It’s been exactly 7 years since Rick Santelli’s Feb. 19, 2009 emotional appeal against foreclosure bailouts on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, arguing on behalf of homeowners who paid their bills on time and in full who were being asked to also assume the costs of their neighbors who were delinquent in their payments and not credit-worthy to begin with.

Since CNBC’s Rick Santelli’s fateful on air speech on February 19, 2009, the words “tea party” have invoked hate and vitriol from the left, fear from the GOP establishment and near reverence from the right, yet they are virtually unspoken in this election season.

On Tuesday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, along with 18 other Republicans on the committee introduced a resolution to start impeachment proceedings against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.

The Tea Party News Network reports on a new poll of Republicans and independents who lean Republican which found that a large majority of them support the Tea Party movement.

The Daily Caller reports that a ouse Oversight and Government Reform Committee report demonstrates the malicious intent of President Obama’s IRS against conservative groups that rose up to challenge the “fundamental transformation” of America into a socialist hellhole.

This is the way the American political system works. Democrats/liberals are the counterweight to Republicans/conservatives. The constant teetering gives the impression of movement, but the status quo rarely changes. This has never been more evident than what has occurred in Congress since Obama was ‘handed his hat’ in the mid-term elections; except nothing has really changed. The teeter has tottered to Republican control of the Congress, yet the policies that Obama has pushed forward still remain in place.

We sent Washington a loud wake-up call that out here in fly-over country we are tired of this slow motion slide into collectivism. And what is the first thing our shiny new majorities do? Re-elect the same tired old progressive leadership that has compromised its way from debt to debt and legislation to regulation. Does anyone think for a moment this crowd of Democrat lite that call themselves Republicans are going to do anything to stop the emperor who has no clothes?

Erick Erickson at RedState has confirmed via FEC documents that Senate “Republicans”, including Mitch McConnell, funded attacks against Chris McDaniel and his supporters, falsely calling them racists in their desperation to reinstall the RINO edifice known as Thad Cochran. Voters should punish these traitors accordingly.

We’ve come to a very sad and pathetic place in America and South Dakota, these days. There once was a time, not too long ago, when you could count on certain people and groups to do the right thing and hold the line against what was wrong. Not anymore.

Conservative voters who have traditionally been amongst the most likely people to vote out of a sense of civic responsibility are disgusted. They are tired of being attacked by the so-called conservative party, and really tired of being treated like second class citizens by the donor and consultant class that controls the official party.