The Art of Political War for Tea Parties – by David Horowitz

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A specter is haunting America – the specter of a people rising. All across the nation Americans are waking up to the threat of a leftist elite determined to fundamentally change America, push through a socialist agenda, and make every citizen dependent on the state. The Obama machine is spending trillions of tax-payer dollars to finance their takeover of the American workplace and stifle the independence of the American people. But America is resilient nation, built on the principles of private property and individual freedom, and the resistance to their socialist plans has already begun.

In May 2009, just five months into the Obama administration, the people of California launched a tax revolt in the biggest spending state in the nation. So reckless were the leftist Democrats who run California (and have done so for as long as anyone can remember) that its deficit alone was larger than the budgets of most other states in the Union and of many of the nations of the world. Leftwing politicians don’t cut budgets; they propose new taxes. And California’s leftwing legislature did just that. But thanks to a constitutional amendment put in place by the California electorate through the state Initiative process, California legislators can’t raise taxes without a two-thirds referendum of the people. So they were forced to hold a special election in May to appeal to the electorate to pass five new ballot Initiatives to raise taxes.

But when the votes were counted, all five tax-raising Initiatives had been defeated by 60% margins. Even in San Francisco. A sixth Initiative designed by tax opponents to punish legislators who do not balance the budget passed by a more than 70% margin. Even in San Francisco. If one of the most liberal states in the Union is saying no to the soak-the-public philosophy of leftwing legislators, Obama socialism is in big trouble.

The revolt in California quickly spread to the entire nation through the efforts of the Tea Parties movement, the most innovative, exciting and powerful grassroots force in the history of American conservatism. It is vital to the health of this country that the Tea Parties movement grow. More to the point: it is essential to American survival that the Tea Parties movement succeed. On the eve of the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama said “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming America.” The Tea Parties movement is the American people saying no to Obama’s plans for revolution.

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A movement without an effective strategy for defeating its opponents cannot succeed. Therefore it is important to reacquaint ourselves with the art of political war.

While Democrats are morally bankrupt and clueless about policy – about what makes things work — they still win elections because they understand a simple fact: American politics is driven by the romance of the underdog, the story of the little guy who goes up against the system and triumphs in the end. It is a story about opportunity and fairness. To win the hearts and minds of the American voter, you have to tap the emotions the romance of the underdog evokes. Whoever does so has a winning edge.

America’s heroes are all cut to this common mold. Whether it is George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Davy Crockett, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Amelia Earhart, Jackie Robinson, Ronald Reagan or Colin Powell, the theme is always the same: The common man who rises against the odds. America’s political romance is “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington” to make things right. It is “Meet John Doe” who speaks for the voiceless. It is Luke Skywalker who saves the planet by using the good side of the Force to defeat the Empire. It is the odyssey of individuals who challenge power, overcome adversity and rise to the top. Everyone in America thinks of themselves as an underdog and aspires to be a hero.

The cause of the underdog wins American hearts because it resonates with our deepest religious and moral convictions of doing good and helping others. And because it is America’s own story. We began as a small nation, standing up to the world’s most powerful empire. We dedicated ourselves to the idea that all men are created equal. We are a nation of immigrants and a generous people who arrived with nothing and made fortunes in a new world. This is the American Dream.

It’s a story that will get you every time. But at election time, it’s the political left and the Democratic Party who know how to wield it as a political weapon, and Republicans and conservatives generally who don’t. Of course the Tea Parties have changed all that. And that is another sign that we are in an extraordinary political moment. The Tea Parties draw on the heritage of America’s own revolution as an underdog nation and are the voice of the people, oppressed now by their own government which is out of control and determined to crush them.

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In positioning themselves as champions of the under-represented, neglected and oppressed, leftists employ a version of America’s story that they have manufactured through their grip on the media and the academic culture. They have transformed America’s story from an epic of freedom into a tale of racism, exploitation and domination. In their telling, American history is no longer a narrative of expanding opportunity, of men and women succeeding against the odds. Instead, it is a Marxist Morality Play about the powerful and their victims.

In staging their political dramas, progressives invariably claim to speak in the name of America’s alleged “victims.” Every policy of the Democratic Party is presented as a program to help these “victims”—women, children, minorities and the poor. Simultaneously, Democrats describe Republican policies as programs that will injure the weak, ignore the vulnerable, and keep the powerless down.

Republicans play right into the Democrats’ trap because they approach politics as a problem of management. To Republicans, every issue is a management issue—the utility of a tax cut, the efficiency of a program, the optimal method for running an enterprise. Republicans talk like businessmen who want a chance to manage the country so that it will turn a profit.

There is nothing wrong with instituting good policies and running things efficiently or turning a profit. But while Republicans are performing these Gold Star activities, Democrats are engaged in a different kind of drama. They are busy attacking Republicans as servants of the rich, oppressors of the weak and defenders of the strong. And enemies of “the people.”

Listen to Mario Cuomo describing Republicans to the Democrats’ 1996 National Convention:

We need to work as we have never done before between now and November 5th to take the Congress back from Newt Gingrich and the Republicans, because ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, the Republicans are the real threat. They are the real threat to our women. They are the real threat to our children. They are the real threat to clean water, clean air and the rich landscape of America.

Mario Cuomo knows the language of political war.

Democrats connect emotionally with people’s fears and concerns. The appeal to help the underdog and defend the victim resonates with all Americans. This is because Americans are a fair-minded people. Most successful Americans came from humble origins themselves. They want to help others. They want everyone to have the chance to succeed.

So do Republicans and conservatives. But they rarely connect their policies and principles to this political romance.

There’s a good reason for this. Conservatives are busy defending the real America against the left’s attacks and the anti-American caricature they have constructed. Conservatives know that America is still a land of opportunity and freedom, and that nobody in America is really “oppressed.” (Otherwise, why would poor, black, Hispanic and Asian minorities be desperately seeking to come here? Why wouldn’t they be leaving instead?)

But politics isn’t just about reality. If it were, good principles and good policies would win every time. It’s about images and symbols, and the emotions they evoke. This is a battle that conservatives generally lose.

In the romance of the victim, as progressives stage it, Republicans and conservatives are always on the side of the bad guys—the powerful, the male, the white and the wealthy. It’s easy to see how patriotism plays into this trap. Defending America is readily mis-represented as an attitude that says: “I’m all right Jack, so you should be too.” The left relishes the opportunity to smear patriots as members of the selfish party instead of as defenders of individual freedom.

Ann Coulter has described the motto of the left as this: “Speak loudly and carry a small victim.” For the Democrats, the romance of the victim stirs the souls of their supporters and energizes their base. Equally important, it provides the nuclear warhead of their political attack. Conservatives are targeted victimizers, and leftists as the champions of the oppressed. Learning how to turn this around will turn around the political war as well.

Going On The Attack

Fortunately, conservatives can use the left-wing attack against them. Contrary to the left’s view, America is not a land of victims. It is a highly mobile society, with a citizenry that aspires upwards through the system, not against it.

Conservatives can also turn the left’s oppression myth around, and aim its guns at them. In fact, using the romance of the underdog against the left is the best way to neutralize their attack.

The way to do it is to recognize that the most powerful forces obstructing opportunity for poor and minority Americans, the most powerful forces oppressing them, are progressives, the Democratic Party, and their political creation—the welfare state.

There is really nothing new in this idea. Conservatives already oppose the programs of the left as obstacles to the production of wealth and barriers to opportunity for all Americans. What is new is the idea of connecting this analysis to a political strategy that will give conservatives a decisive edge in battle—that will neutralize the class, race and gender warfare attacks of the political left.

The Principles

Here are the principles of political war that the left understands but conservatives do not:

1. Politics is war conducted by other means

2. Politics is a war of position

3. In political wars the aggressor usually prevails

4. Position is defined by fear and hope

5. The weapons of politics are symbols evoking fear and hope

6. Victory lies on the side of the people

Here are the principles explained:

Politics is war conducted by other means.

In political warfare you do not fight just to prevail in an argument, but to destroy the enemy’s fighting ability. Conservatives often seem to regard political combats as they would a debate before the Oxford Political Union, as though winning depends on rational arguments and carefully articulated principles. But the audience of politics is not made up of Oxford dons, and the rules are entirely different.

For starters, you have only 30 seconds to make your point. Even if you had time to develop an argument, the audience you need to reach (the undecided and those in the middle who are not paying much attention) wouldn’t get it. Your words would go over some of their heads and the rest would not even hear them (or be quickly forgotten) amidst the bustle and pressure of daily life. Worse, while you’ve been making your argument the other side has already painted you as a mean-spirited, border-line racist controlled by religious zealots, securely in the pockets of the rich. Nobody who sees you this way is going to listen to you in any case. You’re politically dead.

Politics is war. Don’t forget it.

Politics is a war of position.

In war there are two sides: friends and enemies. Your task is to define yourself as the friend of as large a constituency compatible with your principles as possible, while defining your opponent as their enemy wherever and whenever you can. The act of defining combatants is analogous to the military concept of choosing the terrain of battle.

Choose the terrain that makes the fight as loaded in your favor as possible. But be careful. American politics takes place in a pluralistic framework, where constituencies are diverse and often in conflict. “Fairness” and “tolerance” are the formal rules of democratic engagement. If you appear mean-spirited, nasty, or too judgmental, it will make the task easier for your opponent to define you as a threat, and therefore as “the enemy.” (See principle 4)

In political warfare, the aggressor usually prevails.

Conservatives often pursue a strategy of waiting for the other side to attack. In football this is known as a “prevent defense.” In politics it is the strategy of losers.

Aggression is advantageous because politics is a war of position. Position is defined by images that stick. By striking first you can define the issues and your adversary. Defining the opposition is the decisive move in all political war. Other things being equal, whoever is put on the defensive generally winds up on the losing side.

In attacking your opponent, take care to do it right. Going negative increases the risk of being defined as an enemy. Therefore, it can be counter-productive. Ruling out the negative, however, can incur an even greater risk.

Position is defined by fear and hope.

The twin emotions of politics are fear and hope. Those who provide people with hope become their friends; those who inspire fear become enemies. Of the two, hope is the better choice. By offering people hope and yourself as its provider, you show your better side and maximize your potential support.

But fear is a powerful and indispensable weapon. If your opponent defines you negatively enough, he will diminish your ability to offer hope. This is why Democrats are so determined to portray conservatives as mean-spirited, and hostile to minorities, the middle class and the poor.

It is important to work away from the negative images your opponent wants to pin on you. If you know you are going to be attacked as intolerant and bigoted it’s a good idea to lead with a position that is inclusive and fair-minded. If you are going to be framed as mean-spirited and ungenerous, it’s a good idea to put on a smile and lead with symbols that project generosity and charity.

The weapons of politics are symbols evoking fear and hope.

Conservatives lose a lot of political battles because they come across as hard-edged, scolding, scowling and sanctimonious. A good rule of thumb says be just the opposite. You have to convince people you care about them before they’ll care about what you have to say.

When you do get to speak, don’t forget that a sound-bite is all you have. Whatever you have to say, make sure to say it loud and clear. Keep it simple and keep it short. (A slogan is always better). Repeat it often. Get it on television. Radio is good, but with few exceptions, only television reaches a public that is electorally significant. In politics, television is reality.

Of course, you have a base of supporters who will listen for hours to what you have to say if that’s what you want. In the battles facing you, they will play an important role. Therefore, what you say to them is also important. But it is not going to decide elections. The audiences that will determine your fate are audiences that you will first have to persuade. You will have to find a way to reach them and get them to listen. And get them to support you. With these audiences, you will never have time for real arguments or proper analyses. Images—symbols and sound-bites—will always prevail.

Therefore it is absolutely essential to focus your message and repeat it over and over again. Lack of focus will derail your message. If you make too many points, your message will be diffused and nothing will get through. The result will be the same as if you had made no point at all.

Leftists have a party line. When they are fighting an issue they focus their agenda. During legislative battles, every time a Democrat steps in front of the cameras there is at least one line in his speech that is shared with his colleagues. “Tax breaks for the wealthy at the expense of the poor,” is one example. Repetition insures that the message will get through.

When Republicans speak during legislative battles, they all march to a different drummer. There are many messages instead of one. One message is a sound-bite. Many messages are an indecipherable noise. The result of many messages is that there is no message.

Symbols and sound-bites determine the vote. These are what hit people in the gut before they have time to think. And these are what people remember. Symbols are the impressions that last, and what ultimately defines you.

Carefully chosen words and phrases are more important than paragraphs, speeches, party platforms and manifestos. What you project through images is what you are.

Victory lies on the side of the people.

This is the bottom line for each of the principles and for all of the principles. You must define yourself in ways that people understand. You must give people hope in your victory, and make them fear the victory of your opponent. You can accomplish both by identifying yourself and your issues with the underdog and the victim, with minorities and the disadvantaged, with the ordinary Janes and Joes.

This is what leftists do best, and conservatives often neglect to do at all. Every political statement by a leftist is an effort to say: “We care about women, children, minorities, working Americans and the poor.” And: “Conservatives are mean-spirited, serve the rich and don’t care about you.” This is the left’s strategy of political war. If conservatives are to win the political war we have to turn these images around.

We also have to make our campaigns a cause. During the Cold War, conservatives had a cause. They were saving the country from Communism. It was a cause that resonated at every level with the American people. The poorest citizen understood that their freedom was at stake in making sure that conservatives were elected to conduct the nation’s defense.

In a democracy, the cause that fires up passions is the cause of the people. That is why politicians like to run “against Washington” and against anything that represents the “powers that be.” As the left has shown, the idea of justice is a powerful motivator. It will energize the troops and fuel the campaigns that are necessary to win the political war. Conservatives believe in economic opportunity and individual freedom. The core of our ideas is freedom and justice for all. If we can make this intelligible to the American electorate, we will become the majority again and stop the socialist juggernaut that threatens our American future.

  • Robert Bernier

    Every American should know the truth

    No one should miss this video:

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    Look to the end ( 10 min.)

  • Cathi LeMand

    Excellent. I will recommend this to many of my friends. And it will help to remind me, that in a discussion with the regular citizen – to keep my comments/remarks in the above format. Hopefully they will take away the soundbites and remember them when we next vote.

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  • cedarhill

    Excellent post. Imho, the best issue that sums up conservatives should be the energy one. Energy is the key to the home, the job and the food supply. Development of our energy resources will have a tremendous favorable impact on job creation, foreign relations and, most importantly, standard of living.
    Energy is life.
    The Democrats want to control your thermostat and ration your life.

    Energy is Life.
    Cheap energy is Prosperity.
    The Democrats want neither.

  • beetyboop

    Ah, what a great service you have provided. I pray Conservative leaders pay attention to these guidelines. We have not been indoctrinated by Saul Alinsky, so battle plans from the brilliant David Horowitz are as important for us as the 10 Commandments. Thank you.

  • fiftyfifty

    (1774) British Parliament ordered (Coercive Acts) == (Intolerable Acts) against the
    American colonies. (reaction) The Revolutionary War happen.

    (2009) (Coercive Acts) == (Intolerable Acts) 233 years later come hidden in the pages
    of there legislation out of Washington. These are serious threats against our Liberties

    The people are calling for a no confidence vote against the 44th Executive Branch -
    111th Legislative Branch – Judicial Branch's of the United States of America You will
    answer this complaint and stand down.
    What we are declaring is this right whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive
    it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it and to institute new Government.

    1. When (60) Sixty % of American people says === NO === to Washington on any kind of
    health care legislation or reform along with
    cap and trade and card check legislation. When the people stand up and there voices
    becomes the empty casualties of silence.

    2. The 44th executive branch along with the 111th legislative branch have dishonored
    the Oath of office in a smug manner with a halo of arrogance. There is a new
    revolution against the American people and there freedoms. In 2009 President Obama
    and the 111th Congress which is full of misconduct and ethics violations which seems
    to be standard operating procedure. These people are plundering our future the $787
    billion dollar stimulus legislation that is a massive economic failure along with
    the health care legislation that will bankrupt America is a serious threat and the collateral damage will be our kids and there kids and our individual liberties.

    Terrorist we're not nor are we protesters, nor are we plotters, nor are we the crisis
    you hope for, what we're is the enders of your socialist systems, what we're is the
    enders of redistribution of wealth, we're counterrevolutionist and the enders of the
    erosion of our safeguards, we're defenders and believers of the Constitution we stand
    ready to the necessity of taking up arms.Your treatment of inspector general Gerald
    Walpin he was fired because he had uncovered embarrassing problems in the AmeriCorps
    program.The pet project of the First Lady Michelle Obama's her antipoverty spicket.
    Knowing and seeing this White House and the U.S. Attorney ignoring the laws of our
    Constitution and blatantly abusing their authority and power. We're not looking for
    bloodshed,

    We will fight for the privilege of being left alone so with that I will give this
    warning. Don't force us to fight because you won't like our way of fighting we fear
    no one but ourselves and our own ability's.We fought this fight 233 years ago.

    Interpretation is the revenge

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Rowan/1046312434 Chris Rowan

    Pure GOLD. I nominate David Horowitz to be the Grand Poobah of the Tea Party Movement. We desperately need a national leader, but more than that we need someone who knows how to fight the libprogs at their own game. Enter David Horowitz.

  • Name

    Hmmmm. A little to pessimistic on this day of thanks. It's understandable. Of the many people I know, Horowitz probably has had the worst deck possible dealt to him. I can't speak about this, but heck, clearly he is in a very dark period, and understandably so. However he needs to know that in many ways, Americans have more levity in times of crisis. Think Disney mobilizing a public in cartoons, or what Tammany Hall did during the civil war, that's Barak's strategy right now. Pretty much a clown show in bad times. Too many people, outside of the politico geeks, are going to dismiss this as too obsessive.

    A good strong conservative base is mobilize, now is time to use loyalists to gather useful idiots. Just look at the web page design. It is going to drive people away. What works today is accessibility and always on and immediate user feedback. Like it or not, democrats in 2008 had more style than Republicans. It is starting to come back now, but you know what I like better than tea parties? Parties in the board room. Cement control in the private sector, and use it to make the public sector impotent.

    China want's to break currency? Well America wants to break the idea of international lending, period. How about a storm of locust which eat the seed corn of all those rice patties Nixon built while at the same time corporate America buys out all of China's loan at 10% of cost and we see things like the diesel fume free I-95 highway brought to you by the Gates foundation. If the dinks have a problem with it, well that's really George Soros' fault, not Barak's or mine. Barak in effect is the most beautiful worm tongue that can carry a red book.

  • teq

    David's “Art of Political War” is credited with helping the Republicans win in 2000 so I think it should be taken very seriously with respect to the Tea Party Movement. This man knows what he's talking about because he understands the Marxist political mind, having had one himself when he was younger.
    Where does David Horowitz get his unflagging energy from? It seems he never gets tired or discouraged. Among the many things to give thanks for this year, I give thanks for David Horowitz, a political soldier par excellence and a national treasure.
    Happy Thanksgiving.

  • prudentman

    The support of a National Congressional Term Limit Referendum is necessary to slow down this train wreck. After that we can move for a Balanced Budged Amendment which the Republican under Gingrich promised in 1994. Does anyone today believe that we would not be better off had the Republican followed through with their promises and not become Establishment on the Conservatives?

  • artman1746

    If Horowitz is correct conservatives are likely doomed to historical failure. Like the instance of the teacher who ran an experiment in class. Several students in elementary school class were asked to campaign for office. All made compelling speeches as to what they would accomplish. One student simply said she would give them ice cream and won the election handily. Such is conservatives against the liberals. Liberal Democrats will give them ice cream. Thus, as the children in the elementary class, the selfish nature will prevail. That is why Republicans have taken up the same tactic. When you can get elected only by trumping the opposition in spending, and your ultimate goat is to keep your job and power, there is only one way it can go.

  • BElla

    How do we communicate our messaging ideas to large compaigns and to the RNC? I am so frustrated by the lousy commercials that come out with boring messages. We need metaphors, and drama. Just looking at the tea party signs, I think there is an untapped reservior of messaging genius.

  • USMCSniper

    From Ayn Rand:

    There are three interrelated arguments used by today’s “conservatives” to justify capitalism, which can best be designated as: the argument from faith—the argument from tradition—the argument from depravity.

    Sensing their need of a moral base, many “conservatives” decided to choose religion as their moral justification; they claim that America and capitalism are based on faith in God. Politically, such a claim contradicts the fundamental principles of the United States: in America, religion is a private matter which cannot and must not be brought into political issues.

    Intellectually, to rest one’s case on faith means to concede that reason is on the side of one’s enemies—that one has no rational arguments to offer. The “conservatives’” claim that their case rests on faith, means that there are no rational arguments to support the American system, no rational justification for freedom, justice, property, individual rights, that these rest on a mystic revelation and can be accepted only on faith—that in reason and logic the enemy is right, but men must hold faith as superior to reason.

    Consider the implications of that theory. While the communists claim that they are the representatives of reason and science, the “conservatives” concede it and retreat into the realm of mysticism, of faith, of the supernatural, into another world, surrendering this world to communism. It is the kind of victory that the communists’ irrational ideology could never have won on its own merits . . . .

    Now consider the second argument: the attempt to justify capitalism on the ground of tradition. Certain groups are trying to switch the word “conservative” into the exact opposite of its modern American usage, to switch it back to its nineteenth-century meaning, and to put this over on the public. These groups declare that to be a “conservative” means to uphold the status quo, the given, the established, regardless of what it might be, regardless of whether it is good or bad, right or wrong, defensible or indefensible. They declare that we must defend the American political system not because it is right, but because our ancestors chose it, not because it is good, but because it is old . . . .

    The argument that we must respect “tradition” as such, respect it merely because it is a “tradition,” means that we must accept the values other men have chosen, merely because other men have chosen them—with the necessary implication of: who are we to change them? The affront to a man’s self-esteem, in such an argument, and the profound contempt for man’s nature are obvious.

    This leads us to the third—and the worst—argument, used by some “conservatives”: the attempt to defend capitalism on the ground of man’s depravity.

    This argument runs as follows: since men are weak, fallible, non-omniscient and innately depraved, no man may be entrusted with the responsibility of being a dictator and of ruling everybody else; therefore, a free society is the proper way of life for imperfect creatures. Please grasp fully the implications of this argument: since men are depraved, they are not good enough for a dictatorship; freedom is all that they deserve; if they were perfect, they would be worthy of a totalitarian state.

    Dictatorship—this theory asserts—believe it or not, is the result of faith in man and in man’s goodness; if people believed that man is depraved by nature, they would not entrust a dictator with power. This means that a belief in human depravity protects human freedom—that it is wrong to enslave the depraved, but would be right to enslave the virtuous. And more: dictatorships—this theory declares—and all the other disasters of the modern world are man’s punishment for the sin of relying on his intellect and of attempting to improve his life on earth by seeking to devise a perfect political system and to establish a rational society. This means that humility, passivity, lethargic resignation and a belief in Original Sin are the bulwarks of capitalism. One could not go farther than this in historical, political, and psychological ignorance or subversion. This is truly the voice of the Dark Ages rising again—in the midst of our industrial civilization.

    The cynical, man-hating advocates of this theory sneer at all ideals, scoff at all human aspirations and deride all attempts to improve men’s existence. “You can’t change human nature,” is their stock answer to the socialists. Thus they concede that socialism is the ideal, but human nature is unworthy of it; after which, they invite men to crusade for capitalism—a crusade one would have to start by spitting in one’s own face. Who will fight and die to defend his status as a miserable sinner? If, as a result of such theories, people become contemptuous of “conservatism,” do not wonder and do not ascribe it to the cleverness of the socialists.

    Capitalism is not the system of the past; it is the system of the future —if mankind is to have a future. Those who wish to fight for it, must discard the title of “conservatives.” “Conservatism” has always been a misleading name, inappropriate to America. Today, there is nothing left to “conserve”: the established political philosophy, the intellectual orthodoxy, and the status quo are collectivism. Those who reject all the basic premises of collectivism are radicals in the proper sense of the word: “radical” means “fundamental.” Today, the fighters for capitalism have to be, not bankrupt “conservatives,” but new radicals, new intellectuals and, above all, new, dedicated moralists

  • Tim

    I agree with this post but have this one caveat. Resources: They tend to tie up and stifle the momentum, especially when the ones you need are in short supply. At some 'point' (yet unknown) (has anyone ever discussed that?) the conservative base will opt for a more militant stance in order to prevent the flushing of all Moral and Constitutional values down the toilet and end up as subsugated masses of a tyrannical government.

  • melindago

    Conservatives should claim as a banner the label pinned on them by the Left:

    We are “The Party of NO!”

    The role of government that Progressives desire is precisely what our founders fought against. Our Constitution is a document that shouts “NO!” to liberty destroying government and limits its powers to protecting individual rights.

    Conservatives must connect each American to their Constitution. The Constitution is our sword and our shield.

  • rosineghawji

    This is a very good statement but I hope that this country will wake up before the next step of the Obama s machine is put in place.
    Whoever lived or experienced life in a socialist country , knows that if step no 1 to take control is promises,step no2 is repression.
    Obama will shut up the medias one by one and he also will find a way to calm down the tea party members.
    People who elected this man will have to support the consequences.Only his first name Barack Hussein should have rung a bell but as a student in Texas AM said
    Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

  • bubba4

    When people VOTE through their system of government for no new taxes, it is not a “revolt”…it's actually working with the system.

    California's government is a clusterf*ck because of the way it was designed. It was not designed to govern the 5th largest economy in the world and so many millions of residents.

    The “Tea Party” “movement” has nothing to do with California taxes…so the article is just tying together things that don't belong.

    The teabaggers should figure out what exactly they are mad at and why. The vague “scary transformation” narrative lacks any real substance and posters on this site who have said they are being repressed and people are trying to “shut them up” cannot point to anything specific either.

  • Bob Miller

    I think Congressman Mike Pence (R, IN) shares this general approach and is quite effective in staying on a winning message.

  • Carterthewriter

    If you studied history, the original movement was against taxation without representation.

    Too many of us are being ignored by those we elected. That is what the fuss is all about.

    Now, in your case, your first statement doesn't make sense for we have been inundated with taxes for the past 6 years; local, state, & federal.It has made no differnce who we have elected, either, but those in office now are to blame.

    So, bubba4, start making sense or I'll have to ignore you.,

  • Robert Wargas

    We should call this The Horowitz Strategy.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=711372867 facebook-711372867

    Our tea party, The Hampton Roads Tea Party (Virginia) has had this exact conversation. Many conservatives are not yet willing to do Die-Ins, clog the streets, etc. They still want 3 weeks notice before a rally. However, as the seriousness of our battle, and the intractible nature of the leftist/fascist U.S. government is becoming evident, many are much more willing to step up the rhetoric and the actions.

    We must appeal to the heart/emotions. Our principles are not in question- but our communication style is. Life is marketing. Politics is marketing. Reagan and Obama both knew it.

  • critical1

    David, Thank you for another informative educative article.
    I have alerted all of my friends to read it, and learn !!

    Thanks for the knowledge we need to win the war of our lifetime.

  • lorenzobouchard

    Happy to see that someone has started a petition to Impeach Obama.

    Check Townhall.com or “IMPEACH OBAMA CAMPAIGN.COM”.

    As a Canadian I can't paticipate, but I know its on the right track, if you wish to keep your Liberties.

  • BigElk

    “No matter how you feel in your ideals, freedom is not up for grabs, not for sale, not for the taking, can't be bartered, it's a gift paid for with those who love it and will pay any price, will do whatever it takes, but freedom is ours and this can't be stolen from our mind.”

    Nice article David, and oh so very true.

  • antioli

    When the Republican's stop imitating the Czar then they will start to win.
    The Czar did more than Lenin ever could to bring the Communists to victory.
    Fortunately Obama's gang is acting more like the Czar than even Bush.
    Obama doesn't know it's Jobs Jobs Jobs Jobs for Americans whether Yellow ,Black or White they are unemployed
    Three of a Kind Obama ,Bush and the Czar. Two of a kind still import excess labor and out source American Jobs.

  • jaquebauer

    We the people still feel powerless against a government that willfully violates the Constitution, bribes its own to get its way, and ignores the will of the people. By the next election cycle, great damage that may be un-reversable will be done. Congress is corrupt, but wont police itself. The president is corrupt, but the congress plays along. Its going to reach a breaking point soon, where the next step by the people may be more powerful, as the tea party protests are ignored and marginalized by Congress. Middle class European- Americans are getting fed-up with the uncontrolled spending, un precedented national debt, the obamacare bill, and the obama/holder answer to terrorism.

    The obama elections were corrupted by ACORN, obama is in office illegally, and he ignores election crimes by black pathers, but prosecute Navy Seal Team members for hurting a terrorist. And obama and his thugs keep on trucking–no one will challange obama. This is why a breaking point is near. We have tried the courts, but obama shuts down our lawsuits. We try engaging our congressional reps but they ignore us. The elections are rigged, so what do we do next ?

  • americaneagle

    Please lookup http://www.wardesk.com
    Horowitz's strategies are good assuming that there is a democratic (not capital D) process at work–intact. Sad thing is that it is not. And it is going to get worse. Why do you think Obama has declared a national emergency over a non-issue? Why is FCC working overtime towards “Net-Neutrality”? Why is ACCORN still not deprived of taxpayer money (let alone shut down for massive voter frauds and other criminal activities)? Why are democrats in the Congress and Whitehouse not worried about the meaning of NJ and VA elections? Come 2010, even if entire country votes against these hoodlums, they are going to win. And if they can't cook the books sufficiently, national emergency will allow Obama to suspend all laws (including Habeus Corpus). These thugs are not worried because they think this is their moment—not just to pass massive socialist legislation, but to actually, with force, seize the neck of this country and never let go. Horowitz's strategy WOULD HAVE worked if it was instituted 40 years ago. Today, here, and now? The populace must rise against these thugs—literally in the fashion of the Revolutionary War. Otherwise, we should just say goodbye to America. Check out wardesk.com … It's a very rudimentary site. But that is what needs to be done. Must be done.

  • bushlikesdick12

    re: Leftwing politicians don’t cut budgets; they propose new taxes. And California’s leftwing legislature did just that.”

    Righty's don't cut budgets either! Righty's run up the deficit where as Dems try to pay off the debt unlike the irresponsible spending habits of the generators of our senseless war in Iraq.

    It is estimated that the Iraqi war will cost over 10 trillion dollars through 2017 and there still no sign of the end. But yet Republicans want to whine about stimulus money going to the average American suffering through the 2nd biggest economic disaster that started on the watch of a Republican President — the first being the Great Depression.

    Horowitz needs a reality check on that statement.

  • Carterthewriter

    I beleive the left has controlled California legislation for a very long time and the reults speak for themselves, What a hypocriticle statement you make here.

  • marshallz

    LIBERATION NOT VICTIMIZATION !! WE OFFER HAND UP TO HAPPINESS NOT A HANDOUT TO PERMANENT POVERTY.

  • http://twitter.com/dhsmith24 David Smith

    This is great!

  • ClayBarham

    DROPPINGS FROM DISBELIEF
    We are getting closer to the dangers in disbelief as it relates to the climate change chaos facing us today. What happens if too many people start falling out of believing in man caused climate change, and the world going to pot because of carbon dioxide? The probable result of that calamity would be all the heavy stuff falling out of the air, hitting people on the head. After all, along with that belief in man caused climate disaster, is that heavier than air matter can rise above the air, hovering over us like a large blanket preventing heat from being lost from the earth to the atmosphere. It is like lead able to rise as a helium-filled balloon, violating concepts of science like so many others in the global warming arsenal of disinformation. Think of the injuries that would occur if belief quits keeping the heavy stuff floating. It is imperative that Obama sells the idea of global warming as a catastrophe and reinforces our belief in climate change, leprechauns and little Marxists watching out for us. He has the power, the force of persuasion and the charisma to convince even the scientific doubter that his predictions come true. He is, after all, our leader. Claysamerica.com

  • americaneagle

    1) “Republicans (Bush) act like Czar”– Care to support that by evidence?

    2) Soviet Communists murdered about 60 million of their own citizens and hence destroyed at least as many families. How does that compare with what Czar did? And the overflow of soviet communists to other countries murdered about 60 million of *their* citizens.

    3) Czar was bad enough. So, as the dummy liberals of our own country argue, we need communism. The answer to any percieved evil is — more evil. On an epic scale.

    4) It's not about jobs. (“Those who have no sense of history are doomed to the narrow confines of the present”)At least not in the context of what is being discussed by Horowitz in this post. It is about a much more longterm and sinister problem. It is about looney left wanting to, and succeeding in, dismantling the country called United States of America, the greatest nation in the history of this planet. And about how to fight that evil.

    5) If you think Obama and Bush are 'Two of a kind', you seriously need to educate yourself. They are diametrically opposite—both ideologically and characterwise. Not to mention tactics-wise: for example Bush never misled people about where he stands on thousands of issues—Obama is in the office on the sole strenght of lying about what he stood for. (“the great centrist” myth), and continuing to lie every day until even a donkey would get a migraine listening to him. Most importantly, Bush did what he thought was in the best interst of this country—one can argue whether his understanding of that was realistic or not, but there is no doubt about his intentions. Obama, by words, and by actions, is actively and deliberately doing everything in his power to destroy everything that has made America what it is. BTW, he KNOWS it is about jobs—so he has worked overtime to make sure that unempolyment keeps rising. He is not stupid—just evil. You may want to start educating yourself by reading up on the history of a 100 year march of the Communist/Socialist menace in America. David Horowitz' “A Radical Son” might be a very good start.

  • americaneagle

    If anybody needs reality check, it is you, dear 'bushlikesdick12'.
    Barack Obama imposed more deficits on this country in his first 100 days than did Bush in all his 8 years combined. (Lookup numbers on Treasury Department's websites).
    Although many RINO's have voted in recent years to increase spending and taxes, to equate conservatives with dems on the issue of deficits, and then saying “Horowitz needs reality check” is precisely the Leftist tactic of 'you lie' that Horowitz is bringing to our attention in this post.

    2nd biggest disaster was started by Carter, watered and fertilized by Clinton, and Baeney Frank, and Todd, and other nutjobs. Ever heard of “Community Re-investment Act” and other such democratic shennanigans? (Of course you know it. But lying is a very good technic when it comes to uninformed masses. It is amazing that you expect the readers of Horowitz to buy that B.S., though. Why don;t you go and spill that drivel on Daily Kos and such other echo-chambers?)

  • americaneagle

    “Truth is the first casualty of tyranny.”

  • 080

    The Republicans must adopt the idea that there are two kinds of welfare states. One is entitlements for everyone. That is the kind we now have. The other kind would help the needy. How do you know who is needy? Well, they submit their income tax statements before they can receive aid, in other words we means test. Of course there are those who think that means testing is infra dig. But the fact is that we are all means tested when we submit our income tax forms when it comes to deciding how much taxes we have to pay. Help the needy. Entitlements for all is bankrupting the country.

  • DemocracyFirst

    Good post and point. You might have mentioned, however, that the ice cream would be paid for by the few kids in the class from richer families (because they're racist a..holes who bloody well better pay their share – 100%).

  • Carterthewriter

    If it wasn't for the donations from the private sectors, more than half our Vets would be sleeping in the street, government entitlements only serve to help politicians and those who kiss their asses.

  • bubba4

    “If you studied history, the original movement was against taxation without representation.”

    What “original” movement? Even the “Boston Tea Party” wasn't about “taxation without representation”.

    “Too many of us are being ignored by those we elected. That is what the fuss is all about.”

    Really? Give me an example. Do you write your representatives? And ask/tell them….what?

    “Now, in your case, your first statement doesn't make sense for we have been inundated with taxes for the past 6 years; local, state, & federal.It has made no differnce who we have elected, either, but those in office now are to blame.”

    LOL…I live in California…so I am familiar with being over-taxed. They recently stopped paying for trash pickup in the city and $35 a month was added to my utility bill to cover it.

    My point was simple…since you are getting confused. When people VOTE, it is not a REVOLT…k? That's spin…which is what I was pointing out. This in turn has nothing to do with the Tea Party Protests…especially since there are fewer teabaggers in Cali than anywhere in the nation. I know it's complicated, but because of State and Local governments, we have a lot of entities taxing us..you can form a big ball of mad at the the whole thing…but there is no “whole thing” to direct it at. The California government needs to be completely overhauled….and I doubt the State will ever manage that.

    The biggest problem with the Tea Party movement is they come armed with the same bizarro world nonsense that FPM bats around and they say cryptic things like “we want our country back”. Bush ran record deficits and added 5 trillion to the debt over his two terms, but suddenly this fiscally responsible group is protesting Obama's spending (1.2 trillion of which was locked in regardless) and the stimulus package, which if you didn't notice, kept a majority of states from going bankrupt and not being able to pay unemployment and other benefits (that would have been a bummer on the economy..huh?)..so these Tea Party folks are largely misinformed and peppered with bigots, xenophobes and weirdos who like to carry automatic weapons to public events.

    As for Tea Party folks in the Red Southern States, they get more Federal money than they give…so if Cali protests taxes, maybe they should protest the subsidy they give Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, West Virgina etc…

  • bubba4

    Please lookup http://www.wardesk.com
    Horowitz's strategies are good assuming that there is a democratic (not capital D) process at work–intact. Sad thing is that it is not. And it is going to get worse.

    “Why do you think Obama has declared a national emergency over a non-issue?”

    What are you talking about?

    “Why is FCC working overtime towards “Net-Neutrality”?

    Do you even know what this is? The government is trying to make sure that service providers cannot dictate content. In other words, if you buy your hi-speed access from Time Warner Cable, Time Warner cannot speed up its own properties and make it harder to access the competition. It would also keep large companies from deciding what it will and will not allow even though they are just the pipes the information flows over. Net Neutrality is not some evil-leftists plot…it is something we should ALL fight for…TO KEEP THE INTERNET LIKE IT IS NOW…

    “Why is ACCORN still not deprived of taxpayer money (let alone shut down for massive voter frauds and other criminal activities)?”

    They were…in record time I might add. Contractors accused of massive fraud and overbilling are still getting billions of dollars, but don't worry, Acorn's 35 million over the last eight years…we nipped that in the bud. As for Voter Fraud and other criminal activities…the voter fraud angle was horsewhipped on FPM, but there is little to no voter fraud on the national level, and I don't think the organization has ever been accused of fraud (legally…this doesn't count Sean Hannity or Horowitz accusing them of “massive” fraud)

    “Why are democrats in the Congress and Whitehouse not worried about the meaning of NJ and VA elections?”

    Because those were Govenors…the VA was a given, and the NJ governor was a much hated douche. You read crap like FPM, so you think this was a bigger deal than it was.

    “The populace must rise against these thugs—literally in the fashion of the Revolutionary War.”

    Much of what you think and feel about this seems to be colored by what you read on FPM and other sites trying to scare the bejesus out of you. If you are going to recommend armed revolution against the United States (which would be treason) you better have a damned good reason. Most of you don't…you have vague sky-is-falling, communist are polluting our bodily fluids…bullshit.

  • bubba4

    That's impossible…Bush's last act was the 1 trillion TARP.

    Obama can't just stop spending on every iron Bush had in the fire. That came to 1.2 trillion. The only thing Obama has done was the stimulus package. How do you come to your extremem conclusion…I would love to see your math on this…lol

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/John-C-Davidson/100000093579423 John C. Davidson

    It sounds to me like you have a government job,

    The truth is that Obama was going to change the way goverenment works, but business as usual and worse. He ran his campaign with a multitude of false statements. Do you deny that?

    The more you write certainly reveals how misinformed you are, too.

  • americaneagle

    “what are you talkind about?”

    National Emergency over “Swine Flu”

    “[funds were cut for ACCORN]“

    not true. THey voted on it in the House. And even that is valid until end of this year. And for that, the ACCORN thugs have the audacity to sue the govt. “a right to govt handouts for criminal activities.” Look dear, everybody knows what ACCORN is, and what they are doing. You saying “it ain't so” ellicits a deep yawn of boredom from me.

    “Armed revolution …. sky is falling”

    No need to take arms—lookup wardesk.com
    And the proverbial sky IS falling. But of course you would want us to believe otherwise.
    Also, if it takes armed revolution to remove the cancer, so be it. Runaway government working against the Constitution is no government at all. I am not scared of “dangerous”.

    ” “net neutrality” do you even know … it to makes sure equal access…”

    I have read what they are proposing. Very entertaining way of government taking control of the Net. Of course they use the exact opposite of what they want to do as a title “Net-neutrality”. Ain't buying it.

    “It is not possible that obama ran up more deficit than 8 years of bush combined”

    Again. Look up Treasury website tables … i saw it long time ago when Wallstreet Journal ran an article on it. In the age obama, ANYTHING is possible.

    “Much of what you think is coloredd by FPM…”

    Argument by source derogation. The worst type of argument. It is irrelevant what someone is colored by. Only relevant thing is facts and arguments. Find flaws in those and argue your case. Otherwise— “yawn”. It might be a good idea for you to go to Daily Kos. They deal exlcusively nonsensical “appeal to authority” or “argument by source derogation”. But you leftists never get tired, do you?

    Look my original post was a reply to some other person's post. I don;t think i have the energy or inclination to argue with YOU about it. In fact, the whole point was that time to argue is gone. Time to act is now. So I am not going to respond to any other drivel you care to post in this connection. It's a war. And i am in a mood to kick a**. Best luck.

  • bubba4

    A State of Emergency is a technical term…it allows for certain procedures to kick in…I could look it up, but it was probably about the distribution effort. What horrible thing is Obama suppose to be doing under this lie? I know this “emergency” has probably had zero effect on your life.

    “Look dear, everybody knows what ACCORN is, and what they are doing. You saying “it ain't so” ellicits a deep yawn of boredom from me.”

    Oh ok…it's just you seem frustrated that nothing was getting done in that area. You can call anyone and anything a criminal, but usually you have to wait until they are convicted of a crime. There is very little voter fraud, much less massive…so yawn away.

    “net neutrality” do you even know … it to makes sure equal access…” I have read what they are proposing. Very entertaining way of government taking control of the Net. Of course they use the exact opposite of what they want to do as a title “Net-neutrality”. Ain't buying it.”

    You ain't buying it? I don't understand some of you kooks. What stake do you have in it being some kind of conspiracy? Any rational person can read boatloads of material on this issue…there is no secret agenda…it's quite clear. You want AT&T to dictate what you can and can't see…then I guess that's up to you.

    “It is not possible that obama ran up more deficit than 8 years of bush combined” Again. Look up Treasury website tables … i saw it long time ago when Wallstreet Journal ran an article on it. In the age obama, ANYTHING is possible.”

    I'm suppose to go search the US Treasury website for your evidence? Obama would have to have spent about 5 trillion dollars in his first hundred days.

    “Much of what you think is coloredd by FPM…” Argument by source derogation. The worst type of argument. It is irrelevant what someone is colored by. Only relevant thing is facts and arguments.”

    It's just your take on things is exactly like FPM…it's kind of a cultic bizarro world…

    Find flaws in those and argue your case. Otherwise— “yawn”. It might be a good idea for you to go to Daily Kos. They deal exlcusively nonsensical “appeal to authority” or “argument by source derogation”. But you leftists never get tired, do you?

    Lol…after that little speech about how to argue you call me a “leftist”…

    talk about yawning….

    dear..

  • bushlikesdick12

    Isn't it conveinent to talk out of your butt when you don't bother to actually quote your citation.

    Read it a weep you hypocrit:

    http://home.adelphi.edu/sbloch/deficits.html

    If you can lift your lazy ass index finger over the link just above where you are reading and actually study the chart you will see in front of your stupid ignorant face,

    you will see that George W. raised the deficit nearly $400 billion dollars in 7 years where as Clinton lowered the deficit over $164 billion dollars

    After you pull your butt plug out of your ass in amazment, you will see that every other Republican president raised the deficit more than their Democrat predecessor thus spending off the saved money of the Democrat.

    Now let's do a history lesson:

    Compare FDR's deficit to Republican Hoover: The Great Depression (stock market crash happened 8 months after the Republican Hoover was elected in 1928. Basically, 4 years went by and he only manage to spend $27billion (27/4=$6.75 billion per yr) in years as where FDR spent $296billion over 12 years. (296/12= $24.6 billion per yr)

    Included in FDR's deficit spending was the biggest war in U.S. history along with the most impressive progressive policies ever

    Now suspect you are going to attack FDR's New Deal next sense I've already got you on your heels and you can't really explain yourself now and your deficits. — If you do, I'll wipe the floor with your face pal!!!

    Basically, I will give you what we call a return on investment. That means I will show you what we got for the money we spent and compare the Republican Presidents investments on deficit spending to Democrat Presidents.

    YOU REALLY REALLY DON'T WANT TO GO THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

    Next time, don't bother to respond if you don't have enough balls to check the facts yourself:

    Any idiot can parrot right wing rhetoric.

    Just stay in your little make-believe-cloud of yours.

  • bushlikesdick12

    Isn't it conveinent to talk out of your butt when you don't bother to actually quote your citation.

    Read it and weep you hypocrit:

    http://home.adelphi.edu/sbloch/deficits.html

    If you can lift your lazy ass index finger over the link just above where you are reading and actually study the chart you will see in front of your stupid ignorant face,

    you will see that George W. raised the deficit nearly $400 billion dollars in 7 years ( that doesn't include his $700 billion dollar bank bonus) where as Clinton lowered the deficit over $164 billion dollars

    After you pull your butt plug out of your ass in amazment, you will see that every other Republican president raised the deficit more than their Democrat predecessor thus spending off the saved money of the Democrat.

    Now let's do a history lesson:

    Compare FDR's deficit to Republican Hoover: The Great Depression (stock market crash happened 8 months after the Republican Hoover was elected in 1928. Basically, 4 years went by and he only manage to spend $27billion (27/4=$6.75 billion per yr) in years as where FDR spent $296billion over 12 years. (296/12= $24.6 billion per yr)

    Included in FDR's deficit spending was the biggest war in U.S. history along with the most impressive progressive policies ever

    Now suspect you are going to attack FDR's New Deal next sense I've already got you on your heels and you can't really explain yourself now and your deficits. — If you do, I'll wipe the floor with your face pal!!!

    Basically, I will give you what we call a return on investment. That means I will show you what we got for the money we spent and compare the Republican Presidents investments on deficit spending to Democrat Presidents.

    YOU REALLY REALLY DON'T WANT TO GO THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

    Next time, don't bother to respond if you don't have enough balls to check the facts yourself:

    Any idiot can parrot right wing rhetoric.

    Just stay in your little make-believe-cloud of yours.

  • bushlikesdick12

    Teabagers are mere props — nothing more

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/John-C-Davidson/100000093579423 John C. Davidson

    Your name tells it all and where your thoughts are.

  • lorenzobouchard

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It was a massive, difficult and historical undertaking. But the House of Representatives did eventually advance Articles of Impeachment against Bill Clinton and 45 and 50 United States Senators respectively voted to convict Bill Clinton on the two counts that were advanced in the Senate. That's nothing to sneeze at… nothing to be ashamed of… . And when it comes to the subject of the impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama, I'll say this much… Barack Hussein Obama is no Bill Clinton. There's an old expression; you're known by the company you keep. However, I also believe that there is no truer barometer of a person's character and effectiveness in battle than those who stand in opposition to that person and things they say about that person. And, to be quite blunt, liberals, for years now, have foamed at the mouth at the mention of my name. During the presidential election, CNN called me; "An old right-wing attack dog has returned with a new target: Barack Obama." George Stephanopoulos once called me "a slimy thug for hire." Not a true statement by any stretch of the imagination, but coming from Stephanopoulos, I consider it a compliment. My mother always used to say, "consider the source." Of course, the purpose of telling you all of this is not to blow my horn but rather to let you know that when it comes to this movement to impeach Barack Hussein Obama… we're deadly serious… we're dedicated… we're in it for the long haul… we're willing to do what it takes to get the job done… and we have the battle-scars to prove it. And yes, I believe that Barack Hussein Obama is one of the most dangerous men in the world today and when it comes to his plans for transforming the United States into his idea of a socialist utopia… you ain't seen nothing yet. Removing Barack Hussein Obama is an imperative for this country. You can join us by using the sign-up button below to read and then add your name to the Articles of Impeachment we've drawn-up against Barack Hussein Obama. If, after reading the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama, you agree that action must be taken now, all you have to do to join our growing network of patriotic Americans is add your name (which will remain on our secure form and be kept in the strictest confidence until the time is right) to the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama. That's all there is to it. Be among the first to join this growing nationwide movement and help us spread the word far-and-wide. Together, we can take back our country before it is too late. Make no mistake. We’re now in the middle of a bloodless coup – the takeover of an entire nation by the hate-America crowd – a cold-blooded gang that despises American's prosperity, our standing in the world, our trust in God and our generosity and goodness. America is a monument to the triumph of freedom. When Barack Obama thinks about freedom, he sees a world in which some people, due to personal initiative and good fortune, will do better than others… live better than others. And in that regard, he is right. But Barack Obama sees that as unfair. Where you see freedom, liberty and the opportunity for any American to be all that he or she can be, Obama sees greed and bigotry. And, like so many on the far-left before him, going all the way back to Karl Marx, he believes that it's his mission to promote "equality of outcome" over "equality of opportunity" even if Americans must learn to live in chains to make it happen (in fact, servitude to the iron will of government will be required). That worldview makes Barack Hussein Obama a very dangerous man and one of the greatest threats to your personal liberty today. That dangerous worldview also explains why he has already gobbled-up major banks and why the government now controls more and more of our money – yours and mine. And if you wake up one day to discover you’re broke, don’t be surprised. Barack Hussein Obama is Bernie Madoff with the political power of the presidency at his disposal. That dangerous worldview explains the sudden and shocking erosion of your freedom to make a living, to run your own business, whether a Mom-and-Pop grocery store or General Motors. That dangerous worldview explains why his Attorney General, Eric Holder, despises the 2nd Amendment… why, if he had his way, he would take away our guns, leaving us defenseless against gangs and hoods – and, more to the point, against Obama's own shock-troops from ACORN or SEIU. Remember, it was the healthy and rational fear of government that led to the inclusion of the 2nd Amendment in the Constitution of the United States. And that dangerous worldview explains why Obama intends to take away your freedom to choose your own doctor… your own treatment. Wherever government controls health care, bureaucrats decide who gets treatments… who gets transplants… who gets dialysis… who gets costly medication… and who needs to die for the common good. What can we do to stop this monomaniac… this American dictator? There’s only one answer. Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution reads: “The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” You can join us by using the sign-up button below to read and then add your name to the Articles of Impeachment we've drawn-up against Barack Hussein Obama. If, after reading the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama, you agree that action must be taken now, all you have to do to join our growing network of patriotic Americans is add your name (which will remain on our secure form and be kept in the strictest confidence until the time is right) to the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama. That's all there is to it. Be among the first to join this growing nationwide movement and help us spread the word far-and-wide. Together, we can take back our country before it is too late. Here are just a handful of the high crimes and misdemeanors committed by Barack Hussein Obama. He lied to the American people when he said we could keep our private insurance, knowing full well that his legislation would inevitably drive private insurers out of business. Gerald Walpin, Inspector General of the Corporation For National and Community Service investigated Kevin Johnson, a big buddy of the president, for misuse of funds from an AmeriCorps grant. Whereupon Obama vindictively fired Walpin to cover for Johnson. A subsequent investigation vindicated Walpin’s judgment in the matter. Barack Hussein Obama has overseen the effective takeover by government of banks, the largest insurance company (AIG), and General Motors (GM) and Chrysler… the bulk of the U.S. auto industry, thus depriving bondholders, shareholders, and others of their property. Barack Hussein Obama is actively pursuing cap-and-trade legislation. Instead of taxing the very air we breathe, it would instead, in a manner of speaking, tax the air we exhale and give the government unprecedented control over the economy and American businesses. Barack Hussein Obama is running up our debt at an alarming rate. In just 9 months since Obama assumed office, our National Debt has gone up by over a trillion dollars. To put that figure in perspective, it took George W. Bush 8 years to add 4.8 trillion to the National Debt. And, to add insult to injury, we're printing money like it's going out of style. The effect will be hyper-inflation, a crippling of our economy and, quite possibly, personal hardship on a scale that has not been experienced since the Great Depression. Barack Hussein Obama has appointed countless “Czars” to oversee everything from the closing of Guantanamo to the food we eat. These Czars don’t have to be approved by the Senate. The Czars have unprecedented power and report only to Obama. Members of both parties are disturbed by these extra-Constitutional excrescences. Senator Robert Byrd said: “The accumulation of power by White House staff can threaten the Constitutional system of checks and balances.” Congressman Jack Kingston called the Czars a “parallel government.” And finally, Obama has consistently refused to approve the release of his actual birth certificate, college transcripts and his medical records. And these matters only scratch the surface. It's almost as if Obama is intentionally trying to destroy the country. You can join us by using the sign-up button below to read and then add your name to the Articles of Impeachment we've drawn-up against Barack Hussein Obama. If, after reading the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama, you agree that action must be taken now, all you have to do to join our growing network of patriotic Americans is add your name (which will remain on our secure form and be kept in the strictest confidence until the time is right) to the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama. That's all there is to it. Be among the first to join this growing nationwide movement and help us spread the word far-and-wide. Together, we can take back our country before it is too late. Barack Hussein Obama has said that America is not a Christian nation, on countless occasions, despite surveys that find a whopping majority say the contrary. In his book, The Audacity of Hope, he wrote of Muslims and Arabic immigrants: “… I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.” When he spoke at Georgetown University, a Catholic institution, the White House insisted that the name of Jesus, be covered. Georgetown complied. In 2006, he said; "Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation." He went to Egypt and said, "You might say that America is a Muslim nation." Why go to such lengths to deny the Christian heritage of the United States? Surely Barack Hussein Obama knows that our personal liberties flow directly from our Christian heritage… that there is no surer way to destroy our republic than to deny that heritage. President Thomas Jefferson: "God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?" President Andrew Jackson called the Bible; "the Rock upon which our republic rests.” President John Adams said; “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion.” Patrick Henry said, “It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.” George Washington, in his Farewell Address said; "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports." Alexis de Tocqueville, in Democracy in America, wrote extensively on the relationship between the Christian religion and liberty in American: "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." It's enough to make one wonder… does Barack Hussein Obama realize that every stab he takes at the Christian heritage of this great nation is a blow to the very foundation of our nation… a blow to freedom our personal liberty? Does he simply hate Christianity… does he hate the United States… or both? You can join us by using the sign-up button below to read and then add your name to the Articles of Impeachment we've drawn-up against Barack Hussein Obama. If, after reading the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama, you agree that action must be taken now, all you have to do to join our growing network of patriotic Americans is add your name (which will remain on our secure form and be kept in the strictest confidence until the time is right) to the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama. That's all there is to it. Be among the first to join this growing nationwide movement and help us spread the word far-and-wide. Together, we can take back our country before it is too late. Barack Hussein Obama simply hasn't denied the Christian heritage of this nation. He has used his presidency to bad-mouth America itself at every turn. He said, "America has been arrogant." thus giving our enemies and our allies every reason to believe that we are less resolved to defend ourselves and hence more vulnerable to attack. Following his inauguration, he ordered Gitmo closed, within a year, despite the fact that it was (and is) the best possible facility for detaining terrorists. His first presidential phone call was to Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Fatah Party in the Palestine territory. According to press reports he told Abbas; "This is my first phone call to a foreign leader and I'm making it only hours after I took office." His first one–on-one TV interview was not with NBC or ABC, but with Al Arabiya, where he said: “My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy. We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect.” He immediately issued an Executive Order halting military commissions which resulted in charges being dropped against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the animal accused of planning numerous terrorist attacks against Americans, including the USS Cole bombing in which 17 U.S. sailors died. While treating the Queen of England with casual familiarity, he obsequiously bowed from the waist to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, leader of a Muslim nation that won’t permit Christian worship within its borders… under penalty of death. Are Obama's denunciations of America, in words and deeds, simply faux-pas or do they show, as Tammy Bruce said, "malevolence toward this country, which is unabated." Does it really matter? Barack Hussein Obama's words and actions clearly rise well beyond the level of "bad behavior" and our Founding Fathers left us a remedy for presidents guilty of bad behavior. The Obama presidency is the disease; Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution, is the cure. You can join us by using the sign-up button below to read and then add your name to the Articles of Impeachment we've drawn-up against Barack Hussein Obama. If, after reading the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama, you agree that action must be taken now, all you have to do to join our growing network of patriotic Americans is add your name (which will remain on our secure form and be kept in the strictest confidence until the time is right) to the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama. That's all there is to it. Be among the first to join this growing nationwide movement and help us spread the word far-and-wide. Together, we can take back our country before it is too late. a.. ImpeachObamaCampaign.com is a project of the Policy Issues Institute. Contributions are not deductible for tax purposes. a.. Policy Issues Institute 30011 Ivy Glenn Dr., Suite 223 Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 a.. Recent Posts a.. The True Reason for Thanksgiving b.. Chicago Style $300 Billion Payoff Secures Obamacare Debate c.. Obama World Travels a Failure d.. Important progress in campaign to remove Obama e.. Obama administration aiding enemiesCopyright © 2009 Impeach Obama Campaign · A Project of Policy Issues Institute · Log inGet a Blog · WordPress · Log in a.. Home b.. Articles c.. Donate d.. Contact Us e.. Sign the Petition a.. Blog Posts a.. Enough is enough. We're calling for the Impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama. And if you agree, you can join us right now. Right here and right now, you can add your voice to ours… and add your name to the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama. Why are we calling for the Impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama? Radio-personality Tammy Bruce may have said it best:———————————————————————— "… ultimately, it comes down to… the fact that he seems to have, it seems to me, some malevolence toward this country, which is unabated."———————————————————————— Oh… there are many reasons to call for the impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama and there is more than just cause to call for his impeachment. But as Bruce said, Obama's "unabated malevolence toward this country, which is unabated" makes it all the more imperative that we take action now… without delay. How long must we wait… how long should we sit back and permit Barack Hussein Obama to rip apart the fabric of this country before we take action? Are you terrified at Barack Obama’s campaign to change our country into a third-world nation? Are you willing to sit back and watch Obama bulldoze our great nation? Are you willing to let him construct a totalitarian regime… fascism, socialism, Obamaism… take your pick? If any of the above scenarios concern you… join us. At the very least, fire a shot across the bow… a shot that will be heard around the world… and send Barack Hussein Obama a clear and unmistakable message that he does not have carte blanche to ruin the United States of America. As the late former President Ronald Reagan once said, "If not us, then who; if not now, then when." You can join us by using the sign-up button below to read and then add your name to the Articles of Impeachment we've drawn-up against Barack Hussein Obama. If, after reading the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama, you agree that action must be taken now, all you have to do to join our growing network of patriotic Americans is add your name (which will remain on our secure form and be kept in the strictest confidence until the time is right) to the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama. That's all there is to it. Be among the first to join this growing nationwide movement and help us spread the word far-and-wide. Together, we can take back our country before it is too late. Can we actually impeach Barack Hussein Obama? Should we impeach Barack Hussein Obama? To borrow a phrase from the "anointed-one," … "yes we can." But before going on, we really need to address the often misunderstood subject of what exactly constitutes an impeachable offense, in order to illustrate that Barack Obama's actions are grave enough to warrant impeachment. Former-President Gerald Ford, while serving in the House of Representatives, said an impeachable offense was, “whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.” Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution reads: “The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” The key phrase here is "high crimes and misdemeanors,” a concept in English Common Law that was well-known to our Founding Fathers but is grossly misunderstood in this day and age. "High crimes and misdemeanors" essentially means bad behavior. Here's a passage from C-Span.org which succinctly and beautifully summarizes the historical significance surrounding the inclusion of the term "high crimes and misdemeanors" in the Constitution: “’High crimes and misdemeanors’ entered the text of the Constitution due to George Mason and James Madison. Mason had argued that the reasons given for impeachment – treason and bribery – were not enough. He worried that other "great and dangerous offenses" might not be covered… so Mason then proposed ‘high crimes and misdemeanors,’ a phrase well-known in English common law. In 18th century language, a ‘misdemeanor’ meant ‘mis-demeanor,’ or bad behavior." In other words, "high crimes and misdemeanors" does not refer to a criminal act (as some would lead you to believe) and our Founding Fathers fully intended to allow for the removal of the President for actions which were… well… simply put… egregious… grossly incompetent… grossly negligent… outright distasteful… or, in the case of Barack Hussein Obama, actions which clearly show "malevolence toward this country, which is unabated." And make no mistake, for those who mistakenly hold the illusion that impeaching Barack Hussein Obama would be a simple matter of "playing politics," the Founders fully intended that the impeachment of a sitting President be a political act. As C-Span.org notes: “The Congress decides the definition [of impeachable offenses]: by majority vote in the House for impeachment, and by 2/3 vote in the Senate for conviction. The Framers of the Constitution deliberately put impeachment into the hands of the legislative branch rather than the judicial branch, thus transforming it from strictly a matter of legal definition to a matter of political judgment. Then Representative Gerald Ford put it into practical perspective in 1970, when he said an impeachable offense is ‘whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.’" The Obama Administration exemplifies maladministration. It qualifies as the poster-child for bad behavior. Obama and those around him are ravaging this great country and adding a sorry chapter to a noble history. Impeachment, as written in the Constitution, was tailor-made for Barack Hussein Obama and our Founders placed it in our Constitution for such a time as this. It could be easily argued that we have a duty to impeach Barack Hussein Obama. Of course, our elected officials won't have the back-bone to go it alone. That's where you come in. Help us spread the word far-and-wide and our elected officials will come to know that Impeachment is the will of the American people and they ignore the will of the people at their own political peril. The question is not whether we should impeach Barack Hussein Obama. Rather, the question is, can we impeach Barack Hussein Obama before it is too late? You can join us by using the sign-up button below to read and then add your name to the Articles of Impeachment we've drawn-up against Barack Hussein Obama. If, after reading the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama, you agree that action must be taken now, all you have to do to join our growing network of patriotic Americans is add your name (which will remain on our secure form and be kept in the strictest confidence until the time is right) to the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama. That's all there is to it. Be among the first to join this growing nationwide movement and help us spread the word far-and-wide. Together, we can take back our country before it is too late. A personal introduction is in order. My name is Floyd Brown. Most people know me as the man behind the infamous Willie Horton Ad that sunk the presidential aspirations of Governor Michael Dukakis, or for the pivotal work in support of the confirmation of Justice Clarence Thomas. I was also among the first to sound the alarm on the Clinton Whitewater scandal as well as the mysterious circumstances surrounding the apparent suicide of White House Counsel Vince Foster during the early Clinton years. And when it comes to the subject of impeachment, I've been down this road and trod this ground before. I was among the first, to rally for the impeachment of Bill Clinton back in the summer of 1994 when it was not a popular subject with the political elites (on both sides of the aisle) in Washington. It was a massive, difficult and historical undertaking. But the House of Representatives did eventually advance Articles of Impeachment against Bill Clinton and 45 and 50 United States Senators respectively voted to convict Bill Clinton on the two counts that were advanced in the Senate. That's nothing to sneeze at… nothing to be ashamed of… . And when it comes to the subject of the impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama, I'll say this much… Barack Hussein Obama is no Bill Clinton. There's an old expression; you're known by the company you keep. However, I also believe that there is no truer barometer of a person's character and effectiveness in battle than those who stand in opposition to that person and things they say about that person. And, to be quite blunt, liberals, for years now, have foamed at the mouth at the mention of my name. During the presidential election, CNN called me; "An old right-wing attack dog has returned with a new target: Barack Obama." George Stephanopoulos once called me "a slimy thug for hire." Not a true statement by any stretch of the imagination, but coming from Stephanopoulos, I consider it a compliment. My mother always used to say, "consider the source." Of course, the purpose of telling you all of this is not to blow my horn but rather to let you know that when it comes to this movement to impeach Barack Hussein Obama… we're deadly serious… we're dedicated… we're in it for the long haul… we're willing to do what it takes to get the job done… and we have the battle-scars to prove it. And yes, I believe that Barack Hussein Obama is one of the most dangerous men in the world today and when it comes to his plans for transforming the United States into his idea of a socialist utopia… you ain't seen nothing yet. Removing Barack Hussein Obama is an imperative for this country. You can join us by using the sign-up button below to read and then add your name to the Articles of Impeachment we've drawn-up against Barack Hussein Obama. If, after reading the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama, you agree that action must be taken now, all you have to do to join our growing network of patriotic Americans is add your name (which will remain on our secure form and be kept in the strictest confidence until the time is right) to the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama. That's all there is to it. Be among the first to join this growing nationwide movement and help us spread the word far-and-wide. Together, we can take back our country before it is too late. Make no mistake. We’re now in the middle of a bloodless coup – the takeover of an entire nation by the hate-America crowd – a cold-blooded gang that despises American's prosperity, our standing in the world, our trust in God and our generosity and goodness. America is a monument to the triumph of freedom. When Barack Obama thinks about freedom, he sees a world in which some people, due to personal initiative and good fortune, will do better than others… live better than others. And in that regard, he is right. But Barack Obama sees that as unfair. Where you see freedom, liberty and the opportunity for any American to be all that he or she can be, Obama sees greed and bigotry. And, like so many on the far-left before him, going all the way back to Karl Marx, he believes that it's his mission to promote "equality of outcome" over "equality of opportunity" even if Americans must learn to live in chains to make it happen (in fact, servitude to the iron will of government will be required). That worldview makes Barack Hussein Obama a very dangerous man and one of the greatest threats to your personal liberty today. That dangerous worldview also explains why he has already gobbled-up major banks and why the government now controls more and more of our money – yours and mine. And if you wake up one day to discover you’re broke, don’t be surprised. Barack Hussein Obama is Bernie Madoff with the political power of the presidency at his disposal. That dangerous worldview explains the sudden and shocking erosion of your freedom to make a living, to run your own business, whether a Mom-and-Pop grocery store or General Motors. That dangerous worldview explains why his Attorney General, Eric Holder, despises the 2nd Amendment… why, if he had his way, he would take away our guns, leaving us defenseless against gangs and hoods – and, more to the point, against Obama's own shock-troops from ACORN or SEIU. Remember, it was the healthy and rational fear of government that led to the inclusion of the 2nd Amendment in the Constitution of the United States. And that dangerous worldview explains why Obama intends to take away your freedom to choose your own doctor… your own treatment. Wherever government controls health care, bureaucrats decide who gets treatments… who gets transplants… who gets dialysis… who gets costly medication… and who needs to die for the common good. What can we do to stop this monomaniac… this American dictator? There’s only one answer. Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution reads: “The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” You can join us by using the sign-up button below to read and then add your name to the Articles of Impeachment we've drawn-up against Barack Hussein Obama. If, after reading the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama, you agree that action must be taken now, all you have to do to join our growing network of patriotic Americans is add your name (which will remain on our secure form and be kept in the strictest confidence until the time is right) to the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama. That's all there is to it. Be among the first to join this growing nationwide movement and help us spread the word far-and-wide. Together, we can take back our country before it is too late. Here are just a handful of the high crimes and misdemeanors committed by Barack Hussein Obama. He lied to the American people when he said we could keep our private insurance, knowing full well that his legislation would inevitably drive private insurers out of business. Gerald Walpin, Inspector General of the Corporation For National and Community Service investigated Kevin Johnson, a big buddy of the president, for misuse of funds from an AmeriCorps grant. Whereupon Obama vindictively fired Walpin to cover for Johnson. A subsequent investigation vindicated Walpin’s judgment in the matter. Barack Hussein Obama has overseen the effective takeover by government of banks, the largest insurance company (AIG), and General Motors (GM) and Chrysler… the bulk of the U.S. auto industry, thus depriving bondholders, shareholders, and others of their property. Barack Hussein Obama is actively pursuing cap-and-trade legislation. Instead of taxing the very air we breathe, it would instead, in a manner of speaking, tax the air we exhale and give the government unprecedented control over the economy and American businesses. Barack Hussein Obama is running up our debt at an alarming rate. In just 9 months since Obama assumed office, our National Debt has gone up by over a trillion dollars. To put that figure in perspective, it took George W. Bush 8 years to add 4.8 trillion to the National Debt. And, to add insult to injury, we're printing money like it's going out of style. The effect will be hyper-inflation, a crippling of our economy and, quite possibly, personal hardship on a scale that has not been experienced since the Great Depression. Barack Hussein Obama has appointed countless “Czars” to oversee everything from the closing of Guantanamo to the food we eat. These Czars don’t have to be approved by the Senate. The Czars have unprecedented power and report only to Obama. Members of both parties are disturbed by these extra-Constitutional excrescences. Senator Robert Byrd said: “The accumulation of power by White House staff can threaten the Constitutional system of checks and balances.” Congressman Jack Kingston called the Czars a “parallel government.” And finally, Obama has consistently refused to approve the release of his actual birth certificate, college transcripts and his medical records. And these matters only scratch the surface. It's almost as if Obama is intentionally trying to destroy the country. You can join us by using the sign-up button below to read and then add your name to the Articles of Impeachment we've drawn-up against Barack Hussein Obama. If, after reading the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama, you agree that action must be taken now, all you have to do to join our growing network of patriotic Americans is add your name (which will remain on our secure form and be kept in the strictest confidence until the time is right) to the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama. That's all there is to it. Be among the first to join this growing nationwide movement and help us spread the word far-and-wide. Together, we can take back our country before it is too late. Barack Hussein Obama has said that America is not a Christian nation, on countless occasions, despite surveys that find a whopping majority say the contrary. In his book, The Audacity of Hope, he wrote of Muslims and Arabic immigrants: “… I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.” When he spoke at Georgetown University, a Catholic institution, the White House insisted that the name of Jesus, be covered. Georgetown complied. In 2006, he said; "Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation." He went to Egypt and said, "You might say that America is a Muslim nation." Why go to such lengths to deny the Christian heritage of the United States? Surely Barack Hussein Obama knows that our personal liberties flow directly from our Christian heritage… that there is no surer way to destroy our republic than to deny that heritage. President Thomas Jefferson: "God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?" President Andrew Jackson called the Bible; "the Rock upon which our republic rests.” President John Adams said; “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion.” Patrick Henry said, “It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains.” George Washington, in his Farewell Address said; "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports." Alexis de Tocqueville, in Democracy in America, wrote extensively on the relationship between the Christian religion and liberty in American: "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." It's enough to make one wonder… does Barack Hussein Obama realize that every stab he takes at the Christian heritage of this great nation is a blow to the very foundation of our nation… a blow to freedom our personal liberty? Does he simply hate Christianity… does he hate the United States… or both? You can join us by using the sign-up button below to read and then add your name to the Articles of Impeachment we've drawn-up against Barack Hussein Obama. If, after reading the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama, you agree that action must be taken now, all you have to do to join our growing network of patriotic Americans is add your name (which will remain on our secure form and be kept in the strictest confidence until the time is right) to the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama. That's all there is to it. Be among the first to join this growing nationwide movement and help us spread the word far-and-wide. Together, we can take back our country before it is too late. Barack Hussein Obama simply hasn't denied the Christian heritage of this nation. He has used his presidency to bad-mouth America itself at every turn. He said, "America has been arrogant." thus giving our enemies and our allies every reason to believe that we are less resolved to defend ourselves and hence more vulnerable to attack. Following his inauguration, he ordered Gitmo closed, within a year, despite the fact that it was (and is) the best possible facility for detaining terrorists. His first presidential phone call was to Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Fatah Party in the Palestine territory. According to press reports he told Abbas; "This is my first phone call to a foreign leader and I'm making it only hours after I took office." His first one–on-one TV interview was not with NBC or ABC, but with Al Arabiya, where he said: “My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy. We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect.” He immediately issued an Executive Order halting military commissions which resulted in charges being dropped against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the animal accused of planning numerous terrorist attacks against Americans, including the USS Cole bombing in which 17 U.S. sailors died. While treating the Queen of England with casual familiarity, he obsequiously bowed from the waist to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, leader of a Muslim nation that won’t permit Christian worship within its borders… under penalty of death. Are Obama's denunciations of America, in words and deeds, simply faux-pas or do they show, as Tammy Bruce said, "malevolence toward this country, which is unabated." Does it really matter? Barack Hussein Obama's words and actions clearly rise well beyond the level of "bad behavior" and our Founding Fathers left us a remedy for presidents guilty of bad behavior. The Obama presidency is the disease; Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution, is the cure. You can join us by using the sign-up button below to read and then add your name to the Articles of Impeachment we've drawn-up against Barack Hussein Obama. If, after reading the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama, you agree that action must be taken now, all you have to do to join our growing network of patriotic Americans is add your name (which will remain on our secure form and be kept in the strictest confidence until the time is right) to the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama. That's all there is to it. Be among the first to join this growing nationwide movement and help us spread the word far-and-wide. Together, we can take back our country before it is too late. a.. ImpeachObamaCampaign.com is a project of the Policy Issues Institute. Contributions are not deductible for tax purposes. a.. Policy Issues Institute 30011 Ivy Glenn Dr., Suite 223 Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 a.. Recent Posts a.. The True Reason for Thanksgiving b.. Chicago Style $300 Billion Payoff Secures Obamacare Debate c.. Obama World Travels a Failure d.. Important progress in campaign to remove Obama e.. Obama administration aiding enemiesCopyright © 2009 Impeach Obama Campaign · A Project of Policy Issues Institute · Log inGet a Blog · WordPress · Log in a.. Home b.. Articles c.. Donate d.. Contact Us e.. Sign the Petition a.. Blog Posts a.. Enough is enough. We're calling for the Impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama. And if you agree, you can join us right now. Right here and right now, you can add your voice to ours… and add your name to the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama. Why are we calling for the Impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama? Radio-personality Tammy Bruce may have said it best:———————————————————————— "… ultimately, it comes down to… the fact that he seems to have, it seems to me, some malevolence toward this country, which is unabated."———————————————————————— Oh… there are many reasons to call for the impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama and there is more than just cause to call for his impeachment. But as Bruce said, Obama's "unabated malevolence toward this country, which is unabated" makes it all the more imperative that we take action now… without delay. How long must we wait… how long should we sit back and permit Barack Hussein Obama to rip apart the fabric of this country before we take action? Are you terrified at Barack Obama’s campaign to change our country into a third-world nation? Are you willing to sit back and watch Obama bulldoze our great nation? Are you willing to let him construct a totalitarian regime… fascism, socialism, Obamaism… take your pick? If any of the above scenarios concern you… join us. At the very least, fire a shot across the bow… a shot that will be heard around the world… and send Barack Hussein Obama a clear and unmistakable message that he does not have carte blanche to ruin the United States of America. As the late former President Ronald Reagan once said, "If not us, then who; if not now, then when." You can join us by using the sign-up button below to read and then add your name to the Articles of Impeachment we've drawn-up against Barack Hussein Obama. If, after reading the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama, you agree that action must be taken now, all you have to do to join our growing network of patriotic Americans is add your name (which will remain on our secure form and be kept in the strictest confidence until the time is right) to the Articles of Impeachment against Barack Hussein Obama. That's all there is to it. Be among the first to join this growing nationwide movement and help us spread the word far-and-wide. Together, we can take back our country before it is too late. Can we actually impeach Barack Hussein Obama? Should we impeach Barack Hussein Obama? To borrow a phrase from the "anointed-one," … "yes we can." But before going on, we really need to address the often misunderstood subject of what exactly constitutes an impeachable offense, in order to illustrate that Barack Obama's actions are grave enough to warrant impeachment. Former-President Gerald Ford, while serving in the House of Representatives, said an impeachable offense was, “whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.” Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution reads: “The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” The key phrase here is "high crimes and misdemeanors,” a concept in English Common Law that was well-known to our Founding Fathers but is grossly misunderstood in this day and age. "High crimes and misdemeanors" essentially means bad behavior. Here's a passage from C-Span.org which succinctly and beautifully summarizes the historical significance surrounding the inclusion of the term "high crimes and misdemeanors" in the Constitution: “’High crimes and misdemeanors’ entered the text of the Constitution due to George Mason and James Madison. Mason had argued that the reasons given for impeachment – treason and bribery – were not enough. He worried that other "great and dangerous offenses" might not be covered… so Mason then proposed ‘high crimes and misdemeanors,’ a phrase well-known in English common law. In 18th century language, a ‘misdemeanor’ meant ‘mis-demeanor,’ or bad behavior." In other words, "high crimes and misdemeanors" does not refer to a criminal act (as some would lead you to believe) and our Founding Fathers fully intended to allow for the removal of the President for actions which were… well… simply put… egregious… grossly incompetent… grossly negligent… outright distasteful… or, in the case of Barack Hussein Obama, actions which clearly show "malevolence toward this country, which is unabated." And make no mistake, for those who mistakenly hold the illusion that impeaching Barack Hussein Obama would be a simple matter of "playing politics," the Founders fully intended that the impeachment of a sitting President be a political act. As C-Span.org notes: “The Congress decides the definition [of impeachable offenses]: by majority vote in the House for impeachment, and by 2/3 vote in the Senate for conviction. The Framers of the Constitution deliberately put impeachment into the hands of the legislative branch rather than the judicial branch, thus transforming it from strictly a matter of legal definition to a matter of political judgment. Then Representative Gerald Ford put it into practical perspective in 1970, when he said an impeachable offense is ‘whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.’" The Obama Administ

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