Systematically Destroying the GOP: John McCain vs. Ron Paul

How the TEA Party has been co-opted and is
displacing the Conservative BasePart III
Realizing this series has become tediously verbose, I contend these facts play a significant role in our understanding as to who are the contenders, how they have set the stage we find ourselves on today, and how they intend to wrest control of the grassroots TEA Party Movement as well as the GOP.

Who are the Libertarians and Ron Paul and what are their goals within the TPM and the GOP? This quote from the Libertarians for Obama website that may shed some light on their goals:
Support the libertarian parts of Obama's agenda.

Ending the war, closing Guantanamo Bay and rolling back George Bush's curbs on civil liberties won't be easy. The same Republicans who called Obama a coward or a terrorist during the campaign will redouble their efforts when he starts to wind down the warfare state. He'll need all of the libertarian allies that he can get.

I have been unable to fathom exactly what “civil Liberties” President Bush curbed. There was no change in my life, but then again I don’t associate with terrorists or use their tactics to get what I want which may explain why I saw no change.

The Libertarian Party website boasts this quote:

The Libertarian Party is America’s third largest political party, founded in 1971 as an alternative to the two main political parties. Our vision is for a world in which all individuals can freely exercise the natural right of sole dominion over their own lives, liberty and property by building a political party that elects Libertarians to public office, and moving public policy in a libertarian direction.

Having elements of the libertarian philosophy on one’s plate as a side dish is not a bad idea, but serving them as the entire meal is a frightening proposition.

Beware of groups using the terms; Open Government, Freedom, Liberty and Patriots. While these terms sound innocuous enough, all Americans with even a scintilla of research on organizations sporting these terms will likely turn up a link to the Libertarians and/or their funding foundations. Foundations and organizations to scrutinize are the far left-wing, radical Ford, Joyce, Heinz, Tides and Robert Wood Johnson Foundations [also the Wood Fund], the Carnegie Corporation, as well as the ever present Open Society Institute and the Soros Foundations network, founded and chaired by Nazi collaborator and communist, George Soros.

These are the types of individuals and organizations frequently associated with many of the so-called Libertarians, who like Ron Paul call themselves, republicans. While I am confident there are many folks involved who simply want pot to be legalized, and prefer to make love not war, there are dangerous affiliations being forged behind the scenes which most of the grassroots tea partiers are unaware. It is my opinion they are trying to gain control of the Republican Party as well as shepherd the TEA Party movement down their preferred path.

The Ron Paul, Libertarian tea party people gather under the umbrella called Tea Party Patriots. They boast 1500 Tea Party groups registered with them, representing 15 million members.

The Tea Party Patriots [TPP] mission statement is no different than every TP group:
• Fiscal Responsibility
• Constitutionally Limited Government
• Free Markets
TPP has not joined with the other TP organizations in an effort to project unity. They contend they have the largest membership of any of the grassroots TEA Party organizations and have no need to join others or have national leaders.

During the eight years of the Bush presidency there is little doubt John McCain continued to lick the wounds he incurred during his failed 2000 presidential primary campaign. On any given day one could find McCain dogging President Bush biding his time for an opportunity to once again thrust the knife into his back. He had a party loyalty score of only 81% -- among the lowest in the Republican conference.

From 2001-2008 McCain did little to support President Bush or the party, preferring to reach across the aisle crafting legislation that was against everything President Bush stood for: Opposing the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, the Patients’ Bill of Rights in 2001, Campaign Finance Reform in 2002, Cap-and-Trade in 2003, voted against drilling in ANWR, twice – 2003 and 2005, led the Gang of 14 in ‘05, brought forth the Terrorists Bill of Rights in 12-05, began waging a war against Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in August of 2003, began the “Close Gitmo” campaign, and all methods of demeaning the conduct of the war.

What did he hope to achieve? -- To derail the Bush agenda! By God, McCain was supposed to be the president and no one was going to steal it from him. Therefore he joined the chorus of the far left-wing, radical, lunatics proclaiming President Bush was selected -- not elected, and constantly alleging the “mismanagement” of the war, albeit was done silently or through legislative means and back room deals using unknown think tanks and alleged policy institutes.

The tragedy suffered by our country on 9-11 brought about a brief truce allowing McCain to support President Bush and the Global War on Terror. During the 2004 Republican National Convention McCain supported President Bush for re-election, praising his management of the War on Terror since the September 11 attacks. We now know behind the scenes negotiations were underway for McCain to switch parties and appear as VP on the Kerry ticket. A major motivation for his support, in all probability, was one simple fact -- McCain was up for re-election as Senator in 2004. With the elections over, McCain launched a full assault against SecDef Rumsfeld and the War on Terror.

One contingent within the Republican Party represents the so-called moderates or centrists. They are well defined in The Republican Main Street Partnership. Read their History, their Mission, and who their Elected Members are for an eye-opening experience. McCain has been a published elected member and stalwart leader for some time.

The Reform Institute launched in 2001 with John McCain serving as chairman to 2005 and Robert Kerrey assumed the position until 2008. They were able to successfully guide campaign finance reform through the legislative process bringing it to fruition in 2002. Other projects of The Reform Institute dealt with comprehensive immigration reform, which failed to be turned into another amnesty in 2006 and 2007, but is still alive and well. Large contributions in judicial races, focused primarily in California and comprehensive energy reform – promoting the “smart grid” using “renewable” resources such as wind and solar, without allowing for drilling for oil on our own soil, building nuclear power plants, clean coal facilities or oil refineries. In other words…Go green or die.

Oddly enough, there no longer appears to be any workable link to The Reform Institute. They burst onto the scene in 2001 funded by George Soros, and quietly vanished shortly after President George W. Bush left office. Some may call this a strange turn of events…a coincidence…I think not! These events and factual accounting of the bizarre turn of events, weave a cynical and disastrous web of deceit that may take an astronomical amount of time and tenacity to unravel.

We must learn everything we can about the players and their associates. What I have presented here is only the tip of the iceberg, and that iceberg will have the same effect on our beloved country as that which was suffered by the Titanic and the untimely meeting with an iceberg of its own.

John McCain is leading one of the assault teams. Known associates and those funding his subversive “institutes” and activities should be examined closely. As previously mentioned, any links to The Reform Institute no longer exist. He continues to serve as Chairman of The International Republican Institute. He was a featured speaker at The Shadow Convention in 2000 sponsored by George Soros and organized by Arianna Huffington. McCain is a long time member of the The Senate Centrist Coalition the name of which is "Third Way," subtitled, "A Senate-Focused Progressive Advocacy Group."

McCain and Ron Paul are listed under "Affirmations of Insiders" on the Bush Regime website, along with other paragons of conservatism such as Helen Thomas, Max Cleland and another disgruntled former republican, Christine Todd Whitman.

Ron Paul and John McCain: The power brokers in the war game for the soul of America.

Every known associate must be investigated.

As an acquaintance said recently;
“Our country is under a full frontal assault right now.”
If our citizens do not wake up and end their apathetic and restrained reaction to this assault, we will lose our country as sure as the sun rises in the east.

Systematically Destroying the GOP:John McCain vs. Ron Paul

How the TEA Party has been co-opted and is displacing the Conservative base

Part II

After very closely observing the machinations and affiliations of certain members of the Republican Party, it is my belief that there are a couple of factions working diligently to take control of the party. To anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention will certainly agree. Unfortunately, what I call the “real” conservatives – those who represent the stable 3-legged stool of conservatism – are not one of those factions. Oh, they may think they are, but they are being deceived.

Lest I appear unclear, allow me to define the 3-legged stool of conservatism as it was explained to me some time ago.
The top of the stool – the platform on which one stands – represents the whole of conservatism. The three individual legs are what stabilize and hold up the platform. Each leg represents a pillar, or leg, of conservatism.

1. One leg of conservatism relates to fiscal conservatism. Financial responsibility, not only in government, but in our personal lives as well. The well-rounded conservative will not put themselves in debt to where it is not easily managed, risking the possibility of having to seek financial help from others…or the government.

2. Another leg imparts the need for social conservatism. This leg includes a sense of strong traditional values; God, the necessity of the nuclear family, absolute respect and honor of life at all stages – from the unborn child to the disabled, handicapped and the elderly. It states that marriage is between one man and one woman. We believe in the rule of law as our founders imagined and planned for within the confines of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. We were founded to be self-governing using the rule of established law, as opposed to the tyrannical whims of man. We believe in love of our country and all she stands for -- both at home and abroad – life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, unencumbered by government dictates.

3. Last, but certainly not least, the real conservative believes in a strong national defense. Without this leg what would we have? If the country is invaded or taken over in some other fashion, what need would there be for fiscal responsibility – it would be taken out of your hands. Our social concerns would no longer exist, but instead be in the hands of the invaders and the new rulers they would put in place. One only has to look at history to understand what I am referring to – Hitler, Castro, Pol Pot, Stalin, Lenin, the mad Mullahs of Iran – are all perfect examples of what happens when a country does not maintain its own national defense.

There are many today claiming to be “conservatives” who are anything but. Sure…they may be extremely conservative in one area, say fiscally, but without the other two legs of conservatism what do they really stand on? What base can they depend on to hold them up? The same can be said for defense conservatives. Although I personally believe that is the most important pillar of the stool, if we as a country spend our way into the conservatorship of outside sources, how will our military and all our defense mechanisms help us? Of course, social conservatives have the same problems as the other two legs. Without a strong national defense to protect us from the evil forces of the world who would like nothing better than to conquer the “great Satan” and the fiscally irresponsible who would sell us to our creditors, what good are all our personal beliefs in relation to God, family and country.

Without every one of these three legs, the stool – or platform – of conservatism is worthless at the least and wobbly at its best. Conservatism cannot stand without all three legs present and secure. We must be vigilant in securing all our conservative principals if we are to be prepared to stand the tests coming our way. We must stand the storm to secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity.

It would be great if the TEA Party movement embraced the total conservative package, but their entire focus is only on the fiscal irresponsibility that has sent our debt and deficit soaring to heretofore unheard of highs and the obscene growth of the federal government. Don’t get me wrong, fiscal irresponsibility on the part of our so-called representatives and out of control government growth is a huge deal. The problem, as I see it, would be that this leaves a void to be filled in relation to the other two legs of conservatism.

Granted, the TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already, but the vacuum remains for the social and defense conservatives, who may well be in agreement with the TEA Party, but are at a loss to express their concerns on other issues which are equally important to them.

Enter John McCain – “Mr. Fiscal Conservative”, alleged Defense Hawk and very moderate Social Conservative – all depending on the day and who he is opposing, of course. Close on his heels paddling as hard as he can, would be Mr. Libertarian himself, Ron Paul. He loudly proclaims his fiscal conservatism as he calls for a return to the gold standard, all the while insisting on an audit of the Fed and no earmarks. He is pro-life, but all other positions of the social conservatives do not exist in his world. And then there are his insane defense/national insecurity positions. Calling America an “imperialist nation”… our troops “occupying forces on foreign lands”… and referring to our “illegal and failed wars”… is straight out of the communist propaganda playbook. These are the phrases used by the communist left. Don’t try to peddle them as conservative positions.

My firm belief is that these two men along with their gaggle of followers are jockeying for the leadership and the power that comes with it within our political system, both claiming to be right of center.

Ron Paul is a Libertarian, not a Republican. Unable to win elections and gain traction on the political landscape it behooved him to drop the libertarian mantra and proclaim his republicanism. One only has to listen to him to realize he is bastardizing both. The one concession I give to Paul would be his ability to enlist thousands of energized and very aggressive young people. They have hit the web, the streets, and the airwaves armed with few facts and a whole lot of conspiracy theories. These groups of so-called libertarians have taken the personal freedom and liberty meme to such an extreme as to abolish any sort of governance by rule of law which would lead only to anarchy. To refer to Paul as a defense dove would be an insult to doves everywhere. His foreign policy is nothing short of nuts, and that is all I’m going to say about that. Come to think of it NUTS sums up the entirety of Ron Paul.

McCain is far more dangerous, not because he is not nuts, but that he hides behind many faces. He claims fiscal conservatism, but one only has to study his votes to realize that only applies if what he is voting on is done his way and in his timing. To hell with what is best for the country…it’s all about what is best for Johnny and what will keep his name up in lights! To prove he would not play second fiddle to the President of the United States, he kicked off 2001 by opposing the Bush tax cuts, which were designed to head off the recession he had inherited. John then attempted to usher in a ridiculous cap-and-trade system, McCain-Feingold-Thompson, HMO reform, anti-gun legislation -- all of which President Bush opposed – and the battle was on.

Systematically Destroying the GOP: John McCain vs. Ron Paul

How the TEA Party has been co-opted
and is displacing the Conservative base
Part I

There is something very nefarious occurring in our land and no one is seemingly aware of it…or they simply do not care. Perhaps the drumbeat is being drowned out by the cacophony we have been subjected to since President Bush won the South Carolina primary in 2000, effectively ending John McCain’s bid for the presidency at that time. The ongoing and massive campaign to malign, castigate and absolutely destroy President George W. Bush should disturb any citizen who has a concern for his country. Allowing the blatant falsehoods, misrepresentations and abject lies -- not only to stand, but to be cultivated and expounded on -- is simply mind boggling. At least that was the case until this week.

On Friday April 23, 2010 a rather innocuous article from the Wall Street Journal titled; “Miss Me Yet? The Freedom Agenda After George W. Bush,” was posted on freerepublic.com, regarding President Bush’s ongoing work on his “Freedom Agenda” through the newly formed Bush Institute at SMU. Of course, the thread devolved into comments and attacks on the first part of the title -- Miss Me Yet? -- totally ignoring the latter portion.

I followed a poster on the thread at FreeRepublic.com. He was a weird and nasty sort of chap, never giving any sort of sourcing to support his fragmented, inane statements, but continued to reiterate his nonsense with an air of superiority and arrogance not seen in anyone other than Obama. There were of course, those who came on the thread to voice their sentiments in regard to missing President Bush, as well as his on-going mission to assist those seeking freedom throughout the world. Vicious, vitriolic attacks were launched on long time members of FreeRepublic and were tolerated for six days before the eventual banning of said poster.

The above was included as a precursor to the story line indicated in the title.
Fortunately, before he was banned -- or zotted as they say of FR -- he managed to post what I believe is a key to understanding the unprecedented onslaught against a good and courageous man who has more honor and integrity in his little finger than most will ever possess collectively.

What was it the weasel said that finally made my brain engage and connect the dots that have been bouncing around inside my head?

“… I’m opposed to deifying Bush’s record.
The MSM defined him as a “far right conservative”, but he was anything but.
Continued defense of that record provides cover for other soft-socialists in the GOP.
If we want to retake the GOP, that liberalism must be expunged.”

These few lines speak volumes that will surely take time to examine and research, thus Part I in a continuing series to unravel the mysteries of such a vile attack on President Bush, the GOP, America and all who care about our great country.

In dissecting these absurd statements, let me begin by stating unequivocally that no one is attempting to deify the record of President George W. Bush. We are simply undertaking the massive task of providing an honest and legitimate accounting of his presidency. Although the same cannot be said for those vilifying his record with baseless accusations and lobbing gratuitous insults -- not only at the President -- but the whole of his supporters.

In the irony of all ironies, the poster referred to the “Main Street Media” has having defined President Bush as a “far-right conservative” -- which he claims the President was not. I will concede the point…to a degree. President Bush may not have been a “far-right” conservative, but he was most certainly a conservative. That he was not as conservative as some would have preferred, is irrelevant. The problem I have is basing anything on what the alleged “MSM” has to say.

Continuing to play defense to a medium that has lost much of their influence -- not to mention profit margin -- is ludicrous. My contempt is aimed at those who continue this practice as opposed to launching an all-out offensive to restore truth and accountability. The media -- especially the media of today -- have labeled themselves as our enemy by their actions and their faux reporting. They have become the Enemedia…or maybe they always were the enemy and only through the internet, conservative talk show talent, and the plethora of conservative print media that have sprung to life over the past two decades, are we finally waking up to that fact.

To continue appeasing the Enemedia by defending their incongruous charges against President Bush -- in whole or part -- is ridiculous. The GOP and the conservatives who identify with them -- for lack of another outlet -- should take a few pointers from the DemonRats. First…deny, deny, deny…their obscene charges. Second…coalesce around the intended target of the attacks. In this case…President Bush. As an example, think Bill Clinton. Third…demean and ridicule those making the statements.
Finally, follow up with concise irrefutable evidence to defuse the lies of both the Enemedia and those repeating them, regardless of which side of the isle they resent.
Seeking to assist in the destruction of a good man that led with dignity, honor and love of country in one of the worst scenarios in which any President has had to cope, is reprehensible. Doing it to play defensive games with a known enemy, while promoting one’s own agenda makes it all the more deplorable.

There is far more to applaud in President Bush’s record than that for which to castigate him. Most of the charges in relation to his “alleged socialism” can be correctly and easily explained – something I will do in a follow-up article. At the top of the list would be that the President of the United States of America is not a king, a dictator nor a tyrant. Well…at least he wasn’t until January 20, 2009. Most Presidents must work with Congress, whether they are hostile or friendly. To affix all blame on the President is to ignore the 535 people that actually write and promote their signature pieces of legislation and along with themselves -- John McCain being a perfect example of such behavior.

Those that declare President Bush is a liberal socialist and he and his kind must be “expunged” from the GOP if there is any hope of retaking the party, are working on an agenda of their own, with their own “leaders” and time-tables. This agenda and those behind it are who and what must be exposed.