Brat Threatens DC Business As Usual

Last week, in what appeared to be a stunning upset, Dave Brat, a literal unknown to a group think biased mainstream media, easily defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in their Virgina GOP primary election.

Dave Brat

Brat ran on old school republican principles, which 35 years ago would have been mainstream.  However, in the world we live in today, Brat is considered extreme by the mainstream media and a threat to the daily goings on in Washington by the elite ruling class, that of which, sadly included Rep. Cantor.

Cantor had this loss coming. 

He was considered a conservative when he entered Congress with such promise, but over time, not only did he forget about his home district while embracing corporations, business individuals and government engaged in crony capitalism if not crony socialism, he was embracing Obama policies, such as immigration reform, and openly working to punish those in his party deemed members of the Tea Party.

Rep. Eric Cantor

Those Tea Party members, albeit there is no actual party and these are regular citizens against a growing government, are the ones who put Cantor into Congress, and they are the ones who threw him out

In his concession speech, it was clear Cantor had no idea what hit him. Cantor vowed to continue to work hard for working class families, clueless that the infiltration in the marketplace by the government, notably through regulation and taxation, is the main problem working class families, defined here as employed families struggling to make it versus union members as defined by the left, face.

In the race, Brat had very limited capital, and was not given help from national organizations such as Tea Party Patriots and Freedom Works.  While he was endorsed by a pair of radio talk show hosts, Laura Ingaham and Mark Levin, he won this race on the merits the old fashioned way.

Brat based his campaign on six Reaganesque principles, which were the following:

That the free enterprise system is the most productive supplier of human needs and economic justice,

That all individuals are entitled to equal rights, justice, and opportunities and should assume their responsibilities as citizens in a free society,

That fiscal responsibility and budgetary restraints must be exercised at all levels of government,

That the Federal Government must preserve individual liberty by observing Constitutional limitations,

That peace is best preserved through a strong national defense,

That faith in God, as recognized by our Founding Fathers is essential to the moral fiber of the Nation.

Outside of those who lack faith in their lives, who are the folks among our citizenry that do not agree with these founding principles?  I sure do, and I think Brat will challenge what has clearly been a dysfunctional and broken Washington DC.

Many are quite concerned over the Cantor loss, and it may not be who you think it is.  While progressive GOP members come to mind, it is really those over on the corner of Wall and Broad in the caverns of Wall Street with grave concern. Joe Weisenthal over at Business Insider implies Wall Street should be "terrified" and others noted a loss of a friend.

Without question, Brat is a threat to Wall Street, as things currently are up there, as it is not the same as it was 20 years ago, due to infiltration through open market operations and political activism.  As such, many consider it somewhat of a rigged game, and as an investor of over 30 years, I agree.

Brat would welcome capital markets not politically influenced; a true free market system of buyers and sellers, without promised bailouts, too big to fail and a lack of accountability.  Wouldn't we all.

Sen Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R:KY, had proclaimed the Tea Party would be crushed in very election.  Sadly, Matt Bevin failed to take him out, but crushed indeed was Eric Cantor, the first time in history a majority leader has lost in a primary.

Those progressive leaders, who are among the ruling class thinking they know better than the people, which is in contrast to our founding documents, should beware.  We will not win them all, but our voice will be heard loudly, as Sen. Tad Cochran, R:MS, and Cantor found out.

One thing that can be sure; the increasing lack of Constitutional governance in DC are indicative of the future results if the citizenry keeps voting in politicians consumed with power.  Therefore, I welcome election results like we saw the other night in Virginia.

Welcome Dave Brat!

Taking Names

It is amazing that a group of patriots, whose rose up in recent years in the spirit of the those among the founders of this great country, can be so continuously vilified in this day and age as The Tea Party.

Although there is not a person at the head of this movement, at the core of the objectives of those associated represent the founding principles of our nation, which are closely associated with the Constitution, and in particular The Bill of Rights with acknowledgement this is a nation founded on Christian values.

Hard to imagine folks at quarrel with this, but the opposition is significant, and without question, on both sides of the aisle.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, when asked about the races which pit a Tea Party representative versus an establishment GOP candidate, McConnell said "We are going to crush them everywhere".

In an early round of primary action in North Carolina last evening, a Tea Party backed candidate, Greg Brannon, lost in the GOP primary to an establishment Republican named Thom Tillis, who was a favorite of the GOP establishment and supported by Karl Rove's American Crossroads group.  Brannon, a Constitutional Conservative Republican, who was backed by Senators Mike Lee, R:UT, and Rand Paul, R:KY, is an MD and has extensive command of the Constitution.

Again, while Tillis is likely preferable over Sen. Kay Hagan, the Democrat candidate, his positions indicate he favors progressivism, where increasing government control of the citizenry is welcomed.
Certainly, this position does not coincide with the free market individualism mindset of The Tea Party or those from both parties who may be considered libertarian. 

In absorption of Sen. McConnell's comment, we gather that the GOP establishment would rather edge closer to the progressive democrats than embrace the Tea Party.  Now, perhaps, one can understand why there has been little success in opposition to the progressive leadership which has presided over the decline of prosperity and liberty of America over the last decade or so.

Sen. McConnell is also facing a challenge from a representative of the Tea Party in candidate Matt Bevin.  Gloating in the victory last night, RNC spokesman Jahan Wilcox tweeted the following:
"Next up is that fraud @MattBevin! #GOP.

Sarah Palin, appropriately, found such action juvenile and not becoming "the establishment".

While the GOP establishment fails to consider Bevin a legitimate candidate, ( a tactic utilized recently by the Obama administration in effort to de-legitimize those Benghazi inquiries ) Bevin is certainly worthy of consideration and a candidate who in fact has my full support in his effort to defeat Sen. McConnell.

Things get ugly in campaigns, there is no doubt.

However, I will scorecard each of the GOP establishment on their actions and not verbalized rhetoric and campaign website commentary on how conservative they are.  On that scorecard, Sen.McConnell fails miserably, and his intent to crush his internal opposition while hardly standing in opposition to the orchestrated wreckage of the Obama administration.

The scorecard I have of establishment GOP players who insult me by attacking candidates sharing my views rather than opposing progressive Democrates with equal vigor is increasing in names.

Among those on the list are Speaker John Boehner, Rep. Eric Cantor, Rep. Peter King, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen. Lindsey Graham and, although I certainly respect the heroism and extensive service to our country, Sen. John McCain.

I will campaign for and donate accordingly. Check out MattBevin.com!