Republicans, Conservatives and The Tax Tea Party

The republican party and conservatism does not define each other and has been that way since the election of Ronald Reagan as President.  The last 3 republican Presidents and members of their party in congress have by their actions proven there is no such thing as a conservative politician.  The same holds true for many republican leaders who are no longer in congress but still play a major role in the republican party decisions such as Newt Gingrich, Dick Armey, Tom DeLay and others.

 

Then you have those in the news media like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Riley, Niel Cavuto and others who I will refer to as the "group" who preach conservatism but in fact are right wing radicals who care nothing about the principal foundations our country was built on. 

 

The "group" and those mentioned above have banded together and high jacked true conservatism and replaced it with right wing ideology, then created a base to promote and practice that ideology.  The result has been to divide America, deficit spending and debt for 20 years, a transfer of wealth from the middle class, failure to regulate corporate America and the economic situation the country finds itself in today.

 

The American people in the last 3 elections, two congressional and one Presidential, made a decision to reverse the ideology policies of the republican party and put the democrats in control.  As a result the republican party has no real leader today that has any credibility.  The "group" will not support any republican who puts country first that is why they are promoting and leading the current tax and tea party.  They can not compete with new ideas so they try to create an issue for the new President.  At the same time they are silent on the subject of the cause of what is taking place in America today, republican ideology. 

 

What the republican party needs is a new leader who is willing to stand up to the present leaders of their party and the "group" and put the country first.  The days of beating on ones chest and proclaiming, "I am a conservative" and that makes me better than any one else are gone.  The republican party has failed to offer the American people any constructive direction.