I am glad to hear a Democratic Senator admit that there are not enough votes in the Senate to pass a health care reform plan that include a government-run public option. What this means is that the one-party control of Washington is not absolute enough to simply steamroll over any dissenting opinion. What this also means is that the “unruly mobs” supposedly paid by the RNC and “anti-reform PAC’s” are succeeding in stopping a government takeover of health care. Speaking of unruly mobs, I had dinner with two young ladies (and other friends), one a Democrat and another a Republican, who participated in town hall protests down here… rest assured that they were not paid by any organization and are not extremists of any kind, one is a registered nurse and the other works as a physical therapist. This is not what the mainstream media nor the Imperial Democrats would have you believe. They want to keep up the narrative that the grassroots protests are actually “astroturf” or “manufactured” popular protests. Nothing could be further from the truth. They are as organized as the Democrats are, as organized as any other grassroots organization that go make cardboard signs and try to carpool to the town hall meetings.

This goes to show that the far Left’s success in 2008 was the result of their relentless activist campaign against George W. Bush and the disillusionment of the conservative movement, since our leadership was going against our core principles. Now the pendulum has swung farther left and only activism on the grassroots level has been able to counter the president and his cronies. It fills me with pride to think that the President and the Democrats have resorted to attacking the grassroots themselves instead of simply attacking Republicans or corporations. They have insulted the American voter with their condescension and their accusations because they do not understand that neither the GOP nor big business are the source of Americans’ thirst for freedom and aversion to government. It is part of our national character; it is the foundation for our existence as a nation. Democrats always err on the side of big government and excessive spending… promoting collective mediocrity instead of individual empowerment. Only continued activism on the grassroots level can help change politics in America, away from big interests, big government, and the truly impressive cult of personality built up around the current president. This is not a nation run by one dear leader, we are a nation of independent, courageous, and free citizens. Let’s keep acting like it.

-AG