Keep on Marching

Written by CHQ Staff on September 29, 2009, 09:46 AM

If those on the political Left had one wish, it would be that the 9/12 "March on Washington"—a culmination of years of grassroots discontent about the rapid expansion of government—would be the finale of the Tea Party movement.  

Fortunately for freedom in the U.S., this isn't the case. Instead of the end to the Tea Party protests, the giant march in Washington is the beginning of a much wider grassroots movement that will shake the core of the political establishment and send it toppling down from the ivory towers.

Not only is the Tea Party movement a very potent political statement, it is also a hands-on training exercise in conservative grassroots organization which can arm friends of liberty with the power to retake their government from Republican and Democratic bureaucrats.  What has been learned from months of tea parties and town hall protests can be taken back to districts and local communities in protesting the expansion of government at every level.

As individuals, we have the greatest control over local government, which is often where the most impacting laws are made.  Limited government activists involved with Tea Parties can take those same principles and apply them to issues like increasing the local sales tax, or excessive spending by the county council. 

Laws don't have to be passed at the national level to be immoral or irresponsible. 

In that same vein, one does not have to run for a national office to have a tremendous impact on government.  The Tea Parties have inspired citizens across the nation to jump into the fray and run for local office. Principled conservatives can also play an important role in primaries, which is where the most immediate change can be made at the national level. 

"Tea Party activists are not wedded to working within the GOP, and they've demonstrated the effectiveness of not being beholden to one party or another," ConservativeHQ.com Editor Richard Viguerie said in a recent press release.

Viguerie encourages principled conservatives to challenge incumbents in both parties. "At a minimum, by challenging Democrats in primaries they will have to spend money, time, and other resources to defend their votes for the agendas of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid, thereby significantly weakening them in November," Viguerie stated in strategy plan for 2010. "And Republicans who failed to oppose Obama-Pelosi-Reid socialism – or worse, aided and abetted it – should be prepared to be seriously challenged."

We must continue to come together to protest at town hall meetings, fundraising events, speaking engagements, government meetings, and all other available venues to project the message that Americans are sick and tired of Big Government.  We must also take what we have learned and use it in running for office, or helping others run for office.

If we do this, then the March on Washington will be the beginning of the next great revolution in the United States.