Previously, I have written about the
charades taking place among the so-called 'conservative' Republicans
in both Georgia and these United States.
This isn't a pleasant task for me. As many of you know, I had
much to do with the development and first victories of the
Republican party in Georgia. More importantly perhaps is my
involvement in the development of the Southern Strategy which has
constantly provided victories for Republicans nationally since the
sixties.
A little empathy (putting yourself in my shoes) may help in
understanding my utter disappointment in those that have followed in
the leadership of both the state and the national party.
You may remember my
continuing admonition that 'Republican' no longer means
'conservative.' To the contrary, so many liberal Democrats
have crossed over to the Republican party in order to preserve their
seats in the changing political atmosphere, it is difficult to
discern the difference between Republicans and Democrats.
Just this past week the Republican House leadership caved in
to 25 RINOs, (Republican in name only) from the Northeast. They gave
up energy security represented by drilling in Alaska while
entertaining a heating oil subsidy for mostly the Northeast.
Some think the War Between the States ended in 1865. It rages
on, only in different ways and in different arenas. Big, intrusive
government is still winning buttressed by runaway Socialism from
both Democrats and Republicans.
Worse, the GOP scuttled the budget cuts and continued
unprecedented spending----mostly pork barrel spending-----------that
has no Constitutional bearing. It really represents a phony form of
graft and corruption.
This sort of brings up the question of 'Why do we need
Republicans who tell us one thing and vote for another?' At least
the liberal Democrats are truthful in pursuit of their Socialistic
goals. The results are the same.
Sometimes it's what they don't tell us that is the problem.
Should we support someone who maintains it's OK to defy the
ruling of the Attorney General and the courts when it comes to
revealing the state and tax payer involvement in such secrets as the
NASCAR and Superbowl bids involving Atlanta business interests?
Yet we continue to hear Georgia Republicans telling us they're
not as bad as the Democrats and need to be continued in power.
I think it is time for some real conservatives to emerge and I
don't care which party they belong to. Maybe it's a good time to
forget the party name and make a determination of who is the real
conservative and who is the real leftie.
We may have to invent a new event so they can play off the
tie.
We're not advocating how you or anyone else should vote. We
are emphatically saying you need to pay close attention to the real
record of the candidates and make up your own mind.
This is particularly true of elections coming up in Georgia.
We have a lot of folks that will tell you they're conservative.
Gosh, Hillary is even running around the country telling everyone
how conservative or middle of the road she is. Sure.
We at GHC plan to examine the records of certain candidates
from both parties and fully describe those records to you so you can
make up your own mind.
We have issued Questionnaires to candidates for the General
Assembly. Let's let their own words or lack thereof (combined with
their records, if any) be a guide as to how we each should
individually vote.
This is just another way GHC can provide a service to the
thousands who follow our activities and website. We're grateful to
have you and encourage your more active membership and
participation.
We will be pointing out how certain legislators make nice talk
to their local folks while taking money and supporting outlandish
spending to benefit the business interests of Atlanta.
In the near future, we will be addressing some of the other
projects we at GHC are involved in which are designed to preserve
and protect the culture and heritage of Georgia, the South and these
United States.
Forget the party. Find the real conservative and vote your own
best interests. That is being absolutely non-partisan concerning
parties.
