The Coming Permanent (?) Electoral Disadvantage

Many partisans think that the GOP will miraculously regain a place at the table in the 2010 elections, after the full onset of buyer’s remorse causes a portion of the electorate to return to them. I think this is unlikely to the point of delusion. The only immediate effect likely from the upcoming legislative onslaught will be a fundamental structural change in the political process, one which will place the GOP in general and conservatives in particular in a position of permanent disadvantage.

Some folks speak of “The First 100 Days.” I think we will see malignant results within the first few weeks.

1. One of the first items on the Obama/Pelosi/Reid agenda is the squelching of contrarian speech. During the Bush 43 administration we learned from the Left that dissent was the essence of patriotism. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, we will soon learn that now the eradication of dissent is the order of the day. Given the collectivist and repressive nature of the agenda, squelching opposition is an absolute necessity. Look for the Fairness Doctrine to be front and center and pronto. In the absence of any organized opposition or even a disorganized opposition in the form of talk radio, coalescing an electoral opposition is so much more difficult in a world without free speech. If they can pull it off, and I fully expect that they will given the establishment media’s infatuation with The Chosen One and the cover they will provide as he leads the charge against the Fourth Estate, look for the Obamanistas to expand their grasp in this regard. Satellite broadcasting uses the airwaves, doesn’t it? And how about the internet, and its wireless aspects? This impulse to punish critics is what led to the illegal snooping into the personal life of Joe The Plumber, and the expulsion of reporters from O Force One once their newspapers endorsed McCain. There is simply no way to project the value of this advantage.

2. With the unholy alliance between ACORN and the Democrat Party, voter fraud will henceforth be a mainstream reality. And, The Chosen One is so deeply in bed with ACORN he’d better send them flowers in the morning. Over the next couple weeks we will see ACORN perfidy played out starkly in front of our eyes as they engineer the theft of elections unseating Norm Coleman in Minnesota and Saxby Chamliss in Georgia. We may in fact have seen the last of legitimate elections in or own nation as hundreds of thousands or even millions of fraudulent votes are being cast on behalf of Leftist Democrat candidates. Count one to two percent new permanent advantage to the Democrats.

3. Hand in glove with domestic voter fraud will be the normalization of tens of millions of alien invaders into the political fabric of the Democrat Party. In my view already 1/3 of Mexico’s citizens reside illegally in the USA; yes folks, that’s 50 million alien invaders. Legal immigrant Hispanics greeted Amnesty Juan with 1/3 of their votes, which means that 2/3 of the same immigrant electorate voted against the most outspoken advocate of amnesty. (I went to public schools but it was a long time ago when they still tyrannically insisted on correct answers to mathematical problems) No telling how many alien invaders will vote, but I’m willing to bet it will be even more virulent than their legal brethren. This immediately adds at least 5% to every Democrat candidate nationwide except for the Southwest, where it will be closer to 20%.

4. A third front in the electorate warfare policy is the coming legislation empowering unions to strong arm almost anyone they set their sights on. Since unions have long been both the piggy bank and the foot soldiers for the Democrat Party, naturally this advantage for the Dems will grow as well. It is worth billions of dollars for their coffers, and millions of man hours for their campaigns.

5. The full impact of the Bailout Mentality will not be known for months, years, or even decades. The immediate result is the rush to the trough for the free goodies. Mortgage industry now, auto industry tomorrow, airline industry next month, personal credit card debt next year. Sounds preposterous? So did the notion that two trillion dollars of taxpayer money would be thrown at corrupt money manipulators, albeit within a perverse framework of incentives established by Jimmah Carter, Xlintoon, Barney Fwank, and Chris Dodd. The last intrusion into the financial markets (to say “inappropriate intrusion of the government into the marketplace” would be redundant) was due mostly to minor meddling of the past. If you sow the wind and reap the whirlwind, I can only imagine what this episode of complete nationalization will yield. At the very least I expect to see inflation rates of 20% - 50% in the next 24 months since all the bailouts are financed with fiat money.

6. During the campaign The One assembled an internet army of 10 million agitators, activists, and underwriters. Obamessiah has promised to keep this army of political extortionists at the ready, willing and able to pounce on any opposition The Great one would ever encounter. Since this is an unprecedented development in American politics, I have no idea how this will play out. But I am confident it will not redound to the cause of liberty and prosperity.

7. My own personal fascination will be to follow the asylum previously known as the U.S. Congress. Unrestrained by an opposition party veto threat in the White House, expect the moonbats to be in full braying mode. Speaker of the House Nancy Nutcakes has been only barely under control with the constant discipline imposed by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (alas, my “representative”) and pragmatic Chicago thug Rahm Emmanuel. Now that Emmanuel is moving on to run the White House, something I predict he will accomplish brilliantly, Nancy Nutcakes and her fellow travelers in the House should run free with quite a head of steam. That will be amusing and terrifying to watch. And with the Left possessing a filibuster proof majority in the Senate (in addition to every Dem but one being a lefty, and a handful of GOP RINOs sharing their views it is a fait accompli) there is no legislation too whacky to make it to the Oval Office desk for signature. And forget ever having a legitimate judiciary again in our lifetimes.

8. Many folks hold on to the hope that the Republicans can stand in the way of the Left’s agenda steamroller. This is a vain hope. GOP leadership is in a state of complete chaos at every national instance. For me to have any confidence in their ability to serve as a hurdle for the New Deal Part Deux I would have to see a complete replacement of leadership in all three institutions; Senate, House, and Republican National Committee. Near as I can tell, the purge is being complete only at the RNC, so GOP “leadership” will not be leading us anywhere any time soon.

9. Obamessiah’s promise to establish an armed Civilian Security Corps should be enough to scare the living bat crap out of every person within the sound of my voice. At the very least it could be used to intimidate most of the sheeple into behaving like, well, sheeple.

10. Regardless of what transpires specifically, it is clear that we no longer have an independent media. They have dropped any pretense of virtue and have cast their lot with a new Beloved One. Media cheerleaders will go to whatever ends they must in order to protect their Beloved and earn his affection. Without the alternate media to counterbalance them, expect truth to become a scarce commodity.

The problem with this and all other "doomsday scenarios" is, BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, dozens of times throughout the 1800s and into the 20th century. I'm not going to recount all the numerous times people on ALL sides have thought a) the country was finished or b) their particular party would never regain power or permanently hold power. Doesn't happen.

Quite the contrary, Strauss and Howe seem to be onto something with their cyclical view of American generational history. We do seem to go through historical cycles in which there is an age of excess, lax controls, entitlement mentality, followed by an age of reform, followed by an age of adulthood. This goes all the way back to the 1600s.

Not only can no one predict the political ramifications of the credit/economic mess, but international events have a way of rapidly turning winners into losers and vice versa.

The whining and "poor us" crap gets really old. When Gideon took the Israelites to fight the enemies of the Jews, he had 30,000 men and God said, "TOO MANY!" Many were of faint heart, many were complainers. God gave Gideon a test to weed out the uncommitted. Gideon was down to 3,000, and God said, "Still too many grumblers!" and again gave another test to weed out the weak. Gideon fought with 300 . . . and won. Lenin took Russia, a nation of 160 MILLION, with 20,000 committed communists.

Now, if you're all finished feeling sorry for yourselves, I'm ready to join the other 299 of you and TAKE BACK THE COUNTRY.

It is the reality of the situation. I have come to the same conclusions. People talk of 2010 and 2012. There will not be any republican wins.

The fix is in. These people are out for total control. I can’t wait to see the coming power struggle between Pelosi/Reid and the white house. Now that will be entertaining.

Yes, become active, we have to hit these commies tit for tat. No more sitting back and taking the high road. We must, have to get down in the dirt with these people.

Obviously our so called leadership has taken to a cruise ship to cry in thier beer. Bastards!!! It looks like it is us Joe and Jane sixpack that is going to have to take matters in our own hands.

Sad, but a lot of truth here. I think this country is now center-left and likely to remain so for some time. The producers are now expected to carry the heavy load, all the while allaying the anxieties of hordes of morons. It don’t look good unless Republicans simply out promise the Democrats. Maybe we can start with free dental! This is nothing new. I remember when I had to actually prepare my own lunch for school. This sort of thing is expected now. Those free lunches were supposed to get those children ready for academics. It hasn’t worked. There are more morons than ever and they are breeding more morons ad infinitum at an exponential rate. And if they vote, they vote Democrat. Get used to it or move. Any suggestions out there?

[Sidebar: I was living in Germany when the government imposed, almost overnight, a huge new tax on gas to pay for costs associated with the reunification. Gas prices suddenly doubled. It struck me that the Germans I knew simply shrugged and went on about their business. I remember commenting that my country had started a Revolution over the (English) government raising taxes on tea-—we weren’t the types to wake up to a 100% tax increase and simply shrug and move on.]

What happened earlier this year right here in America when “gas prices doubled”?

Where was the “tea party”?
Where was the revolution?
How many stopped from shrugging and going about their business?

- John

Gas prices did not go up because the government raised fuel taxes and surcharges overnight. But I get your sentiment.

There wasn't a tea party, but there was a different kind of revolt. Many people just stopped buying gas for discretionary driving. IOW, they cut way back on “demand,” which eventually affected suppliers.

However, then the Precipice of 2008 occurred and oil prices tumbled because of the coming/occurring global recession.

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