Surrender in the face of victory. – Tea Party Nation

Surrender in the face of victory. – Tea Party Nation.

• Posted by Judson Phillips on November 9, 2011 at 8:29am in Tea Party Nation Forum

There was a time when we could count on Republicans in Washington to stand for conviction and stand for their beliefs.  There was a time when Republicans in Washington could be counted on to stand for America. 

For a majority of Republicans in Washington, that day has long since past. 

In Washington, the unthinkable is happening.  What is going on?

Republicans in Washington are abandoning their traditional opposition to new taxes and are embracing the left’s call for more new taxes. 

In Washington, Republicans are disavowing their previous support of Americans for Tax Reform’s pledge not to raise taxes.  Republicans who should know better, like Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn, are willing to “accept tax hikes.”

This is coming from the Party of Reagan!

The label conservatives used to hang on the Democrats is that they are the party of Tax and Spend.  Now the Republicans want to join them in going off of the cliff.

By accepting the Super Committee deal, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell have painted the Republicans into a corner.   The Republicans could stand on principle and fight but they are not. 

They would rather surrender than fight. 

If the Republicans are going to be the party of tax and spend too, please tell me what is the difference between the Democrats and the Republicans?

We are going to have to act now if we are going to have a conservative party left.

First, we need to call our Republican Congressmen and Senators.   We need to remind them that out of control spending got us to this point and spending is what must be cut. 

Second, for any congressman that votes for a tax hike, this year we must find a primary opponent to run against them. 

We cannot sit idly on the sidelines and let them shove tax hikes down our throats.   The real reason behind the Obama, Pelosi, Reid axis of fiscal evil’s spending spree has not been just to spend money.  It has been to force massive, “progressive” tax hikes. 

For Republicans, joining the taxing madness is nothing more than political suicide.  The GOP is quite capable of that as they have demonstrated on many occasions, but today is simply too crucial to allow that to happen.

The Democrats want Republicans to go along with the new taxes because they already have their attack ads ready.  “Republican Congressman X voted to raise your taxes.” 

This takes one of the best arguments away from the GOP.  With the GOP going along with the tax hikes, the Republicans cannot run on the issue of taxes.  When the Republican nominee, who hopefully will be Newt Gingrich, says we need to cut taxes to stimulate the economy and create jobs, the Obama team is going to come back with, the Republicans voted to raise taxes. 

The strategy behind all of this is simple.  This upcoming election is a referendum on Barack Obama.  If the public is convinced there is no real difference between Obama and the Republicans, they will vote for the devil they know rather than the devil they do not know. 

This trap is painfully obvious and the crown princes of surrender, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell are walking right into it.

The 2012 election is crucial.  Either we roll back socialism or freedom loses.  It is that simple.   With victory comes the real possibility of making the liberals a permanent minority. 

However, victory is impossible when your team keeps surrendering.

And it will be a terrible epitaph for America if freedom is lost just because the Republicans lacked the courage to stand and fight.

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