The first member ever of our group is a very conservative Republican who was ecstatic when W won the 2004 presidential election. Knowing how much the statists hated losing to W once, let alone twice, I remember telling our friend that he better enjoy it because if "they" every get organized the Republicans will never win another presidential election in his lifetime. My thoughts were based on the principles of Death Of Democracy & looking around @ the people I saw on the streets of Somerville & other towns - my thoughts did not take into account BO, community organizers, MoveON.org, ACORN or any of the others who were soon to emerge. W was the catalyst & inspiration for the statists to get organized - if the weak outnumber the strong why should the weak ever lose another election they argued?
BO rose to the top quickly with his following of the young, minorities, the extreme left, women, people feeling white guilt, & of course the hostile anti-American media backing any thing he did or said. The fact that his ideology was in line with the statists, but many years ahead of someone like Hillary, only helped propel him forward even faster with the Democrat machine. They have been successful in redefining & continuing to redefine the political center as BO's policies even as many conservative talk show hosts continue to proclaim that America is a center-right country - if so how in the world did we get BO & large statist majorities in both the House & Senate?
Now I don't like for one minute what is happening in our country but I do believe it is important to accurately understand the enemy & the problem we are facing - starting with the basics that we are outnumbered. Today's WSJ included Michael Medved's op-ed entitled "Why Obama Is Still The Favorite In 2012" that gives you the numbers in far more detail than my back of the envelope common sense observations cited above do. After reading this piece Carol said to me - "this is awful."
We have been asleep @ the switch & let ourselves be painted into a corner - the answer is not to go back & forth voting in Republicans & then Democrats from district to district. It is way too late for that. We have to start adding to our decent politicians like Jim DeMint, Tom Coburn, Jeff Flake, & Mike Pence with Tea Party candidates who bring the innocence, purity, & integrity needed whether they win or lose the next election because without them we are about to lose all of the elections one way or another, if we continue to have elections @ all.
While I understand the necessity of keeping the troops from becoming complacent, I think the reality is not as dire as Medved states. First, an inordinate number of blacks showed up in '08. Many of them are now disgruntled at the stands Obama has taken. Some have told me they would not vote for him again by either not voting at all or voting for an 'acceptable' Republican.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure where this influx of Latino voters is coming from. Most legal Latinos do not support the illegals (as if that is the only issue they are concerned about). Most are very religious and family oriented, ideals the Dems don't hold dear. The illegals may be vocal, but, as of today, they are not allowed to vote. But with motor voter, ACORN and the rest, I am sure many have registered illegally. Surprise.
This is the scariest thing I've read but he is so right. Those of us who believe in our Constitutional Republic form of government have our work cut out for us. Since BO and his cronies will likely be around for at least 2 more years and possibly 6, we have to work even harder on getting the right people in Congress and weeding out the career politicians who after so many years in office think they own it and can do whatever they want and get away with it.
ReplyDeleteI sent your link to some of the people at the PRO and some friends. Do you know if any of them have subscribed? I'll be sending this one as well in the hope that if they haven't yet, they will subscribe.
I always said in a matter of years the Hispanics will decide elections. Why? - they are the fastest growing segment of U.S. population. I did not expect them to make a difference this fast because many do not vote now. But they can change sooner if their "leaders" put on a drive to register them as voters.
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