Conservatives are not anarchists, radicals, or revolutionists! If anything, conservatives can properly be called counter-revolutionists! Our Constitution created a strong but limited federal government with enumerated responsibilities; all non-enumerated responsibilities are reserved to the states or to the people.

Conservatives are being called all sorts of names today by those who persist in furthering their progressive, evolutionary, programs that are designed to circumvent the Constitutional limits by expanding the federal government into areas that are clearly NOT enumerated as federal responsibilities. They have done an impressive job since the early 1900s with massive, intrusive federal programs that transfer wealth from one group of citizens to another group. The reason they resort to name calling is because they have no sound logic with which to argue their “facts”; name calling is an attempt to shut down a discussion. I am called a racist or bigot because I do not agree with President Obama’s philosophies; I am not a racist or a bigot; I abhor all forms of government expansion from any source. My dislike for the President has nothing to do with his skin color, ancestry, or religious beliefs; I dislike his policies!

All federal oaths of office include the phrase, “…defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic…” The domestic enemies of the Constitution are those who call it a meaningless, archaic, historical document that is no longer in step with what the people need. They say that because it limits their ability to put total control at the federal level and create a totalitarianism regime. Constitutional conservatives stand against all those who attempt end-runs around the Constitution, or otherwise subvert its meaning through judicial decree and expansion of federalism. We will continue to promote Constitutional government and oppose all federal power grabs that increase the power, authority, and control of government at the expense of personal liberty and freedom of the individual.

TEA party members, libertarians, and many independents are coalescing around the theme of smaller government. Together, we pose a serious threat to those who avow to expand government. The more who join us, the stronger we are. The lines are clearly drawn; every person needs to take a stand to either support the representative form of government with a powerful but limited federal government, or an ever-expanding federal government that is determined to control virtually every aspect of American life. There is no middle ground. One either supports government expansion, either actively or passively; or actively stands against it. Please join me in actively standing against it.