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As much as the Democrats/liberals/progressives/greens/socialists/communists (calling them what they are makes them mad) would love to drive a wedge between the Republican Party and its patriot components, the newly activated grass roots Independents and ‘Tea Baggers’, it looks like they will be disappointed again.

As usual, the statists took exactly the wrong message from the Tea Party Convention. What they reported on was Sarah Palin’s crib notes, ignoring the fact that she delivered a near flawless address of 40 minutes to universal acclaim, both at the convention and across the nation, with six words scribbled on her hand, while Barack Obama can’t speak to sixth grade students without his teleprompters and has trouble delivering two cogent sentences extemporaneously. Further, they isolated the presentation of featured speakers to make the messages appear as divisive as theirs is. What they missed in their eagerness to trash people like Sarah Palin, Tom Tancredo, Andrew Breitbart and others, was the UNANIMITY of purpose and the consistency of the message.

Sarah Palin

Unlike the mental and philosophical lockstep demanded by liberal dogma, Conservatives can and do disagree… sometimes vociferously. But they have one thing in common that the statist lacks and furthermore, cannot comprehend. It’s the PRINCIPLE of Patriotism, a deep and abiding love of the country and the freedoms that have been gained and maintained for us at so great a cost. It’s a love for the wisdom of the founders and those most miraculous of all documents, inspired by God and given to the hand of these wise and Godly men. Our Constitution, our Declaration of Independence and our Bill of Rights.

That’s what has been re-awakened across these fifty United States. It’s why the statist/liberal/Marxist ideology will fail. It’s why we will sweep the Democrats from power in November and why Barack Obama will be a one-term President, remembered only as an unpleasant blot on history. To the chagrin of the left there will be no third party. There will be one party, one people united in purpose and in our love for this GREATEST country on Earth. God Bless America.

Semper Vigilans, Semper Fidelis

© Skip MacLure 2010

Dear Senator McCain,

I'm glad you stopped by Tuesday night and decided to kick off your campaign in New Orleans (actually Kenner, but really who cares). I appreciate that you and your campaign staff were gracious enough to come visit our fine area and spend some money here to help our economy. Your speech was an excellent cure for insomnia and I thank you for helping me sleep that night.

While I'm glad that you chose New Orleans as the site to kick off your presidential campaign, I must admit, if the election was today, I would not vote for you. Don't get me wrong, I would not vote for the latest fraud from Chicago, Barack Obama either. More likely, I would decline to vote for president. However, I want to give you a chance to earn my vote so I have decided to write you this letter to give you the opportunity to speak to my issues in order to earn my vote.

See Senator McCain, I'm actually one of those conservatives you hate so much. You may have called me an "agent of intolerance" or a "bigot" or some other name when conservatives like me dared to oppose your left-wing stances on the issues. However, without "agents of intolerance" like me, you have no chance against Barack Obama. Frankly sir, I see no reason to vote for you.

Senator McCain, the only way you can earn my vote is to speak to the issues I care about. It appears to me that your main issues are:

1) Stopping "global warming" (whatever that is).
2) Amnesty for illegal aliens.
3) "Reforming" government.
4) A plan in Iraq that rhetoric aside is no different from Obama's.
5) Opposition to any drilling for domestic oil.
6) Obama's scary, so don't vote for him.

Frankly sir, I don't care about your five main issues and your scare tactics against Obama are not working. If anything sir, your issues and your stances on those issues are making me less likely to vote for you.

Now Senator McCain, here are the issues I care about:

1) The economy and more importantly, the weakening dollar
2) A grand national strategy on foreign policy to deal with the post-Cold War and post 9/11 world
3) Shrinking the size of the Federal government
4) Making America more competitive in the world economy.

In short sir, where do you stand on those issues? The only candidate who talked about the dollar was Ron Paul (though I did not support him or his solutions). Your only mention about foreign policy other than Iraq was a joke about bombing Iran. I frankly don't trust you on taxes and the size of government because you've opposed the Bush tax cuts and supported programs like No Child Left Behind. Finally, you have not addressed how to make America more competitive in the world economy by proposing deregulation and reducing corporate tax rates dramatically.

Basically sir, address my issues or I along with many other conservatives and libertarians will stay home or vote 3rd party this year. You will only have yourself to blame if the dreaded phrase of "President Barack Obama" comes to pass.

Sincerely,

Kevin Boyd