Tea Party’s Winning Hand – Part I of 2
By Patrick J. Buchanan – www.cinopsbegone.com – Thursday, January 6, 2011
“Other than being the highest profile Republican victims of Tea Party candidates, what do Lisa Murkowski, Mike Castle, Charlie Crist, and Arlen Specter have in common?
“Other than being Tea Party insurgents who routed establishment Republicans in high-prolife primaries, what do Joe Miller, Marco Rubio, Christine O’Donnell, Pat Tooney, Sharon Angle in Nevada, Ken Buck in Colorado, and Mike Lee in Utah have in common.
“The answer, writes Tim Carney of the “Washington Examine”, is that all the former are pro-choice on abortion, all the latter pro-life.
“Tea Party types and pro-life conservatives seem to be twins separated at birth. Carney continues: “Almost without fail the strongest advocate of limited government in Congress are pro-life and vice versa. Think of [Jim] DeMint and [Tom] Coburn in the Senate and Ron Paul and Jeff Flake in the House. They top the scorecards of the National Taxpayers’ Union and also have a perfect score from National Right to Life.”
“Carney’s point: While all Tea Party insurgents and Tea Party-backed candidates seem to agree on the economic issues – deficits, debt, taxes, Obamacare – they also seem united on other issues. Looking at the down-ballot battles in 2010, being pro-life is just one of them.
“Three Iowa Supreme Court judges who ruled that the state constitution requires recognition of same-sex marriages were denied retention, and Gov. Terry Branstad campaigned for giving Iowans a referendum to decide if they wish to outlaw it.
“Tea Party types and Iowa conservatives were not only opposed to the idea of men marrying men, they detest the idea of judicial dictatorship.
“In Arizona, Ward Connerly’s anti-affirmation action initiative, which prohibits race, gender, and ethnic preferences, won with 60% of the vote. Michigan, California, and Washington have already adopted the Connerly amendment. Tea Parties also united to back the Arizona law that requires cops to determine the immigrant’s status of any whom, in a routine police encounter, they suspect of being an illegal alien…
“In Oklahoma, a proposition to prohibit use of Sharia law in state courts passed with 70%. Sharia law is the basis of law in many Muslim countries, as the Bible was once the basis of much law in America. Far more than the Beltway Right, the Tea Party is in tune with the heart of America – not only on taxes, spending, and Obamacare, but on social, cultural, and moral issues.”…
George H. Kubeck
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