It’s the liberty movement when we say it, but it was “Far right constitutional extremism” when those crazies said it two years ago. The hypocrisy of statist Republican leadership cliques.

Fri, Oct 23, 2009

by Cliff Johnson

Have you noticed the massive liberty movement happening today in America? It’s pretty hard to miss amongst the sea of bright yellow Gadsden Flags and hand made picket signs. Our country is experiencing an uprising against out-of-control Federal government and unconstitutional usurpation of our basic natural rights of life, liberty and property. Unbeknownst to many, this movement has been an on going battle for decades nearing a century! In my life time of 35 years, I have had the opportunity of only one of these “awakenings”. I was awakened when that skinny congressman from Texas opened his big mouth at the debates and said that the attack on the WTC was a result of “blow-back” an unintended consequence of United States overseas involvement in the Middle East. My initial response to his statement was very similar to Rudy Giuliani’s response. “Are you suggesting that we brought this upon ourselves?” It was then I began to actually put the party line, back Bush, rhetoric aside and think about what he actually said. It was at that moment I said aloud to myself, “You know, he is right”. From that point on, I simply stopped scoffing at the man and LISTENED to his argument. It was simple, based purely on common sense. Simply put, it just made sense to me. That is how I got involved in the Ron Paul presidential campaign.

After listening to a man who knew the Constitution backwards and forwards and based every one of his votes in congress upon whether or not the bill was Constitutional, I began my own journey into studying that magnificent document amongst other founding documents like the Declaration of Independence and learning more and more about our founders. This was MY awakening. About this time, Ron Paul had already had a bad rap from most other establishment Republicans and the incredibly bias media, mainly due to his not supporting the war in Iraq. The man had one set of principals and had stuck to them without compromise. You may ask, “what principals cannot be compromised?” The answer: The principals set forth in the Constitution of the United States of America. He knows, as our founders knew, that once the principals as stated in the Constitution were compromised, Freedom and the Republic would be compromised. To our founders, and Ron Paul alike, these principals were not “Extreme” but were necessary to maintain the liberty of the people in a free nation.

During his campaign for president in 2008, the Ideals of Liberty that Ron Paul brilliantly supported were considered crazy, extreme and unwilling to compromise. The Republican party ridiculed him over his opposition to the war in Iraq and willingness to repeal the 16th amendment, the unconstitutional income tax amendment. His willingness to pass a bill to audit the unconstitutional Federal Reserve System with the intention of completely putting it to an end.

After the election of BHO, our country has been smacked awake by the imposition of socialism into their lives. The government takeover of private industry, the destruction of our dollar by the Federal Reserve. Massive corporate Bailouts. The bursting of the housing bubble. If any of us were to mention the possibility of these occurrences 5 years ago, you would have been considered a conspiratorial whack-job. Well, Ron Paul has been predicting these occurrences for a lot longer than 5 years, and yes people called him crazy. Well folks, he wasn’t so crazy after all was he?

Now we have cliques of “Republican” Senators like Lindsay Graham, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, John McCain. The list goes on and on. These elected servants are petrified of loosing their seats because they know the people are coming to find out that elected officials care not about their constituency. Power and money has corrupted these people and they have been called out.

Now these Fake Conservatives are singing the song of “Liberty”, trying to ensure us that it is about party and loyalty. The message that true conservatives have been delivering all along has now been picked up by those who are terrified of loosing their power. And guess what? They are trying to stake a claim as if they have been carrying that message all along. These people, my friends, are liars, hypocrites and manipulators. They care not about preserving liberty, but hold dear their elected power. The Tea Party movements are not a Republican love fest, they are a liberty love fest. They are made up of ordinary people who represent a nation who loves their liberty more than any party.

The bottom line is this, the conservatives of this nation must unite despite their differences in opinions. It is truly amazing what you may learn from someone if you put party rhetoric aside and listen to another conservative argument. It may surprise you that you may come to understand their point of view, even if you don’t agree. This is about saving our nation from tyranny. Study your representative’s voting record and kick the communist / socialist bums out regardless of party affiliation.

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