Not all that long ago, I was completely wrapped up in Republican politics. I had worked for the better part of 2 decades for free to get Republicans at all levels elected, because I believed.
Locally, a member of the party executive board for my county was working full time to get a democrat elected to our county commission (Including being well-paid by that democrat) while I worked for months to get my Republican candidate elected to the same position. (Now, 4 years later, he’s been elected in one of the closest imaginable races for a 400,000 plus county)
Another allegedly Republican person, an elected Precinct Committee officer, chose to run for a utilities commissioner position.
In so doing, that PCO endorsed democrats Cantwell for Senate, Baird for Congress and the democrat for county commissioner.
I brought this to the attention of the local GOP hierarchy, expecting, at a minimum, for this board member to be tossed off the board.
I was wrong. Nothing happened. So, a few days before the election, I resigned MY position on the Board in protest at this lack of concern; this lack of commitment to party principles and this complete lack of party discipline.
With that resignation and other cave ins by Republicans at every level to democrat agendas (You ever seem to notice the frequency where GOP’ers cave in to democrats, and the rarity where the reverse takes place?) I slowly saw MY party drift away from me… to the point where three members of what used to be my party are now betraying everything we stand for… betraying these same principles… betraying these bedrock ideals that are supposed to mean something when it’s most important.
The en vogue phrase is “RINO.” This, of course, stands for Republicans In Name Only. It’s SUPPOSED to take more than a label. Being a Republican is SUPPOSED to mean that, in times like these, you cling to our principles with an obvious ferocity, because principles are SUPPOSED to mean something.
That is not to say that I don’t believe that Senators Specter, Snowe and Collins have no RIGHT to vote to put us into debt for decades, if not centuries to come. Of course they have that right.
My question is far simpler than the idea that these three traitors to everything alleged to be Republican should not have the right to vote with, act like, or take their marching orders from Harry Reid (Senate democrat Majority Leader) or democrat President Obama directly.
My question for our new RNC Chair, Mr. Steele, is this:
What will their consequences be?
When they do this thing… when they sell us out and vote like they’re Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Dick Durbin, Nancy Pelosi and that sort… what will that cost them?
I expect to hear from Mr. Steele with those consequences BEFORE this final Judas act of a vote takes place.
I tasked you, Mr. Steele, to make me believe.
Well, here’s your chance. Now’s the time to make sure first, that those selling us out know ahead of time that there’s a cost for doing that; that second; the cost is twice that of the crime (I’m a firm believer in NON-proportional response) and that there is actual follow through.
In this instance, the penalty should be expulsion from the Republican Party with commensurate termination of any support of any kind.
Some reading this might recoil at the harshness of such a penalty. But in this instance, those acting as traitors to everything Republicans and non-union Americans hold dear should suffer the ultimate political penalty for engaging in this type of political treason.
Some might ask, “What about the veto-proof majority if we expel those people from the party?” I would respond, “What about it? It seems to me the democrats have already achieved that. Party labels are worthless when they’re used by sellouts. So, who cares? What do we have to lose?” If, when we need these clowns the most, they turn their backs on everything they are supposed to stand for... then left the leftists have them… and own them, like it’s apparently clear they already do.
At this point, these political pond scum have betrayed this country and sold us all out.
And for that, they must pay the political price.
Make me believe, Mr. Steele. Make us ALL believe.
Compromise Sets Up Tough Negotiations With House
By Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, February 7, 2009; A01
Against a backdrop of rising unemployment, Senate Democrats struck a hard-won deal yesterday with a handful of Republican moderates to scale back spending in a massive economic stimulus bill, virtually guaranteeing Senate passage of the legislation but also ensuring arduous final negotiations with the House.
The compromise represented a dramatic finale to a tumultuous and frustrating week for Democrats pushing the package, as Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) saw the limitations of an expanded majority and a band of GOP centrists came to appreciate the very high price they can extract for their votes on key measures.
The bipartisan deal was cut after two days of talks and would cut more than $100 billion from the $920 billion bill, dropping its cost to about $820 billion, if amendments added on the Senate floor are retained.
Most Republicans remained strongly opposed to the compromise bill, saying it was too costly and ineffective, and Democratic leaders were counting on just three GOP votes for the plan as of last night but hoped to expand the number before a final vote.
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