Posted by
Patrick Henry on Monday, December 14, 2009 11:13:31 PM
Although Democrats garnered the most votes in the last two elections, it has become increasingly clear that
they have no interest whatsoever in representing the wishes of mainstream America. On healthcare reform,
the closure of Guuantanamo Bay, investigation and persecution of the CIA, trying terrorists under civil law
on American soil, cap-and-trade climate legslation, stimuli and bailout boondoggles and just about every
other important issue polls show decisively that the majority of Americans wants one thing and this Democratic
president and his party are going out of their way to do the exact opposite. It has become painfully clear that
Democrats actually represent the trial lawyers, the labor unions, minority and extremist groups, "hate
America and everything it stands for and," and most of all, their own Marxist revolution. Their goal is to invert
society in such a way that the minorities enslave the majority. And it's working!
So, the obvious answer is that those of us who love the country of our birth have to get rid of the Democrats,
run them out of office, send them packing back to the ivory towers of academia and the elitist haunts of New
England's monied high society. The problem is the darned Republicans. After Ronald Reagan the GOP fell in
love with the idea of looking so much like the Democrats that no one could tell the difference. Sure, some of
the rhetoric sounded different, but the spendthrift bureaucracies rife with corruption and dirty deal making
betrayed the party's stated values and crafted a new and ominous warning: "REPUBLICANS CANNOT BE
TRUSTED." If the Democrats will not do what we want thenm to do, and the Republicans are simply more of
the same, what's a patriotic American to do?
There are three clear choices. One, we could try to reform the Democratic party. They've formed a strong
colaition made up of minority groups and protected classes. labor, the left-wing media and most of Hollywood.
It's formidable, and if it could be re-channeled could achieve the diversity America needs along with the power,
prestige and moral authority she craves. That one, however, is a non-starter. It has taken years for the likes of
Saul Alinsky and Norman Thomas to pull the Democratic party far enough left that the socialist party no longer
has a unique platform on which to run. If there is one inexorable historical equation it is that socialism results in
communism, which results in a fascist oligarchy claiming to rule on behald of "the people," and without
exception ends up in pain, misery suffereing and persecution for the common man, and national ruin. Russia,
and East Germany are two fine examples. Marxism sounds slick and noble. Only it never turns out to be what
it claims to be and it just plain doesn't work. The Democratic party has sold out to that ruined ideology, and
brigning them back to their senses would be like trying to climb Everest in a bikini and flip-flops. Not!
We could start a third party. The Tea Party movement has nearly done that. The problem is that they have
no money, no real representation in government and none of the trappings it takes to get sufficiently recognized
to get on a ballot. There is a good reason why they call it a "two party" system. A recent poll showed that an
imaginary "Tea Party" would actually garner more votes than Republicans if elections were held now. That
should by no means be ignored, because it sweeps in a lot of conservative Independents (like me, for instance)
and gives voice to the moral outrage and patriotic passion that so many Americans feel. But while the Tea Party
movement may, in the end, prove valuable as a power broker and tie-breaker, it would take many millions of
dollars and at least two elections to build it into a viable third party.
The only other option is to reform the Republican party. It is really the most realistic thing to do, although
it will also probably be the most painful. Much ado has been made about Rush Limbaugh and his disciples
trying to "purge" the party of neo-conservatives (ot what some call the "old Democrats") and moderates in
favor of hard line conservatives. "Purge" is probably a little over the top (Limbaugh invites that). But the Tea
Partiers have well illustrated that conservatives are sick and tired of electing Republicans who run as fellow
conservatives only to see them cave on tax-and-spend, the right to life, blanket amnesty for illegals, union
takeovers, taxpayer bail-outs of failing businesses and other issues about which conservatives hold deeply
cherished opinions, beliefs and values.. Most conservatives believe that it's high time for hinesty in government,
for politicians to run othe beliefs they actually hold and not simply on what they think their constitutents
want to hear. They believe that it is more honorable to lose on an up or down vote than to bargain away
their values in some insipid quid pro quo which is the way of Washington. In other words, conservatives are
sick of business as usual in politics, and if Republicans expect our support they have a major hill to climb in
convincing us that they truly represent our core beliefs.
Can this happen? Maybe. It's really up to you, and me, and your neighbors down the street. The firs step is
getting involved. More later this week on how to do just that.