Michael Wolfe

There has been a lot of excitement in the preceding months. It is becoming ever more clear that Obama’s “mandate for change” is a lot smaller than the media hyped it to be. There are many voices echoing the words of the tea parties that Obama’s policies are harmful for America. The problem with some of these voices is that they are molded from the same stuff Obama is. As surely as Obama railed against unconstitutional powers picked up by the Bush Jr administration, these career politicians wail against the unconstitutional actions of Obama’s administration (though they no doubt admire the powers being added to the executive branch weekly).

Let me lay out a simple guide to help determine which of these voices are actually worth listening too, and which ones should be dismissed as the same kind of mindless “change” rhetoric gushed out by Obama.

Do their actions match their words. Obama rallied against the imperial presidency of Bush,  war, spoke towards the middle on abortion, marriage, spending, and most other issues. Yet His previous track record was the most radical of any high level American politician. His presidential track record crushes all promises he made of transparency and accountability and fiscal responsibility.

The would be tea-party candidate questions to ask:

How long have they been in politics? If they have been in office for any length of time, check their VOTING record. Talk about lowering taxes, reducing regulation and upholding the constitution sounds really good, but are they actually doing it. If not, then they are just another Obama capitalizing on a movement.

Do they spend lots of time merely saying that Obama is moving us in the wrong direction without any specific details about which issues are troubling? Do they have a clear message about what kind of change they will attempt to move us back to a constitutional republic?

Are they would-be conservatives with an established liberal track record like John McCain or Olympia Snowe? His psuedo-conservatism in 2008 STILL came close to beating Obama. However, we don’t need to replace Obama with a republican, we need to replace him with an American, someone who loves this country, knows what made her great and is ready to defend the constitution, has a solid either private-sector or voting record of standing up for constitutional issues, for the free market, for the people of THIS country.

We must continue to scrutinize every action and piece of legislation that comes out of congress and everything Obama tries to pass. But we must also deeply vet those who rise up to oppose Obama’s marxism to make sure that what they say is backed up by where they stand. They must be men of integrity, not marred with scandals or extremely secretive about their past. These things only undermine confidence and keep voters at home.

Age, sex, color or social status doesn’t matter. Let the best person stand up for their country!

A false conservative would be worse than an out right marxist. He would only serve to show there is no real choice, and the country would just continue its downward spiral…