As you can see, I originally posted this on Oct 9, 2008. I decided to repost it to show that common sense can be applied to the health care issue. In the months since this post, I have also come to think about the whole "45 million Americans without Health Care Insurance" and have concluded, using a bit of common sense, that is nothing but a ploy to drive universal health care down our throats. Take out those who can afford but choose not to buy H.C. Ins. and the number is 30 million. Take out the 20 million here illegally and what we really have are 10 million Americans without H.C. Ins. Something tells me if politicians tried to create a crisis out of that, they'd be tarred and feathered out of office. Anyway, what follows is my original post from last October...
Posted by sbabbidge on 10/09/08
Friends,
Last night, at the second Presidential debate, the
candidates were posed a question about health care - Is it a right, a
privilege or a responsibility? I intend to in the next paragraphs to
give you my take on the correct answer.
Is it a right? - Very
simply, the answer is no. And that is an emphatic no for those keeping
score. The basis for my answer lies in the US Constitution. There is no
place in the Constitution that declares health care as a right bestowed
upon our citizens. We do, in fact, have many rights.....health care is
simply not one of them. And, like so very many other things, Barack
Obama is flat wrong and proves himself again to have no respect for the
principles of our country when he, and others like him, try to tell you
health care is a right.
Is it a privilege? You bet it is! There
are some Socialist countries that provide health care for all
citizens....and by every factual account ever created, the quality and
efficiency of delivery in those systems stink! We have the best
available health care anywhere in the world....but just because you
live here you do not have the right to get that care.....it is a
privilege you have to earn, that is, you have to PAY for it.
Does
that mean that some people should and some people should not have
access to health care? Absolutely not. We all should, and we all DO
have access to health care. Let me use this example to further my point:
If
you live in America, you have a plethora of choices for transportation.
These choices get you from where you are to where you want to be. You
may choose to pay a fare and take a bus or a cab. You may walk, or ride
a bike. You may want your own car...perhaps a car that gets high gas
mileage, perhaps you want a gas guzzling truck, or maybe you want a
high end luxury car. Or, perhaps, your choice is dictated by your
ability to pay. You see, owning your own luxury automobile comes with a
price. If you want the finest car, you must pay for it. If you can't
afford the best, or the most options, then you have to choose the car
(ie health care plan) that works for you and your budget. But, much
like choosing the mode of transportation that works for you in your
situation, you should also have the privilege (and responsibility) for
choosing the health care plan that best meets your needs.
One of
the major problems we have in this country today is that people think
they are entitled to the best of the best of everything without having
to work hard, make choices and EEEEEEK sacrifice to get what they want.
Health care is no different. Everyone wants to best health care, but no
one wants to admit it comes with a cost and then foot the bill for the
type and amount and level of care they receive.
Exacerbating
this dilemma is the fact that health care and health care delivery in
America, is controlled and dictated not by the doctor and patient, but
by the insurance companies and the Federal and state governments. Using
the car example again, how many of us would accept having a 3rd party
tell us what car we can and can't drive? That's exactly what happens
today in our system. We must change this system.
We must also
educate people about health care insurance. Most people would be
financially ruined if a catastrophic medical incident happened to them
and they were without health care insurance. That is a fact. At the
same time, most people think about health care insurance as "how much
is my dr visit co pay, and what is my prescription co pay?".....we look
at health insurance the wrong way when we view it from behind those
glasses.
Insurance, by it's very nature, is a tool designed to
protect us in the event of an unforeseen, unpredictable catastrophic
event. If you have life insurance, you bought it to protect your loved
ones in the event you die (death is a certainty, but depending on one's
age, it can be an unforeseen and unpredictable event) and you have car
insurance to protect you from a costly accident or in the event you get
in an accident with an uninsured motorist. Why do we think of health
care insurance as something to offset the already low cost of a doctor
visit or 7 day prescription??? It makes no sense!
Health care
insurance should be like other insurances. We should have a choice of
major medical policies with the OPTION to choose the riders we want and
don't want included. Presently the Federal government and state
governments force insurance companies to insure over 65 different rare
and catastrophic diseases....the reality is that the overwhelming
majority of people don't ever get those diseases yet the government
REGULATES that the insurance companies must insure and charge to insure
those things.....that drives up the cost of insurance for everyone. If
I don't want cruise control, I am not forced into buying a car that has
cruise control. Why should the way we buy health care insurance be any
different?????
So, my plan would look like this:
1. Educate people on the differences in policies.
2.
Allow people total choice in what policies they buy, what the
deductibles and co pays mean in terms of service level and cost, laying
all the options on the table for every consumer.
3. With every major
medical policy, and to encourage people to take the lowest
premium/highest deductible option, a credit card to be used ONLY to
cover the policy deductible, would be included with issuance of the
policy. The fact is, not everyone has $10,000 lying around to be used
for the deductible on their major medical policy. Likewise, we don't
need to be giving credit cards out, but having the credit available and
ONLY allowing it to be used to cover major medical deductibles just
makes sense.
4. Allow people to see what it costs for their dr co
pays and prescription co pays. Many Americans, when shown the financial
facts, will choose to forego this type of insurance and the savings
will be substantial!
5. I also believe we should get employers out
of providing health care insurance. Encourage employers further by
telling them if they take the money they have been spending on employee
premiums and increase their employees salaries by that same amount,
that they will get a tax credit equal to the amount of the pay
increase. This will put more money in the paychecks of workers.
Teaching employees to buy smart insurance will save them more, and then
with the difference between the pay raise and the health care premium
amounts, let's give people tax credits for investing that extra money
into their pre or post tax retirement accounts. It's a win-win all
around.
All of which leads me to....is it a responsibility? The
answer here is an emphatic YES. It is NOT, repeat NOT, the governments
responsibility to do anything but provide for the national defense and
settle disputes between states. (OK, perhaps that is my slightly
utopian view of how our country should operate, but we should approach
everything from a limited federal government view, instead driving
governing decisions to the most local level possible) It is NOT
governments responsibility to provide/pay for health care or health
care insurance for the vast majority of Americans (I happen to think
that Medicare is a valuable and needed program, as is Medicaid in some
but not all instances). It is our responsibility to take care of our
own health care and it is a great gift that we live in a country in
which we can have such a privilege.
If you don't take care of
yourself, don't buy health insurance b/c you choose to buy other things
instead, then you must accept the personal responsibility for the
consequences of your actions. That is the key fundamental difference
between people like you and me and people on the Socialist left. We
believe in the greatness of America and our people. They think America
and our people are unable to make smart choices and responsible
decisions. The Socialist left wants more and more people to be
dependent on big government.....that's how they increase the number of
people that vote for them in elections.
So, there is a plan to
make health care insurance more accessible and more affordable to more
people, while still being compassionate and using tax dollars to help
care for the elderly and the most needy among us (needy meaning there
is a lack of ability to care for oneself, not a lack of desire). It
moves control to the hands of the consumer and away from government. It
reduces restrictions on insurance companies, which will allow for
insurance companies to be more flexible in the way they build and
structure policies. It gets employers out of the mix and encourages
them to do so. It also puts more money in the hands of working people.
In these economic times, it's a plan we can all live with.
As always, thanks for reading!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Health Care + Congress = FIASCO!
As I have been super busy with activities related to Take Back The Republican Party, attending numerous events to spread the word about TBTRP, and writing for www.examiner.com for my role as Charlotte Republican Examiner I have not been blogging lately.
However, the health care abomination bill being pushed through Congress has me back on the blogging trail.
I am very concerned that the government is expanding its reach into yet another area of American life - health care and health care insurance. As I have written before, I believe that we should be pulling government, at EVERY level, OUT of the health care insurance equation. The fact is, there is NOTHING that government does well, and more importantly, there is nothing government does that can not be done better by private enterprise. Why anyone among us believes that government run health care will be successful is beyond any semblance of logical reasoning. But the Democrats, in their quest to wreck America, take to the bully pulpit and claim how they so incredibly "care" about the 40 million uninsured Americans.
So I ask, let's require that group of uninsured Americans to be defined. How many of the uninsured:
- Can pay for health care insurance, but choose not to?
- Are illegal aliens and as such should not even be here, let alone be receiving health care and burdening our hospitals and driving up premiums for the rest of us?
- Frankly are unhealthy, and as a result, no insurance company will cover them?
We must put numbers to each of these groups so that we can determine the REAL number of Americans who do not have health insurance for reasons that would get those of us on the Right to say "perhaps we should come up with a solution to help".
At the same time, we need to allow people the freedom of choice when buying health care insurance. There are no other buyer-seller relationships so corrupted by government as is health care. We should have the ability to buy ANY policy we want with ANY coverage we want (or don't want as the case may be). Government should not be allowed to dictate the 100+ rare diseases be mandatory coverage for EVERYONE. Government does not have the right to price fix the process, or control what method of care a patient receives. Those are decisions best left to the patient and doctor.
Similarly, people who are healthy and live a healthy lifestyle should not have the same premiums as someone who is unhealthy and lives an unhealthy lifestyle. This "everyone pays the same premium" is garbage. It gets sold to us as "group coverage" and how we are all so lucky to get lower premiums because we are part of a group....the reality is that is not true. Our systems penalizes the healthy and health conscious and rewards unhealthy behavior and lifestyles. In fact, these group insurance plans place an unfair de facto tax on tens of millions of Americans and American families. People who are unhealthy should pay more for insurance than those who are healthy...and as a persons health status improves, their premiums should go down.
Additionally, we need to educate people about the reasons for buying insurance in the first place. People should have major medical insurance to protect them in the event that an unforeseen and catastrophic medical event takes place. This type of major medical insurance has a high deductible and low premiums. However, using tax dollars to pay for people to go to the dr when they have a cold so they can take advantage of a $25 dr co-pay is simply not acceptable. Same goes for prescription drug coverage. Most Americans are so dramatically OVER insured that it does nothing but pad the drug companies and the insurance companies profit margins.
If major medical costs $100 a month and the forced mass coverage plans totals $700 per month, that means people (and companies) are paying $600 a month ($7,200 per YEAR) for $25 dr visits and $10 drug co-pays. Let me tell you, you have to go to the dr A LOT to even break even!!!
It's time to bring common sense to our country's health care and health care insurance scenario. I encourage you call/fax/e-mail your Democrat AND Republican US House and US Senate Representatives and tell them you do NOT want nationalized medicine and that you want the government to get out of the health care industry!
We CAN do better than the system in place today. But going to a system that has MORE government interference is NOT the correct way for us to proceed.
However, the health care abomination bill being pushed through Congress has me back on the blogging trail.
I am very concerned that the government is expanding its reach into yet another area of American life - health care and health care insurance. As I have written before, I believe that we should be pulling government, at EVERY level, OUT of the health care insurance equation. The fact is, there is NOTHING that government does well, and more importantly, there is nothing government does that can not be done better by private enterprise. Why anyone among us believes that government run health care will be successful is beyond any semblance of logical reasoning. But the Democrats, in their quest to wreck America, take to the bully pulpit and claim how they so incredibly "care" about the 40 million uninsured Americans.
So I ask, let's require that group of uninsured Americans to be defined. How many of the uninsured:
- Can pay for health care insurance, but choose not to?
- Are illegal aliens and as such should not even be here, let alone be receiving health care and burdening our hospitals and driving up premiums for the rest of us?
- Frankly are unhealthy, and as a result, no insurance company will cover them?
We must put numbers to each of these groups so that we can determine the REAL number of Americans who do not have health insurance for reasons that would get those of us on the Right to say "perhaps we should come up with a solution to help".
At the same time, we need to allow people the freedom of choice when buying health care insurance. There are no other buyer-seller relationships so corrupted by government as is health care. We should have the ability to buy ANY policy we want with ANY coverage we want (or don't want as the case may be). Government should not be allowed to dictate the 100+ rare diseases be mandatory coverage for EVERYONE. Government does not have the right to price fix the process, or control what method of care a patient receives. Those are decisions best left to the patient and doctor.
Similarly, people who are healthy and live a healthy lifestyle should not have the same premiums as someone who is unhealthy and lives an unhealthy lifestyle. This "everyone pays the same premium" is garbage. It gets sold to us as "group coverage" and how we are all so lucky to get lower premiums because we are part of a group....the reality is that is not true. Our systems penalizes the healthy and health conscious and rewards unhealthy behavior and lifestyles. In fact, these group insurance plans place an unfair de facto tax on tens of millions of Americans and American families. People who are unhealthy should pay more for insurance than those who are healthy...and as a persons health status improves, their premiums should go down.
Additionally, we need to educate people about the reasons for buying insurance in the first place. People should have major medical insurance to protect them in the event that an unforeseen and catastrophic medical event takes place. This type of major medical insurance has a high deductible and low premiums. However, using tax dollars to pay for people to go to the dr when they have a cold so they can take advantage of a $25 dr co-pay is simply not acceptable. Same goes for prescription drug coverage. Most Americans are so dramatically OVER insured that it does nothing but pad the drug companies and the insurance companies profit margins.
If major medical costs $100 a month and the forced mass coverage plans totals $700 per month, that means people (and companies) are paying $600 a month ($7,200 per YEAR) for $25 dr visits and $10 drug co-pays. Let me tell you, you have to go to the dr A LOT to even break even!!!
It's time to bring common sense to our country's health care and health care insurance scenario. I encourage you call/fax/e-mail your Democrat AND Republican US House and US Senate Representatives and tell them you do NOT want nationalized medicine and that you want the government to get out of the health care industry!
We CAN do better than the system in place today. But going to a system that has MORE government interference is NOT the correct way for us to proceed.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
My Plan for the Rise of Republicanism
There are a lot of career politicians, a lot of people "in the know" and tied to the process who think they have THE plan to return the Republicans to power.
Well, I am here to tell you that I've been talking the talk for the better part of the last year. Thanks to Newt Gingrich for getting on board. Mr. Gingrich, welcome to the party!
For any of you who listened to Newt's speech at the big fundraiser last night, much of what he talked about are things I have been saying since I began blogging at this time last year.
So Mr. Smart Guy (me) what's your big plan?
In short, my plan is built around a principle I learned as a young boy - KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid.
1) We are a nation under God. Yes, our history is in the Judeo-Christian tradition, but we are not one nation under Jesus....in fact we are one nation under God. This means we are a nation of Faith - Faith in God, Faith in ourselves and our individual ability to do better for ourselves than any government can do for us.
2) The ideals and core values that bind us together and make us Americans are far stronger and more numerous than are those things that we disagree on. It is time that we include people in the Republican Party because of what each person DOES believe in, not to exclude people because of what they do not believe in. What does that mean? It means that if the most important issues of the day are, as we almost all agree, lowering taxes, shrinking government and restoring and preserving and upholding the liberty and freedom granted to us by the Constitution.
Lincoln made the Republican Party THE ORIGINAL party of inclusion, fighting for equality and individuals for those who were wrongly enslaved. Reagan re-energized the Republican Party and included and welcomed to the party Republicans, as well as Independents and Democrats who wanted a better way, a better life, a better America!
The Democrat Party, under the false pretense of helping the poor and caring for the oppressed, have in fact, only furthered the oppression of the the poor in America. The War on Poverty and throwing money at welfare programs has been, and always will be, a complete abject failure. Why is welfare a failure? Because welfare is absolutely and profoundly ANTI-AMERICAN! It is self-reliance and the fact that left to our own devices, Americans will always do better for and by themselves than government can EVER do for us. It is just fact.
3) As a people, we are in agreement in our desire to:
- Have lower taxes, and allow our citizens the opportunity to keep more of what each of us earns;
- Have small government, reduce wasteful spending, and drive governing decisions to the most local level possible, as often as possible, and so as to increase the level and amount of accountability that we can impose upon ALL politicians, regardless of their party;
- Remove the government from interfering in the daily and private lives of citizens and businesses. EVERYTHING government touches it does poorly. Why would we want more government? WE DON'T!!!!! That's the point!;
- We want our country to be safe from terror attacks and we want our streets free from crime;
- We want the quality of education our children receive to improve so that our kids and grandchildren can get better jobs;
- We want REAL immigration reform. Did you know that over 80% of American citizens who are Latino want illegal aliens deported. People who worked hard, followed the rules, and came to America to make America better are sick and tired of people coming here illegally. Further, almost 60% of Americans of Latino descent want ENGLISH to be the ONLY National language of America!!!
- We want REAL welfare reform. Fact is, some 90% of Americans want welfare reform, and over 80% of the people ON welfare want it reformed. People do NOT want to be dependent on the government. People WANT to be self-sufficient and self-reliant. To think otherwise is to think that there are people who intentionally WANT to be failures....that is simply ridiculous. We ARE better than that as a country!
So, the plan for Republicans to return to power and fix America is to understand ALL that is in what I have written above and to campaign on those points. To get out into the community and talk to ALL citizens. To talk WITH and NOT AT people. To listen and include people......because we, as Americans, overwhelmingly agree on everything I have written in this piece.
Keep it simple. Keep it American. And work harder and harder and harder to reject and destroy the LIES that the Democrat Party and the Liberal Media spew every day.
We CAN win....the future of our country....the future of our kids and grandkids depends on our party, THE party of inclusion, to win this fall and next and in 2012.
Well, I am here to tell you that I've been talking the talk for the better part of the last year. Thanks to Newt Gingrich for getting on board. Mr. Gingrich, welcome to the party!
For any of you who listened to Newt's speech at the big fundraiser last night, much of what he talked about are things I have been saying since I began blogging at this time last year.
So Mr. Smart Guy (me) what's your big plan?
In short, my plan is built around a principle I learned as a young boy - KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid.
1) We are a nation under God. Yes, our history is in the Judeo-Christian tradition, but we are not one nation under Jesus....in fact we are one nation under God. This means we are a nation of Faith - Faith in God, Faith in ourselves and our individual ability to do better for ourselves than any government can do for us.
2) The ideals and core values that bind us together and make us Americans are far stronger and more numerous than are those things that we disagree on. It is time that we include people in the Republican Party because of what each person DOES believe in, not to exclude people because of what they do not believe in. What does that mean? It means that if the most important issues of the day are, as we almost all agree, lowering taxes, shrinking government and restoring and preserving and upholding the liberty and freedom granted to us by the Constitution.
Lincoln made the Republican Party THE ORIGINAL party of inclusion, fighting for equality and individuals for those who were wrongly enslaved. Reagan re-energized the Republican Party and included and welcomed to the party Republicans, as well as Independents and Democrats who wanted a better way, a better life, a better America!
The Democrat Party, under the false pretense of helping the poor and caring for the oppressed, have in fact, only furthered the oppression of the the poor in America. The War on Poverty and throwing money at welfare programs has been, and always will be, a complete abject failure. Why is welfare a failure? Because welfare is absolutely and profoundly ANTI-AMERICAN! It is self-reliance and the fact that left to our own devices, Americans will always do better for and by themselves than government can EVER do for us. It is just fact.
3) As a people, we are in agreement in our desire to:
- Have lower taxes, and allow our citizens the opportunity to keep more of what each of us earns;
- Have small government, reduce wasteful spending, and drive governing decisions to the most local level possible, as often as possible, and so as to increase the level and amount of accountability that we can impose upon ALL politicians, regardless of their party;
- Remove the government from interfering in the daily and private lives of citizens and businesses. EVERYTHING government touches it does poorly. Why would we want more government? WE DON'T!!!!! That's the point!;
- We want our country to be safe from terror attacks and we want our streets free from crime;
- We want the quality of education our children receive to improve so that our kids and grandchildren can get better jobs;
- We want REAL immigration reform. Did you know that over 80% of American citizens who are Latino want illegal aliens deported. People who worked hard, followed the rules, and came to America to make America better are sick and tired of people coming here illegally. Further, almost 60% of Americans of Latino descent want ENGLISH to be the ONLY National language of America!!!
- We want REAL welfare reform. Fact is, some 90% of Americans want welfare reform, and over 80% of the people ON welfare want it reformed. People do NOT want to be dependent on the government. People WANT to be self-sufficient and self-reliant. To think otherwise is to think that there are people who intentionally WANT to be failures....that is simply ridiculous. We ARE better than that as a country!
So, the plan for Republicans to return to power and fix America is to understand ALL that is in what I have written above and to campaign on those points. To get out into the community and talk to ALL citizens. To talk WITH and NOT AT people. To listen and include people......because we, as Americans, overwhelmingly agree on everything I have written in this piece.
Keep it simple. Keep it American. And work harder and harder and harder to reject and destroy the LIES that the Democrat Party and the Liberal Media spew every day.
We CAN win....the future of our country....the future of our kids and grandkids depends on our party, THE party of inclusion, to win this fall and next and in 2012.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
It's time for "Faith and Solutions"
4 months into the President Obama's tenure and we have discovered a couple of things about "hope and change":
1) Hope and change are what people cling to when government has stripped them of their belief in themselves and their ability to achieve their own personal American Dream
2) Hope and change are actually code words for politics as usual only with MORE government spending
Like many people, I tried to give the new President the benefit of the doubt for at least the first 100 days...but lets face it, he is exactly who we knew he was....he just campaigned to the right of McCain and once again the Democrats beat the GOP at what should be the GOP's game.
So, hope and change has become more political promises unfilled and the only change is that instead of having a HUGE spending social conservative in the Oval Office, we have a bigger spending social liberal.
I have said it 1,000 times before.....elections have consequences.
So, now that "it is what it is" what can we do?
I have some ideas!
The first is for us stop complaining about what has already been done.
Next, lets use our energy and desire for a better America to work together!
The fact is, those of us in the center and on the right agree on so much....these things we agree upon I now call the "Principles of Republicanism"
The "Principles of Republicanism" are defined as follows:
- We want low taxes and agree taxes are too high
- We agree government is too big and too wasteful and we want small, responsive, lean and solutions based government
- We want free enterprise to be allowed to work (that means rewarding success and achievement and penalizing failure without government interference)
- We want government completely and permanently removed from our daily and personal lives
So now, instead of getting bogged down and arguing about the details of how the "Principles of Republicanism" get implemented, we need to find leaders who will run on a clear and consistent message of the "Principles of Republicanism" and we need to support them and the organizations that are working to get them elected. Once we regain power all across America in the fall of 2009 and 2010 we can work together to implement the right solutions.
And it is time to understand that hope is reflective of the absence of faith. If we would simply work to restore our faith in ourselves and help our friends, neighbors, co-workers to find faith in themselves.....then one by one by one, our collective dependence on hoping government will fix things for us will wain and the indivudual and collective greatness of America will once again be on the rise!
We can do it! We can do better! We have to.......
Please learn more about the "Principles of Republicanism" at www.TakeBackTheRepublicanParty.com
Have faith in yourself....for that is where the key to your personal power and personal greatness is waiting for you!
1) Hope and change are what people cling to when government has stripped them of their belief in themselves and their ability to achieve their own personal American Dream
2) Hope and change are actually code words for politics as usual only with MORE government spending
Like many people, I tried to give the new President the benefit of the doubt for at least the first 100 days...but lets face it, he is exactly who we knew he was....he just campaigned to the right of McCain and once again the Democrats beat the GOP at what should be the GOP's game.
So, hope and change has become more political promises unfilled and the only change is that instead of having a HUGE spending social conservative in the Oval Office, we have a bigger spending social liberal.
I have said it 1,000 times before.....elections have consequences.
So, now that "it is what it is" what can we do?
I have some ideas!
The first is for us stop complaining about what has already been done.
Next, lets use our energy and desire for a better America to work together!
The fact is, those of us in the center and on the right agree on so much....these things we agree upon I now call the "Principles of Republicanism"
The "Principles of Republicanism" are defined as follows:
- We want low taxes and agree taxes are too high
- We agree government is too big and too wasteful and we want small, responsive, lean and solutions based government
- We want free enterprise to be allowed to work (that means rewarding success and achievement and penalizing failure without government interference)
- We want government completely and permanently removed from our daily and personal lives
So now, instead of getting bogged down and arguing about the details of how the "Principles of Republicanism" get implemented, we need to find leaders who will run on a clear and consistent message of the "Principles of Republicanism" and we need to support them and the organizations that are working to get them elected. Once we regain power all across America in the fall of 2009 and 2010 we can work together to implement the right solutions.
And it is time to understand that hope is reflective of the absence of faith. If we would simply work to restore our faith in ourselves and help our friends, neighbors, co-workers to find faith in themselves.....then one by one by one, our collective dependence on hoping government will fix things for us will wain and the indivudual and collective greatness of America will once again be on the rise!
We can do it! We can do better! We have to.......
Please learn more about the "Principles of Republicanism" at www.TakeBackTheRepublicanParty.com
Have faith in yourself....for that is where the key to your personal power and personal greatness is waiting for you!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Republicanism - NOT GOP politics as usual
As Founder of Take Back The Republican Party (www.TakeBackTheRepublicanParty.com) I am privileged to have conversations with good people from all across America each day. Like you, they are frustrated - some are even angry - at the state of our union and the direction we are being forced down by the Socialists. From each conversation I am part of, I listen and learn to what people have to say. Over the last 9 months, here is some of what I have learned:
1) Americans - regardless of their party affiliation or social beliefs, overwhelmingly want low taxes, small government (with governing decisions made as close (local) to the people as possible), and the freedom and liberty granted us by the Constitution to be restored, preserved and upheld.
2) Americans are tired of both sides and the media focusing on the issues that divide us. People are desperately seeking an end to the divisiveness and instead, want our country to focus on the things that we agree on - low taxes, small govt, the Constitution.
3) Americans are confused by the plethora of niche groups who focus on one ideological issue instead of focusing on the most urgent and pressing needs of the day with real and reasonable solutions and plans to achieve those solutions.
4) Americans don't know what to do to make a difference and feel like, alone, they can not make a difference.
As a result of our research at TBTRP, we've come to understand that we the people, are overwhelmingly united in our belief in and desire for Republicanism to be THE set of governing principles used to run the country. Republicanism is low taxes, small government, decision making driven to the most local level possible to increase the ability of the people to have a say and to hold elected officials accountable, and certainly, the restoration - preservation - enforcement - upholding of the Constitution - most especially as it relates to the freedoms and liberties granted to us as Americans.
We have also found that there is confusion in the real world about the difference between Republicanism as a set of governing principles, and Conservatism as a set of social beliefs. The two do NOT necessarily go together. For example, the are big government proponents (Socialists) who are very Conservative on social issues. The best example of this would be President George W Bush. Under President Bush, we saw a definite focus on moving social policy to the right, but at the same time we saw an unprecedented (until Obama) expansion in the size of government spending. It's not the Conservative policy of President Bush that turned off so many Americans, it is that he claimed to be Republican yet did not govern in the tradition of Republicanism - government grew, the economy soured, people got angry about the war - and as a result the people felt lied to by our government and politicians once again. So, in 2006 the people said enough of the RINO's and the "Republican Party" and voted in the Democrats (whom I refer to as Socialists as that is a more appropriate definition). Did the American people WANT Democrat Party rule? Of course not, but the Democrats do what they say. Crazy as it sounds, people like that.
At the same time, there are people who are Moderate or Liberal in their social beliefs, yet very much want, and want to vote for, Republicanism. And they do. In fact, most Americans vote purely based on a candidate's governing principles. Case in point, let's go back to 2008. The numbers tell us that only 22% of the American people consider themselves Liberal. 34% Conservative. 44% Moderate. One would think that the more socially conservative candidate would win every time. Just capture 37% of the Moderate vote and victory is achieved. However, it's not social philosophy that drives the majority of the vote in America - it is governing principles. And we know that Republicanism is the desired set of governing principles people want. So, which candidate did a better job of convincing the people he was the one with the Republicanism principles? Correct, it was Obama. What was the message he used to swing the vote his way? "Tax Cuts for 95% of Americans." Clear, concise, and people could relate to that message. Forget all the other stuff.....people first and foremost care about their finances!! You would think that after Bill Clinton and "It's the economy, stupid." and Obama with "Tax cuts for 95% of Americans." that those leading the GOP would have the light bulb turn on.....and yet, even under new leadership, it has not changed the GOP.
The answer is NOT to move to the center or the left and become the Democrat Party light. The answer is NOT to compromise on your social beliefs (no matter what they may be). The answer, no matter if you are Conservative, Moderate or Liberal is to understand that governing principles drives votes.
The answer is that in order to take back power, we must win elections. To win elections we must throw away the current playbook and people calling the plays for the GOP. We must, one town, one city, one county, one state at a time, replace GOP "leaders" with people who understand its about winning elections and to win elections we must have a clear, simple, understandable message of Republicanism and deliver it in a way that regular people can relate.
Today there is no clear message coming from the GOP. And, the message, if one could call it that, that the GOP is delivering is not the message of Republicanism. We MUST change that.....or we absolutely will continue to see our freedom and liberty diminish - our taxes will go up further - our government will grow even larger - and our way of life will continue to evaporate.
I ask, encourage, urge, beg each of you reading this to become part of the solution and help us Take Back The Republican Party.
Thank you for reading and God bless America.
For Today. For Tomorrow. For AMERICA!
1) Americans - regardless of their party affiliation or social beliefs, overwhelmingly want low taxes, small government (with governing decisions made as close (local) to the people as possible), and the freedom and liberty granted us by the Constitution to be restored, preserved and upheld.
2) Americans are tired of both sides and the media focusing on the issues that divide us. People are desperately seeking an end to the divisiveness and instead, want our country to focus on the things that we agree on - low taxes, small govt, the Constitution.
3) Americans are confused by the plethora of niche groups who focus on one ideological issue instead of focusing on the most urgent and pressing needs of the day with real and reasonable solutions and plans to achieve those solutions.
4) Americans don't know what to do to make a difference and feel like, alone, they can not make a difference.
As a result of our research at TBTRP, we've come to understand that we the people, are overwhelmingly united in our belief in and desire for Republicanism to be THE set of governing principles used to run the country. Republicanism is low taxes, small government, decision making driven to the most local level possible to increase the ability of the people to have a say and to hold elected officials accountable, and certainly, the restoration - preservation - enforcement - upholding of the Constitution - most especially as it relates to the freedoms and liberties granted to us as Americans.
We have also found that there is confusion in the real world about the difference between Republicanism as a set of governing principles, and Conservatism as a set of social beliefs. The two do NOT necessarily go together. For example, the are big government proponents (Socialists) who are very Conservative on social issues. The best example of this would be President George W Bush. Under President Bush, we saw a definite focus on moving social policy to the right, but at the same time we saw an unprecedented (until Obama) expansion in the size of government spending. It's not the Conservative policy of President Bush that turned off so many Americans, it is that he claimed to be Republican yet did not govern in the tradition of Republicanism - government grew, the economy soured, people got angry about the war - and as a result the people felt lied to by our government and politicians once again. So, in 2006 the people said enough of the RINO's and the "Republican Party" and voted in the Democrats (whom I refer to as Socialists as that is a more appropriate definition). Did the American people WANT Democrat Party rule? Of course not, but the Democrats do what they say. Crazy as it sounds, people like that.
At the same time, there are people who are Moderate or Liberal in their social beliefs, yet very much want, and want to vote for, Republicanism. And they do. In fact, most Americans vote purely based on a candidate's governing principles. Case in point, let's go back to 2008. The numbers tell us that only 22% of the American people consider themselves Liberal. 34% Conservative. 44% Moderate. One would think that the more socially conservative candidate would win every time. Just capture 37% of the Moderate vote and victory is achieved. However, it's not social philosophy that drives the majority of the vote in America - it is governing principles. And we know that Republicanism is the desired set of governing principles people want. So, which candidate did a better job of convincing the people he was the one with the Republicanism principles? Correct, it was Obama. What was the message he used to swing the vote his way? "Tax Cuts for 95% of Americans." Clear, concise, and people could relate to that message. Forget all the other stuff.....people first and foremost care about their finances!! You would think that after Bill Clinton and "It's the economy, stupid." and Obama with "Tax cuts for 95% of Americans." that those leading the GOP would have the light bulb turn on.....and yet, even under new leadership, it has not changed the GOP.
The answer is NOT to move to the center or the left and become the Democrat Party light. The answer is NOT to compromise on your social beliefs (no matter what they may be). The answer, no matter if you are Conservative, Moderate or Liberal is to understand that governing principles drives votes.
The answer is that in order to take back power, we must win elections. To win elections we must throw away the current playbook and people calling the plays for the GOP. We must, one town, one city, one county, one state at a time, replace GOP "leaders" with people who understand its about winning elections and to win elections we must have a clear, simple, understandable message of Republicanism and deliver it in a way that regular people can relate.
Today there is no clear message coming from the GOP. And, the message, if one could call it that, that the GOP is delivering is not the message of Republicanism. We MUST change that.....or we absolutely will continue to see our freedom and liberty diminish - our taxes will go up further - our government will grow even larger - and our way of life will continue to evaporate.
I ask, encourage, urge, beg each of you reading this to become part of the solution and help us Take Back The Republican Party.
Thank you for reading and God bless America.
For Today. For Tomorrow. For AMERICA!
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Try this on for size (actually I can't think of a good title for this one, but please read anyway)
I received an e-mail from a meetup group I belong to...it talked about how making 30,000 calls to Congress did somethng or other....below is the response I wrote to that board.....
"I will caution you....thumping our chests, stomping our feet and making 30,000 calls to Congress are all well and good, but they do not solve the problem.
The only thing that will solve the problems is to understand that we are not in a battle between Democrats and Republicans, but we are in an epic war between Republicanism and Socialism....and right now, Socialism is winning.
Why is Socialism winning? A couple of reasons. First, the people the have been in charge of leading the GOP for the past 15 or so years have abused their power and not lived up to the principles of Republicanism that almost every American agrees is the way government needs to operate. The GOP has repeatedly nominated RINO's, when they should have been finding and nominating and getting elected REAL Republicans. Remember, a RINO is someone who is a liberal politician that believes in Socialism and expands government, wants more people dependent on government so as to secure votes, and will not stand up and LEAD. A REAL Republican will not only talk the principles of Republicanism, but will stand up and lead and act on those principles. During the 90's when the GOP controlled Congress, we should have seen a shrinking of the size and scope of the federal government by 75%. They failed, no matter what Newt tells you. From 2000-2006 the GOP again was in charge of Congress AND the White House, but these were not REAL Republicans. They are all RINO's and they all FAILED at shrinking the federal government, instead, they spent like the liberal socialists that they are, and again, they let US down. For example, go look at Sue Myrick's record. She is not the great conservative Republican she claims to be.....she voted against the stimulus until the Democrats sweetened the pot for her....then she voted for it. Look at her record from 2000-2006....she was a free spending, big government lib.
"
This is not to attack Rep Myrick or Newt or anyone else individually. Rather, it is to point out the fact that calling Congress, stomping feet, looking for third party options, or other radical things is just NOT what we need to be doing.
What we need to do is mobilize together, take over the county and state and national GOP groups, kick out those who are not absolute and die hard believers and leaders of Republicanism (small govt, low taxes, individual liberty, upholding and enforcing the Constitution, returning governing power to the state and local levels). We need to come together as an organized group, under one leadership vision. To Take Back THe Republican Party, find, recruit, fund and elect REAL Republicans who will defend AMerica, the Constitution and our way of life against Socialism.
On our site, www.TakeBackTheRepublicanParty.com we have a ticker. It is the number of days, hours and minutes until the 2010 elections. We have to get moving NOW, before another day is wasted.
We must understand that elections are won all over America by the candidate who has the most simple and understandable message of Republicanism. The most liberal US Senator won the Presidency in 2008 because he ran his campaign around a singular message of Republicanism "Tax cuts for 95% of the American people". "Our" candidate and party had no message. And "our" party did not focus on Republicanism.
The beauty of Republicanism is that it is a set of governing principles that does not require you to compromise on your social beliefs. Rather, it is THE ONLY set of governing principles that insure you are able to keep those beliefs and that the government can do nothing to infringe upon those beliefs, ie your individual liberties.
This is a really, really important time in the history of the United States of America. Continuing to do what we have done (be complacent, complain, but still sit on the sidelines thinking we are helpless) is not the right way to move forward. The right thing to do, for our parents, our children, grandchildren and all future generations of Americans is to understand that we all agree on the same things - we want and need dramatically lower taxes, a federal government less than half the size it is today, restoration and preservation of the Constitution and all of the freedoms and liberties granted to us under that amazing document, return of governing decisions to the most local level possible. Is any single one of us going to get "our" way in how the details of each of these things play out? The answer is NO. But, if we get a 50% cut in income taxes, elimination of the capital gains tax, federal government that only has 2 departments (Defense and Justice) and defense of the Constitution.....who among us would really complain???????????????????
But it requires that we come together, locally, regionally and nationally. It requires that we kick out the good old "boy" network of political favors and favoritism, put people of principled leadership in charge, and nominate leaders to run for office against the politicians.
That is why I have spent my own money to start up and stand up Take Back The Republican Party. Not for any personal gain, but because it is something that must be done. It's time for the generations that have come after the Baby Boomers to do something real to make our parents proud, strengthen our country, and make it possible for our children and future generations to live life free from tyranny and full of individual liberty.
I look forward to meeting you at the meeting next week. I encourage you to get on board with us - we are working to build a group of 500 people who will all meet at one location, and 10 wide and 50 deep, walk into the July 4th Tea Party in Charlotte arm in arm and make an absolute statement to everyone watching and everyone in attendance that business as usual is not good enough for America any longer.
The time for divisiveness has passed. It is time for us to rally around our common belief in the principles of Republicanism, fix what is wrong with government and strengthen our country. There is NO issue more important or mission more vital to freedom than this movement.
And, as Ronald Reagan was famous for saying, "If you agree with me on 80% of the issues, you ARE my friend." That's the attitude we need to fix our country!
Scott"
"I will caution you....thumping our chests, stomping our feet and making 30,000 calls to Congress are all well and good, but they do not solve the problem.
The only thing that will solve the problems is to understand that we are not in a battle between Democrats and Republicans, but we are in an epic war between Republicanism and Socialism....and right now, Socialism is winning.
Why is Socialism winning? A couple of reasons. First, the people the have been in charge of leading the GOP for the past 15 or so years have abused their power and not lived up to the principles of Republicanism that almost every American agrees is the way government needs to operate. The GOP has repeatedly nominated RINO's, when they should have been finding and nominating and getting elected REAL Republicans. Remember, a RINO is someone who is a liberal politician that believes in Socialism and expands government, wants more people dependent on government so as to secure votes, and will not stand up and LEAD. A REAL Republican will not only talk the principles of Republicanism, but will stand up and lead and act on those principles. During the 90's when the GOP controlled Congress, we should have seen a shrinking of the size and scope of the federal government by 75%. They failed, no matter what Newt tells you. From 2000-2006 the GOP again was in charge of Congress AND the White House, but these were not REAL Republicans. They are all RINO's and they all FAILED at shrinking the federal government, instead, they spent like the liberal socialists that they are, and again, they let US down. For example, go look at Sue Myrick's record. She is not the great conservative Republican she claims to be.....she voted against the stimulus until the Democrats sweetened the pot for her....then she voted for it. Look at her record from 2000-2006....she was a free spending, big government lib.
"
This is not to attack Rep Myrick or Newt or anyone else individually. Rather, it is to point out the fact that calling Congress, stomping feet, looking for third party options, or other radical things is just NOT what we need to be doing.
What we need to do is mobilize together, take over the county and state and national GOP groups, kick out those who are not absolute and die hard believers and leaders of Republicanism (small govt, low taxes, individual liberty, upholding and enforcing the Constitution, returning governing power to the state and local levels). We need to come together as an organized group, under one leadership vision. To Take Back THe Republican Party, find, recruit, fund and elect REAL Republicans who will defend AMerica, the Constitution and our way of life against Socialism.
On our site, www.TakeBackTheRepublicanParty.com we have a ticker. It is the number of days, hours and minutes until the 2010 elections. We have to get moving NOW, before another day is wasted.
We must understand that elections are won all over America by the candidate who has the most simple and understandable message of Republicanism. The most liberal US Senator won the Presidency in 2008 because he ran his campaign around a singular message of Republicanism "Tax cuts for 95% of the American people". "Our" candidate and party had no message. And "our" party did not focus on Republicanism.
The beauty of Republicanism is that it is a set of governing principles that does not require you to compromise on your social beliefs. Rather, it is THE ONLY set of governing principles that insure you are able to keep those beliefs and that the government can do nothing to infringe upon those beliefs, ie your individual liberties.
This is a really, really important time in the history of the United States of America. Continuing to do what we have done (be complacent, complain, but still sit on the sidelines thinking we are helpless) is not the right way to move forward. The right thing to do, for our parents, our children, grandchildren and all future generations of Americans is to understand that we all agree on the same things - we want and need dramatically lower taxes, a federal government less than half the size it is today, restoration and preservation of the Constitution and all of the freedoms and liberties granted to us under that amazing document, return of governing decisions to the most local level possible. Is any single one of us going to get "our" way in how the details of each of these things play out? The answer is NO. But, if we get a 50% cut in income taxes, elimination of the capital gains tax, federal government that only has 2 departments (Defense and Justice) and defense of the Constitution.....who among us would really complain???????????????????
But it requires that we come together, locally, regionally and nationally. It requires that we kick out the good old "boy" network of political favors and favoritism, put people of principled leadership in charge, and nominate leaders to run for office against the politicians.
That is why I have spent my own money to start up and stand up Take Back The Republican Party. Not for any personal gain, but because it is something that must be done. It's time for the generations that have come after the Baby Boomers to do something real to make our parents proud, strengthen our country, and make it possible for our children and future generations to live life free from tyranny and full of individual liberty.
I look forward to meeting you at the meeting next week. I encourage you to get on board with us - we are working to build a group of 500 people who will all meet at one location, and 10 wide and 50 deep, walk into the July 4th Tea Party in Charlotte arm in arm and make an absolute statement to everyone watching and everyone in attendance that business as usual is not good enough for America any longer.
The time for divisiveness has passed. It is time for us to rally around our common belief in the principles of Republicanism, fix what is wrong with government and strengthen our country. There is NO issue more important or mission more vital to freedom than this movement.
And, as Ronald Reagan was famous for saying, "If you agree with me on 80% of the issues, you ARE my friend." That's the attitude we need to fix our country!
Scott"
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Republicanism the ONLY Path for Social Conservative Agenda
It has become plainly evident over the past number of years that there are numerous points of contention among the American people. For far too long, it has been the divisive ideologies that have been the focus, and the result has been an overwhelming power grab by the Democrat Party. Being a fiscal and social Conservative myself, this has been the impetus for the creation of Take Back The Republican Party. I have no burning desire to become a political activist, nor a craving for the spotlight or political office. Rather, in the fall of 2008 I surveyed the landscape for real leadership and found nothing but barren tundra. So, I asked myself, “If not me, then who….if not now, then when?” and with that began the journey which has seen the successful launch of www.TakeBackTheRepublicanParty.com .
So, like many, you be thinking, sounds great, but how do we Take Back The Republican Party? It’s not only a great question, but a very serious one as well.
First, we must understand that Americans fall into one of six categories. On one side are those who believe in Republicanism. On the other side are people who believe in Socialism.
Those who believe in Republicanism as the correct set of governing principles are in favor of:
Low Taxes
Small Government with the best governing happening at the most local level possible
Personal Freedom and Individual Liberties
Self-Reliance
Rule of Law
Upholding the Constitution
Free Enterprise
Those who believe in Socialism favor:
High Taxes
Big Government
Government that tells you what you can/can’t do/see/hear/read/watch
Reliance on Government
Manipulating Laws and the Constitution to further their political power
Government Ownership of Business
We must then include Social Philosophy as the second ingredient to understand how to win elections. There are 3 types of Social Philosophy – Conservative, Moderate, Liberal. In fact, people with each of the social philosophies are represented within the two different governing principles as follows:
Republicanism – Conservative
Republicanism – Moderate
Republicanism – Liberal
Socialism – Conservative
Socialism – Moderate
Socialism – Liberal
People who believe in Socialist governing principles as well as people who believe in Republicanism that are Moderate and Liberal put their governing principles first, their social philosophy second. Social Conservatives who believe in Republicanism is the one group that puts social philosophy first and governing principles second. This is an extremely important point to understand. The hard fact is, in order for our country to be returned to a path of Social Conservatism, those of us who believe in Republicanism must win back power. The only way to win power is to win elections. The way to win elections is to understand how EVERYONE believes and how they vote.
The Liberal media and the Democrat (Socialist) Party in America, has taken power by:
- Talking Republicanism during campaigns (Tax cuts for 95% of Americans ring a bell?) (And this is PROOF that governing principles move votes more than social issues, whether we like it or not, it is reality.)
- Understanding marketing, creating simple and consistent marketing plans that regular people can relate to.
- Portraying everyone who believes in Republicanism as Conservatives, and convincing people that Conservatives are intolerant, hateful and lack compassion. (All of which is patently untrue, but GOP leadership has failed miserably in creating a platform and message to counter the media.)
Tell me, what was the message that the GOP took to the American people in 2008?
That’s right, there wasn’t one. Hmmmm, no wonder 78% of Americans claim to be Conservative or Moderate in their social views, yet the Liberal candidates won all over America.
This is further proof that, in FACT, it is governing principles that dictate how people vote. The Democrats did a better job of talking Republicanism than the GOP, and as a result, they got more votes. More votes = election victory. Election victory = Power.
Power = Ability to shape governing policies AND social policies.
This is absolutely NOT to say that we should compromise on our Conservative values and beliefs. Rather, it is to explain that, in order to have the power to shape social policies, we must win elections. And, in order to win elections we must understand that the overwhelming majority of Americans vote based on governing principles, NOT social issues. That is a hard pill to swallow for most Social Conservatives but tough to swallow or not, it is THE ONLY WAY for us to reshape the GOP, win elections all over America in 2010 and ultimately regain the power needed to affect social policies. But we must not nominate people who will turn their backs on the governing principles of Republicanism. That’s what President Bush and the Republicans in Congress did from 2000-2006 and it caused the GOP to lose overwhelmingly in 2008.
At Take Back The Republican Party we are educating and informing the American people with the message of Republicanism. It is a positive and uplifting message, and we use examples that REAL people can really relate to, and as a result our following is growing with each day that passes. We ARE going to take over the Republican Party and elect candidates who truly believe in Republicanism and will uphold the founding philosophies and principles of our country. We need your help as well, so please join our team. Together we can fix America.
Visit us at www.TakeBackTheRepublicanParty.com to learn more!
So, like many, you be thinking, sounds great, but how do we Take Back The Republican Party? It’s not only a great question, but a very serious one as well.
First, we must understand that Americans fall into one of six categories. On one side are those who believe in Republicanism. On the other side are people who believe in Socialism.
Those who believe in Republicanism as the correct set of governing principles are in favor of:
Low Taxes
Small Government with the best governing happening at the most local level possible
Personal Freedom and Individual Liberties
Self-Reliance
Rule of Law
Upholding the Constitution
Free Enterprise
Those who believe in Socialism favor:
High Taxes
Big Government
Government that tells you what you can/can’t do/see/hear/read/watch
Reliance on Government
Manipulating Laws and the Constitution to further their political power
Government Ownership of Business
We must then include Social Philosophy as the second ingredient to understand how to win elections. There are 3 types of Social Philosophy – Conservative, Moderate, Liberal. In fact, people with each of the social philosophies are represented within the two different governing principles as follows:
Republicanism – Conservative
Republicanism – Moderate
Republicanism – Liberal
Socialism – Conservative
Socialism – Moderate
Socialism – Liberal
People who believe in Socialist governing principles as well as people who believe in Republicanism that are Moderate and Liberal put their governing principles first, their social philosophy second. Social Conservatives who believe in Republicanism is the one group that puts social philosophy first and governing principles second. This is an extremely important point to understand. The hard fact is, in order for our country to be returned to a path of Social Conservatism, those of us who believe in Republicanism must win back power. The only way to win power is to win elections. The way to win elections is to understand how EVERYONE believes and how they vote.
The Liberal media and the Democrat (Socialist) Party in America, has taken power by:
- Talking Republicanism during campaigns (Tax cuts for 95% of Americans ring a bell?) (And this is PROOF that governing principles move votes more than social issues, whether we like it or not, it is reality.)
- Understanding marketing, creating simple and consistent marketing plans that regular people can relate to.
- Portraying everyone who believes in Republicanism as Conservatives, and convincing people that Conservatives are intolerant, hateful and lack compassion. (All of which is patently untrue, but GOP leadership has failed miserably in creating a platform and message to counter the media.)
Tell me, what was the message that the GOP took to the American people in 2008?
That’s right, there wasn’t one. Hmmmm, no wonder 78% of Americans claim to be Conservative or Moderate in their social views, yet the Liberal candidates won all over America.
This is further proof that, in FACT, it is governing principles that dictate how people vote. The Democrats did a better job of talking Republicanism than the GOP, and as a result, they got more votes. More votes = election victory. Election victory = Power.
Power = Ability to shape governing policies AND social policies.
This is absolutely NOT to say that we should compromise on our Conservative values and beliefs. Rather, it is to explain that, in order to have the power to shape social policies, we must win elections. And, in order to win elections we must understand that the overwhelming majority of Americans vote based on governing principles, NOT social issues. That is a hard pill to swallow for most Social Conservatives but tough to swallow or not, it is THE ONLY WAY for us to reshape the GOP, win elections all over America in 2010 and ultimately regain the power needed to affect social policies. But we must not nominate people who will turn their backs on the governing principles of Republicanism. That’s what President Bush and the Republicans in Congress did from 2000-2006 and it caused the GOP to lose overwhelmingly in 2008.
At Take Back The Republican Party we are educating and informing the American people with the message of Republicanism. It is a positive and uplifting message, and we use examples that REAL people can really relate to, and as a result our following is growing with each day that passes. We ARE going to take over the Republican Party and elect candidates who truly believe in Republicanism and will uphold the founding philosophies and principles of our country. We need your help as well, so please join our team. Together we can fix America.
Visit us at www.TakeBackTheRepublicanParty.com to learn more!
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