Conservatives: Treat a Foe like a Foe
For once, tidings are glorious. Even those with cautious dispositions recognize that the Republican Party has an excellent chance of reclaiming leadership in the House of Representatives in a few days time. While in the Senate, a major GOP advance is likely even if it falls short of making Mitch McConnell majority leader. Democrats cling to isolated polls suggesting otherwise, but their actions speak louder than spin. Pseudo-liberal luminaries now venture into previously “safe” blue states in the hopes of cauterizing the extensive bleeding that November 2 will produce. Should present trends continue, the neo-socialist advance on our personal freedoms and prosperity will come to an abrupt halt in January.
We must be vigilant though. Underestimating the Democrats and their capacity for duplicity is fatal. Hopefully, on Election Day, ACORN and the rest of the left’s professional scammers will be either drunk or incarcerated. This would decrease the likelihood of their producing ballots out of dense air as they did with Al Franken in 2008.
The advent of the tea parties was a great triumph for patriots, and reminded center-right politicians that we will not stand for acquiescence to the RINO temptation. More encouraging is that so many independents joined in protest over the Leviathan-on-PCP that the federocracy has become.
It is essential that conservatives maximize present opportunities. We must roll back the beast. Our representatives should labor tirelessly to hack excess weeds and foliage from government budgets.
A fine start would be spinning off NPR and PBS to the private sector which then should be followed by unburdening taxpayers of the U.S. Postal Service and Amtrak. Of course, there is no end to the type of cuts we could make to the federal budget.
Obviously, President Obama will battle the new Congress vigorously. He will veto whatever productive changes are passed. That is to be expected. Yet forcing the president and his Democratic supporters to clarify where they stand will be crucial if the GOP is going to recapture the White House in 2012.
Thus far, President Obama has lied since the moment he was inaugurated. The sheer magnitude of his prevaricating staggers. He is not “an ardent believer in the free market.” Moreover, conservatives with high blood pressure are advised not to revisit his boast that ObamaCare (a new entitlement program!) will be budget neutral.
So let the Democrats become “the party of no.” Our representatives in the House should initiate measures that force the left to be responsible for the toxic morass that is our government’s unfunded liabilities.
Those who can’t do … blame and that is all the Democrats appear capable of. The right wants to save America from disaster while the left exacerbates existing conditions. Instead of facing a problem — we’re broke! — they prefer castigating George W. Bush.
Granted, parrying the Democrats and their spinsters in the media will not be easy. Yes, there will be blood (in the figurative sense). However, Republicans must not waste an opportunity to reverse unbridled statism. Win or lose, our champions must shoot the puck on goal.
Thanks to the tea parties, many of our nominees are incredibly promising. Listening to the likes of Joe Miller, Marco Rubio, Sharron Angle, and Rand Paul bring to mind old black-and-white clips of Ronald Reagan.
Conservatives remain wary though. Many of those who abandoned the GOP after the Grand Old Spending party still eschew what they consider a tarnished brand. It’s hard to know whether these folks will “come home” on Election Day.
A trepidation some have is that our great right hopes — upon ensconcing themselves in Washington, D.C. — will “smell the marble” and become the RINOs that we hoped our votes would purge. Of the aforementioned politicians this writer has no doubts, but, as Jeff Perren previously noted at PJM, past betrayals make everyone skeptical.
Celebrating Republicans who refuse to “cross the aisle” is ideal as conservatives are currently over-served in the mercenary department. We need more men and women of true conviction and principle. A belief in the inviolability of the U.S. Constitution is mandatory.
“House candidate Allen West understands.”
He sure does. He says what he means and means what he says. We need a lot more like him in Washington and, hopefully, more people like him will be elected on Tuesday. There is absolutely NO problem with taking the war to Washington and the American public will react favorably if the politicians they elect actually DO what they say they’re going to do. Tea Party candidates were elected to reduce the size of government, reduce spending, reduce taxes, repeal ObamaCare and stop further “bailouts” of anything. This is no state secret. So if the Tea Party candidates actually hold true to their promises and act on these issues, the majority that elected them will be very, very, happy.
So fear not, Tea Party candidates. On Tuesday, you really will have a legitimate mandate to do what you were elected to do. If Obama or the Democrats in Congress stand in your way, take the battle to them and do NOT flinch from your duties. You will have the American people on your side.
Yes! Conservatives with cojones. If we do it right, DC Metro area residents are going to want good hearing protection to shut out all the loud squealing that will be coming from the stuck pigs in that area.
“This would decrease the likelihood of their producing ballots out of dense air as they did with Al Franken in 2008″
Ah c’mon. Everybody knows Dems don’t produce ballots “out of dense air” (or thin air for that matter). They produce ballots out of car trunks, basements & holes in the ground behind polling places.
Great article and exactly on the money as to what we expect from Republicans. It’s not often I’m wholeheartedly behind an article on PM. Not that they don’t have some really good articles, they do, but on the whole I come to be annoyed and PM never fails to deliver. For every article I like there are always a half dozen that irritate me. I must like irritation because I still visit every day.
I usually don’t comment just to agree with a writer, but in this case i must say that i agree with everything the author is saying—well, everything except some choice of words. In particular, the title ‘… treat a foe like a foe’ is precisely what is needed but the word foe lacks the luster that is more acurately described by the word “Enemy”. Not only is Left the enemy of Right (duh!), it is the most visciously destructive enemy of Humanity, Freedom, and the Spirit and Dignity of an Individual Human Being, and *hence* it is the enemy of America. So, besides calling the enemy by his proper epithet–enemy–we, our intellectuals, and our politicians must openly, *emphatically* and repetatively say the preceding sentence in public, give it as wide a dissemination as they can, and *then* go about systematically dismantling the enemy’s entrenched positions in our culture, academia, media, *and* in goverment—all three branches, executive, legislative *and* judicial, should be systematically purged of the cancer that roams metastasized through the body Republic of these great United States of America. No mincing of words, and no pulling of punches, on all fronts, simultaneously, for this ladies and gentlemen *IS* war. The most crucial war mankind has ever faced—because if America looses this war, the whole world will certainly go down with it.
That said, i do not agree with the author on the SUBSTANCE of his following sentenc, “Should present trends continue, the neo-socialist advance on our personal freedoms and prosperity will come to an abrupt halt in January.” The neo-socialist advance on our personal freedoms and prosperity will come to an abrupt end—legislatively. And for the time being. One lesson history teaches us that the Leftists *never* give up. Secondly, they have prepared the groundwork for an executive-branch takeover of their agenda-advancement. They have also already experimented with that groundwork in its ability to executively enacting and judicially protecting their agenda—to a more or less successful set of outcomes. Once they loose the Congress, they will, Obama will, with a visciousness and ferocity befitting a defeated hyena strike at the very corner-stones of our Republic and Constitution, and there is very little that GOP-dominated Congress will be able to do to stop that full-frontal assault. And we have at least two years of that left without any recourse. Once that happens, and the Right finally wakes up to the full reality of the true depth of the abyss they are in, the population will rise against the administration. And that is when you will see the truly flagrantly tyrannical nature of the Left. Final chapters of this saga will be written literally in the streets of America, for americans, for all their naivete, really don’t much appreciate being taken for a ride. Political Left *will* die and agonizing death, but certainly not this January. Indeed, January, actually, 3rd Nov, is when you will see the true nature of the beast you are dealing with. So, now is not the time to rejoice in victory. Now is the time to think how exactly can america win the final battle—which will start *after* the left has had enough of this ‘democracy nonsense’ and ‘tyrannical’ constitution. Don’t you ever say you were not warned in advance.
As to what the Congress must to do undo the damage? Sure, try legislating, but it will be useless in the climate that is brewing. Even then, if you must ask, disband 1300 federal agencies, starting with FCC, FTC, FED, FEC, EPA, OSHA, IRS and related sisters. Disband departments of Education, Energy and a couple of others, merge Navy with Defense again, banish UN from US soil and remove all financial or diplomatic support thereof, get rid of almost entire cadre of entrenched Civil Servents Class, which should not be difficult if you manage to repeal majority of statutes on the books, because they are unconstitutional. Then call a Constitutional Assembly and fortify the Constituion in several ways so it can never again be subverted by legislators or by the executive branch regulators. In particular require that every bill in the congress and every proposed regulation through the agencies, must formally pass the SCOTUS-based panel for its Constitutionality BEFORE it is enacted as a law. The regulations each much pass a separate judicial enquiry as to whether it falls under the purview of the alleged legislation which has mandated the promulgating agency in the first place. Then go after the media, academia, and the NGO’s —the two original villains. Take out all government support and/or preveliges granted to them. Go out there and survive solely on your own market value—or perish. If we manage to do all this—and *only* if we do that—we will have a *fighting* chance of rolling back the damage that the Left has wreaked in last 90 years or so. And AFTER we roll back the damage, we can safely say that the Left is sufficiently dead. Any similar statments before that would be tragically premature.
Thank you! This is the secret to restoring the American Dream!!!
>and *then* go about systematically dismantling the enemy’s entrenched positions in our culture, academia, media, *and* in goverment—all three branches, executive, legislative *and* judicial, should be systematically purged of the cancer that roams metastasized through the body Republic of these great United States of America. <
And this is the caveat regarding the "success" if the Tea Party.. Continued viligance!!
—- One lesson history teaches us that the Leftists *never* give up. Secondly, they have prepared the groundwork for an executive-branch takeover of their agenda-advancement. They have also already experimented with that groundwork in its ability to executively enacting and judicially protecting their agenda—to a more or less successful set of outcomes. <
Every elected official must know that they are now accountable to the people… daily! And week after week, month after month, for their entire term of service… and service to others (not self or party) must be the only criteria for the continued favor of the American electorate
This is a very good article and right on point. I would only add that Americans need to know that THEY wear the “Ruby Slippers”, we hold the power to control government. With only ONE caveat; we must vote AS Americans. Not as hyphenated Americans.
If we don’t vote FOR a common vision of our nation it will be divided and conquered by self interested politicians. We see that today. If we don’t begin to think and act together we can not be a nation any way. It was ONLY the unifying vision of the founders that brought this nation into being in the first place. If we can not agree on what and who we are FIRST, then we can not survive as a nation.
Sorry, wishing doesn’t make things so. Many citizens of the United States are not “Americans” (descendents or relatives of the original settlers in the 13 colonies). They are hyphenated Americans. Some groups are more closely related, and can assimilate fairly easily. Others are just too far removed and are square pegs in a round hole. African-Americans stil proudly maintain a separate culture to white America’s. After 300 years, how long do you reckon assimilation there is gonna take? Today’s America is built on lies like this, and turning things around seems unlikely as long as we cannot name our enemies. This just starts with Mohammedans (all Mohammedans). We didn’t defeat the Japs in WW II with sensitivity sessions and nation-building. If I remember, it was just the opposite.
The Republicans had better understand what is at stake for their party. I voted Republican this election but I WILL NEVER vote for another Republican if they screw this up again. There will be a new party in 2014 if the Republicans refuse to listen…not even Rush will be able to save the Republicans again.
Yeah, what he said!
I am Conservative. I voted for Reagan. I did not vote for either Bush, nor for McCain. I knew what Obama was, but better folks get burned by this Marxist, than to be burned by a faux-conservative.
This is a limited mandate for the Pubbies. They are being elected to fix the tax situation, fix the spending, and most importantly, to wreak our vengenace by rolling back Obamacare. We told them, “No!”, but they did it anyway! Well, no means no!
If the Pubbies do not at least try to get this done (Yes, Obama will still be Prez) then we shall find someone who will. Do not think for a second this means we are suddenly in love with Republicans. “You can be replaced!”
Alan West for President in 2012. Introduce the world to an American first, last and what the hell else do you need to know?
All we really need is a steadfast House of Representatives. Just keep passing balanced budgets and make the democrats say “no”. That will make them the real party of “no” and force them to admit and show the public what they are really up to. Never give in to their destructive whining and wheedling and pushing and all the stupid things you know they are going to do. That’s all that needs to be done. Say “YES” to a balanced budget, make them say “no.”
“roller derbies” –
No sir, I believe that “roller coaster” is the metaphor you sought. Modern roller derby is a contact sport, the skaters are hitting each other because it’s fun to get in touch with one’s primitive inner monkey and blow off a little steam, and rivalries get left on the track at the final buzzer.
And it *is* a sport, no staged plays or wrestling nonsense in the updated version. Nearly all leagues are skater owned and operated. And it’s a great show. You can still take the family, buy hot dogs and sodas for the gang, and sit trackside for less than a Benjamin at just about any venue in the country.
Of course, it involves violence, free enterprise, high fructose corn syrup, processed meats and the risk of injury from an off course skater, so please don’t compare it to anything the Dems do. No telling how long it’ll last. Buy your tickets now.
The New York Times, Sows’ Ears, and Silk Purses
No matter what they say, I don’t think it’s possible to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. The New York Times does, though.
The former “paper of record,” “the Old Gray Lady,” currently on life support with a DNR notice above its sick bed, does not literally believe in the possibility of the conversion of a dirty pig’s ear into a pricey handbag but it does seem to think it can convert Sen. Harry Reid into a winner.
The Times made a final desperate shot last Friday toward that end in its front page article, “In Nevada, It’s Hold Nose and Cast Vote,” the chief premise of which is that both Reid and his Republican conservative opponent, Sharron Angle, stink, at least in the noses of most Nevadans and possibly in the opinion of the article writers, Dan Barry and Michael Cooper.
The underlying message in the piece is that, since both Reid and Angle are rotten candidates, why not go with the most powerful one?
The Times reporters interviewed a number of Democrats and Republicans for “In Nevada, It’s Hold Nose and Cast Vote,” which would seem to suggest equitable reporting. However, as CNSNews.com points out, without quoting a single Republican who fears the thought of Harry losing, the Times article went on to say that, “Some Republicans fear losing such a powerful ally [that would be Harry] in Washington.” . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=2451)
Underestimating the Democrats and their capacity for duplicity is fatal.
There’s an understatement. (pseudo) liberals have been working for decades to bring America to this destructive brink on which she sits. They will not go quietly into the night.
Republicans must not waste an opportunity to reverse unbridled statism. Win or lose, our champions must shoot the puck on goal.
Exactly.
Obama should get writer’s cramp vetoing bill after bill to repeal Obamacare.
We’re tired of this current crop of progressives, for whom America is always and forever the guilty party, a country in need of their own narrow and self-serving chastisement and correction.
Tired of ideologues setting the ground rules from their own suffocating intellectual aeries, theoretical perches that bear no relationship to practical reality.
They’re wrong, so wrong, but acknowledging that is tantamount to death for the élitist ego.