, 2010
Hopefuls with Tea Party Ties Take on Texas Incumbents
Dallas Morning News - “Texas has one of the most conservative delegations in Congress, yet more than half of the state’s Republicans in the U.S. House face challengers from the right – most inspired by the anti-tax Tea Party movement. ‘We have been encouraging people to get involved and … to seriously consider running for office’ against politicians whose views of government don’t match their own, said Dallas attorney Ken Emanuelson, a leader in the local Tea Party movement. ‘That’s a good thing.’
“In Texas, 11 of 20 Republicans have drawn challengers. In nearly every case, Tea Party connections are apparent.”
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January 6, 2010
Dodd, Dorgan out; 5 other Senate Dems vulnerable
Washington Times - “Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, Connecticut Democrat, and Sen. Byron L. Dorgan, North Dakota Democrat, on Tuesday both dropped out of re-election bids, with Mr. Dorgan saying his decision ‘is not a reflection of any dissatisfaction with my work in the Senate.’
“In at least seven states — Connecticut, Nevada, Ohio, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, North Dakota and Colorado — the Democratic candidate for Senate trails the Republican in the most recent polls. In those states, Mr. Obama’s popularity has dropped below the percentage of votes he drew in 2008, and opposition to the health-care-reform bill is deep and wide.”
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January 5, 2010
For Tea Parties, Bigger May Not Be Better
BigGovernment.com (Steve McQueen) - “After reading Warner Todd Huston’s article, Tea Parties: The Biggest Mistake We Could Make in 2010, I was incredulous. It seems misguided to suggest top down management in a time when big companies, big organizations, and big government have received bailouts after spending like drunken thieves or failing in the marketplace. Under what premise can anyone make the case that the solution to our nation’s dilemma is a big organization, especially a Big Tea Party? In all cases big leadership has resulted in big corruption, which is at the root of almost every issue before us.”
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January 4, 2010
Obama’s Vaunted Grassroots Organization is Withering
TechPresident (Micah Sifry) - “The truth is that Obama was never nearly as free of dependence on big money donors as the reporting suggested, nor was his movement as bottom-up or people-centric as his marketing implied. And this is the big story of 2009, if you ask me, the meta-story of what did, and didn’t happen, in the first year of Obama’s administration. The people who voted for him weren’t organized in any kind of new or powerful way, and the special interests–banks, energy companies, health interests, car-makers–sat first at the table and wrote the menu. Myth met reality, and came up wanting.”
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December 30, 2009
Republicans Deserve Blame for Democratic Excesses
Washington Examiner (Byron York) - “[Even Republicans] know the GOP created the conditions that set in motion the electoral swings of 2006 and 2008, leading to the overwhelming majorities that allow Democrats to pass legislation the public doesn’t want.
“They know the combination of disaster in Iraq in 2006, plus what might be called the Republican governance deficit — a combination of the response to Hurricane Katrina, the abandonment of fiscal discipline and ethical lapses — destroyed the public’s faith in Republicans’ ability to govern. So when the next crisis came around — the economic meltdown, smack in the middle of the 2008 campaign — voters had no confidence that Republicans could handle it.”
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December 29, 2009
Tea Party Movement Grows, Could Shake Up 2010 Elections
SunSentinel.com - “Fueled by anger at politicians and distrust of the government, the rapidly growing tea party movement could upend the political establishment in the 2010 elections — ultimately becoming a permanent, game-changing force in American politics.
“Danita Kilcullen, of Fort Lauderdale, co-leader of the tea party group that protests every Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Oakland Park Boulevard and Federal Highway, said she thinks a tea party ‘third party’ is a bad idea. ‘I know that there’s talk,’ she said. ‘I’m not for any third party that splits the [Republican] Party. I just want the Republican Party to get back on track.’ ”
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December 18, 2009
Poll: Tea Party Patriots Most Popular
NewsMax – “The Tea Party Patriots conservative grassroots movement is now more popular than either major party according to a major new poll. According to the new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Wednesday, 41 percent of likely voters now have a favorable opinion of the Tea Party Patriots. That compares to a 35 percent favorable rating for Democrats and 28 percent for the GOP.
“The stunning conclusion: If the Tea Party Patriots were a political party – it is increasingly shifting its emphasis in a nonpartisan political direction – it would be the most popular party in America.”
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Setting the Bar for Political Wannabes
Washington Times (Jim Bopp, Jr.) – “We got here because governing became all about power and not about Republican principles, leading to out-of-control government spending, deficits, earmarks and finally bailouts during the George W. Bush administration. It also became all about ‘winning elections,’ not about advancing the conservative agenda.
“What is missing is acting as if conservatism actually matters. It should matter when we govern. It should matter when the Republican Party conducts its affairs. And it should matter when candidates want our money. We are being held accountable by the American people regarding whether our deeds meet our words and we must likewise hold our candidates and officeholders accountable. Nothing short of that will be enough.”
The Obama Doctrine: Govern by Decree
American Thinker – “Most Americans do not want the inevitable consequences of the regulations that the Obama Administration will promulgate. They have voiced their opinions, but such opinions do not really matter. They are simply told by the Obama Administration that the EPA regulations will be forthcoming, supposedly both necessary and inevitable. Decrees demand obedience, and citizens sink incrementally into [a] servile state.”
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Richard A. Viguerie
9625 Surveyor Court, Suite 400
Manassas, Virginia 20110
rav@conservativesbetrayed.com
December 18, 2009
Conservative Republican Participation
Red State (Morton Blackwell) – “Now is the time for all good conservatives to work together whenever we can to promote conservative principles successfully through the Republican Party.
“The time is ripe for this because non-conservative Republicans have lost so many elections that, for instance in the House of Representatives, they have an almost negligible presence in public office. Let’s build a new majority party which opportunists cannot cripple again by selling out conservative principles.”
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CNBC’s Santelli: Tea Party Popularity ‘Dollar-Friendly’
Business and Media Institute – “On CNBC yesterday, Rick Santelli, the inspiration for the Tea Party Movement, put forth the argument that the current strength of that movement makes congressional gridlock more likely, slows government spending and props up the dollar:
“This new poll that shows the ‘Tea Party’ is more popular than Republicans and Democrats, I think that at the heart of that is – you can pass anything you want in the middle of the night, doesn’t mean it’s going to ever be reconciled by both houses or be signed by anybody and I think that’s a big dollar-friendly as well.”
Hurray for Sally Knutson!
TheUnion.com (Sally Knutson “Hurray for Patriots!” Letter to the Editor) – “We are not a mob! We are not ‘in your face!’ If you don’t agree with our premise, walk on by. We don’t stand on overpasses dressed in black. We are passionate about what we believe. We agree bigger government is not the answer to our country’s problems. We do not think that spending more of our money to put people to work in government jobs is our duty. We would like to see the Constitution enforced and interpreted by judges who read it as our first law.”
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Richard A. Viguerie
9625 Surveyor Court, Suite 400
Manassas, Virginia 20110
rav@conservativesbetrayed.com
December 17, 2009
The Pay Czar is Unconstitutional
Wall Street Journal (Michael W. McConnell) – “Last week’s announcement that ‘Pay Czar’ Kenneth Feinberg slashed compensation for executives at seven large financial firms by an average of 50% stunned Wall Street, stoked the fires of populist resentment, and troubled economists. Will this government-mandated pay cut drive the most talented professionals away from these companies, endangering their recovery? Does it augur further politicization of economic decisions?
“Lost in the arguments over economics and political theory, however, is a more basic question: Was this action constitutional?”
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New RNC Ad “Goes Tea Party”
Hot Air – A new RNC ad is killing “two birds with one stone … , using an all-senior cast to reflect grandpa’s jitters about ObamaCare and a catchphrase lifted from yesterday’s Code Red event to address tea partiers’ feelings of disenfranchisement. Throw the whippersnappin’ bums out…”
Dangers of the Overexpansion of Federal “Regulatory Crimes”
The Volokh Conspiracy – “Marie Gryphon of the Manhattan Institute, a generally conservative think tank with strong libertarian leanings, has an excellent report summarizing several dangers of the overexpansion of federal criminal law in the field of ‘regulatory crimes.’ ”
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December 15, 2009
The Bill of Rights
Cato@Liberty (Tim Lynch) – “The Framers of the Constitution would not have been surprised by the relentless attempts by government to expand its sphere of control. The Framers themselves would often refer to written constitutions as mere ‘parchment barriers’ or what we would describe as ‘paper tigers.’ They nevertheless concluded that putting safeguards down on paper was better than having nothing at all.”
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Daily Lickskillet: Most Republicans don’t bother us.
Retirement of Bart Gordon is a Victory for the Tea Party Movement
CHQ Staff (Michael Patrick Leahy) – “Bart Gordon, a thirteen term Democrat from Tennessee’s Sixth Congressional District, announced his retirement yesterday. Recent polls put him slightly behind Tennessee Republican State Senator Jim Tracy, the latest Republican challenger in the race, and certainly the most well known.
“Credit for Mr. Gordon’s surprise announcement of his retirement, however, must go to the Tea Party insurgents who showed his weaknesses.”
Another Look at Defunding Acorn
American Thinker (Mark Fitzgibbons) – “ACORN claims it would be an unconstitutional Bill of Attainder for Congress to defund the organization.
“As long as liberals are being persnickety about constitutional authority, perhaps they can explain where in the Constitution Congress, or the federal government generally, has the enumerated power to fund ACORN. The question is: will Republicans use this ruling as incentive to work towards not funding leftwing causes with taxpayer dollars in the first place?”
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December 12, 2009
Senator Johanns Says Proposed Expansion of Medicare a Backdoor Attempt at Single-Payer
Lincoln Star Journal – “Proposed expansion of Medicare is ‘a backdoor attempt’ to move toward a single-payer government health care system, [Nebraska] Sen. Mike Johanns said Thursday. Single-payer advocates are ‘really quite elated’ by the emerging proposal because they see it as ‘a giant step’ in their direction, Johanns said.”
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Daily Lickskillet: The Times refused to carry it, but 17 other New York dailies did.
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The History Channel’s Anti-American Marxist Propaganda Will Air This Sunday
Michelle Malkin – “On Sunday, December 13, the History Channel will air ‘The People Speak’ – a documentary based on Marxist academic Howard Zinn’s capitalism-bashing, America-dissing, grievance-mongering history textbook, ‘A People’s History of the United States.’ The film was co-produced/written/bankrolled by Zinn’s Boston neighbor and mentee Matt Damon. An all-star cast of Bush-bashing liberals including Danny Glover, Josh Brolin, Bruce Springsteen, Marisa Tomei, and Eddie Vedder, will appear. Zinn’s work is a self-proclaimed ‘biased account’ of American history that rails against white oppressors, the free market, and the military.”
Climategate Distracts at Copenhagen
Politico – “Climategate has muddied the good green message that was supposed to come out of the United Nations climate change talks here, forcing leaders to spend time justifying the science behind global warming when they want to focus on ending it.
“Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin stirred the pot Wednesday with a Washington Post op-ed calling on President Barack Obama to boycott the Copenhagen talks over climategate and the ‘agenda-driven science’ it exposed.”
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December 11, 2009.
Why Leaderless Tea Parties Are Beating the GOP
Richard Viguerie – “Rasmussen reports the Tea Party Movement, which percolated only months ago, is beating the Grand Old Party. That’s amazing — and good — news. A nascent grassroots movement is more popular than a long-established political party. Republican Party leaders should be embarrassed. Instead, the Republican establishment disdains this populist uprising.”
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Daily Lickskillet: It contained scientific papers corruptly suppressed.
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Senator Jim DeMint: I Need Some New Republicans
CBN News (The Brody File) – “Hey Tea Party participants. Listen up. Senator Jim DeMint says it’s time for, “some new republicans” to be elected to serve in the Senate. DeMint spoke to The Brody File about what he wants to see happen in 2010. The junior Senator from South Carolina is a MAJOR player in the Tea Party movement due to the fact that he has been aggressively backing conservative type candidates against Republican establishment figures. For example, he’s backing Marco Rubio in Florida against Charlie Crist and Chuck DeVore in California instead of Carly Fiorina.”
Texas Tells EPA ‘Go Away,’ We Can Do It Better
The Gov Monitor – “Governor Rick Perry today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson urging her to withdraw the EPA’s recent ruling on the danger of carbon dioxide.”
Perry references the “negative implications of Washington’s continued intrusion into the lives of Texans by sacrificing jobs, negatively impacting our energy industry and compromising our economic strength as they pursue one-size-fits all energy regulations.”
“The unelected bureaucrats at the EPA have effectively and unilaterally ended any honest debate on this vital issue.”
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