Well, I live in Pennsylvania, which is an interesting state. Some real conservatives here, but outnumbered by the union people, etc. I mentioned elsewhere on FR tonight that I am considering breaking a 30 year friendship over this election. Our values are just too different. For example, she sees gay marriage as a right that should be guaranteed in the constitution, yet she claims to be pro-life. (And is a democrat of course).
I think as long as the left (people like her) are inculcating youth through academia and controlling the media, this trend will continue. It won’t change until a popular hard-liner (like Reagan) arises. Right now the right in general is way too timid and meek.
A lot of people hated Reagan, blacks in particular. But he had the guts to do things that needed to be done. Or so we think.
I live in Pittsburgh. Should Reagan have done for the steel industry, which failed in the 80s, what Obama did for the auto industry? Who’s to say? I know that will give somebody cause to flame me, but this city is not the important city I was born in. And, in my opinion, anyway, it has never recovered from what happened in the 80s. But they keep voting democrat.
So I don’t know. I think conservatives need to learn to speak out and stand up for their values. And I have hope for the very young, who see and will see more clearly the mistakes of their parents as time goes on.
Fixing the country and the culture doesn’t begin or end at the ballot box. It’s more than politicians that change people’s minds on issues like abortion and marriage. If we can have the desired effect on people in the general culture, the elections will fall into place and take care of themselves.
Standing on the sidelines, letting the left dominate the culture, then simply hoping to jam a wedge in their burgeoning movement at the ballot box is a fruitless effort. It’s too late at that point.
Well, I have been thinking for quite sometime, that I will leave the country. I am sure I will now. I retire next year, and I will be moving to another country. I have wanted to move there for a long time anyway.