wretchard, the problem is…we don’t get to define the problem.
Unless and until we come full frontal confrontation into the battle for truth, we cannot, we will not…be able to address any real issues. We don’t own the narrative, no matter how often we pretend that we do.
Take EVERY issue that is…or should be…of monumental importance to us as a nation today. The narrative for that issue is owned by the professional left. (I am frustrated at our laziness in pinning an appropriate descriptive on them…I detest calling them “elites”, “progressives”, “liberals” or “mainstream”…these are COMPLIMENTS!!!! And they are anything but descriptive of the traitorous, dishonest and destructive behavior of the group of people hell bent on tearing this country to shreds)
Our economy has been pushed to the brink of catastrophic implosion. Our ability to secure and safeguard this land of ours from sworn enemies is being systematically dismantled. Our borders are being overrun with impunity. We have slapped the faces of eternal friendships and ground our heels on the extended hands of allies.
And when we raise a mere peep in protest, we are subjected to the eye bulging, spittle and frothing rage of the professional left, in full Alger Hiss-y fit.
Lift a finger to defend this land of ours from stealth attacks by sworn enemies and those who mean to harm us, steal from us, overthrow us…and we get the venomous bite of the “racism snakes”. Fang shui is the new way to arrange every debate room so that if you disagree with a leftist, you are automatically facing a sign hanging that calls you a racist and a xenophobe. You could be Karl Rove or Fred Barnes…o you could be Geraldine Ferraro or Bill Clinton. It doesn’t matter. ANY disagreement, triggers the strike.
The GOP is ill prepared to be the voice of the people. The Tea Party is currently being smeared on a daily basis. Both, seem constantly on the defensive. The leftist apparatus for dissemination of distortion and slander is so powerful and so permanently etched in our national conscience, that if every single man, woman and old enough child of honor stood up against it and voiced anger, resentment and utter rejection of this vile and despicable infection in our information stream, it would still take more than a decade to eradicate its deleterious impact on our society.
Instead, we keep fighting the symptoms, while the disease rages and ravages our body politic.
Wretchard, it doesn’t matter what happens in November…or in 2011…or in 3045…ir we continue to ignore the fact that the truth is being co-opted and bastardized each and every day of our lives. This country and its salt of the earth people are being slandered each and every day. We are under attack from within…and we are losing.
EVERY decision in modern America is now tainted with this same disease. We can’t hold an adult discussion, because ANY position that is not in kneejerk submission and compliance with leftist dogma, will be viciously attacked, bring heaps of scorn, ridicule, slander and threats upon the proponents.
One can’t take a principled stance against a victory mosque at Ground Zero without being labeled a racist, xenophobe, and having the Speaker of the House threaten an investigation. The “Fairness Doctrine” was aimed at one direction of political thought. The administration attacked Fox News and one radio talk show host.
We have lost civil discourse. We can’t debate. We can’t even discuss issues. Joe the Plumber couldn’t even ask a single question without being investigated!
Any gains…any…made in November…will be temporary and fleeting. The inexorable march of the leftist narrative will grind down any opposition. Unless and until we fix that, the disease will metastasize and we will be helpless to fend off its necrosis. We may have already crossed the point of no return.
The problem is…we don’t get to define the problem.
