Conservatives oppose Obama, and we’re called ignorant and hateful.  We organize peaceful rallies against excessive government spending and we’re called “tea-baggers”, a sexual innuendo.  We oppose Obamacare and we’re branded as racist.  These despicable political tactics are designed to scare us into silence.  It won’t work.  We oppose Obama not because of race, but because of his naked statism.  Conservatives proudly support three African- American candidates for the U.S. Senate and 35 African-American candidates for Congress.

Our dissent is rooted in the philosophy which gave rise to our founding, the Enlightenment.  John Locke, a philosopher in that movement, believed truth is found through reason and experience.  If citizens make better arguments than kings or congressmen, the citizens argument wins.  This was on display in tea parties and was seen in recent town hall meetings, where it was obvious that ordinary Americans knew more about health-care legislation than their representatives.

Tea partiers knew the stimulus package was futile and wasteful.  FDR tried this in the 1930’s.  It failed.  FDR’s New Deal didn’t solve the Great Depression, but prolonged it.  Unemployment averaged a painful 18% from 1933, When Roosevelt took office, to the begining of WWII.

Conservatives oppose Obamacare because government programs always cost far more than promised.  Massachusetts-care is similar to the bill Obama crammed through the House.  The people were promised it wouldn’t cost more than $88 million per year.  Four years after its passage, Massachusetts is broke.  Health-care costs have exceeded $4 billion.  Costs for Bay-Staters haven’t gone down; their health-care costs are the highest in the nation, 27% higher than the national average.  The Massachusetts Medical Society says there is a “critical shortage” of primary care doctors.  Bay-Staters are covered, but what good is coverage if you can’t see a doctor?

Fellow conservatives, fear not.  Let the liberals call us every vile name in the book.  Their attacks say far more about who they are than who we are.   Our opposition to Obama and the statist Democrats is rooted in history and experience.  Make your case fearlessly.  boldly stand on principle.  We walk in the footsteps of the founders, Jefferson, Madison and Washington.  We’re in very good company.

Michael A. Morrongiello

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