Our First Priority

Now we are hearing from many moderates in thea hazard to our well being. Pull these, often
mushy middle that the Republican Party should setunconstitutional, teeth, and their big government
aside some of the social issues and concentrate oninterventionist policies cease to be a problem.
economic issues where “everyone” can agree. ISo our first priority needs to be putting a stop to the
have mixed feelings about this message. On one handgrowth of our increasingly hostile government so we
we have the hypocrisy displayed by those pushing thiscan, once again, work in an environment where our
view point as we have seen precious little economicrequests and arguments can receive an honest
common sense from those who want to elevate thathearing. This means we cannot afford to be single
to the top of Republican agenda. On the other, there isissue voters and activists. Stopping the explosion of
an element of truth to the position... but not for theirthe heavy handed administration has to take
weak kneed reasons.precedence over everything else.
For the most part, these are the same people whoDoes this mean we follow the “moderates”
have helped the previous administration push throughwanting to steer the Republican Party to the left?
very unRepublican expansions of government andBesides the fact that it wouldn't work, that would only
federal budgets. Now, they are suddenly talking likebe slowing the velocity of negative changes. We need
fiscal conservatives they know the country is lookingto think more like chess players. We cannot just look
for. As far as concerning ourselves with the welfareat our current move, but many moves ahead. If we
of the unborn, the ability to keep our guns, the sanctityare to make more than cosmetic changes to our
of marriage and the like, perhaps it is time to take agovernment, we need to set ourselves up to capitalize
bigger picture view of the situation. It's not that theyon success in putting a stop to this current nonsense
are not critical issues and must be dealt with as weby having people in place who are ready to help us
look to preserve our country for our kids andwith our key issues.
grandkids.It is not that we forget our concerns. It is not that we
The point is that we are working in a politicalare looking for different candidates. What we need to
environment that is not only hostile to our values, but,do is all pull together to restore some form of sanity to
according to a recent Department of HomelandDC. We need to get the budgets under control. We
Security report, hostile to us as individuals. The decisionneed to put a crimp in the federal governments plans
makers in Washington are heading full speed in theto run our lives and impose their radical agenda on our
opposite direction. The are busy expanding the powerculture.
of the federal government and using it to push ourThen, and only then, can we return to the battle for the
traditional values as far into the distant past asindividual concerns that drive each of us issue voters
possible.and activists. Gun rights people will have to work with
So before we can, once again, go on offense andpro-lifers. Marriage activists will have to support gun
pursue the necessary changes we have to put theowners as we all work to make America, once again,
brakes on this headlong rush to disaster. The teeth ofthe shining city on a hill. As Ben Franklin once said,
this administration are the increasing powers they are“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall
accumulating. It is only because they can impose theirall hang separately.
views in the American people that their ideas present