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This is a short blog centering around republican speeches and unfulfilled expectation.  I will be using the Scott Brown speech as the back drop.  (Transcript: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/us/politics/20text-brown.html)

This speech is very good back drop to our current problem in the political arena.  The independent voters of Massachusetts did have something to say to Washington.  Sen. Brown successfully made this a national election on Healthcare and the corruption that is inherent with a filibuster proof senate.  The closed-door meetings, backroom deals, and general tyrannical rule of this congress is not to be unexpected.  WE put them in office; WE allowed them to have free rain; and fortunately enough people in MA saw these abuses and decided to hold them accountable.

I have noticed a movement amongst the independents (of which there are more than ever) that is tired of the two parties.  I myself would join them except that I would actually like to accomplish something and you can’t do that as an independent.  However I have a warning to the Democrat leadership: the independents have a lot of disenfranchised conservative in their ranks and if our party does not bring the left-wing radicals in our party to bay, there is no hope of winning this group.  That is not to say we will not win elections when we have a candidate with more appeal (e.g. Obama v. that old guy) but close elections will be lost and with the current sentiment, many elections are becoming close.

As for Massachusetts I hope the Republicans are reading into it that they have a chance next time around.  The only way I see that happening is if they actually do what they say.  I for one am tired of republican promises.  I’d elect a conservative (often the republican) every time if they would actually govern conservatively.  Let’s take some examples from the speech.

“One thing is clear, voters do not want the trillion-dollar health care bill that is being forced on the American people.”  As I stated earlier this is why he won this election.  Period.  He is a nice looking man who makes clear statements and doesn’t look like he is a political-machine tool.  Essentially he had little negatives, therefore he was able to run against healthcare and I support his stance.  We all recognize that our heathcare system has some problem, but on the whole it isn’t that bad.  <sarcasm> Perhaps there is a solution that does not require the tripling of the size of government </sarcasm>  We can do better than this current plan.  I also am not a proponent of putting something in and we can fix it later.  How about we get closer to the mark and then tinker?

“No more closed-door meetings or back room deals”  Amen, brother.  Where is the transparency?  Where is the review?  Where is the accountability?  Where is the common sense.  There are several points of this massive bill needs to be examined and there has been very little time to examine even a single aspect.  Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are saying, “Trust us”.  Really?  I trust them to do a power grab.  I trust them to build a bureaucracy.  I trust them to spend money we don’t have.  These things they have done well.  Do what I think is best for the long-term health of the country; from my conservative point of view I do not trust them.

“President John F. Kennedy taught us, that starts with an across the board tax cut for individuals and businesses that will create jobs and stimulate the economy. It’s that simple! “  It really is that simple.  It has been suggested that we cannot judge President Obama’s job performance when he has only been in office for 12 months.  It is difficult to stall the economy of the United States, however this congress and administration has effectively done just that.  If President Obama is really receptive to other suggestions, please take this one.  Promise to “do nothing” and the economy will rebound and you can take all of the credit.

The problem here is that the other party is bad at this as well.  Where is the fiscal conservatism that the GOP is so famous?  While it is true that the democrat lead congress under Bush is responsible for much of the over-spending (a fact that is all to often glossed over from people on my side of the aisle) he did very little to stop it.  He is the president for goodness sakes.  Lead!!! 

The only place where I saw leadership in the former and current administration has been the policies on dealing with terrorist threats.  We are still at was in Afghanistan even though Iraq is wrapping up.  Whether it is Somali pirates, suicide bombers, hijackings, kidnappings, or worse I am glad to see that Obama is taking things serious.  I do caution against trying to make this a policing action.  Foreigners who are trying to kill Americans do not deserve our rights under our Constitution.  Scott Brown was correct when he said, “In dealing with terrorists, our tax dollars should pay for weapons to stop them, not lawyers to defend them.”

Senator Brown ended his acceptance speech with some one-liners, “Raising taxes, taking over our health care, and giving new rights to terrorists is the wrong agenda for our country.” and “basic convictions that need only to be clearly stated to win a majority.”  Here is where the other party leaves the track.  They talk a good game, but they raise taxes, vote for new and expanded government programs, and essentially govern just like a liberal democrat.  Stop it and show me you mean what you say.

I welcome you comments here or email me at conserv-democrat@gmail.com

Michael Abramson

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Short rant: Is this the result of mass media minus the newspaper, which is now losing the market share amongst the instant news media and sound bytes?

Here is an interesting website that has been touted on a news channel as website dedicated to ensuring that the Government “dumbs down” the language of the legislature that is being voted on. So that, not only the congressional staffers and the “common folk” can be able to read and understand the written document but also the senators, who we elect, pay to read, and comprehend. 

Here is the website to petition our legislators to write legible legislation for the modern American mind that does not have a background in law to comprehend. http://readtovote.org/site/

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