Remember Mississippi

By:  Dale Weckbacher

Ephesians 6:12-13

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

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When someone makes a decision to give their lives to Christ, they enter into a spiritual battle.  This is because prior to deciding to follow Christ, an individual is no threat to the prince of this world, Satan.  However, when we change sides and are filled with the Holy Spirit of God, we immediately become a threat to Satan and he will do everything in his power to stop us.

Fortunately, Jesus completely defeated Satan by his death on the Cross and will crush him under our feet when he returns (Romans 16:20) so we have nothing to fear.  While we are here on earth, God has also provided us weapons with which to fight this spiritual battle (Ephesians 6:13-20).

The defeat of Tea Party conservative Chris McDaniel by establishment Republican Thad Cochran in Mississippi demonstrates that conservatives face a battle on four fronts one of which is on the spiritual front.  This is why we must continue to pray and use the spiritual weapons God has provided in order to fight the battle for what is constitutional, moral, and right for our nation.  I believe that winning this spiritual battle is foundational to winning the fight to restore our nation back to the Godly principles it was founded upon as per our founding documents. 

Tea Party conservatives also face opposition from Liberal progressive Democrats and the mainstream media.  Conservatives expect opposition on these fronts for the Democrat Party platform has traditionally been contrary to the values of conservatives and is something the mainstream media touts as compassionate and fair.  The first election I remember following was the one in 1972 pitting George McGovern against Richard Nixon.  Even though Richard Nixon was not totally conservative, after all he did give us the EPS and OSHA, (1) George McGovern ran on an extreme liberal agenda.  I remember he promised every man, man, woman, and child in the country $1,000 if he was elected (2) and the media today would be praising his compassion.  It does not get any more liberal and progressive than that. 

The problem with Tuesday’s primary election in Mississippi was that it was a Republican Primary so opposition from Democrats was not expected.  However, in one of the sleaziest campaign tricks I can remember, The Cochran campaign solicited votes from democrats, many of whom may have voted in the Republican primary illegally, pushing him over the top.  (3) (4)  Even though this sleazy strategy may have helped Senator Cochran win his primary challenge, he is now faced with what I believe is an unsurmountable task for now he must convince these Democrats to vote for him over the Democrat running against him in the general election.  (5)  He also has to convince Tea Party conservatives, the very same people that he called racist and accused of wanting to starve the poor by taking away their benefits, to vote for him in the general election.  (6)   I am a lifelong Republican and know I would not vote for him if I were living in Mississippi. 

Cochran’s tactics in this election are no different than those typically used by Democrats each election and something that took Tea Party Republicans by surprise.  However, I want to serve notice on the GOP establishment, you may have surprised us once, but not again for our rallying cry now is “REMEMBER MISSISSIPPI.”

I now hold the GOP establishment with the same contempt I hold Democrats and the liberal media.  We have suspected for some time that the leadership of the Republican Party held conservatives with contempt but what happened in Mississippi blatantly demonstrated their total hatred for conservatives forgetting, of course, that they would still be in the minority with little chance of winning anything if not for the Tea Party movement in 2010. 

Am I calling for the formation of a third party?  Not yet.  However, I am placing the Republican Party on notice that if they do not change their ways, I will use this blog, twitter, and Facebook to convince Republicans to leave the party and form a third party.  I understand that this will mean Democrat control of Congress and the White House for several years but I believe that there are enough of us to begin winning enough seats in Congress and the Senate to insure neither the Democrats nor Republicans has a majority.  This will mean that both parties will need to solicit support from the third party members of congress in order to pass any legislation, giving conservatives effective control of Congress. 

We also have the article 5 process in the US constitution to bring about change.  If a third party can take control of a significant number of state legislatures and governorships, we can begin this process and force Washington to get its act together. 

However, while on probation, the GOP leadership has an opportunity to remember it is the people, and not lobbyists that elect them so if they want to avoid the tea party initiating the electoral nuclear option of forming a third party.  It is time for them to get their act together for we indeed do “REMEMBER MISSISSIPPI.”

1. Encyclopedia Britanica Profiles. Nixon, Richard. www.britanica.com. [Online] Encyclopedia Bfitanica. [Cited: June 27, 2014.] http://www.britannica.com/presidents/article-214055.

2. Bluhm, Jeremy S. Are You Kidding, George? $1000 a Person? www.thecrimson.com. [Online] The Harvard Crimson, June 14, 1973. [Cited: June 27, 2014.] http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1973/6/14/are-you-kidding-george-1000-a/.

3. Holt, Jim. BREAKING: 25,000-35,000 Democratic Voters Carried Thad Cochran to Victory. www.thegatewaypundit.com. [Online] Gateway Pundit, June 25, 2014. [Cited: June 27, 2014.] http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/06/establishment-gop-finds-35k-dems-to-carry-cochran/.

4. Breitbart TV. CHRIS MCDANIEL: WE'VE FOUND 1,000 EXAMPLES OF INELIGIBLE VOTERS IN ONE COUNTY. www.breitbart.com. [Online] Breitbart New, June 26, 2014. [Cited: June 27, 2014.] http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2014/06/27/Chris-McDaniel-Weve-Found-1000-Examples-of-Ineligible-Voters-in-One-County.

5. Palmer, Anna. The Democrats' best shot in Mississippi. www.politico.com. [Online] Politico, June 26, 2014. [Cited: June 27, 2014.] http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/travis-childers-thad-cochran-mississippi-108342.html?hp=r1.

6. Fund, John. The Flier That Got Thad Cochran Elected? m.nationalreview.com. [Online] National Review Online, June 25, 2014. [Cited: June 27, 2014.] http://m.nationalreview.com/corner/381187/flier-got-thad-cochran-elected-john-fund.