The Democratic Strategy

In the wake of President Obama’s unprecedented, attack on the Supreme Court ruling on campaign financing during the State of the Union address, the far left is screaming foul while the far right is touting it as reaffirmation of the Constitution and free speech. The democratic strategy is and has always been to demonize or destroy anyone or thing that obstructs their agenda.

When President Obama criticized the Supreme Court by saying, "Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit in our elections," Obama said. "Well I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities. They should be decided by the American people, and that’s why I’m urging Democrats and Republicans to pass a bill that helps to right this wrong." (1)@Politico reported, that Justice Samuel Alito mouthed the words "not true."

The New York Times reported, "The ruling represented a sharp doctrinal shift, and it will have major political and practical consequences. Specialists in campaign finance law said they expected the decision to reshape the way elections were conducted."

Business Week reported on the Supreme Court’s decision, “Corporate campaign-spending restrictions is a disaster." said Andy Stern president of SEIU. He went on to say, “This is a moral disaster, it is a policy disaster and it is a practical disaster. This is going to bring an onslaught, if nothing changes, of an unlimited corporatization of our economy.”

The Huffington Post reported, "Depending on the details, such a ruling could lay the groundwork for wealthy interests to press their rights further in future cases and argue they should be able to give money directly to presidential and congressional campaigns."

Frum Forum reported, "Franklin Roosevelt at the 1938 State of the Union address blasted the Supreme Court on its ruling on the steel seizure case saying, The judicial branch also is asked by the people to do its part in making democracy successful. The process of our democracy must not be imperiled by the denial of essential powers of free government."

David Frum wrote, "The Supreme Court delivered a stinging rejection to the Truman administration in the steel seizure case of 1952. Truman had nothing to say about it in his 1953 SOTU. It looks like here’s another first for Obama: the first president to criticize a specific court decision in a State of the Union address – and certainly to do so in terms that, if not outright untruthful, were certainly misleading."

Rush Limbaugh said, “It’s nothing short of revolutionary. Here's how I add up the possible consequences: It adds to Republican chances of pickups in red states with small, cheap media markets. It turns the cottage industry of campaign consulting into a Hollywood-lucrative major media sector. It reduces candidates and political parties to mere appendages in their own campaigns."

With the far left at odds with the far right over Supreme Court ruling, the facts are that the left fear that big corporations will outspend the unions and the special interest groups. The far right is praising it as a victory since the big corporations can put the country back on track.

The latest Polls show the Tea Party is viewed more favorable than either the Democratic or the Republican Parties. If the left gets their way and the ruling is over turned, it will not matter. SEIU found out in Massachusetts when they threw away $900,000 on the Coakley campaign. If the Supreme Court ruling stands who will police the cooperate bureaucrats on Capitol Hill and keep them in line? The Tea Party of course.

We are winning the war but the evolution of the Tea Party is just beginning. Our grassroots organization can become the most powerful Lobbyist group Washington has ever seen but unlike the others, our power will be used for the good of the country and not self-serving organizations catering to a small segment of the population.

Bill Thresher; Wichita Kansas: Using my powers for good and not evil