I’ve been warned not to post this. I was told that if I posted the article that I’d never get an interview from any politician in this state again. I don’t care. I’m pissed off and no body is listening. I’m about 2 straws away from having my Republican back broken. And I’m not alone in this. As hundreds of thousands attend Tea Parties, and 9-12 Project groups spring up all over the country. As frustrations grow, and more and more people become disenfranchised, I could no longer hold this back.
I’ve got potential interviews with some very powerful GOP delegates, and apparently if I say what I’m about to say, those will fall through.
Hear Me Now: I Don’t Flipping Care!
The Tea Parties were not about the GOP being pissed off with the Dems. It was about people being pissed off with ALL politicians.
As Glenn Beck’s, 5/1/2009 show airs, I will post this. For me enough is enough. GOP & Democrats, your party first attitude is wrong. why in the hell are you so concerned about the party when you should be worried about RIGHT and WRONG. I’m just as pissed off at Bush as I am Obama. I’m just as pissed off at FDR and the new deal as I am at Barney Franks and blubbering lies. I’m just as pissed off at MSNBC and GE as I am at Fox News for being a Bush apologist for so many years. I’m just as pissed at the over reach of the patriot act as I am at the trillion of spending by the Bush and Obama administration.
I am equally pissed off, no body is going to be able to call me a GOP appoligist. I am not about Party first, and as you’ll see, the GOP is in turmoil. And if they want to continue to say they champion conservative values, that had better get their heads out of their butts.
Here’s my original Rant:
I’m Still Pissed Off & The Internal Turmoil in the GOP
Listen. The Tea Party movement was, and still is, real. I was there and witnessed all the other people that are pissed off, too. I’m tired of the same old bull crap politics. Now I’m not naive, but I was really hoping things would be different.
For the first time in my life I’ve become involved with politics. I was so moved by the outcry of the people on April 15th, that I knew in my heart that I could and should do something. So Peter, the other contributor for this blog, and I set out to get involved. We wanted to do something to help move people in the direction of conservatism.
And not just on one issue, but the whole nine yards: fiscal responsibility, governmental transparency, pro-life legislature, health care reform, responsible reactions to emergencies, free-market capitalism… on and on the list goes. Peter gets us into local events and we’re excited, because we’re going to cover them and show the world that the GOP is on the move. That people can trust at least their local politicians. It’s just the fat cats in D.C. that are extremely selfish.
Now again, I’m not naive, but what I’ve started to see aside from a few well intentioned local politicians is that The Good Old Boys Club (I’ll call it TGOBC) is still in session. This was reiterated with the follow-up to my last post. The “outrage” from the TGOBC was that I didn’t have all warm and fuzzy things to say. I had nothing in the article that was false, but TGOBC was very disappointed about me printing the truth. TGOBC also corrected many grammatical errors.
Side note*** (I’m not a journalist, or an investigative reporter, I’ll write about what I saw, from my viewpoint. It’s my opinion. I’m not sure what the big deal is. I’m not here to please you or to spew propaganda for you. And why, by the way, are you so concerned about what I said in the blog? I have approximately 10 regular readers, and at most a couple hundred hits a day. So for the couple of people that thought I was “mean” in my review, I’m not sorry. But what I take offense to is your attempts to stifle me, my freedom of speech, and my opinion. Tell me I’m slanderous and factually inaccurate. All this criticism comes from people who feel, “really protective of the Republican Party”.
I say in my “about us” page, that if you’re an idiot I’ll call you out. If I’m not willing to do that from the start, then what the heck are we doing here? I want to be known for having integrity in what I write, I didn’t lie or fabricate anything in my post, so take your lumps and hush already. If you make a mistake, learn from it, move on. I made a few errors in my post, I fixed them.***
To be fair, there are those at these meetings that are not in TGOBC, yet they had nothing but praise for me. I’d like to mention specifically, Greg Burt, Brian T. Campbell and Dana West. Thanks for your support, constructive criticism and understanding what we’re trying to do here.
Then again this morning, I was able to catch the end of another local GOP event (the time on the internet was wrong so I wasn’t able to catch the whole thing).
What I saw and heard, didn’t surprise me, but utterly disappointed me. TGOBC was in full swing, they had a challenger. A young republican had the audacity and hope to question TGOBC’s motives, and promised to stick to solid Reagan-like, conservative morals and standards. The young man stood up and said, “I’m sick and tired of the same old game being played here. And the old guard has proven that they are out of touch. Your progressive ways are helping destroy our County, and I’m just plain sick of it. We need to be focused on this county’s overwhelming majority and to their values, which are ardently conservative. And the Old Guard, has for years, undermined those values.”
I love this guy’s rant. He went on, and I wanted to buy that guy a beer. But it was still 8:00 in the morning. To me the problem in our nation, our states, our counties and our cities is that for far too long we’ve allow The Good Old Boys Club to rule the roost unchecked, and unaccountable. This, ladies and gentlemen has got to stop.
I so want to help move the Conservative moral compass back in the right direction. I want to help make a difference. I want to help effective change. But from my observation so far, TGOBC has got a strangle hold. It’s time for us to get the progressive noose from around our necks, stand up to the Old Guard and say, “Enough”. The Constitution is not a living and breathing document. It is a resolute, amazing work of genius, rivaled only by the Bible. We need to hold to the standards of both in fact, and return this country to what it was intended to be: a place of Freedom, of Liberty and Justice.
Oh here’s one more thing, so when I start to press people how, just how do I get involved, there’s three responses that I get almost patently. 1. Go talk with…. 2. Go to the Website 3. I don’t know. This to me is really not responsible for the GOP. I’m calling on you guys to fix this. Know what to say to a potential volunteer or staffer. Know your stuff, don’t force me to scour the internet for the answers, if I take the time to go to you, seek you out specifically, you should know what I need to do. Or at least take my name down and get back with me.
Why waste my passion and others. Passion is contagious, if I’m not out there singing your praises, I’m either keeping it for myself or my passion will go to other things that are not your causes.
So I’m still Pissed Off. My questions to you are:
Why should or shouldn’t I stay a Republican?
Why should or shouldn’t I work for a GOP entity?
Why should or shouldn’t I make nice with The Good Old Boys Club?
Why should or shouldn’t I just accept the GOP as it is?
Why should or shouldn’t I just accept the Democrat?
Why should or shouldn’t I just accept the Libertarians?
P.S. If you don’t agree, I don’t care… but I’ll still listen to you. Post your comments below.
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