Posted on 01/20/2010 1:00:29 PM PST by Mikey76
Today, many in America are breathing a collective sigh of relief over the Republican victory in Massachusetts. To many, it was like pulling the emergency brakes on our collective national train before it headed off into the abyss of totalitarian socialism. Some may believe that this victory is a foretaste of what is coming in November when the Republicans will take back the country and pull us away from the edge of the cliff. At the very least, it will put the kabash on much of President Obama’s agenda, specifically the so-called Health Care Reform. I don’t think we should pop the cork on the champagne just yet.
Has it occurred to anyone that the same game being played by the two parties for decades has been played with this election? We know that the people who have the power will do anything to keep it and see it grow. Beginning with TARP and fueled by the Stimulus Bill and fanned by opposition to Health Care Reform and Cap and Trade, opposition to the Marxist Obama/Pelosi/Reid agenda has angered and mobilized the “average” American like never before. They have taken to the streets and marched on Washington. Some are openly calling for a second American Revolution. This makes the people in power very nervous. The engine that is our government is fed by our toil and treasure and is headed toward socialism. The boiler is fed a steady diet of Marxism but President Obama has stoked those fires far beyond the capacity of the people to take it. The boiler was about to explode. The Marxists didn’t want to backtrack and admit they were wrong because their believe they are smarter than the rest of us. If they admitted they were wrong on Health Care, people may begin to wonder if they are wrong on other agenda items. In the middle of this overheated environment, Scott Brown comes out of nowhere to win a seat that had been held by Ted Kennedy for forty years in a state where Republicans are as rare as a tax cut in a Democratic budget. The relief valve has been engaged and the Democrats can save face. They have someone to blame-Republican obstructionists-and the opposition thinks they have been “saved” for the time being.
Isn’t this a little too convenient? For months, this seat was a lock for the Democrats, Brown didn’t have a chance. Then, with two weeks to go, an easy double digit lead evaporated. Brown’s opponent stuck her foot in her mouth so often she nearly choked on her high heels. The Democrats were throwing her under the bus for days before the election. Everyone is calling Brown’s victory a stunning reversal for Obama’s policies. Perhaps even the first battle won in the war to take back our country and restore traditional American values to government. Do we really think that a Republican from a New England state is going to reverse our slide into socialism? Do we think that returning the Republicans to the driver’s seat is going to change anything? Will they not, at best, hold the train in place until the Marxists can take another shot at out total subjugation?
Consider the fact that the Reagan Revolution did not make government any smaller. The Republican Revolution in 1994 led to larger and more intrusive government under George Bush’s “compassionate conservatism” and skyrocketing spending. Can’t we see it is all a game? Every year the government in Washington takes more of our wealth and liberty no matter which party is controlling the train. The arrogance and speed of the Obama administration fueled the fires for liberty like never before. It woke people up from the stupor into which a “benevolent” government had put them. Now we are again in danger of being lulled to sleep by the slow, easy motion of the train, once again becoming oblivious to our collective totalitarian destination. We cannot allow this to happen. The longer we wait to effect the resolution between liberty and tyranny, the more difficult and costly the struggle will become. If we allow our patriotic passions to subside in the mistaken belief that we have averted disaster, the next wave of totalitarian effort may be too great to resist.
“If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and the Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.” Thomas Jefferson
The wolves have set about devouring our liberty, and have for a long time. They are prepared to gulp down the last remaining scraps and have paused for only a moment. As for me and my family, we are not satisfied with the few morsels of freedom still conceded by this government. Are you? If not, will you retain your passion? Are you willing to do whatever it takes to drive the wolves away and once again restore America as the land of the free and the home of the brave?
www.patricksamuels.com
the GOP and some of the supporters are really great at trashing our own , I mean who needs the left when we do a really great job of it.
The guy hasn’t been around for 24 hours and already the knives are out
make me sick
Oh, shut up.
Ditto.
You can bet the knives will be thrown fast and furious at him over the next 20 months.
Yeah I agree. The guy just won. I thought everyone here wanted him to win to stop Obamacare, that is what he is going to do and he’s already getting trashed. He seems like a good guy, people should cut him some slack. As far as the GOP trashing their own, its nothing knew. The DNC trashes their own just like the GOP does. Different parties, same crap
Yes it would have been so much better if Coakley won and Obamacare rammed through../s
I suppose we also have our own ‘Taliban’ wing.
I have no illusions about the guy but taking a far left seat and making it moderate does move the ball in the right direction even if it is only inches. It doesn’t mean I’ll accept a moderate in every liberal seat, just those that are most important for acheiving specific goals.
Personally that alone wasn’t quite enough but the psychological victory that came along with it pushed it over the top.
Now I go on to supporting my true blue conservative congressional candidate in Michigan where he leads early polls by around 10%.
We are?? I'm sorry, I missed the part where Brown was elected to the Senate and all the active American citizens went home, stopped participating.
As you say, manc, it hasn't even been a whole DAY yet, and we're hand-wringing already. Cheez whiz.
I said it last night and I say it now, this election outcome was GREAT news for the short term, health care defeat, etc., however, this country (and the world) is going down economically no matter which party rules the roost in this country. I expected it even if McCain was elected. It’s too big. Sure, Obama is making it worse, but it’s gonna happen with or without health care reform, cap and trade, etc.
This really does not change as much as people think it does. Short term it is very sweet though.
You post your essays and never reply.
Why is THAT?
LOL.
The queue to look the Scott Brown gift horse in the mouth starts over there...
You are stating the obvious, and tiresomely pimping your blog.
Still, having said all that, I figure as others have posted that the guy hasn’t even been sworn in; so it’s a little early to start finding fault. I’m willing to give him a chance. I would recommend, however, that voters keep an eye on him and make sure he is constantly reminded as to why he was elected.
OK, so you’ve posted 40+ vanities without ever once bothering to use the “vanity” tag, and without ever once giving one single reply to anybody, about anything? How does that work?
This is an odd statement considering that the primary which selected both Brown and Coakley was held on December 9, 2009.
Oops, actually December 8, 2009.
patricksamuels
Who is this guy?
Former American?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.