December 27, 2022

The script is sickeningly familiar by now, isn’t it?  Establishment Republicans — led throughout the ’22 elections and in their aftermath by the notorious Kentucky senator-for-life Mitch McConnell — betrayed their party’s base, which is staunchly conservative, increasingly in an America First sorta way. 

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Yes, lest one is confused because of all the serial betrayals, we’re referring to the gross obscenity called the “$1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill.”  For true-blue conservatives, the brazen middle-finger thrust rudely into their faces by McConnell and seventeen other Senate go-alongs should be an act of war.  Political war, that is. 

The first major offensive in this war needs to be led by Senate conservatives.  The mission is audacious, as well it should be given the stakes: bringing down D.C.-lovin’ Mitch McConnell as Republican Senate leader.  Ace out dull John Thune as heir-apparent.  Install Rick Scott as the new leader.  The grassroots needs to undergird the fight and sustain it. 

Why war?  Because the character of this betrayal is precedent-setting.  It sticks out defiantly like owlish Mitch’s raised middle finger.  You see, as stupid as Republicans are — and, by God, they can be an awfully dumb bunch — McConnell and his troop of monolith-agitated apes have realized in their dull-wittedness that they really aren’t beholden to their voters, other than tossing them bleach-whitened toothy grins and occasional bones.

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In this budget vote there’s an underlying decision of momentous importance.  It’s downright troubling. 

At a chilly December crossroads, McConnell and his gaggle trudged across Democrat lines.  Like Benedict Arnold in his day, these Republicans aren’t just visiting Schumer’s HQ for a spot of tea.  They’ve crossed into the enemy camp because that’s where they intend to stay.     

This deeper betrayal has far less to do with an ideological flip than a declaration that Mitch’s RINOs will boldly act with the Washington establishment and the nation’s cynical, power-hungry elite.  RINOs are publicly declaring their interests are aligned with the aforementioned.  Tough luck for the grassroots.  Bypassing the incoming GOP House to support the Democrats’ hydra-headed budget is casus belli.

There’s far, far more here than switching sides for more booty. 

RINOs are affirming Democrats coming out as authoritarians who mean to centralize ever-greater power in Washington, D.C.  The purposes are undercutting the people’s liberties,  radically altering the nation. In fact, cementing alliances with elites in corporate suites, the leftist academy, and other major institutions to monopolize power.  RINOs, in turn, are “transitioning” to full statist. 

Need we detail two years of Biden administration policies and Pelosi and Schumer-led efforts to have Uncle Sam control all elections, attack our 1st and 2nd Amendment rights, promote the unrestricted killing of babies in the womb, destroy conventional energy exploration and production, erase the southern border, spend like crazy drunks, and… oh, what else?  If you need convincing at this juncture about Democrats’ and their allies’ intentions, you’ve got some hard work ahead of you.