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Mar 06
Soon there will inevitably be a final reckoning on health care reform. The Democrat party has all the power and can pass this historic bill without any help. Why haven’t they done so up until now? The only logical reason is their party is secretly sceptical of the righteousness of dramatically expanding the Federal government with the hugely unpopular ObamaCare bill.
The fear and desperation of the extreme left is almost solid enough to pluck out of the air. Going against the will of the people has historically been a dodgy endeavor at best. Every week brings more resignations or announcements that another Democrat will not seek re-election. Many Democrats are behaving as if they finally understand that their actions will have consequences. Given the political suicide that many are attempting the resignations and announcements should continue right up until the election in November.
Since the ‘blind, deaf, & dumb’ Presidential election that brought us Obama the MSM has been full of advice columns and articles with the tone of ‘helping’ conservatives become relevant again. I guess they mis-underestimated all of us so-called ‘irrelevants’. It may be time for the MSM to sit down, shut up, & listen to the American people. (imagine that, a media that reports facts and not their own agenda) Will we let a great divide become permanent? Is this what our Constitution was designed to provide for our people? A party welfare above country welfare attitude.
What can we do? Have you been paying attention? The tea parties are having the desired effect. Having honest dialogue with our co-workers, neighbors, family, & especially our representatives will provide the accountability that is so sorely needed right now. Keep up the good work. Our country, as we know it, depends on it. Go find a tea party and express yourself. (Tea Party Finder – an app to help find a Tea Party near you)
Jan 30
The political opportunities for conservatives seem to have taken a turn for the better since the special election for Senator from Massachusetts. Every time I listen to the radio or read political commentary online or watch MSM television I get hit over the head with the presumption that if conservatives stand a chance to win in 2010 it will be because they suppress their social agenda, (i.e. their religion), and concentrate on fiscal conservative values.
I find this presumption somewhat simplistic. However, it is not without merit that concentrating on fiscal conservatism, (Free market capitalism), will produce good results in the coming elections. How could it not? Fiscal conservatism is the only answer to the liberal economic suicide we are committing as a country. I’m no historian but I read from time to time and I can’t recall an example of Keynesian economics actually working. Anyway let’s get back to the point.
Politicians in general have shown a propensity to paint themselves one way and reveal their true colors once they are in office. The best and most recent example of this is our current President of the United States (POTUS). Obama and his campaign painted him as a moderate-leaning liberal. (Those who were actually paying attention looked at his voting record and his known associates and concluded he would most likely be the most extreme left-leaning President we have ever had. They were right obviously) I would say the default position of most of the electorate is that of ‘I don’t believe a word you say unless you can prove through your actions that your words are true’ . The level of trust of politicians is at an historic low right now. This is the biggest threat to incumbents running for re-election. With this mistrust it will be easier for a relatively unknown politician to get elected than one who has been in office and has an official voting record with which to check his rhetoric against.
I would submit that ‘we the people’ have been remiss in our duty as citizens to do our due diligence in being sceptical of the people who want to rule on our behalf. Now the hard part for Conservatives will be that they have to decide if they want to win elections by telling the people what they want to hear to placate them while at the same time they are being judged by those same people. The same people, (TeaPartiers), that are causing this uptick in accountability are also on the whole very religious.
There are many aspects to consider when putting yourself out for scrutiny when running for public office right now as a conservative:
– Fiscal conservatism is an obvious winner in 2010
–Concentrating on only fiscal conservatism might possibly alienate the religious right
–’Do I run a campaign that doesn’t truly portray who I am just to win?’
–Is there a way to balance social & fiscal conservative views and still appeal to the majority of Americans?
My own opinion of this is that ‘we the people’ have decided to hold all accountable for their actions. Policies, ideas, & character of a person will be the most important to a voter. This will cut through party lines. In the short term the primary focus is obviously fiscal but we must not abandon our social conservative ideals. For most religious people the separation of fiscal & social conservative ideals is not possible or encouraged. They are two sides of the same coin.
I can’t wait for the election later this year when the American people start holding our elected politicians accountable for what they have done and for what they have not.
Jan 19
As I watch the returns of the Massachusetts race come in I have the overwhelming familiar feeling come over me. An old friend has decided to make an appearance again in the most unlikely of places. Please stand or sit with me and welcome ‘common sense’ home to the United States. I can hear the theme to ‘Welcome Back Cotter’, welcome back! I just hope that it’s more than a weekend visit from the girlfriend.
In a state where Republicans don’t even count for 1/3 of the registered voters it overwhelmingly voted for Brown the Republican. What does this mean? Without placing too much emphasis on the results, I think it means that Republicans are starting to get this new media thing. Brown dominated on Twitter & Facebook with many more followers on both of the popular social sites. In the short term this means that if the Democrats want to continue to ram their unpopular minority view policies down our throats then they will have to come out of the proverbial closet and into the sunshine for all to see their true nature. If they back down, which I doubt they will, then they will show great humility but that isn’t in the extreme left liberal mindset. (Extreme Left Liberal Mindset = Lack of Common Sense). If they continue to run towards their own demented finish line then they will for the first time since FDR be declaring who they really truly are in an unabashed manner.
Reality is descending upon the moderates in the Democrat Party as we sit and breath. Will they choose common sense as independents & 22% of Democrats did in siding with the Republicans, in Massachusetts, or will they choose to be lemmings and fly right off that cliff?
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/19/polls-close-competitive-massachusetts-senate-race/
Jan 16
Watching all the coverage of the Massachusetts Senate race has been very interesting on Twitter. By the way Republicans pwn Democrats on Twitter! No surprise there. Twitter users tend to be smarter and better informed. (Just my opinion)
It’s amazing what you can do with just a smartphone (iPhone). I have given to the Brown campaign and followed the Brown campaign for all the juicy updates on the Coakley missteps. (How do you spell Massachusetts?). I’ve even been able to send a fax via a Twitter user to participate in the political process.
By now everyone has heard that Obama will be campaigning, (Surprise! Surprise!), for Coakley. This is the surest sign that the Dems are getting desperate and a sure sign that Brown has the advantage and is the real deal conservative & pragmatist.
I look forward to Tuesday’s election if only to see the looks on the Dem’s faces when this election is so close for ‘Ted Kennedy’s’ seat. Reality creeps evermore into the Democrat mind each passing day of Obama/Pelosi style government exists.
Jan 15
2010 will be the year of a great awakening! (The removal of the wool covering liberal eyes!)
The hardcore leftist will never be fooled but the majority of Democrats that have been fooled by a smooth talking President Obama will start to realize they’ve been had. Is this the Change we voted for asks the typical Democrat. There has definitely been change but it will be at the expense of honest hardworking Americans.
Here is another great read: Charles Krauthammer’s column ‘One Year Out: The Fall’:
What went wrong? A year ago, he was king of the world….
As painful as this period will be it will, in the end, remind people of why our Founding Fathers (Conservatives) behaved as Right Wing Extremists. They did so because it was right and they understood that the inclination of government was to grow unchecked and annihilate all those in the way. Welcome to the Citizen Steamrolling government. It almost has a mind of its own or maybe a reincarnated Marx mind has been bestowed upon Obama.
Check out the American Thinker . Hit’s the nail on the head!
President Obama’s announcement this morning to raise taxes on banks and financial institutions, under the guise of repaying TARP money (already repayed by many banks) is a blatant attempt to further class warfare. However, this tactic is indicative of reality arriving at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
That reality is the high unemployment and stagnant economic growth will continue for the foreseeable future. Those factors will cause the annual deficits for the upcoming years to be overwhelming as the tax revenue to the U.S. Treasury will be much less than projected.
The conundrum the Obama Administration finds itself is: how do we increase revenue and continue our profligate spending ways? …
American Thinker Blog: Reality arrives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Jan 13
Here is a quick little blurb about the Secretary of State Project that is being bankrolled by the billionaire George Soros. This is one of the ways that the Democrats will try to steal elections. They know that their temporary increase in popularity has been squandered by over-reaching Democrat politicians. This is an extremely under-handed way to skirt election rules and open the window to allow confusion to come into the voting process. (Remember the quote by Obama’s pit bull Rahm Emanuel: ‘You never want a serious crisis to go to waste’ ) I will follow up with another post with more links and resources but here is the article from The American Spectator:
Soros Eyes Spectators by Matthew Vadum
History’s most notorious Georgian-turned-Russian, the politically astute Joseph Stalin once remarked, “The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.”
The lesson has not been lost on the increasingly notorious Hungarian-cum-American George Soros.
A group backed by Soros is gearing up to steal the 2012 election for President Obama and congressional Democrats by installing left-wing Democrats as secretaries of state across the nation. From such posts, secretaries of state can help tilt the electoral playing field. … Click to go to the article.
Jan 13
I’ve decided to update the look of the blog. Feel free to comment.
Posts will commence shortly!!
