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·     NEVER FORGET who voted YES for Obamacare.

·     Restore INTEGRITY -- vote Republican in November.

·     WE CAN REPEAL THE BILL !

BLACK DAY FOR AMERICA

Nationalized Health Care is now the law of the land in America! 

219 Democrat Congressmen = YES.  178 Republican Congressmen and 34 Democrats = NO.  The day was Sunday, March 21sts, and the vote was on the Senate version of Obamacare!

Maybe not on Tuesday or Wednesday, or next week, but shortly in this life we will begin enjoying the benefits of National Health Service like they have in England and Canada.

·       Long lines in doctor’s offices

·       Long waits for critical tests 

·       Rationed care decisions by government agents

·       Death panels (YES, they’re in the Senate bill.)

·       Taxpayer paid abortions

·       Government insurance mandates

·       Much higher taxes

·       Ballooning public debt

·       $500 Billion robbery from Medicare

·       17,000 more IRS agents

 This bill creates Winners and Losers.  WINNERS = 13 million families who will get healthcare and not pay.  LOSERS = 71 million families who will pay more and get less.

 Can we stop this plunge into the European Style Social Welfare State?  YES WE CAN!  We need a massive conservative Republican victory on November 2^nd. 

Our call to action is:  REPEAL THE BILL!

Congress lunges forward to pass massive pieces of legislation with little or no debate, massive in scope and neither read nor (admitted by most) even understood by them, right up to the final vote.  Congress is increasingly no more than a bookmaker overseeing a vast array of off-track bets tied to complex new rules and administrative policies.

 The last 100 years has seen the explosion of the Administrative State.  This has been the most radical change that America has experienced since the founding of the Republic.  A massive shift of power from institutions of constitutional government to a complex network of unelected, unaccountable, self-appointed experts who would rule in the name of ‘the people’.

 In 1912 President Wodrow Wilson said “Some citizens of this country have never got beyond the Declaration of Independence.”  “All that progressives ask or desire is permission … to interpret the Constitution… (with) recognition of the fact that a nation is a living thing…”

 While the Founders went to great lengths to limit the power of government, the Progressives (Liberals) have been striving for a hundred years to strike down the constitutional barriers to centralized power and to greatly expand government.

 In 1932, President Franklin D. Roosevelt pronounced “The day of enlightened administration has come.”  His New Deal represented an expansion of government unprecedented in American society.

 In 1965 President Linden Johnson asserted that the purpose of government was no longer to be securing the individual’s “rights” as in the Declaration of Independence, but to insure “equality as a right and equality as a result”.

 Nationalized Health Care was first proposed in 1904.  It was in the Progressive party’s platform of 1912.  It came back under FDR and Truman, then Johnson, then Clinton, and now Obama.  The goal has always been to bring health care for Americans under the thumb of the Administrative State, whose experts will choose and ration its goods and services.  This is one of many Liberal (Progressive) agenda items.

 Traditional Americans are facing a powerful political / governmental / media Machine.  That Machine is dedicated to plunging America into European style Socialism.

 Is there any hope that the drive to crush liberty for individuals can be stopped?  Possibly!  2010 might prove one of those turning points in history.  The center-right coalition of conservative Republicans, TEA Party folks, Glenn Beck Meetup, 912’ers, Campaign for Liberty and other concerned citizens has suddenly become a powerful force, just in the nick of time to save the America we all know and love.  What happened in the Scott Brown election in Massachusetts illuminates the path ahead. 

Republicans, let’s paint in Bold Colors …

 Conservatives relish a discussion of issues.  To talk about real world solutions to actual problems.  But as candidates we often get scared and instead paint with pale pastels.

Here’s my take: It’s ok to speak real words and honest answers.  The voters can handle it.    …  You don’t believe me?  Try some recent history:

·        1962: In Washington State Al Rosellini was the Democrat Governor with his party in overwhelming control, and he endorsed a State Income Tax.  Republicans campaigned against 'Taxolini' and won enough seats to form a coalition to control the House of Representatives.  There were no new taxes and a voters enjoyed a reduction in legislation.  Republicans proved they were in touch with the voters.

·        1964: WA’s Republican Governor candidate, Dan Evans, reaped a huge benefit from the no-new-taxes theme and defeated 'Taxolini.'  But after the election Evans went for a State Income Tax, exploding the budget!  Republicans lost major credibility.

·        1968: Nixon is elected in large part due to a reaction to Lyndon Johnson’s wild spending.  But once in office he misread the voters and after allowing wage and price controls, gasoline rationing, and a Democrat Congress who botched the Viet Nam exit, Watergate was merely the icing on the cake.

·        1978:  WA State Republicans campaigned boldly on “hold the line on regulations and taxes," and in a come-from-behind upset they tied for seats in the House of Representatives.  Republicans successfully held the line on taxes and again became believable to the voters.  They won big in the 1980 election.

·        1980:  Reagan won the hearts of the electorate with his theme, 'paint conservative solutions in bold colors, not pale pastels.'  He became famous for his common sense explanations and close connection with everyday people.  In addition to winning  the Cold War he launched the most successful economic expansion in American history.  The voters loved it.

·        1982:  WA Republicans lost control of the legislature after misreading voters and passing a big tax hike.

·        1988: GHW Bush elected president and wins the Gulf War, but breaks his word on “no new taxes."   

·        1994:  Newt Gingrich launched the 'Contract With America,' painting conservatism in bold colors and inspiring voters to lift Republicans back into office in large numbers.

·        1998:  Congressional Republicans changed direction, caving in to pork deals for local communities.  Earmarks blossomed and Republicans lost seats in Congress. Gingrich resigned as speaker.

·        2000:  GW Bush, even while facing a war launched by Islamic Radicals, cut taxes and spurred the economy.  Ultimately, he didn't take real action to secure the borders, and didn't restrain spending.

·        2006:  Republican Congress inflates the budget and feasts on 'earmarks,' misreading voters again. Not seeing much difference between the parties, voters allow Democrats to take control of Congress.

 Plainly, history shows that when Republicans paint common sense solutions in Bold Colors, they WIN.   When they wander off into liberal terrain, they LOSE.

 So why does it work out this way?  The answer is simple:  The Democrats' center of gravity is among folks who want the government to play a central role in their social and economic lives; and Republicans want individuals and groups to have their own liberty to drive social and economic matters.

 America remains a center-right country, with a skeptical electorate that doesn't trust politicians.  For the past year the Public has watched in dismay at the Democrats' exercise of power.  Polls show the Democrat Congress is increasingly viewed as being radical, and their proposals and philosophy are being rejected.   Here’s my analysis :  In 2010, if Republicans sound a clear trumpet,  and paint with bold colors, we will WIN!

TEA Party rallies, Town Hall super crowds…!  The turn-out numbers alone have made the point that just plain Americans are fed up with the new radical direction of government.  The grass-roots are saying plainly that Socialism has failed too many times in the world to be acceptable for America.

 It was the April 15^th TEA parties that got the ball rolling.  At the Mt. Vernon event, a number of folks told us that this was the first demonstration they had ever participated in.  We told them “It’s OK.  You’re among friends!”  It was thrilling to see just plain folks standing up for the America their parents and grand-parents had passed on to them.

 Then came the Congressional Town Halls.  The overwhelming crowds were unprecedented, and were more well informed on the proposed ObamaCare wish list (HB3200) than the Congressman themselves.  The Congressional Staff really paid attention to the numbers and the temper of the folks.  This was the first big block thrown in the wheels of the Obama socialized medicine steamroller.

 The “9.12” Tea Party Express, with the help of Fox News, and Glenn Beck created a second major wave in favor of traditional American values.  These demonstrations have been absolutely critical in helping to stall the radical left’s driver for a “single payer” (i.e. Socialized medicine) health care system.  Can that powerful drive by the left be stopped?  We don’t know for sure yet, but we do know that it’s momentum has been sapped.

 In the meantime Obama’s Czars have been exposed as radicals who want to forement revolution against traditional America.  When Glenn Beck exposed Van Jones as an un-restrained Marxist Radical from Oakland who had previously declared himself to be a Communist) a revelation was brought to the American people.  We won this one when Van Jones resigned.  It’s not a coincidence that Fox News had a larger audience on the night of the exposé than ABC, NBC and CBS combined.  Finally, Obama’s Czars are having their past records examined with a critical eye toward their divergence from mainstream American concepts of restrained government.

 The TEA Parties, Town Hall Meetings and exposé of Obama radicals has alerted middle class America.  Many people who had never taken a role in public arena politics have come out for the first time in their lives … and are excited that they are actually having an effect on the national debate.  This demonstration of “people power” has had a major impact on the debate in Washington DC on ObamaCare.

 We can yet save the America we inherited.  Every one of us can be in on that “save”.  You can energize your friends and neighbors to help.  For right now we must flood Congress with letters, emails and phone calls.  Secondly, if we can win the local elections in 2010 we can come very close to driving a wooden  stake in the vampire’s socialist heart.

We are in the opening days of a new administration that seems to display a disdain for capital investing and job creation, so we’ll have the Bad News first:

    The Bad News is that the United States of America is in a very precarious situation.

    The Wall Street Journal has suggested that the Obama Administration seems to be at war with investors.  Right now, in the USA, government programs are being targeted at rewarding irresponsible spending habits and penalizing prudent individuals and actions.

    David Obey, Chairman of the House of Rep Ways & Means Committee publically crowed after the vote on the first Obama Stimulus bill that:  “This is the biggest expansion of government power since the 1930’s New Deal.” 

    Plainly, government marauders are on the prowl, shouting Crisis, Crisis, Crisis  -- and their stated intent is to fundamentally change America, using the “Crisis” as an excuse.

    The last time massive spending, new taxes and regulations were used in an effort to pull the USA out of a bad recession, FDR and his New Deal just pushed the country down further, into a full Depression.  That Depression lasted eleven years.  Not a future most Americans would seek.

    Here in WA state, our own Government Marauder, Gov Gregoire is shouting Crisis when none really exists.  Her “crisis” is no more than her plan to increase spending by up to 25%.  Her purpose could be to pass a State Income Tax.

    In every case, the Marauders plan is to transfer money from private folks to government.  This is a Power Plan, not a Recovery Plan.

    Now the Good News:  Our people are rallying!  They are not dejected.  Republicans are ready to fight back in the next election.  There is a level of enthusiasm that is astounding.  I saw this personally, at the Conservative Political Action Conference the last weekend of February in Washington DC.

   I can tell you that the Skagit Republican Party is on the move.  Our goal is to sell Freedom! 

   Our intent is to support the Young Republicans with philosophical material that they can use to compete in the market place of ideas among young voters. 

    Further, we intend to supply our members and Precinct Committee Officers with ideas that will help them challenge the thinking of folks in their neighborhoods, and churches, and garden clubs, backyard BBQ’s, and wherever they see them.

    In our Newsletter and on our Web site [www.skagitgop.com] we are going to put out the call for “change-for-the-better”,  not just “change”.

    Polls confirm that what we are selling is what the vast majority of the voters want.  It’s time the Republican Party became a winner again.   ###

The Republican party’s Brand is clearly damaged.  We lost a national election.

 But we didn’t get smashed.  Here in Skagit County we successfully helped elect Senator Val Stevens, Rep Barbara Bailey, Rep Norma Smith, Rep Kirk Pearson, and Rep Dan Kristiansen.  And in the state of Washington, Republicans actually added one State Senator and one Representative to the ranks of Republican elected state officials.

 It used to be that elected Republicans could be counted on to (1) protect the taxpayers pocketbook, (2) hold new regulations at bay, (3) defend the Nation, and (4) to be honest and ethical.

We have done a terrific job at defending the Nation.  But we haven’t maintained the rest.  That is the damage that has been done to the Republican Brand.

 Is this relevant in 2009?  Yes!  Recent polls show that the overwhelming share of Americans of all backgrounds stand with conservative Republicans on philosophical positions. 

            Examples:  (National Defense)  85% believe every group in America should support the defense of America;  93% believe al Qaeda poses a serious threat;  77% support the use of “computer warfare” to close down terrorist web sites around the world.

            (National Economy)  65% favor abolishing the death tax;  Nearly 50% favor abolishing the capital gains tax;  70% favor a tax incentive for US companies so as to help them keep American jobs at home; 

            (Cultural)  89% believe religion and morality are important to them and their families;  87% approve of the reference to “the Creator” in the Declaration of Independence;  81% oppose removing crosses from public sites;  90% approve of a Christmas tree or menorah on public property;  84% agree reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance is appropriate.

 The American people know the truth of Ronald Regan’s aphorism about government:  Except in national defense and courts, Government is not the Answer, Government is the Problem

 The 2010 elections are critical.  If Republicans can win sweeping victories in local elections we will shock the Obama administration.  The palace guard surrounding Obama lusts after “power”.  A Republican sweep in local elections in 2010 will absolutely drive national policy to the right. 

 That’s our mission over the next two years:  Win local elections in 2010

Thanks,
Bob Eberle...

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