Mitt warns against “Independent” Thinking
By Karen Kwiatkowski • Sunday March 14, 2010 10:12 AM PDT • 10 Comments
Good ole Mitt “has urged the Tea Party leaders not to be quite so independent minded”, cautioning them not to mount direct electoral challenges outside the GOP establishment. I guess Romney will be running for President on the Anti-Change platform, against Obama’s “Really, I mean it this time Change” platform. Decisions, decisions.
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I’m reminded of an old MASH episode.
“There’s nothing wrong with individuality as long as we all do it together.” Major Frank “Ferret Face” Burns
polo leyendecker | Mar 15, 2010 | Reply
This is just another datapoint indicating that the Republican party is not a credible vehicle for achieving and maintaining a limited government. Those interested in preserving and extending liberty should look elsewhere.
Steve Brown | Mar 15, 2010 | Reply
Something about Mitty has always bothered me. I get the impression he is a DC in crowd globalist. We need someone that is outside the DC society to run. We may not have a country left by then anyway so 2012 is the least of our worries right now.
Bob Gilkerson | Mar 16, 2010 | Reply
The truth of the matter is that the “old” Republican party has let down the People with the inclusion of their social/religious proclivities where there should only have been the Constitutionally conservative platform of “small, Constitutional government, fiscal Conservatism and personal Liberty” ... and NO MORE!
The Tea Party doesn’t need “leaders” in the traditional sense nor do they need to create a “new” 3rd party ... they’ve already got one that is on the ballot in all 50 states ... it’s name is the Republican party and it’s time for the various, independent Tea Party minded people to take it over and make it into the party that it’s past leaders have failed so miserably to accomplish. They should look to be in control of the Republican party by 2012.
It is time for the Republican party to return to it’s “roots” and our Republic to be restored! It is up to the Tea Party People to make this happen ... along with those Republicans who truly care more for their Country than their party position.
BigIron | Mar 16, 2010 | Reply
The Republican Party is now the OTHER party of big government. I am not interested in hitting my head against the wall to reform it.
When I vote it will be for true liberty-oriented candidates only, or else I will make sure that the Republican party loses. Just as the Republican Party supplanted the Whigs, the GOP can be replaced. I will look at their record and substance, not rhetoric.
I will not support any Republican who is for social engineering. Romney, McCain, Huckabee, Palin, etc., are all big government prostitutes. Freedom and Liberty are marketing buzzwords to them and I am not buying what they are selling. I will not be fooled.
Harry Tuttle | Mar 16, 2010 | Reply
BigIron, great thought, but it’s been tried several times, and failed. Remember The “Republican Revolution?” I do, they promised us a return to Small Government... we elected them, and got more of the same. The reason? With ‘small government’ candidates in the same party as the BIG GOVERNMENT Republicans, the voters can’t tell them apart. That’s why the Republican Party was formed in the first place, no one could tell the “old” Whigs from the “new” Whigs..
Thus, while fighting from the inside is a valuable goal, its success is questionable at best. Since there is a party that already stands for liberty, and their platform strictly adheres to such, having the Republicans go the way of the Whigs, and simply replacing them with the Libertarian party that will deliver on the promise of smaller constitutionally limited government is a real possibility – Thus, if you have a pro-liberty candidate running within the Republican party in your district, by all means vote for him, otherwise, you have Libertarians that you can vote for, and you don’t have to worry about them being socialists in conservatives’ clothing. PS, the membership numbers within the LP have grown steadily for over the past decade (most of the growth being in the last 2 years) – I suspect largely as a result of the education that the citizens have been given thanks to the Ron Paul Revolution – so the next several election cycles could prove our tipping point.
joe4liberty | Mar 16, 2010 | Reply
joe4liberty, Operating within the Republican party is the only viable short-term solution (we don’t have the time to create a viable 3rd party). Ron Paul realized that fact and sent us to the Republican party. The Republican party can be taken over by using the “precinct strategy” outlined by the National Precinct Alliance or National Precinct Activists. It is not necessary to join anything but only to register as Republican and seek a precinct position within the party or otherwise become a delegate. It’s a “grassroots” from “the bottom up” takeover of the National party ... and it can happen if people will just get off their lazy “lard” and just do it. More than 50% of the precincts in the Republican party are currently open ... hey! This can work ... a new, 3rd party, Libertarian or not, cannot. Vet your candidates within the party and demand what “you” want from them. Demand “small, Constitutional government, fiscal Conservatism, and personal Liberty” and keep it just that simple.
BigIron | Mar 17, 2010 | Reply
With the Republicans you have two choices – get involved in primary contests and make sure that candidates committed to rolling back goverment win.
Or do nothing and let establishment big government people (such as Romney) win.
Going for third party candidates is fine – as long as you are happy for Obama and his comrades to keep power and to finish building their system.
Almost needless to say, there would be no place for dissenting media (or dissenting organizations – such as the Independent Institute) under such a system.
Paul Marks | Mar 17, 2010 | Reply