Liberalism on Life Support

LauraIngraham.com E-Blast! ^ | 11/09/2002 | Laura Ingraham

[FBD]

Democrats are buoyed a bit by Sen. Mary Landrieu's win in Louisiana over Republican Suzie Terrell (yes, my prediction was wrong). But Senate seat or no Senate seat, liberalism is on a heart-lung machine.

For 30 years, liberals have been essentially trying to scare voters into believing that Republicans want to create a religious state, roll back women's and minority's rights, impose their own rigid lifestyle on everyone else. A few weeks ago, Washington Post columnist William Raspberry charged that Attorney General John Ashcroft, left unchecked, was close to imposing his own brand of theocracy on America.

As usual, the doomsday scenarios of liberalism are unfounded and expose the ideology's moral bankruptcy. Conservative Christians work tirelessly to expose religious persecution in China and around the world. Conservative leadership ensured that women in Afghanistan were rescued from oppression when our military forces decimated the Taliban. And it is conservative leadership that will ultimately liberate the Iraqi people from the decade of torture carried out by Saddam's henchmen. The British intelligence report released a few weeks ago documenting the methods of Hussein's torture (acid baths, de-limbing by hanging for hours, rape) received shockingly little coverage from a mainstream media eager to jump on such atrocities when they suit a particular liberal outcome. Even Amnesty International (which has posted similar torture accounts) threw water on the report-dismissing it as politically-motivated to justify war (which Amnesty is against).

Today who, more than anyone else, is actively advancing the cause of civil liberties around the world? The Bush Administration (and its allies), and brave men and women in uniform. Liberals will never concede this because they don't approve of President Bush's means (military force, muscular foreign policy). Liberals want us to engage in a perpetual dialogue, with virtually any U.S. military action abroad approved first by the U.N. They are more apt to trust Blix over Bush.

But following the liberal lead will leave the U.S. more vulnerable to attack as terrorist and their friends continue to plot while we "dialogue." And while we continue to consult with the UN Security Council and comb through thousands of pages of chicken scratch, life is getting worse for those millions who don't have the right to criticize their government.

How does that advance the cause of liberalism? It doesn't. It is called self-sabotage.

WORD OF THE WEEK

Irrefragable (ir-REF-ruh-guh-buhl) adj. Impossible to refute; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence.

As in--

The Anti-American crowd abroad demands that before any U.S. military action in Iraq, Pres. Bush present irrefragable evidence that Saddam is in material breach of the UN resolution.

[FBD]

I find it interesting that Amnesty International doesn't seem to care very much about human rights abuse in Iraq. Liberals are also throwing about the term "chicken hawk" quite a bit too, with a web site on the same subject.

Anyone recall liberals saying anything about "chicken hawks" when Clinton ordered military action in Yugoslavia? How about Amnesty International, were they opposed to military intervention then?

[jimkress]

liberalism is on a heart-lung machine

Evil never dies. It can only be defeated, not destroyed.

The fight to retain our freedom will NEVER be over. If we stop and think our enemy is conqured, that is when we will lose the war.

Every day we must concentrate on defeating Liberalism. Every day we must understand that Liberalism will always be there trying to trap us into its web of totalitarianism.

[Chad Bagwell]

Amen! What we do in 4 years they'll reverse in 1. KEEP FIGHTING!!

[Barnacle]

Liberalism on Life Support

Right. And smallpox has been eradicated.

Navigating the treacherous
waters of a liberal culture.

[Nick Danger]

I find it interesting that Amnesty International doesn't seem to care very much about human rights abuse in Iraq.

What's even funnier is that the British report quoted extensively from Amnesty International's own materials. AI apparently thinks that fighting for human rights consists of writing reports. As soon as someone proposes doing anything about these atrocities, they're against it. Typical leftist jerks.

[Demidog]

Liberalism is thriving. It has simply moved over a bit and the republican party is taking over. They're just as liberal as the liberals they're replacing.

[Karsus]

The GOP is not becoming more liberal!

Look at how the GOP has cut the budget...
Well, look at how the GOP has stoped the H1B visa program...
Last try, look at how the GOP has stoped illegals from Mexico.

OK, you win.

[Demidog]

hehe

[FBD]

"The GOP is not becoming more liberal! Look at how the GOP has cut the budget... Well, look at how the GOP has stoped the H1B visa program... Last try, look at how the GOP has stoped illegals from Mexico. OK, you win."

LOL! You know, you made a good point! Just when I was feeling reeely good (along with Laura Ingraham) about Republican victories, too. OK, so the Republican party is getting liberal, what are our options, the Constitutional party?

[Karsus]

Moving to Russia? At least they have a flat tax. :->

[FBD]

Right. And smallpox has been eradicated.

Geez, you'ze three guys remind me of a quote by H.L. Mencken:
"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin." =:)

[Karsus]

I do not think we are cynics. The facts are that the GOP seams to have forgotten what the used to stand for/scream from the roof tops. Besides, funerals do have the best flowers :->

[FBD]

"Moving to Russia? At least they have a flat tax. :->"

Ya sure, but they've got government corruption that is almost as bad as the Clinton administration's was!

[John Lenin]

For 30 years, liberals have been essentially trying to scare voters into believing that Republicans want to create a religious state, roll back women's and minority's rights, impose their own rigid lifestyle on everyone else.

I thought he was talking about Hannity, I like Hannity on the war but he is scaring away moderates with his shows lately.

[Demidog]

Funny. I am a cynic. Whenever I see some government stooge telling me they're going to protect me from terrorists I flash back to 9/11.

"If we only had a few more billion dollars and this newfangled homeland security department we could have prevented this tragedy!"

[FBD]

I like what El Rushbo says; Liberalism didn't get entrenched into the culture overnight, and we're not going to eliminate it overnight either. Especially in universities...

[oyez]

Me too. Why does the solution to every problem involves spending truck loads of money? As is he governments will never get enough money. There is going to come a time when the tax payers will not be able and/or refuse to support the system.

[FBD]

"I like Hannity on the war but he is scaring away moderates with his shows lately."

Aw c'mon, are you series about Hannity? He's a good guy. (And a good friend of Laura Ingraham.)
Besides, moderates are scared of their own shadow! Look at what Karsus and Demidog have said in their posts; they think Republicans are getting too liberal, and you're worried about losing the moderates? To whom, the Dumocrats?

[John Lenin]

I'm telling you, you cannot put down over half the population and expect to keep winning elections. If we let the religious right take over again, expect to lose power again.

[MHGinTN]

The Anti-American crowd abroad demands that before any U.S. military action in Iraq, Pres. Bush present irrefragable evidence that Saddam is in material breach of the UN resolution. There can be no irrefragable evidence to the lieberal mind, because the foundation of lieberal equations is bait and switch and they will simply deny recognition of anything they don't want in their equations.