Conservative Party (Massachusetts)

If I were a candidate for political office, I would be dropping to my knees and thanking God for an opponent like Martha Coakley. Despite the support of the Kennedy clan – who had been excused, for a day, from whatever rehab program they are currently enrolled in – Coakley’s numbers continue to nosedive.

There are no terrorists in Afghanistan and Fenway is all too common for the likes of dear, dear Martha. According to news reports, it seems that her idea of being a prosecutor is to keep the innocent behind bars and the politically connected walking the streets. I do realize that I live in the bluest of blue states, but making this woman a member of one of the most exclusive clubs in the United States would be somewhat akin to giving common sense a final goodbye wave.

As if it were some kind of enlightenment, she has a political ad which keeps reminding the people of the Commonwealth that Scott Brown is a Republican. Thank you, Martha, I wasn’t aware of that, and you happen to be a Democrat. By the way, which member of you squeaky machine was clueless when it came to the spelling of MASSACHUSETTS? If you folks cannot seem to figure out how to spell the name of the Commonwealth you hope to represent, what else will slip through those delicate little fingers of yours? Just asking. Though I do suppose that anything remotely resembling decision making would not be coming from you or your minions.

Since we are already well represented by shining stars of incompetence, please, Martha, stay here and come to a couple of games at Fenway. To enlighten you, Martha, that is where the Red Sox play a game called baseball.

I have to be honest, I fully expect politicians to do everything they can, within the rules of the game, to advance their beliefs. This holds true as long as they are advancing views they represented to those who voted for them. As I noted, though, they should follow the rules of the game.

Imagine that you went to a sporting event and things were not going all that well for your team. Not to worry, though, your team controls the rules committee, and they conveniently meet whenever and wherever your team happens to be playing. Seeing that “their” team is getting trounced, the committee immediately changes the rules so that the other team is not allowed an offensive score until your team ties the game. Do you think the fans for the opposing team might get just a little upset? Of course they would, unless they happened to be playing games with Massachusetts politics and not a sporting event.

John Kerry runs for the presidency of the United States, and the Democratic controlled Legislature, seeing a good chance for a victory in his presidential race, have a problem – there happens to be a Republican governor sitting in the state house. Horror of horrors, he would appoint a Republican to Kerry’s seat in the Senate. Not to worry, we make the rules, and now is the time to change them to one that is really fair. That is, let the people decide who the next Senator will be. Slam it through, and there is barely a peep from the fine people of Massachusetts.

The years go by and we are told that Ted Kennedy is suffering from the ravishes of cancer. As time goes on, it becomes quite apparent that he will not survive. More important than the sufferings of their idol to the Democratic party machine is the fact that the rules now say, the people must decide who the next senator from the Commonwealth will be. Time to save the people from themselves – change the rules. Once again, slam it through, and hear barely a peep from the people.

Via pure judicial skullduggery, Gay marriage became legal in Massachusetts. Polls show that the people of Massachusetts are against any such law. Efforts to bring it to the ballot are constantly blocked. What do we hear from the people? Barely a peep, and because of that, what passes as a political system in Massachusetts will continue to be nothing more than a joke.

People of Massachusetts, it is time to let those on Beacon Hill know that we are alive.

Edwin F. Buckley

Mr. President, it is time to say it – you are not qualified for the position you hold. Some things in life are consistent, and your abilities to actually lead, anything, have proven to be missing at every turn. Even in a situation that called for nothing more than common sense, you failed.

On November 5th, when the nation awaited your words on what had taken place at Fort Hood, you came out in a jovial mood and offered “shout outs.” Are you and those in your Administration so thoroughly incompetent as to not realize the gravity of the situation?

Almost immediately upon taking office, you have done nothing but fawn to foreign nations. I would strongly recommend that you read a few history books before doing so in the future. It is they, not us, who should be doing quite a bit of apologizing for past actions. Still, since you have already thrown apologies to every corner of the planet, has anybody done anything differently? Please, tell us.

You promised you would keep unemployment to below 8% if we followed your programs, and it is now over 10%. With the exception of those who still believe that you are leading us to the Promised Land, most of those who are capable of tying their own shoelaces are beginning to have their justified doubts. Aside from claiming something that cannot be proven – the saving of 650,000 jobs – what has been done to help those who are not friends of your economic advisors?

Aside from showing an expertise at jetting off to fundraising events, expertise in anything else has been sorely missing. It was long in coming, but I can honestly say that I never thought that I would look back at Jimmy Carter’s presidency as the good old days.

Edwin F. Buckley

I just heard that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has decided not to put her atrocious health care catastrophe on the Internet for the people to read before there is a vote taken.

She doesn’t think we are smart enough to know what it says?  She thinks we wouldn’t be willing to at least scan read through the well over 2000 pages?  Does she really think that she can sneak this by without so much as a ‘by your leave’ from the American people?

What is this woman’s problem?! (more…)

The aftermath of the recent and well publicized congressional race in upstate New York is a wonderful opportunity to discuss moderates and right wingers. Somewhere along the way, it seems that the Democratic Party has been allowed to define just what either actually is.

By definition, a conservative is one who is cautious about change. Not all very immoderate, that. In fact, one who checks to see if there is water in pool before diving in might be considered to be showing a degree of moderation. Buying an article of clothing and not having a clue what size it is and whether or not it will fit, would be illogical, but there are politicians who would have us change our economy based on less than even a view of what they are buying for us. Still, by the definition imposed upon us by the Democrats, those politicians would be considered moderate.

Which brings us to the Republicans. When it became all too clear that the Republican candidate for the seat in the New York congressional race was Nancy Pelosi’s idea of the perfect candidate, they did what they did best – stand back and waited to see which way the wind would blow. The Democrats and their sycophants in the media immediately – well, once the Republican candidate, Dede Scazzafa, realized shed did not have a chance, and went on to endorse the Democratic candidate and give him her war chest – dubbed Scazzafa a moderate. The same crowd also named the Conservative candidate, Doug Hoffman, a right winger. Not to be left behind, some of the Republican talking heads went ahead and agreed with the Democrats about moderates losing a home in their party. As for Bill Owens, the Democratic candidate, I have heard it said that those who know him describe him as conservative, and that they were surprised when they heard he was running as a Democrat. By the weird logic of it all, since he is a Democrat with conservative views, he gets to be a labeled as a moderate. Which, I fully agree with, if he is a conservative.

How a party which refuses to do anything in moderation can define a moderate is beyond me. How Republicans can let them get away with it is called business as usual. If you are a moderate, come to the Conservative Party.

Edwin F. Buckley

Now is the time for conservative voices to be heard. Whether at the state or national level, people are voicing their dislike of just how things are, politically, in this country.

The Democrats will push how the governor’s races in New Jersey and Virginia were not really any sort of mandate on their national policies. To the contrary, New Jersey represented the corruption in the state and their economic situation, and Virginia, well, that was all due to the incompetence of the Democratic candidate. The only race that really counted, and I have already heard this, was that of the 23rd Congressional District in New York. That remains to be seen. The winner, Owens, does have to run again a mere twelve months from now. In that Obama carried the three aforementioned states in 2008, and campaigned for both of those running for governor, what the Democrats should be noticing is, their President seems to be lacking in the area of coattails.

As for the Republicans, if there is a textbook way of showing how to screw up an campaign, their running of the one in New York’s 23rd Congressional District should be a bestseller. The local representatives of Republican Party leadership seem to be so out of touch with reality that it defies description. The national Republican Party went through a classic John Kerry moment, and they were with the Republican candidate before they were against her. Then, they were for the Conservative, almost, and put out an ad supporting the “Conservative Republican” candidate – without ever stating just who this “Conservative Republican” candidate might be. If this unnamed candidate won, he was their man. If he lost, he was not really their boy. The definitive, maybe.

Already, the Republicans are looking at this past Tuesday as their resurgence. I disagree. What I see is a national electorate which is not all that happy with either of the two leading parties. The way things now stand, they are only given two options, and to me, they both come across as an incompetent Bernie Madoff. Try as they may, what they fail to learn from Madoff’s situation is, sooner or later, all Ponzi schemes come tumbling down.

Some well known talking heads are already downplaying a time for a “third party.” The thing about political commentators is – they have a 50-50 chance of being correct. Rarely, very rarely, do they come back and say, “man, was I wrong about that one.” Too many of them, especially Republican, sit back and let the Left define who is what. I have said it before, and I will say it again, rather than being proactive, Perhaps the pundits are correct, and it is not the time for a third party. That being said, Republicans, please turn off the lights as you close the doors for the last time.

To the Democrats, Nancy Pelosi is a moderate. To the Republicans, receiving their guidance from the media, somebody slightly to the right of Nancy Pelosi is a moderate – unless, of course, it is election time, and they put on their conservative mantle. Neither is correct, and now is the time to let the moribund Republican Party of Massachusetts go on to becoming nothing more than a memory.

To the average person of Massachusetts, join the Conservative Party of Massachusetts and find a voice. We need your skills, and we need your willingness to stand up for the values that made this country great. Along with the Conservative Party USA, we can be in at the beginning of a strong national party.

Edwin F. Buckley

An interesting thing happened in Ripon, Wisconsin on March 20, 1854, former members of the Whig Party got together and founded the Republican Party. By 1856, they had run their first presidential candidate, John C. Freemont. Considering the fact that this took place in a time when it took quite a bit longer for word to get around, that is pretty impressive.

In just over six years, the Republicans had one of their own, Abraham Lincoln, elected to the presidency. Now, everybody knows who Abraham Lincoln was, but not all that many could tell you anything about the Whigs. The fact of the matter is, they lost touch with their times, and the most talented members of the party went off to leave the Whig Party as not much more than a footnote in some history books. Sort of like, well, the Republican Party of today.

People join a political party because they perceive that they and the party hold the same values. If the party states that it has certain values and the people learn that those stated values are nothing more than something the party refers to every election cycle, they leave the party. Again, that seems to represent what is happening to the Republican Party of today.

Since Dede Scozzafava, candidate who probably brought a tear of joy to Nancy Pelosi’s eye, dropped out of the 23rd Congressional District race in New York so that she could, apparently, endorse her Democratic rival, the Republicans have wrapped their lonely arms around Doug Hoffman. Who, by the way, has become a Conservative/Republican, over night. Ms. Scozzafava was appointed by the local Republican Party machine to run for the Congressional seat. If that local machine is so out of tune with the supposed values of the Republican Party, what were they doing appointing candidates in the first place?

The talking heads are, naturally saying that this just goes to show that there is no place for moderates in the Republic Party – like there happens to be a plethora of them in the Democratic Party – but they are wrong. After all, the Republicans have really become nothing more than a party scorning its base, and one that does nothing more than looking to the Democrats for approval. That is what has become of the Republican Party of today.

Not really seeing any need for two parties who have a leadership seeing things in pretty much the same way, and clearly seeing that the Democratic leadership has more fight in it than does that of the Republican Party, I would strongly recommend that the Republicans close shop, and join the Whigs.

For those of you who imagined that the Republicans really did have values, but have found out that was not the case, join the Conservative Party, join the action, and make things happen.

Edwin F. Buckley

In the good old days when the Grand Old Party was truly grand, crossing the oceans by ocean liner was still quite popular. Fortunately for the Republican Party of today, that is not the case. If it were, there would only be an all too public demonstration of their leadership’s expertise at missing the boat.

As I write this, we are only a couple of days away from the special election for New York’s 23rd Congressional seat. The Republican anointed candidate, Dierdre Scozzafava, apparently seeing the writing on the wall, has withdrawn from the race. This leaves Democrat Bill Owens and Conservative Doug Hoffman to fight it out. Prior to Scozzafava’s withdrawal from the race, the head of the RNC felt that if either she or Hoffman won, it would be a victory for the Republican Party. Well, yes and no.

Should Hoffman win the race, he may well follow the path other New York State Conservatives have taken and switch his party to Republican, once in office. In that case, the RNC leadership can say, “whoopee, aren’t we great at running the show!” Even though the power brokers of the New York State Republican Party did their best to get their version of Democratic Light into office. Of course, that might be what the RNC wanted in the first place. With Hoffman turning Republican, it would be a hollow victory for the conservative Republicans, because it would only be a further demonstration of the Republican Party doing what it has learned to do best, and that happens to be – reacting. With 40% of Americans identifying themselves as conservative, you would think that somebody running the boat in their party would begin to get the message. Unfortunately, reading messages is not exactly their strong point.

Which brings us to the circumstance where Hoffman, should he win, decides to stay with the Conservative Party. Staying with the party which brought him to the dance would be, well, the proper thing to do. It would also show that the Conservative Party is something other than Republican Heavy. No longer would they be seen as the Party used by Republicans who could not get their own party’s endorsement. It would be the first step, albeit little more than a baby step, towards true legitimacy.

Doug Hoffman, should you be fortunate enough to be elected, go to the back of the ship and wave to the Republicans who are standing on the pier and wondering how they, once more, missed the boat.

Edwin F. Buckley

Conservatives, now that you have found a home, help to build it into a great national party. Become active with the Conservative Party of Massachusetts.

For those with Conservative values and agree with our platform, the Conservative Party USA wants you! If you are now affiliated with a party that no longer represents what they claim to, come to us. Conservatism needs you, the Conservative Party USA needs you, and your Country needs you!

Join the Conservative Party of Massachusetts, today!

If the Massachusetts Republican Party happened to be a sports franchise, we would be begging somebody, in a far away state, to buy it. Rather than just losing games, it is all too eager to forfeit them. You could be a charter member of that team’s fan club, but even as the most fanatic of fans, you would have your limitations when it comes to self flagellation.

In reality, the Commonwealth has become little more than a fiefdom to the other team playing in the state, the Democratic Party. The Legislature has become nothing more than a sycophant’s idea of paradise on earth. With a population that is less than one third the size of neighboring New York, between the two houses, we operate with two less elected members. Rounding numbers up, each member of their Lower House represents approximately 130,000 people. As for Massachusetts, again rounding up, each member represents approximately 40,625 people. In a nutshell, New York manages to screw up their state far more economically than we do. In other words, the Commonwealth’s way of fighting the present economic crisis seems to be that of giving the unemployed some sort of elective office.

Essentially, it has become a given that this is a one party state. Regardless of which one has constant control, it is not good. When one and only one has complete control, there is no policing. The will of the people can and is ignored, at will. They know, no matter how much they go against the will of the people who elected them, they have nothing to worry about because they are nice guys/gals to their constituents. Well, all politicians are nice when they are trying to get elected.   If the opposite were true, they would be called what is known as the losing candidate.

Disenfranchised Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, come to the Conservative Party, and play for a team that is willing to fight for a championship.

Edwin F. Buckley