(A critical Review from a Constitutional Perspective)

By ROBERT W. PECK

So does the Republican’s new “Pledge to America” make you want to jump for joy, run up and down and shout? Well that’s what it’s supposed to do – at least that’s the effect the Republicans are hoping it will have on conservatives. However, it doesn’t really affect me that way, but then I’m not a conservative. I’m a Christian and a Constitutionalist and I just can’t quite buy into the Republican attempt to repackage and sell themselves to the voting public as fiscally responsible proponents of smaller government and defenders of the Constitution.

I admit that the pledge itself is chock full of conservative rhetoric and at times even sounds downright Constitutional. However, after seriously analyzing it, I find the Pledge to America to be weak. While it offers some modest relief from oppressive taxation and burdensome regulation, it misses the opportunity to call for the revolutionary reforms that would restore real freedom and true Constitutional governance: ending the Federal Reserve, restoring Constitutional money, eliminating direct federal taxation on wages, getting out of the United Nations, dismantling every department and agency not clearly authorized under the Constitution, declaring every restrictive gun law passed by Congress null and void for lack of Constitutional authority, deporting millions of illegal aliens . . .  and the list goes on.

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** National Tea Party Federation Partners with Tea Party Nation to Sponsor National Tea Party ‘Unity’ Convention on July 15-17 in Las Vegas.

The National Tea Party Federation (NTPF) announced today that it has partnered with Tea Party Nation and will co-sponsor the National Tea Party ‘Unity Convention.’ Tea Party Nation is one of the founding members of the NTPF. In addition, Tea Party Nation has separately announced the formation of “Free America”, a non-profit structure for the convention.

Judson Philips, Founder and President of Tea Party Nation said, ‘the idea of the National Tea Party ‘Unity Convention’ being co-sponsored by the National Tea Party Federation is extremely powerful. As we work to develop all of the content for the convention, we are excited to announce this relationship with the NTPF and its membership. And with our announcement of the first Tea Party ‘Presidential Straw Poll,’ we will begin to craft a view to the 2012 election cycle and the candidates that represent the Tea Party core values.’

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By ROBERT STARK

In the 2008 republican presidential primary, Congressman Ron Paul was the only candidate to advocate for a non-interventionist foreign policy and warned about the future financial crisis caused by reckless spending, and unsound currency policy by the Federal Reserve. Along with Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter who were also marginalized, he warned about the danger to our sovereignty by the North American Union. The GOP establishment and other candidates marginalized him because they perceived him as a threat to their political power. The Republicans ended up electing John McCain who was  perceived as a continuation of the Bush agenda by supporting the Iraq War, co-sponsoring an amnesty bill in the Senate with Ted Kennedy, and making jokes about bombing Iran. He lost to Obama, who was led to victory by many Americans who were desperate for change with a false message of hope without a clear political plan. The Republicans also lost many seats in the House and Senate that election, giving the democrats control of both branches of government.

Now President Obama has continued much of Bush’s legacy of massive deficit spending, an American military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, which is now spreading into Pakistan, which you can hear about on the latest episode of the “15Minutes of Freedom Show”. Many republican politicians and party members who once dismissed Ron Paul are realizing he was right about the financial crisis, even though they are still weary of his foreign policy. Many conservatives are now realizing the War in Iraq was a huge mistake. Much of Obama’s anti-war base that helped him get elected is loosing faith in his administration because of its failure to end the war.

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By ROBERT STARK

As an independent who was a strong supporter of GOP Congressman Ron Paul, who could not get myself to vote for either McCain or Obama, I would like to give the Republican Party a piece of my mind.

With former Republican Senator Arlen Spector switching political parties to the Democrats, there has been a lot of debate within the GOP about whether the party needs to become more moderate to remain viable and attract independents. Conservative ideologues will go on about how the part needs to return to conservative principles, and call anyone who disagrees with the party line a RINO (Republican in Name Only).

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By PAUL SCHNEE

When Arlen Specter announced that he had become a Democrat I was shocked. I thought he had done that years ago. With a grade of 44.47 from the American Conservative Union firmly under his sagging belt he is exposed as never having been a conservative let alone a Republican. The man is an imposter and now belongs to a party whose entire leadership is laced with the most egregious kind. He will feel quite at home there and will be welcomed with open arms. They can recognise a toady who has both feet firmly planted on the ladder of preferment when they see one. After all, for them, it’s just like looking in the mirror.

Now Specter can take his seat in the front pew of the vast, decrepit, cathedral of “Blame & Apologise For America First” where well-fed traitors lurk in the shadows. Some requirements of being a member of the congregation are to be able to speak out of both sides of your mouth at the same time, to betray & estrange our allies, to insult & diminish your country when travelling overseas, to encourage our enemies by releasing classified information about terrorist interrogations because soothing your conscience is more important than defending Americans, to place seemingly gold-plated chains around the ankles of all Americans trying to convince them that the government can do everything so much better than free markets when you know it can not, legitimise over 12 million illegal aliens and give them welfare benefits, because they will eventually vote for you, while over 8% of Americans are unemployed, & drown the country in an ocean of debt that will still be unpaid three generations from now. Arlen Specter will not have trouble with any of these requirements. In fact he may be over-qualified.

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