Most of the Founders understood national division and opposed a party system. With their forethought and knowledge they knew of the disasters that could come from such a system. Many of their very own friends and colleagues shunned the idea of independence from a tyrannical king.

The opponents of independence held true to their beliefs because of what atrocities would come if they opposed the king, and they were right to fear such things. But for some, the idea of liberty and freedom shone too bright to have it extinguished by that fear. These men and women, who then were considered traitors, by supporters of the crown, fought and died to give to us what we know today as our liberty under law.

This gift, that has been handed down to us, was paid for by their blood. Sadly, today, this gift is quickly slipping away into a direction that will lead directly back to the very monster that our founders had put to rest over 230 years ago. This is the evil creature of tyranny. The leviathan with razor fangs and its many blood covered claws is surely marching our way. With it, comes death, destruction and pestilence. A frightening and horrific being that we and generations of Americans before us have never seen. Rest assured this beast was here before and will come again, that is unless, we as Americans - not parties- stop it before it begins to pit one American against another. If this time of brother against brother ever comes, the beast of tyranny will feed on the death and destruction of what is left of this once great nation. My fellow Americans, I am a conservative, I am passionate about my freedom and liberty. My passion has grown with studying the origins and the ideas of freedom and the laws that were written in our constitution to protect these natural freedoms. I am sure that as passionately as I believe in the ideals of liberty, there are those who have that same passion for dependence, and government largess. It must be understood that these passions and emotions of the people of a nation are exactly what tyrants use to get a nation to fight wars amongst themselves. It is a brilliant tyrannical scheme to gain political power and eliminate opposition, no matter what side they appear to be on at the time. It is a matter of history at this point, not opinion. Once people have lost their faith in themselves and their ability to provide, they look to someone for their strength. In my case, I proudly say that God is my strength, and Christ is the reason for my salvation. But in many cases, my fellow countrymen do not look to God but instead look to leaders for their salvation. Many of these people are convinced by their leaders that their passion and emotions are correct, and the defense of them, by any means necessary, is morally justified. When the personal responsibility of bringing harm to another is alleviated by placing the burden of responsibility upon the leader, it seems to make harming another human being justified. Of course strong and well grounded individuals who wholly maintain their essence of personal responsibility could easily determine that harming another human being at the behest of a leader is wrong. In weakness or ignorance is where you have danger. The moment that passion and emotion turns to despise and hatred, violence can easily ensue. We witness this behavior amongst murderers, serial killers and terrorist thugs, who would just as soon behead a human being, as squash a cockroach. Although these situations are extreme, this type of behavior was rooted somewhere at sometime. If we, as Conservatives or Republicans, look to Liberals or Democrats as the "enemy" you can be certain that the feeling is mutual. This "division" is one of the very reasons that our founders drafted the Constitution. To protect liberty and freedom through the sanctity of law. Regardless of ones personal passions or beliefs, liberty and freedom were protected by law. Regardless of who was elected into ANY public office, the law of the land, the Constitution, must always be adhered to. Any deviation from adherence to the law could prove malleability of the law rendering it useless. Today we are witnessing a corrupt political system and government topped by the mal-education of our children. Many generations are unaware to the protection of their liberty, and Constitutional studies have been interchanged with meaningless rhetoric intended to make a student "feel" smart. Educating them on left and right issues, instead of constitutional issues. With this process taking place throughout generations, we see the misconstruction of laws and trampling of our freedoms that are protected by the Constitution. Unfortunately, our country is divided by parties. Now we must walk on those divisive eggshells that our government has created for us. I say we get to cleaning. I say we smash the eggshells, get a broom and a dustpan and start cleaning up the political scene. But that is easier said than done. There are so many, on both sides, who would probably agree on many Constitutional issues, but have never read the Constitution. There are so many, on ALL sides who have no idea what the preamble to the Bill of Rights says, but would assuredly agree to its purpose. The bottom line is freedom, and I do not personally know ANY American who disagrees with being free. The problem is that most Americans have been convinced by leviathan that their beliefs MUST be represented by and fit into one of the two major parties. If you are a supporter of gay rights you are a Democrat and if you are pro-life you are a Republican. This is purely untrue and these are fallacies and trivial generalizations that are used to divide people. It is about LIBERTY. Once AMERICANS realize that, the Constitution will once again be the law of the land, and liberty and freedom will show that America is that shining city on the hill and a beacon for FREEDOM for all the world to see. Regardless of what party we choose to associate ourselves with, we can all agree on Freedom and Liberty, and what our federal government represents now does not reflect that of a nation created by Freedom and Liberty.

The Republican Liberty Caucus has a specific mission, which is to restore liberty and Constitutional values in American politics through electing members of the Republican Party who have those values and ideals.  For twenty years this mission has been gaining momentum, and can be seen picking up serious steam in the 2010 elections around the country.

Achieving the mission occurs through a very simple strategy that involves two core concepts:

1. Work within the Republican Party.
2. Make sure that the best candidate gets the party nomination in the primary.

The first step seems to be hard for some people to swallow, as it means narrowing your focus somewhat.  To be most effective, RLC activists are encouraged to join their county’s Republican executive committee (REC).  The REC is where Republican strategy is made and the agenda is set.  It determines who the party will support, what ideas it will back, and generally how the local party is run.  Obviously, this has tremendous strategic value for a caucus that tasks itself with reforming the party from the inside out.

Being a member of your REC isn’t enough by itself, however.  You also have to be willing to work with the local party members and have at the very least a working relationship with them.  To that end, all conflict and strife should be avoided if necessary, as it creates barriers and can lead to negative publicity.  If a situation arises, it’s best for the RLC member(s) to back away from it and make it known that they aren’t interesting in any kind of trouble.

It’s also useful to help with campaigns of candidates (preferably ones you find enjoyable), or to do some other work to help the party on the local level (i.e. making phone calls, knocking on doors, helping organize a voter registration drive, etc.).  There are a number of things you can do to actively help the party without sacrificing your principles.

One of the issues that faces some members is how much they can support candidates outside of the Republican Party.  This becomes a particularly sticky situation when you have a party loyalty oath like that used by the Republican Party of Florida.  Typically, RLC members openly supporting non-Republican candidates against Republicans can cause friction with their relations within the party.  The RPOF loyalty oath actually states that those who sign it are forbidden from openly supporting any candidate running against a Republican in a partisan election, except in a primary.  It’s worth noting that in order to join any of Florida’s RECs, you must sign the loyalty oath.  This is no small matter; signing your name to a document is regarded by most as putting your honor on the line, and to go against an oath you signed your name to can create some serious issues.  If you’re not comfortable with such a restriction, you should probably see about working from outside of your local REC if they have one in place.

In order to prevent RLC members from feeling the urge to vote against the Republican candidate, the RLC needs to win primary elections, getting the liberty candidate into the general election.  Once they are pressed through, the party is typically forced to support them.  Mike Yost is a solid example where a good primary push got a great liberty candidate into the general election, where he has earned the support of many of the Republican Party’s biggest names in his bid to win the Congressional District 3 race in Florida.  Unfortunately, if the primary run fails, the opposing candidate will get the party’s support, and any further actions against them will incur some hard feelings within the party.

It is not the general election where the RLC needs to focus most of its efforts, but rather these primary elections.  In the 10-18 months leading up to a primary election, RLC members need to identify good liberty minded candidates quickly within the Republican Party, and then support them as much as possible, putting all time, effort, and even money into that candidate to get them through the primary.  In many regions this push will give a large boost that could see the candidate win and make it through to the general election.  Once they’re in the general election, the Republican Party will take over, donating far more resources than the RLC could muster for the race.

The RLC has a good strategy, a winning strategy.  Work within the party, and push liberty candidates in the primary elections.  If RLC members can do these things – avoiding strife, breaking oaths, or being sucked into the concept they can “wait” to support a candidate until after the primary – then liberty candidates will win more races in the Republican Party across the nation, bringing the Republican Liberty Caucus’s strategy one step closer to success.

And with that success will come a new age of liberty and Constitutional values in America.