The American Mind

Tom DeLay has become a weblogger…sort of. It’s under his name but he admits he doesn’t write the content.

The former Majority Leader delivers the right conservative themes. He writes,

Conservatives must act on First Principles. We must organize and act to protect the very principles of: order, justice and freedom that are the touchstones of our founding documents. We must act to speed the return of our government to its constitutional roots and we must organize to protect our freedoms from those who wish to deny them to us.

He’s correct when he says conservatives “believe that our government is limited and our freedoms are guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. We believe in a society built on three First Principles: Order, Justice and Freedom. These principles are the three legs of the stool upon which our society rests.”

This is DeLay sounding like Newt Gingrich only Gingrich has more credibility.

I’d really like to hear DeLay talk about what went wrong from the days of the 1994 Republican Revolution. What was the strategy behind the K Street Project? What was the goal behind the government-expanding No Child Left Behind? Why was it so important to pass the Medicare drug plan with the longest vote in the history of the House of Representatives? Why did the GOP Congress give up on fighting for smaller government? Was it shell shock from President Clinton winning the political battle over the government shutdown? Was it President Bush’s compassionate conservatism? How did earmarks get out of control? Why were the House Republicans incapable of policing their own and preventing corruption scandals including DeLay’s? I want to hear some candor, a sense of responsibility for losing the GOP majority and damaging the advancing of conservative ideas. You have to understand what went wrong in order to move forward.

“A Call to Action”

“Video: DeLay Announces Blog, Talks Future of GOP”

“Tom Delay Dot Con”