On behalf of limited-government conservatives everywhere, we write to urge you and your colleagues in Washington to put forward a legislative agenda in the next Congress that reflects the principles of the Tea Party movement. This election was not a mandate for the Republican Party, nor was it a mandate to act on any social issue.These Log Cabin guys slay me. First and foremost, asking the current incarnation of the Fascist Republican Party to keep social issues off the agenda is like asking the Nazis to leave the Jewish issue off the table in the 1930s. These gay Republicans are living in a fool's paradise if they think the tea-baggers won't eventually turn around and ram through a solidly anti-gay agenda. Second, the "limited government" argument should be a non-starter. Economists from one side of the political spectrum to the other have said in no uncertain terms that without government intervention in 2008 and 2009, the economy would have slipped into a major depression, with banks closed, savings wiped out, and unemployment above 15% on its way to 20%.
As I said two weeks ago, the American people will get what they asked for. Unfortunately, the rest of us will have to live with the resulting catastrophe.
