What Is The Real Message Sent By The Recent Elections?
By Bill Burch
November 10, 2009

To understand what is going on, you must understand the various types of ideologies, the way the Parties function in New York, the realities of the two major parties, and the current mindset of the Tea Party and 9-12 Project movements. Upon understanding these and the spin they each put out, you can then reach a conclusion of where politics are in America today. Due to space constraints, these definitions will be brief.

Ideology Definitions

First let's look at conservatives. The broadest of these is the Ronald Reagan conservatism. This brand believes in individual rights and freedoms, lower taxes, a strong military, smaller government, and has a strong belief in the abilities of Americans and America.

Next you have the Ron Paul Conservatives. These Conservatives have a strong belief in strict adherence to the Constitution and following the rules, whether they are the Constitution, laws, or Party Rules. Those with a more Libertarian vein believe that the government should stay out of social issues altogether. The difficulties in sticking to that view are the laws regarding murder and rape as well as other social issue laws of that nature.

Now let's look at the Pat Robertson conservatives. These conservatives are Christians who have little tolerance for anyone who has beliefs other than theirs. They are generally born again evangelicals whose interests are mainly social in nature.

Now there is cross pollination of conservatives, and some even steer to the left on certain issues. Conservatives usually vote Republican, but will be found in several other parties also.

Second are the moderates. These are simply people who try to work with all sides to find a common ground for an issue or idea. The moderates rarely have ideas of their own and rarely support any party philosophy, although they will run for office in the party that is in the majority in their area.

Liberalism is another simple philosophy to understand. Liberals, like Reagan conservatives, also believe in the rights of individuals, but believe that government should take an active role in guaranteeing and, at times, delivering these rights. Interestingly, the liberal "Rockefeller Republicans" controlled the Republican Party until 1980 and still exercise a great deal of influence in the Republican Party in some states (mainly the northeast). The majority of liberals are lodged nationally in the Democratic Party.

Finally there is socialism. Socialism is historically the response of the people to hereditary aristocracy in Europe. Socialism is in its basic form an economic model that focuses on the needs of society as a whole rather than on the individual. As such, it is the anti-thesis of capitalism.

Marxist can be simply defined as a "pre-communist" phase of government. In Wikipedia it states "In order to overcome the fetters of private property the working class must seize political power internationally through a social revolution and expropriate the capitalist classes around the world and place the productive capacities of society into collective ownership. Upon this material foundation classes would be abolished and the material basis for all forms of inequality between humankind would dissolve."

Communism can simply be defined as "from each according to his abilities and to each according to his need" Communist believe that for true success, the entire world must be changed to their form of government. Thus a single country should exist only as part of a greater, all controlling, government or world order.

Fascism seeks a nationalist form of socialism as opposed to communism.

European socialism is another form of socialism that pushes for control of industry by the workers rather than management.

All forms of socialism have a common thread running through it. They simply believe that all people should contribute to the good of the whole. With socialism, you find rationing of healthcare, loss of production incentives, a leveling out of incomes, and a down grading of life styles. The reason is that anything considered a drain on society (the elderly) or an excess (better than average living conditions) should be controlled. Socialism is the viewpoint of the vast majority of the Democratic Party's leadership today.

Party Leadership Peculiarities

Each state has its own rules with certain aspects covered by state law. Rather than go into detail in this limited space, I'll give you certain basic information and show a contrast with the Texas Republican Party.

In New York, the Rockefeller Republicans have managed to stay in control of their party despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of New York Republicans are conservatives of one type or another. The county chairs are elected by the Republican county committee members (who are appointed by the county chair). These positions are largely made up of Rockefeller liberal Republicans. It's a system that keeps the conservatives out of leadership positions. For the special election, the county chairs get together and elect the party nominee. This is why, when a special election was needed to replace the Congressman in the 23rd District, they selected a like minded candidate. However, since the Republican voters in New York are largely conservative, it is probable that a conservative will be nominated in the 2010 primary election.

In Texas, the Robertson Republicans came into being with the Christian Coalition in 1989. They reached their peak in 1996 and exercised tight control over the selection of delegates and party leaders. Although the Christian Coalition still exists in a much smaller form, its ideas continue to enjoy a large following in Texas. Today, most Texas voters who vote Republican tend to be Reagan conservatives; the party leadership is largely Robertson Republicans.

In 1972, the supporters of liberal George McGovern began to remake the Democratic Party into a liberal controlled party. This successful remake resulted in the move of Conservatives to the Republican Party. Ronald Reagan, a former Democrat himself) was a particularly strong draw for the disenfranchised conservatives who liked Reagan's conservative beliefs and welcoming "big tent philosophy". Others, however, watched what McGovern did with interest and saw a way to move the Democratic Party to socialism. Like the Republicans in New York and Texas where the leaders don't emulate the base, the socialist took control of the Democratic Party on a national basis. Their use of strong arm tactics prevents Democratic officeholders from voting any way but their way. Their favorite form of socialism appears to be Marxism at this time.

To be thorough, we must look at the Tea's Party and 9-12 Projects leadership position. For simplicity sake, I will refer to these groups as the Tea Party. They are made of people who call themselves Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Independents, and others. One of the main ideas within the groups is the idea of individual freedom and less government. The groups prefer to not get too involved with individual candidates, though they did with Hoffmann in the 23rd congressional race in New York. Most are new to politics and don't have an understanding of political influence, thus they have very little at this time. However, if and when they develop this understanding, considering their large numbers, they could become a powerful force that could change the political face of America.

The Real Message Of The Election Results of November 2009

America, as a whole, votes based upon their perception of what's happening in Washington in regards to their pocket books. Social issues are important, but nothing gets a voter to the polls like money issues. The voters don't necessarily look at the president, but rather the party in charge. What they hear is that the Democrats are taking money from their pockets. Voters don't necessarily know who is on the ballot, or which party someone is with. In fact, in New York a candidate can appear on the ballot as being the nominee from more than one party (which is how Hoffmann, a registered Republican, got on the ballot as a Conservative Party candidate.

Most voters want to vote for candidates in all the races, even though they don't know the candidates. In special elections, like in New York, far fewer, but slightly more knowledgeable voters show up. New Jersey and Virginia voters voted for the Republicans because of the distaste for what is happening in Washington. It was not because of distaste for President Obama, but the policies of the Democratic leadership. In short, it was a rejection of Marxist socialism. This distaste is nation-wide and could reflect a shift of as much as twenty percent of the voters. This means that the potential exists for any Democrat who received less than seventy percent of the votes to be defeated. We saw the reverse of this in Dallas County last year.

The 23rd Congressional District sends the biggest message and warnings. First, the Tea Party's spin was that they were successful because they were able to run the Republican out of the race. The real world is that you are successful if your candidate wins the election. If they wanted a conservative to win, they needed to make sure that a conservative was the Republican Party nominee. Minor party candidates rarely win elections. Now, instead of a liberal Republican we have a Marxist Democrat. If you want conservatives, you must elect them in the Republican primary. After the primary, your choice is between a Marxist Democrat and a something Republican. Since Republicans believe in freedom, regardless of whether they are liberal, moderate, or conservative, it is best to vote straight ticket than to vote for the individual in a general election. Further, the election of the Democrat does not show that people like what the Democrats are doing. It only adds more proof to what I've said in the past, "if it weren't for the Republicans, Republicans would win".

There are pockets of liberal Rockefeller Republicans holdouts, the overwhelming majority of Republicans are conservative. Some misguided Republicans have voiced a desire for a return to Rockefeller liberalism, but the nation continues to grow more conservative. The Obama message of "Change" was misunderstood by voters to mean a change from where we were at the time, not a transformation to a different way of life.

About a third of Democrats identify themselves as socialist and are led by Marxist leaders. The trend among Democrats is solidly towards Marxist socialism. As a final thought, now that you know that, regardless of what a Democratic candidate may say they are, if you vote for a Democrat then you are voting for a Marxist. If you knowingly vote for a Marxist, then does that make you a Marxist?

It's important to be involved in the Republican Primary to get the best candidate nominated. But to keep Texas and America free, you must vote straight Republican in the general election in 2010.

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Bill Burch is the chairman of GRIT (the Grass Roots Institute of Texas).

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