The Tea Party Knows That

The Backlash Against Big Government Is An Encouraging Sign Of A Growing Resistance To The Mission Creep Of Federal Power.

A Critical Component Of White House Scandal Defense 101 Is Rallying The Partisan Base. This Keeps Approval Ratings In Territory Where The Wheels Don't Start Falling Off. The Way To Achieve This Goal Is You Go Negative And You Don't Let Up. If You're Always Attacking Your Accusers, The Debate Becomes One Of Democrat Vs. Republican, Rather Than Right Vs. Wrong. Anyone Who Questions The Legality Of The Decision To Wiretap Thousands Of Americans Unlawfully Is Attacked, As Either An Enabler Of Terrorists Or A Bitter Partisan Trying To Distract A President At War.

I Believe In The Constitution. I Believe In Separation Of Powers. I Believe In The Rule Of Law. I Believe In Limited Government. And These Are Principles And Policies That Apparently Neither The National Republican Nor The National Democrat Party Believes In. I Believe Great Damage Is Being Done To Our Constitution, And I See No Remedy At All, No Likelihood Of That Changing, If We Rely On The Two Parties To Field Our Candidates For National Office.

Let Us Not Rush Into A Vast Expansion Of Government Power In A Misguided Attempt To Protect Freedom. In Doing So, We Will Inevitably Erode The Very Freedom We Seek To Protect.

People And Organizations Other Than Doctors Increasingly Are Assuming Power To Decide Which Medications To Prescribe Or Procedures To Undertake. More And More, Decisions About Personal Healthcare Are No Longer Made By The Treating Physicians In Consultation With Their Patients, And Based On The Doctors' Expertise.