What is amazing to me is how often people do NOT learn from history.  It can be recent or ancient, and they never learn.

A recent Rasmussen Poll says that a ‘Tea Party’ candidate beats Republicans in a national election, but still lose to the Democrats.  People are whipped up in a fury about the insane expansion of government and they are actually buying that a third party candidate could win.  Now let’s think about what the poll said.  A Tea Party candidate could beat the Republican, but not the Democrat.

Well, that’s all well and good if the Republican was the current incumbent and there was no such thing as a Democrat party.  Lets review some history.  In 1912, Teddy Roosevelt broke away from the Republicans to form the Progressive, or Bull Moose party.  The Republicans lost.  What was worse was that the Republican in the race, William Taft was already the incumbent.  It ushered in the beginning of the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, a progressive liberal democrat who supported such things as eugenics and isolationism.  Great.

Woodrow Wilson carried 40 states.  Teddy Roosevelt carried 6 states and Taft carried two.  As expected, many Republicans broke off to follow Roosevelt, but their numbers were too small, and it ushered in a 435 electoral-vote landslide for Wilson.

Lets zoom ahead to 1992, shall we?  Conservative independent (some said progressive, but his fiscal policies were very conservative) Ross Perot ran as an independent against the Incumbent Republican George H.W. Bush, and Democrat Bill Clinton.  Clinton won with a popular vote of over 44 million.  Bush won just over 39 million, and Perot clocked in with nearly 20 million votes.  Examine that carefully.  Twenty million votes could have gone to Bush and easily put him over the top.  Perot did not carry a single state, but he bled enough votes away for Clinton to march to victory.

Conservatives vote for the candidate that they believe is more conservative.  If that doesn’t fall on a major party line, so be it.  Liberals overwhelmingly vote for the Democrat candidate, because they know it will win.  You have socialist party and green party candidates who throw their hat into the ring, but they can never garner strong support.  None of them ever even came CLOSE to getting nearly 20 million votes!!

We must come back to our senses, people.  First of all, there is no ‘Tea Party.’  The Tea Party groups have a de facto political leader, and her name is Sarah Palin.  But if Sarah Palin ran as a member of a third party, I would not support her, despite how much I admire her.  I know that conservatives will divide our numbers, and the Democrats will not.  This time around we do not even have the incumbent advantage.  It will be reminiscent of Reagan defeating Mondale, 49 to 1.

This is not what we want, and not what we need.  I have been to these tea parties.  I support them and find the people are all great people.  They have a great message.  Their fundamental flaw is that they would rather take down the whole system than hijack a party, just like the liberals did with the Democrats decades ago.  If Sarah Palin or Mitt Romney ran as a Republican, I think they would have a solid chance at beating President Obama.  You could run Jesus Christ as a third party candidate in this country and he would lose in a landslide.

If we as conservatives ever hope to stop the Democrats, we need to unite.  The Republican party is not going anywhere, and only if it did would there be room for a third party, which of course would then be the new second party.  We must not divide our numbers.  We must stand united.  Trust me, they want a third party.  The Democrats in power would love to see a Tea Party organize and run against the Republicans, because they sure as heck would not be running against the Democrats.  It would be no contest.  Trust me, that bitter reality makes me sick.

If someone like Palin or Romney would enter the race head on, nothing would make me happier.  As a Republican with tea party support, they could probably do it.  The Democrats are not exactly on any favorite lists of Americans, save those in NYC or LA.  The biggest flaw the Republican Party is making, is not embracing these outsiders.  We’ve had enough of Gingrich, boys.  Bring in Sarah.

United we can win it all.  If we divide our forces, we’ll end up dying by friendly fire.

By Stella Lohmann http://stellalohmann.com/
November 1, 2009—Atlanta, GA

Representative Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) has mobilized a national Tea Party of her own with just one a few words with Sean Hannity on Fox News Friday night. Buses are being filled as we speak to join her on the steps of the nation’s Capital on Thursday, November 5th at noon. Then Rep. Bachmann wants to walk the halls of Congressional offices with those who answer her call to stop the most recent healthcare reform bill set for a vote by next week.

Tea Party activists in Atlanta are already hosting a One Year to Judgment Day Tea Party at the gold dome Capitol on November 2nd to give notice that Americans are willing to use their voting power as never before to rid Congress of those who will compromise conservative values—fiscal responsibility, strict Constitutional adherence, free markets, and traditional values that have framed this republic since inception.

Many of those returning to Atlanta’s Capitol for yet a third Tea Party there since February will be boarding buses organized by two Facebook friends, Harriet Carter and yours truly, who then contacted organizations to join forces. Not a unique idea but the result was a combined effort of forces between Resist.net, Tea Party Patriots, Freedom Works, 9/12 Project and Smart Girl Nation to fill as many buses as possible on short notice.

Rep. Bachmann’s call gives Americans just five days to organize and to join her in D.C. for face to face meetings with her colleagues. Fox News show host, Glenn Beck, gave a six month notice for 9/12 Project organizers to drew 1.5 million that would march down Pennsylvania Avenue and rally at the Capital for hours the day after 9/11. As it stands now, organizers predict that there will be a least two or three buses or about 150 people leaving Atlanta on Wednesday for a ten hour trek to Washington. For some, it was just six weeks ago that they sacrificed money, time away from work, home, and loved ones to protest in D. C.

Harriet Carter of north Georgia is ready to join other activists on Wednesday calling the group Minutemen/women—those ready to respond on short notice to defend this nation. How many will answer Bachmann’s request is uncertain but what is certainly remarkable is the resolve to which they have responded so quickly.

*If interested please contact stellalohmann@yahoo.com for details.