I did make some errors in my last large post because of this. But the point I was making is still valid, in that the Omaha World Herald was not identifying people like they should be when they write a story. I will point out that KETV did identify Jane Kleeb correctly, but I did not see their report until after I published my hastily-written blog.

However, turning on that, what happens with the Nebraska congressional races does affect the larger picture. Things like the nightmare that Obamacare is already becoming affect the larger picture. Kowtowing to Islamic pressure affects the larger picture. Letting our spending run rampant affects the larger picture.

It is our job, as the tea party activists, as conservatives and libertarians, and as Americans to point these things out. Not only to the choir, however. We do that well enough at this point. We need to get the younger people to understand they are signing away their lives when they vote for progressives on the ballot. Remember, the people of Italy and the people of Germany both voted in the despots that Mussolini and Hitler became. Russia did not. The communists in Russia overthrew not the Czars, but the democratically elected government. Hugo Chavez was popularly elected, and is currently regressing his country at an ever increasing rate, all in the name of ‘fairness’. 

I don’t have much confidence this will get done, to be honest. Yesterday on Twitter, I predicted that the Democrats will hold onto the presidency in 2012, due to the incompetence of the GOP leadership. This is because the GOP is not doing what I described in the last paragraph – all they are doing is preaching to the choir and not getting the message out to those that must grow the party to a point to prevent progressives from succeeding in turning us into a neo-feudalistic state that was envisioned in Plato’s Republic.

RINO – Republican in Name Only must be defined from now on as a Republican who is not a FISCAL conservative. They are also socially liberal.

Neo-con – This is a fiscal liberal, who advocates an aggressive foreign policy presence. They are, however, socially conservative, thus putting them at odds with the RINO on social issues.

Paulite – Follower of Ron Paul, a strict libertarian. This group is very fiscally conservative, however they are social liberals and are against an aggressive foreign policy presence. Thus, they are the mirror image of the Neo-con.

True conservative – both a fiscal conservative and a social conservative.

That’s the definitions I wish could be adopted by everyone so they can understand the situation at hand in the country today. Can all four groups work together inside the Republican party? Let’s be honest – NO. That’s the problem we are faced with today. No matter what, at least one group, if not three out of four groups, are not going to work well with the others. The neo-con and the Paulites are diametrically opposed to one another, as are the RINOs and the true conservatives. But there are grey areas between various groups that people fit into and through those grey areas, there is a good chance to be able to get three groups working simultaneously together as long as one issue causing the conflict gets suppressed.

For years, the combination has been RINO + neo-con + conservative. That’s how George W Bush got elected. He is a neo-con under these definitions, and he pulled in RINOs and he got conservatives to vote for him. The Paulites were seen as the fringe (and neo-cons will always see them as fringe), and were left out of the process.

Now, we have Obama in charge of the country, and the Paulites’ power is surging with the tea parties focusing on the fiscal issues and putting social issues on the back burner. The Republican strategy now needs to shift, and the coalition that is going to win this time will be neo-con + Paulite + conservative. Yes, that does mean social issues are going to have to be pushed back a bit from the focus. I know that irks those with a single issue focus (the bane of all national campaigns in my opinion). But, it has to be done to get rid of Obama.

After Obama is gone, after the Democratic party is decimated, then the social fight can start anew. We CANNOT let the fight over social issues distract us from defeating the worst president in the history of the United States, and soon to be on par with people like Nero, Caligula, and Domitian. People see the fiscal issues as the most important now, and that’s how we win.

Eyes on the prize, is what I say. The prize is removal of Obama and the reversal of his horrible fiscal decisions like Healthcare and soon to be cap & trade.

I seem to recall almost everyone on that very first conference call by Twitter users in February 2009.

I know of Amy Kremer being on the call. Tabitha Hale, Dana Loesch, Michael Patrick Leahy, Rob Neppell, Eric Odom, and a number of others were on that call too. I know I was. In the end there were 32 of us on that line. Amy Kremer mentioned that call during her speech for Tea Party Express III that came through Omaha on April 1st.

This clown, Robertson, wasn’t.

Just because he snarked up teaparty.org as a website name (the original website name was changed after the February 27th tea parties to taxdayteaparty.org) doesn’t mean he is any sort of leader.

Now, those on that original conference call have separated and gone off on their own for the most part. That’s logical, as we are all independent thinkers and that’s not going to allow more than collaboration. I handed over Omaha’s tea party to the newly formed 9:12 Project Nebraska group, and now will be working on another project as an example. That is why there will never be just one tea party leader. But this fool, Robertson, has never, ever been a tea party leader except in his own deluded mind, and in the mind of the Leftists that believe his tripe.

I expected the Washington Times to be smarter than to fall for his line. I agree with Tabitha – I’d be more than willing to write from my perspective on the tea parties, as would many, real leaders. Leave the fakes at home.
 

One of the reasons for the rise of the tea parties is because we are tired of this sort of crap. The GOP under Bush just went along with everything he wanted, and it took good conservatives motivated through talk radio to oppose Harriet Miers, and to prevent the so called reform that would have been blanket amnesty for immigrants here illegally. In July, junior members of the House stood up and shouted for the Congress to debate energy policy instead of running home for the nominating conventions. Then TARP came along, with all of the GOP leadership backing it along with the idiot we had for our presidential nominee, McCain.

In February 2009, Obama’s stimulus and mortgage bailout was also not opposed vigorously by the GOP leadership and the tea parties were sparked to action. What was the response by the GOP leadership? It is a fad. It won’t last. They just don’t understand the complexities of Washington. The GOP leadership’s mouthpieces Frum and Brooks bashed the tea parties while praising Obama’s initiative in their next breath.

Bailout for the auto companies came along, and though the leadership did jump into that fight, you could tell it was reluctant to do so. They did not muster all of their energy to oppose it in the end.

Finally, come healthcare, and the GOP finally got all on board to fight it, and if it weren’t for backstabbing by supposed blue dog Democrats (now to be renamed to yellow spine Democrats), as well as Ben "Arnold" Nelson’s Cornhusker kickback, it would have been defeated. But the word got out, and that word is being sustained with over 59% of the people still favoring its repeal. 

The next few fights, though, need to be fought with the same intensity and vigor as the healthcare debate. If you think healthcare is bad, cap and trade is horrible. That must be fought tooth and nail, but there are people like Lindsay Graham sitting there backing this huge gun put to the head of the consumer in this country. What has the GOP done to pull him back into the fold, or to beat some sense into him? Nothing. 

Immigration reform is actually backed by the GOP leadership, and this fight over Arizona’s law that is nearly identical to Federal law is embarrassing them. They don’t understand the American people want people to follow the laws already on the books first before we consider how to treat the problem. You have to staunch the blood spewing out before you put on the cast. But no, that’s not what the GOP leadership wants. 

Capitulating on Kagan, who is more liberal than even Justice Stevens, is just more proof that if these clowns are still in control in 2012 of the GOP, Obama stands a good chance of winning reelection. This is because he can easily campaign against ‘rogue Republicans’ and get sympathy. The spineless crowd of GOP leaders won’t even challenge statements he makes like that. 

One of the results of November has got to be more conservatives, not just more GOP members. We need Jim DeMint our party’s Senatorial spokesman, not wimpy Mitch McConnell. We need Mike Pence and Michelle Bachmann, not John Cornyn, in front of the House, blasting socialism and fascist schemes hidden under the progressive moniker.

Lastly, I will repeat my mantra – Michael Steele has got to go. Maybe, if he’s a great fundraiser, he could be the deputy – I’ll concede that, but he should not be the face of the GOP out on talk shows. 

A lot of people seem to be gearing up for the battle. I am afraid, though, that this fractionalizing is going to end up giving us the worst case scenario for the Republicans to defeat Barack Obama.

Mike Huckabee vs Mitt Romney vs Ron Paul

Now, you may ask, why I consider this the worst case scenario? All three have vocal supporters. All three have their strengths and weaknesses. But all three are not full blooded conservative, and that is where things can go wrong horribly.

• Mike Huckabee is the social conservative out of the three. Very strong on pro-life, which many voters consider their only issue. I, personally, think that is absolutely stupid and has ended up hurting us by waltzing this country into Obamacare due to Stupak and Nelson, both of whom were endorsed by National Right to Life. Huckabee, however, comes from the Bush side of the fiscal aisle – the infamous "compassionate conservative" wing, aka, big government. It will be a fiscal conservative that can best fight against Obama to grab the libertarian and independent tea party folks.

• Ron Paul is the definitive fiscal conservative. No one knows more about the economy, and I do feel no one is more knowledgeable than Paul when it comes to making the fiscal choices to straighten things out. However, he is pro-choice. There is no way the social conservatives will come in behind Paul, and they may sit out the election, hurting the ability to beat Obama. He’s not going to appeal to those on the right who approve of an aggressive stance in foreign policy, and as much as the Paul supporters may think that approach is wrong, that side is still going to make a difference in this election. I think they are more apt to hold their noses and vote for Paul than the social conservatives, but it is not guaranteed.
• Mitt Romney is trying to play the middle between Huckabee and Paul. His flip flopping on pro-life is bad, which hurts his credentials with that group, but his stance against terrorism is more appealing to many compared to Paul’s isolationism. Romney’s big problem is health care. It was his Romneycare that is the basis of Obamacare, and Obama will crush him on the issue in the general election because of that. I know Romney’s trying to back away, in order to be able to fight on the issue, but it is a losing battle. 

The reason I see this scenario occurring is due to the drop outs. Many people go in, but by the fourth week of primaries, a good two-thirds drop out. What I don’t want is what happened to people like Fred Thompson last time, where as people dropped out, they backed McCain, giving him the nomination, instead of backing a true conservative like Thompson. That’s how the above scenario occurs. 

Before you Ron Paul folks rake me over the coals, let me say that whomever wins out had better select Paul for the Secretary of the Treasury, or appoint him head of the Federal Reserve. I just don’t think he’ll be president, as too many people oppose him. He wins straw polls with numerous candidates, but he rarely wins in one on one matchups. Paul’s best chances happen when people stay in the race longer. That didn’t happen last time. Guiliani dropping out and backing McCain sealed it for him. We don’t want that sort of thing this time.

To add to this scenario, even with what I said, Obama’s dream opponent is none of these three. It’s Newt Gingrich. Gingrich has a weak issue, climate change, and you will see all the old demonization happening once again ala 1994. Gingrich’s family background is shaky, which can cause problems with the social conservatives. Gingrich is also making a bad habit of backing the wrong horses vs the tea party. 

However, earlier today on my other Twitter account, I had a short discussion with Brooks Bayne and I would like to draw attention to it.

He is not happy with the Tea Party Express and others in the tea party movement. As he is one of the original 21 that started up things, I wanted to see his explanation of why these groups upset him, and frankly I have to agree with him. 

His issue is groups such as the Tea Party Express are in the movement not to help candidates, not to promote awareness, but to make money. His point about the three expensive buses running around the country, while they are hocking goods, may even be bringing around the people and discussing the issues, it is really only going around like they are to make money and not to actually help the movement.

I had to think about this a bit, because it is providing a good service – it does focus the communities it is passing through for that moment. Having big named people talk at some of the events, like Sarah Palin, Jerry Doyle, and Andrew Breitbart, does draw the media. This does take money, and I don’t begrudge them for that either. But the facts are the Tea Party Express’s focus is the money, not the message.

While discussing this, I brought up the supposed Tea Party Convention in Tennessee, where one of the big fundraisers there was then barred from attending the event, Michelle Bachmann smartly backed out, and Sarah Palin spoke. The organizer of the event has claimed that he needed the cash to hold the event, but then when he goes and bars someone who raised almost half the money for the event, that’s not kosher.

Chicago is even a nastier situation. That split is because an Alex Jones kook went off an created her own party to directly fight against the larger Illinois coalition. She has since threatened with violence bloggers, tea party of Illinois members, and others. Again proving that we are our own worst enemy at the moment, since all the Left has is their stupid racism charges.

Now, let’s bring this closer to home in Omaha. We had two tea party events, split primarily at this point due to support for the candidates for the 2nd Congressional District. However, those two events garnered 1,100 people on April 15th, a Thursday. On April 1st, a Wednesday, the Tea Party Express III came through and drew almost 3,000 people. Where did the other 1,900 people go in two weeks time? In fact, I could reasonably argue that the Tea Party Express coming through actually hurt the Omaha area on the 15th. Those folks weren’t in Lincoln. They had a similar situation – 1,500 at a tea party held 2 days earlier than the 15th, and only, maybe, 250 total between the AstroTurf party at 5 and the Grassroots in Nebraska party at 6:30, irregardless of the rain that happened at 6:30.

I would say beware the snake oil salesmen. Now, I’m not as against the TPE as Brooks Bayne is, but it is definitely in a gray area.  What’s happened with Tennessee, and what is happening in Chicago, we MUST prevent in Nebraska. Fighting hard is one thing, but we have got to shake hands after the primary and crush Tom White, Mark Lakers, and whomever else comes out of the socialists running the Nebraska Democratic Party.

I have constantly commented both here, on Twitter, and on my (formerly) #dontgo radio show about comparisons between the Italian fascists of Mussolini and Barack Obama with his advisors. Each and every day, they have proved me correct. Each day, another major conservative or libertarian advocate comes out with the same conclusion.

I predicted that the egos of certain individuals would get in the way of one another in the attempts to rebuild the Republican party back to being one of fiscal and social conservatism. Again, I was proven correct with the recent spat between the national organizers of the Tea Party. For what it is worth, I support the position of Eric Odom wanting things to remain at the grassroots level and not controlled by an overarching directive from above. But, both sides have merit and have to work together in order to succeed, or else we’ll end up exactly like the above. Mussolini used the same tactics to divide his right-wing opposition as Obama is currently using. The Colin Powell vs Rush Limbaugh flap is all the same tactic – divide the opposition so they cannot stop you.

Other News:

If you have not heard, #dontgo Movement has renamed itself the American Liberty Alliance, and is refocusing back on its original goal of state and local empowerment. Whether I continue my involvement with the organization directly is still up in the air, though I support its goals. I do know I am no longer Northwest Regional coordinator for the News Platoon project (whether that continues in some form is one of the questions I have had yet answered.) However, I resigned that position weeks ago after I gave over the Omaha Tea Party to Dawn Klein at the 912 Project.

I have a major project of my own in mind that is going to take about a dozen dedicated people to implement. I will not start on this project until after I return from a trip in August, however, so stay tuned. All I will say right now is it will fill a major gaping void that I see in the fight against the fascists running our government and news media.

I have now joined with Andrew Kretchmar in co-hosting the Blog Talk Radio show that for now is still under the #dontgomovement banner. http://blogtalkradio.com/dontgomovement is where you can go to listen in to the various shows, or else you can download them from either BTR or from the iTunes store for free.

Tom Becka of KFAB has been constantly referring to the Tea Parties as ‘political masterbation’ because he does not seem to think there is a goal for the parties. Thus, all we are doing is just venting our anger and not willing to do more.

We need to prove him wrong.

First and foremost, the http://nebraskateaparties.com will continue. As events are planned supporting the conservative cause in Nebraska and Iowa, please let me know. I will be putting up a contact form here shortly to communicate to me when events are happening so I can get them up and posted on this website. This includes things from the 9:12 Project, Minutemen, Nebraskan Advisory Group, Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom and other organizations.

Second, we have a mayoral race in three weeks between a liberal Obama supporter in Jim Suttle and Hal Daub. Even though you may not like his personality, or you may not like some of his politics, but Hal Daub is who needs to be supported in this two horse race.

Third, more nationwide events are planned. July 4th is the next major nationwide event. I hope the 9:12 Project and other organizations step up to the plate to improve on what we just saw on April 15th and join Don’t Go Movement, Top Conservatives on Twitter, Smart Girl Politics, and other national organizations that worked hard, including helping to send press releases to our own local press, and who set up groups such as netcot.ning.com and dontgo.ning.com.

Fourth, become more involved individually. Join Twitter, where much of the national planning took place. Listen to conservatives on Blog Talk Radio, including myself, who talk about the issues beyond just the major radio networks. As the ‘fairness doctrine’ comes into being, it is the Internet that will become the place to listen to the conservative voices such as Pajamas TV, the BCast, and the like.

Lastly, we need to look to 2010 and Ben Nelson. Senator Nelson attacked our tea party on the Lincoln television station website article. His statement was filled with lies about where the organization came from, and repeated the liberal lie that we were not upset at Bush. Nelson needs to be sent a very nice message that reads ‘Sit Down. You are no longer our Senator.’

On Friday, few if any Congressmen took part in the various tea parties around the country. No Senators participated that I am aware of in the protests against Obama’s tax and spend policies.

 Of course, neither group nor the chairman of the RNC at the time (Mike Duncan) ever said a word about the wasteful spending underneath the Bush administration, either.

This is why the Republican party is in so much trouble, and why the three organizations planning the tea parties: Top Conservatives on Twitter, Smart Girl Politics, and DontGo Movement are poised to do the the Republicans like what MoveOn.org did to the Democrats. For a number of years, now, we fiscal conservatives have been blatantly ignored and taken for granted. As the tea parties have shown, taking us for granted is at the Republican party’s peril. 

For years, the Republicans have spent their way into a hole, and then the Democrats led by Obama, Pelosi, and Reid have decided to not only drill that hole deeper, but all the way through the world. Suddenly, the Republicans start talking about fiscal responsiblity. Yet, over 40% of the earmarks in the proposed boondoggle of a budget are Republican. You can’t have it both ways.

Over the next few years, Republicans as well as Democrats in power and allowing this garbage to happen are going to be forced to answer to a rising tide of opposition from the center-right fiscal conservatives. We may not be successful at first, but then neither was MoveOn. We don’t have millionaire backers like MoveOn has, but what we have is conviction and the moral high ground the Republican party sacrificed through the Bush administration.

We were told to shut up during the Bush administration, and some have told us to shut up this time.

That won’t happen ever again.