Yesterday we saw history made as the largest take-over by the United States government of a private industry was narrowly passed by the House of Representatives and will soon be signed by the president in the face of an overwhelming opposition from the population of the Nation and zero support from the opposing party whatsoever.
I wrote in my post right after that fateful vote that it was time for America to choose which sort of moment that was to signify. As I slept on it (and wished I hadn’t given up alcohol for Lent) last night, I started thinking about what we do next. And here’s what I’ve come up with:
Last spring we told them “No” at Tea Parties. They responded by calling us all racists.
Last summer we told them “No” at town hall meetings. They responded by calling us un-American.
Last fall, we told them “No” in voting booths in New Jersey and Virginia. And in January in Massachusetts of all places. Their response was not to reconsider their positions in the face of their clear unpopularity, but rather to redouble their efforts to find a way around us and our wishes.
And now it has come to this. We can no longer say, They’re not hearing us; we’ve been loud. We can no longer say, They’re not listening to us; we’ve been clear. The only conclusion we can come to is that they knowingly defied us, and this cannot stand. They must all be removed.
The time has come for action.
It is time now to remove these people from their offices. Every Congressman and Senator who voted in support of the Stalinization of Health Care Act of 2010 MUST lose his or her seat this November 2d. It is imparative for the survival of our Nation.
This is not about malice. It’s not about vengence. It’s not about “teaching them a lesson.” It is simply about caring for our Union. It is the (metaphoric, mind you) watering of the tree of Liberty.
If you’re a business-owner and several of your employees are blatantly disobeying you and doing grave harm to your business, you may start by taking them aside and admonishing them. If that doesn’t work, you can formally reprimand them. If that doesn’t work, you can single a few of them out and fire them, hoping the others will get the picture. However, if they still insist on dismissing your workplace rules and doing damage to your company’s good name, you are left with no other choice than to replace them before their insubordination causes lasting injury.
These people have shown complete contempt for our wishes and our Constitution and are representatives of us no longer. They should not be honored with the title therefore.
The time is over for town hall meetings. The time is over for calls to your Congressman’s office. The time is over for writing letters.
Therefore, I don’t call on you to engage them any longer. Don’t bother calling your Congressman or Senator, nor attending their meetings. Don’t write them letters or even try to influence them on legislation pending before them. Your energies and resources are needed elsewhere.
I encourage everybody who lives in a district wherein your Congressman voted “yea” to write the largest check you can to his or her opponent in the primary (even if you’re not a Democrat) and the general elections. Same for your Senator, if one of them is up for election this fall. Put up signs for their opponents in your yard and stickers on your bumpers. ACTIVELY campaign for their opponents. Knock on doors, and “walk the blocks”. Get involved. I’ll be there with you. Hell, RUN FOR OFFICE YOURSELF if that’s what it takes.
We must excise this scourge from our body politic without emotion and without delay. Like I said, this is no longer about “sending a message” or “teaching them a lesson”. This is about the survival of representative democracy in America. It’s about removing dangerous people from sensitive positions within our government. It’s about returning Our Nation to We The People.
Join me.
-Nick (ColoradoPatriot, from TML)
I agree completely. It is time for a counter-revolution.
I am mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore! Let the revolution begin! …. Yes, let’s vote them all out!…. Nick, here is a suggestion. Why not start a website with the names of all of the congressmen and women and senators that are up for re-election. And who voted for this bill. and let the website state that they will be voted out of office. How about a Facebook page? Let’s remember in November!
I agree completely. We need to clean house.
(Also Personal to Nick) Wine is not considered alcohol in the church 😉
Steve and Leah: I am heartened by your enthusiasm, but let’s try to not get too emotional about it. Now is the time for clear-minded, clear-eyed, unemotional businesslike action. Stories like the one today of bricks being thrown through Democratic Party HQs are bad for our cause. We must proceed deliberately and professionally. Pay no heed to these scoundrels anymore. Rather, work for their opponents.
Speaking of which, Leah, I’ll be posting later today (if Bruce or Dan don’t beat me to it) a comprehensive list of all those in both houses who voted for this debacle, and will over the next weeks be collecting and posting information on their opponents as well.
And Joe, for shame! Wine was the original spirit! 🙂 Besides, I can hold out for two more weeks!
Now that it’s passed we can all be rest assured that the democrats will be voted out in November and Obama will lose control.
clear minded rational thinking? ha
why do we always have to be the reasonable ones?
I’m totally disgusted. As a gay conservative bordering on libertarian I’m sickened today.
But not just with the leftist socialists. I’ve always known what THEY were about. It was always clear.
I’m disgusted with those on the right.
How impotent the likes of the Republican right are. Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, Ingramm, Fox News, Roger Alies, IMPOTENT FAT RICH BLOWHARDS. Republican elected officials, are impotent boobs, who can’t distroy an obvious constitution shredding piece of crap like Obamacare.
And we should now rally behind these same rich fat creeps who firstly will ask for our CONTRIBUTIONS AND COMMITTMENTS? Give me a break!
BTW these fat conservatives will get their great health care when it is set up in Costa Rica with the great doctors and surgeons who flee America in the next 5 years. No one will be coming to America anymore for care they can’t get in Canada and the UK. They will be fleeing to Costa Rica. The fat cat Republicans and Democrats will get care. Regular people will be sitting around the crap infested horror hospitals that now exist in England.
Funny, got an email from Eric Cantor, Republican leader in Congress. The Republicans are REALLY REALLY MAD now. They are going to work hard to repeal Obamacare. Ya unhuh. If I would just send Eric Cantor some money, they will work hard for the American people and fight back!! Oh I see. If we would have just contributed some cash to the conservatives maybe we could have stopped this. What a bunch of creeps. I see now why regular guys, straight guys just get wrapped up in sports, football, and their eyes glaze over when you talk to them about politics. It’s senseless.
I think there is one letter we need to send to the Democrats. That letter contains a copy of our receipt for our donations to their opponents.
Send lots of them. Let them know where our support is going.
Btw, I have no idea who that Leah is who posted before, that is a new Leah. As much as I agree that we have to throw the bums out, creating fb pages and website aren’t the answer. There are already good people doing that.
Now is the time to pay attention carefully and spend our money wisely on candidate that have a chance of winning. But creating websites and FB pages, that is just masturbating.
Also…I think we should gather the masses and all send pink slips stating “You Are Fired!” via the mail to everyone who voted yes for this bill. It would be incredible to see truck loads of envelopes arriving to their offices. Let’s remind them of who they work for (or… worked for) and what they have to look forward too this November. Plus in doing so we will stimulate the postal service revenues… LOL
ya uhuh. Send a pink slip to Pelosi and Barney Frank and Steny Hoyer. The left wing of the Democrat party have jobs until they choose to leave. You’ve got to be kidding. Oh oh, let’s all send in letters. Let’s all call the phones in DC, jam the lines. Un dummies, Limbaugh called for that last Thursday. How’s it all work out? Even elections…..IF the Republicnas win big in November, no one is predicting a Veto over ride number for the House or Senate. Obama care and free immigration is going to be the law of the land for years to come. Deal with it.
Sorry to be the one to say it but
ATLAS IS SHRUGGING. I know it, cause it’s me.
Letter writing has no effect on these tyrants. I’m sorry to say that it most likely will take stronger medicine to cure this disease.
Sorry to go off-topic for a moment, but I’d just like to say that I’ve never been proud to be gay. But it’s articles like this that make me glow with contented pride to be a gay conservative.