Posted by
Anita MonCrief on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 1:45:24 PM
A
number of liberal Democrats today are celebrating Democrat Steve Owens'
victory over Conservative Doug Hoffman, but these liberals fail to
realize that Conservatives are celebrating too. As Barack Obama meddled
in local politics across the nation and poured money into obscure
districts, Conservatives built upon the resolve that led to the first
Tea Party and culminated last night in a lion's roar directed at the
GOP party elite. From RedState emphasis mine:
“First, the GOP now must recognize it will either lose without conservatives or will win with conservatives.
In 2008, many conservatives sat home instead of voting for John McCain.
Now, in NY-23, conservatives rallied and destroyed the Republican
candidate the establishment chose.“
Tea
Party patriots are tired of Republicans treating them like children at
the kids table. Tired of the “there, there” comments as average
Americans question their compromises and suspect partnerships. When
Republicans cross the aisle and double cross their constituents on Cap
and Trade or health care, regular Americans are expected to tend to
their families, pay their taxes and take no notice.
However, that simmering resistance reached a boiling point as Republicans used an old “business as usual trick.”
“Meanwhile,
the Republicans keep running 'moderates' who prove to be very useful to
the Democrats… which keeps the growth of the State bubbling along at
Bush levels. The radical nature of the current Administration makes the
idea of 'moderate' compromise laughable. What’s the moderate position
on freedom-crushing trillion-dollar health care and environmentalist
legislation? They’re okay, as long as the Democrats pinky-swear to keep
the cost under $800 billion? That’s the kind of promise no politician
could keep, even if it was made in earnest. A moderate Republican is
someone who lives in a state of perpetual surprise as he ponders the
monthly bills for nanny-state government. What’s the point of electing
people who are guaranteed to spend the rest of their political careers
complaining about how they’ve been played for fools?”
Last
night's victory in NY 23 may be sweet for some Democrats, but Obama is
not savoring this victory. Exit polling reveal that most voters who
rejected local Democrats still supported the president. How much of
that support lies in the administration's strong arm tactics? The White House quickly moves with ACORN-like speed to
silence its opponents with cries of racism or extremist labels. On the
other side of the spectrum, the White House has used the Treasury
Department to buy and to maintain support at the local level.
In
New York this arrangement was almost executed flawlessly. With
Republicans backing the “white friend” of ACORN's Bertha Lewis and big
labor/SEIU backing Owens, Obama and the Democrats were guaranteed a
friendly vote and if Scozzafava won, they could tout the unprecedented
levels of bipartisanship in the age of Obama. In a bold move to
continue the consolidation of power by radical Leftists, Obama invested
a billion dollars into one Congressional district and ensured that the seat would become available this year.
Doug
Hoffman's candidacy was much bigger than him. It signaled the
reemergence of the American citizen as “the ruler of the roost” and
both parties have taken notice. Some career politicians find the notion
of having to answer to “the people” galling, and continue to undermine
the will of the people. However, politicians like representatives Steve
King of Iowa, Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and of course, Sarah Palin.
are continuing to shake up Washington.
The era of change has arrived and it appears that opportunistic politicians are the first thing to go:
“Change
is not an open ended mandate or a blank check. Change is a warning to
either perform or meet the same fate as the last incumbent. And while
Obama was clutching the keys to the kingdom in his dirty little hands,
flying endlessly around the world, taking Air Force One on dates and
primping and posing for magazine covers; ordinary Americans were losing
jobs, families were cutting back, credit card bills piled up, vacations
vanished and people came to work every day not knowing if it would be
their last. Tonight was a major warning sign to Obama that these Two
Americas cannot co-exist forever. And sooner or later Americans will
want their White House back from its current lazy and debauched
tenants.”