Dakota Beacon

"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could have a trial run with Romney? Sort of a free sample like you sometimes get in the grocery store or at a perfume counter, to see if you like a product enough to buy it? Then we could see if we’d really like a President Mitt Romney. Oh, wait a minute! We did have that sample! We had California!

Remember a number of years ago when California had an unsustainable deficit and the people staged a revolt, recalling the author of their woes, Governor Gray Davis? This action precipitated a dramatic choice. The people of California could have chosen from among the following: a Democrat, Cruz Bustamante, a Conservative, Tom McClintock and . . . Arnold Schwartzenegger. We all know what happened. The taxpayers’ revolt cast out Gray Davis and instead of staying the course, the fools went with the Republican Party’s choice, Schwartzenegger. The disaster which follows keeps rumbling on, even today. California is economically past resuscitation. Had they elected McClintock they would have gotten government and spending under control. The Golden State would be Golden once again. Had they gone with Bustamante there would have been some recourse to the tragedy which followed in the event he was as bad as Schwartzenegger. But, no, they chose the worst possible option. They picked a guy who would give them no chance to oppose the disastrous plans he had in store.

Now, if you look at this translated into the national medium, think of it this way. If Obama signs a UN treaty that abrogates our Constitutional rights, Congress will probably not ratify it. If Romney does (and he’s just as likely to), it WILL be ratified. The Republicans in Congress will not go against a sitting president of their own party. They won’t even go against a weak-kneed sitting Speaker as it is now. And this includes the famous "incumbent" Rick Berg. Now someone out there tell me what is the great advantage in a Romney presidency?

We have the free sample before us. The same kind of people who are promoting Romney promoted Schwartzenegger. There was a Conservative choice in California, just as we have now, who would redirect us to a Constitutional path and out of debt, while shoring up our national security. We are being told to sit down and shut up. Just as with Schwartzenegger, the battle cry is “anything is better than the Democrat!” (Which I maintain is not so.) They have a glitzy candidate they want to put up who has no principles and stands for nothing. One who will go along with a “green agenda” like Schwartzenegger did, and will, like him, finish destroying the economy. Like California, we could choose to go with the Democrat, who would probably do much the same, but we would have room to oppose his actions. This would at least give us a fighting chance.

Some pretty smart people supported Santorum – Michelle Malkin, Richard Viguerie, David Limbaugh, me. It is tragic that he has felt the need to withdraw. Now before we all flock over like pigeons to the Romney campaign, we should consider some others who left to make way for Santorum. There is still Herman Cain, for example, or Rick Perry. Either of these would be better than Romney. And my own next choice would be Ron Paul. I think America and the Republican Party ought to take time to consider carefully. They ought to take another look at their free sample. After all, there is no need to rush. Contrary to what some pundits believe, not having sewn up our choice gives us an advantage over Obama. WE already know who OUR opponent will be. Whoever is finally nominated will have no new game plan. Obama, on the other hand, does not know yet. His plans need to be adjusted depending on whom we nominate. This gives HIM the disadvantage of not knowing. Why telegraph our plans?

If Arnold Schwartzenegger did the work of Democrats (and Liberal ones at that), what will Romney do to the rest of us? His chief advisor on environmental issues was John Holdren. This is the same guy who is now Obama’s czar. The one who believes in population control through forced abortions and forced mass sterilization. The guy who has been compromising our national security through negotiations with China and the old USSR. That’s just one. So are you with me? Shall we study our sample and just say no to Romney? We still have very good alternatives.

Sally Morris is a member of Americans for Constitutional Government and the Executive Committee of the Valley Tea Party Conservative Coalition, for whose website (vtpcc.com) she regularly blogs.  She is currently a delegate to the 2012 Minnesota Republican Convention.