{"id":6183,"date":"2011-11-13T14:17:10","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T05:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/haakondahl.com\/blog\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2011-11-13T14:17:10","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T05:17:10","slug":"join-us-or-be-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/join-us-or-be-destroyed\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Us or Be Destroyed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tea Party says to the GOP\u00a0Join Us or Be Destroyed<\/em>. \u00a0That\u2019s not a threat\u2013we\u2019re rescuing you again, if possible. \u00a0If not, well, the Tea Party will not perish with the GOP. \u00a0If we cannot save this party from itself and its mortal enemy, then we will simply take it over or die trying. \u00a0We are left with no alternative. \u00a0We sent an awesome weapon to Congress in the last election, and you are breaking it into pieces because you\u2019re afraid it will do more damage to you than to the opposition. \u00a0Sowing the seeds of your own destruction, you refuse to even fire it.<\/p>\n

We intend to put you into a leading position in both houses of Congress and the White House, and we demand that the power we give you be used to to roll back formerly creeping, now bounding Marxism burning through our society. \u00a0We are not dead and we are not sleeping. \u00a0Ignoring us or continuing to kick the can from lame duck session to budget fight, to debt ceiling fight, to Supercommittee, and then presumably to nowhere–this is NOT acceptable.<\/p>\n

The Republicans and Democrats have a shared history of utter dominance in Congress by Democrats. \u00a0Old Democrats know how to wield power, whereas old Republicans know how to avoid responsibility. \u00a0Those are the survival skills that have evolved in different conditions. \u00a0We will not fight for majorities just so we can lose fights anyway.<\/p>\n

You, the GOP\u2019s own leadership, had once cast the party upon the ashheap of history, and having been snatched from it by the Tea Party, you now apparently pine for the fading warmth of the ashes. \u00a0 If the GOP has become a death cult, we have no desire to join you in that. \u00a0The old leadership must go, and I do not care who replaces you.<\/p>\n

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The Tea Party says to the GOP\u00a0Join Us or Be Destroyed<\/em>. \u00a0That\u2019s not a threat\u2013we\u2019re rescuing you again, if possible. \u00a0If not, well, the Tea Party will not perish with the GOP. \u00a0If we cannot save this party from itself and its mortal enemy, then we will simply take it over or die trying. \u00a0We are left with no alternative. \u00a0We sent an awesome weapon to Congress in the last election, and you are breaking it into pieces because you\u2019re afraid it will do more damage to you than to the opposition. \u00a0Sowing the seeds of your own destruction, you refuse to even fire it.<\/p>\n

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