THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume XIII, Issue # 93, April 14, 2011
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
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DEMOCRATS' OBSESSIVE EFFORTS TO FRACTURE THE TEA PARTY
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE AMERICAN POLITICAL LEFT & U.S. GOVERNMENT FISCAL POLICY: THE FEDERAL SPENDING SPREE TO CONTINUE
UNABATED UNTIL THE U.S. NATIONAL ECONOMY COLLAPSES UNDER ITS WEIGHT -- THE "TEA PARTY" MOVEMENT AS THE
ONLY ENTITY THAT STANDS IN THE WAY OF POLITICAL BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE U.S. NATIONAL CAPITAL -- THE
CONTINUING ENDEAVOR OF THE LIBERAL POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT & ITS MEDIA PROPAGANDISTS TO UNDERMINE &
ULTIMATELY NEUTRALIZE THIS CONSERVATIVE GRASSROOTS UPRISING -- HOW LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ARE
UNDERESTIMATING THE STRENGTH & DETERMINATION OF THE CONSERVATIVE OPPOSITION TO FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY
-- CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS AIDING & ABETTING THE DEMOCRATS LIKELY TO FACE STIFF OPPOSITION FROM
CONSERVATIVE CHALLENGERS IN THE 2012 REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES
FULL STORY:
Sadly for America, as of Friday, April 8, 2011, it has now been irrefutably established that, barring a government shutdown,
the ravages of congressional spending will never be brought into line. And, since the current Republican “leadership” has
asserted with just as much certainty that no shutdown will occur on their watch, the inescapable conclusion is that the
spending spree will continue unabated until the national economy collapses under its weight.
Let the key players juggle the numbers to bias any analysis in their favor, the reality remains unchanged. America, now
$14.5 trillion in the red (and getting billions deeper each day), will remain on this disastrous course with no end in sight.
Beltway insiders simply cannot and will not recognize that this pattern cannot continue indefinitely. Preservation of the
current power structure requires that those at the highest levels of both major political parties pretend that they are aware
of the looming danger, while stubbornly refusing to address it squarely.
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (Republican - Ohio) has lauded the budget “compromise” (read: capitulation) as a major
step back from the looming financial abyss. Not to be outdone, President Barack Obama, "representative and spokesman
of all people," is likewise claiming credit for this grand budgetary reduction of barely 1%, and this after he swelled it by
nearly 50% in the past few years.
Only one entity stands in the way of business as usual in Washington. And that is the Conservative grassroots uprising
known as the “Tea Party.” Since its inception in early 2009, the political establishment and its media propagandists have
sought to undermine and ultimately neutralize this insurgency of the peasantry. From its early mischaracterization as a
tiny fringe group, to the childish and disgraceful derision of it as “Tea Baggers,” America’s Leftists, both in the media and
on Capitol Hill, believed they could simply revert to their standard tactics of mockery and ridicule to dispirit and diffuse
the movement. But, despite such efforts, last November’s stunning elections proved the Liberals’ arrogant assumptions
of political hegemony were flatly wrong.
Being Liberals, however, they neither recognize their errors nor give up their fight. Rather, they regroup, repackage their
worn-out message, and presume to remain fixed on the philosophical and moral “high ground,” while working through any
devious means to overtake their enemy. Beneath the veneer of the recent budget battle, all of the disingenuous and
manipulative Liberal ploys were going on in full force.
No one should be fooled into thinking that the dispute was over how to properly continue funding any worthwhile or
necessary functions of the U.S. federal government. From the perspective of Liberal Democrats, the ruckus was entirely
about how to successfully drive a lethal wedge into the Tea Party, thereby fragmenting it into smaller competing groups
which would ever after be unable to coalesce and develop sufficient momentum behind any ideologically unified slate of
candidates. But once again, the Liberals overplayed their hand, and the transparency of their efforts is rapidly coming to
light.
To the degree that ostensible “fiscal Conservatives” have excoriated congressional Republicans for allowing funding for
Planned Parenthood to become a bone of contention, the Liberal ruse can be claimed as successful. And, of course, this
was the entire goal of the Liberal Democrats. Overall, however, their duplicity is being exposed by the stark contrast it
embodies, when compared to the unwavering commitment to principle by real Conservatives.
Despite the virtual media “blackout” of arrogant and cynical comments from U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (Democrat -
New York), nobody on the political Right has forgotten the blatant contempt for his own Liberal constituency Schumer
exhibited with his explanation of how to control their sentiments and behavior through the use of terms such as “extreme”
when discussing heartland America. In this, he was abetted, particularly as the budget controversy came to a head, by
such notable Liberal mouthpieces as U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Democrat - Nevada), Pseudo-Representative
Eleanor Norton (Democrat - D.C.), and Representative Louise Slaughter (Democrat - New York), to name only a few.
Their denunciations of congressional Republicans, which were outlandish from the start, then quickly reached a hysterical
pitch, asserted that Republican intentions to defund Planned Parenthood proved the budget was designed to inflict
nothing shy of genocide on America’s female population. Were any of their caterwauling believable, it would have to be
concluded that American women are not only fixated enmasse on abortion, but that they also universally expect “the
government” to pick up the tab.
Of course, from a fiscal perspective, none of this makes any sense. So, it must be asked, what exactly might be the Liberals
real underlying goal? The answer unmasks their total lack of respect for their Republican opposition, an attitude which
sadly, is not entirely unwarranted.
With House Speaker Boehner having already waved the white flag regarding a government shutdown, well in advance of
any budgetary talks, Liberal Democrats seized the moment and framed the budgetary debate on the single issue with the
greatest potential of alienating a crucial element of the Tea Party constituency. Having witnessed the nation’s finances
being treated so shabbily over the months since last year’s Republican electoral landslide, fiscal hawks were already
convinced that their chief concerns were getting short shrift from the GOP. If the Congress could then be coerced into
funding abortion, many among the “religious Right” might likewise wash their hands of it in total disgust.
Once again, however, the Alinskyite minions of the Democratic Party have completely underestimated the strength and
resolve of their opposition. While real America is currently livid over both the budgetary backtrack by the Republicans,
as well as their pathetic attempt to “thread the needle” on the abortion issue (the “compromise” plan maintains the flow
of tax dollars to Planned Parenthood, but eliminates expenditures for abortions within the District of Columbia), it is
obvious that the solution to this despicable state of affairs is not to further empower the Liberal establishment.
Rather, come the 2012 election season, those “Republicans” who cherish their professional standing among their peers in
the Washington establishment more than their commitment to Conservative principle will face primary challengers who
have their priorities straight. Last Fall’s electoral tidal wave was only the beginning. The principles driving the Tea Party
are alive and well, and remain as fixed and immovable as bedrock, while politicians are expendable. The November elections
of next year represent another opportunity for political cleansing in the Congress, to purge its ranks of even more Liberal
Democrats from both major parties.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
American Politics, Political Competition, & the Control of
Public Policy: Elections, Political Parties, Political Factions,
Ideologies, & Special Interest Groups
American Government & the U.S. Congress:
Congressional Legislative Politics & National Public Policy
American Government & the U.S. Presidency:
Presidential Politics & National Leadership
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
Political Economy -- Philosophies, Systems, & Public Policies:
Government, the Economy, & Economic Prosperity
Fiscal Policy: Taxation & Government Spending
The American Political & Cultural Left:
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, Marxists, & Other Leftists:
The Democratic Party, Academia, & the Mainstream Media
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY & POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES:
COMPETING SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
Conservatism
Traditional Conservatism: Questions & Answers
Conservatism: Attitudes, Types, & Present Status
Constitutional Conservatism: American & British
Liberalism
Classical Liberalism: Intellectual Foundations
Classical Liberalism: Conservative Liberalism
Manchester Liberalism & Social Darwinism
Modern Social "Liberalism": Statist "Liberalism"
Radical & Totalitarian Ideologies
Radicalism, Utopianism, & Totalitarianism
Christopher G. Adamo is a resident of southeastern Wyoming. He has been involved in politics at the local and state level
for many years. His contact information and article archives can be found at www.chrisadamo.com
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