THE 2012 ELECTION CHALLENGES
Now that the 2012 election is history, it is instructive for Tea Party people to consider what is next.
While most of the politicians who were elected were opposed to the Tea Party principles of Limited Government, Fiscal Responsibility, and Free Markets, this is not a time for the Tea Party to despair. After an appropriate period of licking our wounds and mourning a lost opportunity, we need to pick ourselves up and proceed to the next challenge.
The losing Presidential candidate did not have as one of his goals the restoration of the Constitutional Republic given to us by our Founding Fathers. Few people have that goal. One of our challenges is to increase the number that do so we get more attention from the decision makers.
We need to redouble our efforts to meet the challenges to give our children and grandchildren the country the 18th century colonists envisioned.
Some of the challenges are imbedded in the national culture and will require a long term effort to overcome.
Many citizens were deprived of the opportunity to understand the government our Founding Fathers gave us. They do not distinguish between a democracy and a republic. They do not appreciate many of the details of the Constitution. We will need an educational program to improve the citizens’ understanding of their government. We need to examine what is being taught in our schools, the adequacy of the textbooks, and the training of the teachers.
Other challenges are more short-term and will also require significant effort.
Conservative leaders who were elected this year need our support. We need to do all we can to help them in their efforts to help achieve Tea Party principles.
Less conservative leaders who were elected need to hear from us as they undertake their responsibilities and make decisions that will impact the type of government we have.
Legislation to move us closer to our objectives will need to be drafted and pursued.
And for the very short term, we need to be vigilant to protect against the damage a lame duck government might foist upon us.
And the next election in two years will be here too quickly. We need to find conservatives who are willing to serve and help them get elected. The earlier this process is started, the higher the probability of success.
With the most aggressive big-government, tax-and-spend, anti-capitalist President in the last half-century now reelected, we surely cannot rest.
The significant challenges standing in the way of the Tea Party reaching its goals must not deter us.
Share Your Thoughts: What is wrong with our election process in Florida?
This has been one of the hardest 36 hours that I’ve experienced in quite a while. I am sure that it is true for you as well. For instance, I woke up in the middle of the night thinking “Supreme Court Judges!”
This is a scary time. We have one lone potential bright spot and that is the ballot counting for Allen West! The support for monitoring ballot processes has been overwhelming! We thank each and every one of you for your care, your prayers, and your effort. We should know the outcome by Friday evening.
Share Your Experiences with Florida Voting Problems
This article was in the USA Today this morning. Please read it and post your thoughts and especially what you saw as a poll watcher or poll worker in the past two weeks! http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2012/11/07/florida-voting-problems/1690549/
Prayer
“Soldiers! Let us humble ourselves before the Lord, our God, asking through Christ, the forgiveness of our sins, beseeching the aid of the God of our forefathers in the defense of our homes and our liberties, thanking Him for His past blessings, and imploring their continuance upon our cause and our people.”
“Knowing that intercessory prayer is our mightiest weapon and the supreme call for all Christians today, I pleadingly urge our people everywhere to pray. Believing that prayer is the greatest contribution that our people can make in this critical hour, I humbly urge that we take time to pray – to really pray.”
“Let there be prayer at sunup, at noonday, at sundown, at midnight – all through the day. Let us pray for our children, our youth, our age, our pastors, our homes. Let us pray for the churches.”
“Let us pray for ourselves, that we may not lose the word “concern” out of our Christian vocabulary. Let us pray for our nation. Let us pray for those who have never known Jesus Christ and His redeeming love, for moral forces everywhere, for our national leaders. Let prayer be our passion. Let prayer be our practice.”
General Robert E. Lee, 1863
