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Welcome to "Republican Rock Bottom."

Possessed of no vision, no principle, no purpose, and no appeal, we deserved our fate.

Now, seize freedom!

Finally, we are divorced from self-deceits. Dead is the self-indulgent imbecility of "re-branding" -- as if the Republican Party was a corporate product to be repackaged, not a transformational political movement to be led. Despite what the media will tell you, and what so-called "conservative leaders" will discuss ad nauseam during "secret" meetings, this situation is not a crisis. It is an opportunity. Today, we are as the Great Emancipator proclaimed during another time of national trial: unbound by the tired dogmas of the past; and free to think and act anew.

The voice of the Main Street has been heeded and obeyed by Congress.  Americans said ‘No!’ to the Paulson bailout.  Now, let our work commence in earnest and prudence on behalf of the American people.

In this time of economic difficulty and uncertainty, the people never panicked.  Neither should their elected servants.  It is time for the President of the United States to:

    Mr. McCOTTER. I thank the gentleman from New Jersey for yielding. I also wish to take this moment to thank him for his strength of character and his depth of intellect and leadership on this issue.

   It has been said if you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there. Unfortunately, we find ourselves in such a situation, as America finds itself amidst a potential economic meltdown of its financial sector.

Dear Fellow Republicans,

 

We were not elected to abet American socialism.

 

I am opposing the Bush administration’s taxpayer funded, trillion dollar Wall Street bailout; and, alternatively, proposing a pro-taxpayer, free market, private recapitalization plan for the banking system; ending financial chaos; and preventing the advent of Wall Street Socialism.

 

Drawn from the ideas of the public and our members, this proposal is premised upon the following principle:  Our prosperity is from the private sector not the public sector.

 

True, some will still assert the adminstration’s support of Wall Street’s leveraged bailout at taxpayers’ expense is the only answer to this crisis of confidence.

 

We are working in a crisis atmosphere of historic proportions.  We must stay objective and analytical to accomplish what's in the best interest of the American people; and we must stay focused, because this crisis compels a tight legislative deadline.