His name is Michael Reagan. In the context of an insane letter calling the current GOP on the carpet for "BIG GOVERNMENT, BIG DEFICITS, and LIBERAL COMPROMISES", the changes that Reagan asks to lobby for do not mention the size of government or the size of the deficit. Rather it is all about social conservatism. the list of action items is worth re-producing verbatim and in full.
- STOP LIBERAL BILLS — We can expect an immediate onslaught of extreme liberal bills to be "fast-tracked" through Congress and signed by Obama. We will constantly be on the watch for these bills — and every time they get introduced, we'll alert our Activists to literally FLOOD Capitol Hill with millions of phone calls, faxes, emails and even hand-delivered letters and petitions, DEMANDING that our elected legislators do what WE say, or else face our wrath at the next election!
- FIGHT LIBERAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS — You can be sure that President Obama (oh, how that phrase terrifies me!) will get right to work on Day One, issuing Executive Orders that will make your skin crawl: repealing pro-life presidential directives, ordering agencies to fund far-left groups like ACORN and the ACLU, signing over American sovereignty to the United Nations and the European Union… he's got a long list! But for every liberal (and usually unconstitutional) Executive Order that Barack Obama issues, we'll alert our Activists to BARRAGE the White House with even MORE phone calls, faxes, emails and even hand-delivered letters and petitions, DEMANDING that he "reverse course" on those Orders or face a Republican Congress in 2010!
- EXPOSE LIBERAL CORRUPTION — With the Democrats back in power in both Congress and the White House, you KNOW that they'll be falling right back into their habits of taking lobbyists' money under the table, trading votes for campaign contributions, spying on and sabotaging Republican legislative plans, covering up their leaders' sexual "flings," and spending taxpayer money on personal expenses like never before. But this time, YOU AND I will be there every step of the way, making sure that no stone is left unturned, every dark corner is filled with light, and every illegal act is paid for with censure, impeachment, recalls, investigations, and jail time for every criminal we expose in Washington, D.C.
- COUNTER THE LIBERAL MEDIA — Whenever any of these things take place, we'll be directing our "Reagan Activists" to constantly fill the news media with letters to the editor, guest editorials, and news articles detailing the socialistic and corrupt policies of the new liberal regime, and offering America a better way — the way of freedom… the CONSERVATIVE way.
This is basically saying that the conservatism that needs to be enforced is a social one that focuses on God, guns, and gays – again. If this is the direction that the GOP is going; endless sectarian rants, increased tensions with an increasingly socially liberal population, cries of socialism without a clear communication of what that really means, and fear-mongering assumptions, it spells trouble.
This rant has little to to with increased liberties or actual ways to counter liberal ideas with the size and scope of government, and is language that continues to be driving a wedge between real change in politics and a heightened backlash of aggressive dissent from the popular vote margin and the electoral landslide. (Aside: I have always found it strange how conservatives reject the ACLU as liberal and should be eschewed, yet the ACLU is the organization that would like to see less government involvement in personal affairs – meaning smaller government).
This is not conservatism. It is insanity. Don't be afraid of this if you are a conservative. Push it out of the system. Focus on the flow of money, and focus on civil liberties for individuals. Get rid of this nonsense soon or it will only alienate the GOP from young voters who are only going to vote more as they get older and have kids, and increase a bizarre sectarian tension between the GOP and the rest of the country.
HT: MoJo
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