The Party of "no"

Being a news junkie, Its annoying and sometimes amusing to hear the little sound bytes that get consumed and regurgitated without thought to their real meaning. I would say about 95% of what the average person hears on the "news" are vetted, surgical talking points often times more Ad Hominem than any kind of real discussion. Its only in Op-Eds, columns, blogs, etc, that you'll find the meat behind the spin, the debunking of what the mainstream media hypes up (true for both conservative and liberal media). Unfortunately, most people don't look beyond the surface. The cartoon world of spin feeds right into the modern A.D.D.- stricken American's neat little toolbox of political rhetoric without any further depth of thought.

One such Political talking point that I find particularly amusing is the idea that republicans are the "party of no". I've heard pundits on both side warn republicans of the dangers of being considered the "party of no".

When i hear that nonsense I always think, if only they were really the Party of no! I would love to hear the GOP rise up and wear that like a badge of honor. The "Party of No" could probably win alot of elections. Why is that? Because saying "no" to the almost everything that progressives want is to defend the Founding Principle of Limited Government. Saying "no" to higher taxes, expanded entitlements, more nanny state laws that erode liberty, more government intervention would be the most American thing a Political Party could stand for. The founders knew the dangers of big government, and feared it's over-reach intensely. Their great contribution to mankind was negating it's power in our lives. This limiting of government is the basis for all of our "God Given Rights". We would do well to remember that now. The most effective arguments for Gay Marriage, for example, are when people say "the government has NO right to tell me who I can or cannot enter into a contract with." Arguing for limiting Government's reach is far more in step with our founding documents than arguing for more Government.

I know liberals are rolling their eyes, but consider this...what would the bill of rights be without "no" "not" or "nor"..go right now and take a look at them and try to imagine them without negatives.

I've heard old footage of Obama complaining that our bill of rights are negatives, saying what government cant do, but not what it should do on your behalf. With all due respect Mr President, I think the Bill of Rights was deliberately made as such. Rights ARE negatives. When anyone starts saying that you have the "right to healthcare"..ask them "where do affirmative rights end...do i have the 'right to housing'..the 'right to a job'...the 'right to food'?" It is a flawed ideology, and indefensible when you know the history of our founding principles. The left is constructed with the idea of affirmative rights, which are really more like entitlements that are given. What's taken in return is, more of your money, more of your liberty, and more of your individuality. Leftism, for all the ideological populist mantras, is the mother of totalitarianism. I dont say this to be outrageous... its simply the truth. Not all leftists governments are totalitarian, but all totalitarian governments are leftist. Yes even Hitler's Germany. Its supremely misunderstood that Hitler was "of the right". He was at most, a weird blend of the right & left... but economically, there's no debate that Hitler was a Socialist.. NAZI stood for "the national socialist party."

So I say, embrace the "party of no" label, explain it clearly and articulately. And proclaim why you will resist government's expansion. Oh, and here's a radical thought..when/if you get in power again, actually stand for it also! (if that's not too against the big interests you've sold your souls to)