It's Time for Republicans to Take Back Their Party

by John Wallace

posted 11/10/08

There is no doubt that the individual freedoms and liberties that Americans enjoy, as well as our nation's sovereignty, are in danger because of the actions and inactions of our federal elected officials, both Republicans and Democrats.

Although the Democratic party is equally responsible for the mess this country is in, if not more so, the 2008 election was a clear repudiation of the Republican administration's out-of-control spending policies, their failure to stop illegal immigration and control our borders, their out-of-control expansion of big government into our everyday lives, their active support of NAFTA and other treaties that hurt American workers, as well as their fraudulent financial bailout of the big banks and Wall Street firms that has pushed our country deeper into debt by trillions of dollars.

The Republican leadership, particularly at the national level, has not only failed their fellow republicans, but has failed the American people as well. Registered Republicans in record numbers voted for Democratic candidates in the last election because they honestly believed that the Republican Partyno longer represented their interests. The injuries the Republican Party suffered from the massive loss of congressional and Senate seats in the 2008 election were self-inflicted.

The majority of registered Republicans wanted a conservative candidate for president, not a so-called maverick who was a moderate republican at best, and one who frequently voted with the liberal Democrats for bigger government programs. Don't get me wrong. I believe that John McCain is a good man who has served his country honorably for over 40 years and would have made a better president than Barack Obama, but John McCain is no conservative republican.

The Republican Party leadership at the national level has proven time and time again that they are out of touch with Main Street America. If the Republican Party fails to get back to its conservative roots, uphold the constitutional principles it was founded upon and select more conservative candidates, it will become irrelevant and cease to exist as a viable party.

The future of the Republican Party is now up to us. Whether you are a Reagan Republican, a Ron Paul Republican or just an average conservative republican, the party must be taken back from within. We must become active in the state, county and local party committees and make our views and opinions known. We must run for office at all levels of government and support those like-minded individuals who carry the Freedom, Liberty and Sovereignty banner for us.

We need to get off the sidelines and actively participate in the process so that a renewed Republican Party will embrace a platform of having a smaller federal government, less taxation, returning control of our monetary systemto congress (not private bankers in the Federal Reserve), preserving our individual freedoms and liberties, preserving the Bill of Rights and protecting our nation's borders and sovereignty.

We must also demand that the party only support policies and legislation that are in the best interests of the American people and not those of big corporations, international banks or other special interest groups.

John Wallace

New York Campaign for Liberty

www.NYCampaignForLiberty.com