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.
For candidates uncertain of how to proceed upon arrival to the capitol, Michael Walsh provides an outstanding behavioral primer. His recently released work, Rules for Radical Conservatives: Beating the Left at Its Own Game to Take Back America, is both hilarious and insightful.
The author lectures in the fictitious voice of David Kahane. This would-be Hollywood radical advises conservatives on methods they should adopt when combating the left. The premise is that Kahane is so bored by our pusillanimous natures that he wishes to strengthen us; if only as a means to better entertain himself.
Kahane’s recommendations are quintessential. Specifically,
…call us out, each and every time. Refuse to accept our premises. Refuse to go along with our reflexive indictments of everything you stand for. Refuse to tacitly accept guilt as we make our routine accusations that we “know” what you really mean when you talk about things like the “Tenth Amendment,” “Marxism,” “You lie!,” and “date night.” [p.209]
In other words, be a man of flesh rather than straw. A legitimate person does not capitulate before the evil demon that is political correctness. He or she stands for truth and is not troubled by condemnation from the blustering fops who comprise the mainstream media.
Indefatigable will is a perquisite. Our new paladins must not only defend but counter-attack. Identify the political left as being both the real “haters” and enemies of freedom in our society.
Pseudo-liberals despise everything about the America enterprise. They are nothing but ne’er-do-wells whose siege guns will not fall silent until they torch every aspect of our culture and replace our largely glorious history with vile propaganda.
Generally, Republicans lobby diplomatically while Democrats strike with the zeal of the Khmer Rouge. This must change. Recent examples of leftist bellicosity abound. Former President Bill Clinton recommended that members of the GOP seek “psychiatric help” for anger.
Howard Dean accused Republicans of using tactics that amount to little more than “hate speech” concerning immigrants, gays, and minority groups. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid concurred, proclaiming that no Hispanic should be a Republican. The cure for these slurs is rejoinder. We must identify for the public the mendacity of our antagonists along with their malicious natures.
Best practice is to question their every contention. They are not the party of “the little guy.” They are fatcats and manned by the uber-rich; men like Bill Gates, George Soros, and Warren Buffett. Scratch a Democrat and you’ll find a trust fund underneath.
Our leaders must articulate this message. They should also respond to race baiting by pointing out that the Democrats are the party of slavery, segregation, and housing projects.
Being sedate, kindly, and fair is an excellent way to live one’s life, but it is suicide in the face of a dastardly foe. In order to save our country conservatives must not play parlor games but dismantle the myths behind which our opponents cloak themselves.
Courtesy and good manners are useless in 2010. Yes, we should answer all of their policy propositions, but we also must not forget to ridicule and demean them along the way.
Few things require less effort. Your average leftist has a great deal wrong with them. To hark back to words uttered by a character in the film Pulp Fiction, they’re “pretty f****** far from okay.”
Almost to a man and woman, the term self-righteous freak describes them perfectly. Let’s make common knowledge the roller derbies that are their personalities. House candidate Allen West understands.
He reintroduced a maligned and forgotten hormone, testosterone, into modern day Republican rhetoric. West said he was going to take his Democratic opponent Rep. Ron Klein out to the wood shed for a whipping.
He further termed Klein a “pathetic liberal” and a “mama’s boy” for Nancy Pelosi. When questioned about his colorful language, the retired lieutenant colonel stated, “That’s how men talk.” Well, it used to be. It will be again though if the GOP manages to repeal political correctness along with ObamaCare.
Simply “tinkering around the edges” isn’t acceptable. If Republican politicians wish to stay politicians in 2012 and 2014, they must return from their stints in Washington either carrying their shields or being carried upon them. Our nation has run out of alternatives.
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