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"Tea Party vs. War Party?
"Tea Party vs. War Party?
10/01/2010
..... Here is where the Tea Party and War Party split the blanket.
If Obama makes good on his pledge of full withdrawal of the 50,000 U.S. troops in Iraq by the end of 2011, will the Tea Party and Republican right oppose that withdrawal and join the War Party in demanding that we retain an army in Iraq indefinitely?
If Obama refuses to go to war against Iran, a war that would send oil prices soaring, close the Persian Gulf and be a disaster for the global economy, will the Tea Party join the War Party in denouncing Obama for not launching a third war in the Near East?
If Obama begins his promised withdrawal from Afghanistan next July, will Tea Party Republicans join the War Party and the generals in accusing Obama of inviting an American defeat?
The neocons are nervous the Tea Party may not sign up to soldier on for the empire. Writing in The Washington Post, Danielle Pletka and Thomas Donnelly of AEI have sniffed out the unmistakable scent of "isolationism" among Tea Party favorites.
They are warning that the old right and Tea Party might unite in a "combination of Ebenezer Scrooge and George McGovern, withdrawing from the world to a countinghouse America."
Sorry, but the old neocon name-calling won't cut it this time.
After Iraq and Afghanistan, the American people are not going to give the establishment and War Party a free hand in foreign policy. Every patriot will do what is necessary and pay what is needed to defend his country. But national security is one thing, empire security another....
If Obama makes good on his pledge of full withdrawal of the 50,000 U.S. troops in Iraq by the end of 2011, will the Tea Party and Republican right oppose that withdrawal and join the War Party in demanding that we retain an army in Iraq indefinitely?
If Obama refuses to go to war against Iran, a war that would send oil prices soaring, close the Persian Gulf and be a disaster for the global economy, will the Tea Party join the War Party in denouncing Obama for not launching a third war in the Near East?
If Obama begins his promised withdrawal from Afghanistan next July, will Tea Party Republicans join the War Party and the generals in accusing Obama of inviting an American defeat?
The neocons are nervous the Tea Party may not sign up to soldier on for the empire. Writing in The Washington Post, Danielle Pletka and Thomas Donnelly of AEI have sniffed out the unmistakable scent of "isolationism" among Tea Party favorites.
They are warning that the old right and Tea Party might unite in a "combination of Ebenezer Scrooge and George McGovern, withdrawing from the world to a countinghouse America."
Sorry, but the old neocon name-calling won't cut it this time.
After Iraq and Afghanistan, the American people are not going to give the establishment and War Party a free hand in foreign policy. Every patriot will do what is necessary and pay what is needed to defend his country. But national security is one thing, empire security another....
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Also see: Pat Buchanan: 9/11 Truther?
I think Pat knows or suspects some of the truth, yeah.
More: Did Hitler Want War?
Actually, that was confirmed by of all things the Military Channel yesterday. British researchers telling me Hitler didn't even want war with Britain and that he felt they had a kinship with Germans. Only took over Western Europe to eliminate it as battle front for eventual turn east as he had always planned.
Here is your corporate media fooley and diversion, dear readers,
"House GOP rolling out pledge against taxes
WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders are vowing to cut taxes and federal spending, repeal President Obama’s health care law, and ban federal funding of abortion as part of a campaign manifesto designed to propel them to victory in midterm elections Nov. 2.
The “Pledge to America,’’ circulated to GOP lawmakers yesterday, emphasizes job creation and spending control, as well as changing the way Congress does business.
That's what we voted for four years ago and nothing changed.
It pairs some familiar Republican ideas — such as deep spending cuts, medical liability reform, and stricter border enforcement — with an antigovernment call to action that draws on themes of the Tea Party movement and echoes voters’ discontent with the economy and Obama....
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"In ‘Pledge to America,’ GOP vows to stop Obama’s efforts; Document sets sights on bailout, health care plan" by Dan Balz, Washington Post | September 24, 2010
WASHINGTON —At its heart, the “Pledge to America’’ represents a promise to stop Obama....
The pledge is a political document in the guise of a governing agenda....
And here I have propaganda posing as a newspaper.
Yeah, just stick with Democrats, folks. They have done such a great job.
The document is filled with rhetorical flourishes that echo language heard for the past year from Tea Party activists around the country.
The same insulting BS that fills the pages of my paper?
Its opening paragraphs bow to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and describe Washington much the way Colonialists once described King George III.
Washington is portrayed as arrogant and out of touch, ruled by “self-appointed elites’’ who are willfully ignoring the people’s interests.
THAT is RIGHT! That is why we are FLIPPING IT OVER AGAIN!!
Consider this statement on the opening page of the pledge: “In a self-governing society, the only bulwark against the power of the state is the consent of the governed, and regarding the policies of the current government, the governed do not consent.’’
Oh, I think we can ALL AGREE on THAT!!
That sets up the contrast Republicans have been trying to draw for November’s elections, when the GOP hopes to capitalize on the frustration of Americans over the lack of significant progress in turning around the economy and the backlash on the right against the growth in the size and scope of government....
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"Obama, Republicans clash over campaign blueprint
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Republicans’ plan to slash taxes and cut spending if the GOP retakes the House in November is no more than “an echo of a disastrous decade we can’t afford to relive.’’
Those are beginning to look like the salad days, sir.
Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address yesterday to skewer House Republicans over the plan, “A Pledge to America.’’ It also promised to cut down on government regulation, repeal Obama’s health care law and end his stimulus program.
In the Republican address, California Representative. Kevin McCarthy, said, “The new agenda embodies Americans’ rejection of the notion that we can simply tax, borrow, and spend our way to prosperity.’’
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Yes, NO TALK of WARS in those pieces -- or any other political pablum the press is shoveling forth.
