This past Saturday we had the Republican township caucuses. I came away with a crystal clear message. Society wants a change in government. They demand that that their voice is heard and, if not, they will find new leadership.
It doesn’t matter if your Republican or Democrat, society will get rid of the bureaucrat that doesn’t listen. Scott Browns win in Mass was a blast felt by all politicians! The message was clear, we don’t want health care, we don’t like terrorist tried in our courts and we hate reckless spending!
In Charles Krauthammer column on Jan 23, 2010, he hit this issue on the head. He wrote: “Brown ran on a very specific, very clear agenda. Stop health care. Don’t Mirandize terrorists. Don’t raise taxes; cut them. And no more secret backroom deals with special interests…..
The reason both wings of American liberalism — congressional and mainstream media — were so surprised at the force of anti-Democratic sentiment is that they’d spent Obama’s first year either ignoring or disdaining the clear early signs of resistance: the tea-party movement of the spring and the town-hall meetings of the summer. With characteristic condescension, they contemptuously dismissed the protests as the mere excrescences of a redneck, retrograde, probably racist rabble.
This is a great lesson for Republicans. LISTEN to your constituents!! Taxpayers are still in control and if you think you know better than them, you might want to find a new occupation.
So, we start with ideas for a Republican platform at the township caucus, we take these ideas to the county, district and state convention. We pass a final Republican platform that will be created by the taxpayers of Iowa. And, I will read it, understand it and follow it as a State senator. “Throw the bums out” should be a warning phrase for every politician!
Amen!