They do this because they know it is a means to destroy. We have to be smarter this time ’round. They knew McCain wouldn’t win. They now prop up the Tea Party movement in order to renounce it in 2010; belittle and marginalize the movement.

The movement as a whole must be about reinvigorating Conservativism under the umbrella of the Constitution. Shove out the middle of the road Republican guys/gals. Vote IN the Conservative R’s. The msm and other ill-doers of this country KNOW a 3rd party will only serve to split the vote. That is why they are now even giving a second glance to the TP movement and giving it air time. Build it up to tear it down.

Reagan knew it also and he swept this country in a historic landslide vote by TAKING BACK THE PARTY. That is what we need. Not 47 different ‘parties’ all w/different visions. Yeah – they laughed at him too; especially after he lost – but he didn’t give up – he took it over… It’s the Constitution baby!

The democrats had the opportunity to make this about real reform and make the republicans obsolete. They instead choose not to implement real reform including tort reform, buying health insurance across state lines and allowing more choice in healthcare (HSA’s etc.). Instead, they went with their idealogue stance of more government control. Of course this will really highlight the democrats idiocy come 2010 elections. Most of these reforms dont really get put in place until 2013/2014 so there will be time to mitigate this and make democrats look like the idealogues they are. Dont despair, this will end up being a good thing (even though the media doesnt really make this point).

You are right indeed. As usual. Nelson is a pimp. A pimp who’s in office at least until 2012. He even had the balls to blame Heinemann’s letter to him as reason for the deal he cut. “Uh, I showed the Gov.’s letter to Dingey Harry, and so to offset the costs that Dave said the state would incur, Harrybutt put in the language to fund Nebraska’s costs by the rest of the country. Uhh, Uhh, uhh.I did what was best for Nebraska. Blah, blah, Ginger, blah, blah…” I paraphrase, of course. I think if our Governor really has the guts he appears to have, he should opt out of the system. Refuse the money.

Now, having said that–we have HUGE medical systems in this state. The UNMC med center and Creighton University hospital systems get loads of state and fed funding to operate. No doubt they will be held hostage by the feds if we don’t play ball. And new specialty hospitals are still being built all over the place. There’s a “Women’s Hospital” set to open in Omaha next year. What’s going to be done to them as well? The corruption and extortion in the system is sooo rampant, it’s heartbreaking.

Today there was a rally at the Music Hall to show our opposition to Nelson and the bill. 1,000 people in a theater that holds 2,400. And Mike Schmuckabee was the speaker. Gee, I was motivated by that to go! I feel safer already.

But I still believe that in the end we will prevail. God’s got a plan. We take over Congress in 2010, Palin/Bachman in 2012.

Of course, we the American people have only ourselves to blame for this; we tacitly approved of it. Over the years, we increasingly took the attitude of “Oh, no, we’re just mere mortals! We can’t do anything for ourselves! Only BIG government programs can save us!” I work with people every day at my place of work who feel more than they think; who are incredibly IGNORANT of how government works, of basic civics, economics, and personal finance; who seemed to seriously think that Obama and his ilk were going to pay there mortgages, pay their grocery bill, and put free gas in their cars; who think that government is the end-all and be-all of disaster preparedness, and whine that “government didn’t do this,” “government didn’t do that.” It’s always the same with them: government, government, GOVERNMENT!

I think this proves that our Senators and Reps don’t listen to us; they never have, and never will. We need to vote every single incumbent out. I’m in Tucson, AZ, and regardless of how this plays out, I’m voting against both my senators John McCain (he’s up for re-election in 2010), John Kyl (when he’s up for re-election), and that worthless representative Gabrielle Giffords (she claims she’s a Blue Dog Dem, by the way).

There, I’ve vented my anger. I think I’m going to put on “Hang On” and “Imperial March” until I get sick of them, and avail myself of that mixology podcast.

If I were Steele, I’d have registration drives in front of every hospital and doctor’s office in the country, starting this week. (And while he’s at it, direct mail to every address in a two block radius of every murder, shooting and the like in every Democrat-controlled — aren’t they all? — city. And every voter in every political division that raises taxes…)