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The First Statement of Conservative Principles

Bravo, Mark Alexander, and Amen, Brother Rifleman. I have resisted joining a political party for lo, these many years and remained Independent. I was on the brink of joining the Indiana GOP this year for the express purpose of working for the defeat of Sen. Evan Bayh until last week as he saved me the time and effort. He is not a moderate, but he plays one on TV. I had a chance to hear a few minutes of the "healthcare summit", but I doubt that anyone in that room has stated their opposition to Government-run healthcare on the basis of lack of Constitutional authority viz. enumerated powers. When people ask me my political view, I state that I am a neo-Federalist, much to the consternation of most. Admittedly, it is a small party of one (as far as I know), but we have the advantage of a brilliant pedigree. I, too, hope and pray that the Tea Party movement is not co-opted by the GOP. However, I have not seen much mention of how I envision the Tea Party involvement - to provide candidates to BOTH political parties that honor and revere the Constitution of the United States with the express purpose of restoring a Constitutional Republic from the morass that we presently experience. I argue that Tea Party candidates need to present themselves in the Democratic primaries as an alternative to the statist/leftist/Marxist candidates that have asserted control over that party. The goal should be to move BOTH parties away from the extremes, and back to the Founding Documents, the Founders' Principles, and "the restoration of constitutional integrity and the Rule of Law." as Mr. Alexander so eloquently stated. "When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. --PJ O'Rourke" The Senate/Obama HC reform plan proposes government panels to control health insurance premiums through a favorite tool of the statist, price controls. Price controls, in the words of George Will, have "a record, running from Roman times to the present, that is unblemished by success." No doubt, the GOP will put up a counter-argument that they are opposed to price controls in principle, but might go along with the Democrats in "the spirit of bipartisanship" if the regulation is not overly onerous. And people still ask me why I'm not a Republican.... I can only hope and pray that there are enough people who are fed up with the hypocrisy, the greed, and the pure selfish ambition that animates both parties and put patriotism, honor, integrity, and respect for the Constitution first to vote for the First Principles candidates in this election cycle, in the primaries and the general election. If we start to see First Principles candidates in the Democratic Primaries, then I know we will be on the ascendancy. Thank you, PatriotPost, for what you have done and continue to do to advance those First Principles.**********Marcy Dupre, how many of your students and even PatriotPost readers are aware that the Bill of Rights has a preamble. Here is the 2nd paragraph of the 4: THE Conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best insure the beneficent ends of its institution. Full document linked at http://patriotpost.us/historic/documents/40/The precedent is again restating that the Republic was formed by the consent of the Several States, and that the Federal Government is constrained, rather than empowered, by the Constitution.