Posted on 01/20/2004 9:01:28 PM PST by Lando Lincoln
“Hey, Phil! After our Bible Study, let’s go and play some records backwards and see if we can hear any satanic messages!”
“We did that last week, Nick. Instead, let’s go out, fire single women from their jobs because the MIGHT get pregnant, take food from starving children, turn off the heat to some inner city school, and to round things out, box up those big piles of money and send them to all our white friends.”
“Sounds great!”
Thus have Conservatives been depicted in America for over 35 years. Whether in the media or the entertainment industry, the stereotypes portraying Conservatives, or any American who respects traditional values, have been subjected to ridicule and misrepresentation. While all other groups have become sacrosanct and immune to any criticism for fear of their being OFFENDED, Liberals have attacked Conservatives with IMPUNITY and little regard for the truth. But now the tide has turned.
Why? Americans have become tired of the manipulative propaganda of the Democratic Party. The arrogance, the “political correctness”, the outright manipulation of language (i.e. lies), and the endless pandering to any special interest group have taken their toll. Now, the Democrats are looking at the 2004 Election and BEYOND and realizing that they are and will remain the MINORITY PARTY for possibly the next 10 to 15 years. How could the mighty party of FDR and JFK fall so far?
The true beginning of the end was the election of Ronald Reagan. His election will be recorded as one of the most important watershed events in American political history. But that is for the history books. For the average American, everything began to change in the first year of Bill Clinton’s Presidency.
Bill Clinton rode into office on the popularity of a new, untried idea: nationalized health care. A great concept without any doubt, unfortunately, we do not live in La La Land (the only place it might actually work.) Clinton maintained that a tax increase might be necessary to fund this historic program, but since these taxes would be offset by the fact that people would no longer have to purchase their own coverage through work or deal with costly co pays most (except, off course, those FAT CATS making over $40,000 a year) would pay far less. Once Clinton was in office, out of all the financial, medical, and insurance specialists in the country, his wife Hillary was (coincidentally to be sure) judged to be the most qualified to head up this program. During the process of working out the feasibility of a nationalized health care system (perhaps something Clinton should have done BEFORE he promised to do it during his campaign?), Administration officials spoke to Congress on how the new program would be funded. THE WARNING BELLS SHOULD HAVE STARTED RINGING RIGHT THEN!!! Anytime a TAX INCREASE was mentioned, the Clinton official would say, “Americans may be asked to increase their CONTRIBUTION.” WHAT DOES THAT MEAN! What if I choose not to CONTRIBUTE? Would I still go to jail for “Contribution Evasion?”
It might seem like a very small point, but these types of statements were the beginning of a pattern in the Clinton Administration that led directly to “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Saying one thing and meaning another became the norm in the 1990’s. “Political Correctness” made ALL AMERICANS afraid to speak their minds, and to deny the truth of the direction of the country even to themselves. All opinions had to be run through a filter of non-offensiveness in order to avoid the brand of racist, sexist, or any other –IST that might make us look insensitive to the FEELINGS of others.
After ten years of feeling warm and fuzzy about ourselves, Americans are being rudely awakened by a terrible shock. THE LIBERALS ARE SERIOUS! They do not see Political Correctness as a process where we add “-American” to the end of every word, but as a framework where not just our society is recast into their Socialist ideal but our very way of thinking. (The theory goes that the “common folk” can be TRAINED to behave more like good Socialists if you are able to control and monitor their outward behavior, i.e. “1984” by George Orwell.) Now, America is seeing these policies enacted into law through an activist judicial system. Well, not actual law. Laws require that an ELECTED legislature actually vote and upon passage proceed to the ELECTED executive for final approval or veto. If the legislation offends the VAST majority of a politician’s constituency, then he is KICKED OUT OF OFFICE. However, with the Federal Courts the electorate has no recourse for relief. Since we have to do what these Courts say or either are arrested or sued, it really does not matter. These folks are in for life, and there is nothing we can do about it.
In this way, the Liberal establishment can advance their reckless agenda while never facing the wrath of the voting public (or so they thought.) For example, after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that “under God” in the “Pledge of Allegiance” was unconstitutional (because some jerk wanted to annoy his ex-wife); the Senate condemned the ruling in a 99-0 vote (if my math is correct, that means even Barbara Boxer thought this ruling was ridiculous.) Unfortunately, the Senate, which is responsible for EVERY Federal Judge’s approval, did nothing else. Republicans have responded to many of the rulings by trying to enact new legislation (such as flag burning) and even Constitutional Amendments (i.e. “The Pledge” and the Gay Marriage rulings.) But the Democrats have done nothing but OBSTRUCT these efforts (and why should they not? THEY ARE GETTING THEIR WAY WITH THE MURDER OF OUR SOCIETY WITH EVEN HAVING TO WASH THE BLOOD FROM THEIR HANDS!) The only way to turn this Liberal activist tide is for the Federal Benches to be filled with Judges who RESPECT THE RULE OF LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION, not its warping to fit their ideological needs.
Now the birds have come home to roost. Americans are fed up with the Courts trying to force the Boys Scouts of America out of existence while embracing N.A.M.B.L.A. (the North American Man/Boy Love Association), we are enraged that our children cannot say “under God” or read a Bible at school; but in California, the Courts ruled that students could be FORCED to take classes where they live three weeks as Muslims (this includes praying to Allah, taking Islamic names, and learning the Five Pillars of Islam in class. I wonder if it includes wife beating and terrorist training as well.) Private citizens are being thrown into jail for defending their homes against dangerous criminals with guns, but drug dealers are allowed to walk away because their RIGHTS were violated when they where running from the police. The average citizen is demanding change, and what do they see? Senate Democrats are filibustering judicial nominees in order to maintain the Liberal status quo on the bench.
I think Barbara Streisand said it best during the 2000 Election, “It’s all about SUPREME COURT JUSTICES”. She was right. These Court rulings could never be made law if they had to go through the conventional law making process. The Liberals MUST have the Activist Courts because Americans would NOT STAND FOR THIS LEGISLATION BEING PASSED BY THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
This is why the Republicans upset the Democrats in the 2002 mid-term elections, taking full control of both Houses of Congress (traditionally, the opposition party to the President does very well in these “off year” elections.) The 2004 Election offers and even grimmer picture. The only way George W. Bush will not be re-elected President is if he chokes on a few more pretzels, long term Democratic incumbents are retiring from the Senate and Republicans stand to easily expand their majority, and a 30 – 40 seat Republican majority in the House appears to be entrenched for at least the next 8 years. America is experiencing a demographic change that has not been seen since the Great Depression of the 1930’s when Americans changed their party affiliation based on economic needs. In the 21st Century, we are dealing with another “Great Depression”, this one psychological, but the results will be the same. The Republicans are the new American Majority.
The problem for the Democrats is that the voting public now identifies them as the cause of this Judicial Activism AND the ideological supporters of these rulings. With the Democratic Party’s plummeting support in the nation, they would probably like to have the Courts slow their assault on our values for a while (at lease until they can get re-elected). Perhaps take a retreat to some commune in Manitoba, or to a Global Warming Conference in Africa. ANYTHING but continue making these rulings that will relegate the Democrats to permanent minority status for the next generation.
The Democrats have found that they are powerless to stop the judicial activists they have placed on the bench. Embarrassment after embarrassment will continue to flow from the Federal Bench at an increasing rate regardless if it is an election year or not. (Additionally, by filibustered almost ALL of Bush’s judicial nominees, the Democrats have created a litigation crisis where there are just too few judges to handle all the cases. This political stalling is forcing an ever increasing number of cases into the hands of these radical judges who will NEVER stop trying to rewrite the law, thus further humiliating the Democrats.) How ironic, the very judges that the Democrats have destroyed their reputations to protect are now the people who are ruining their chances of every pushing their agenda again. Some may call it karma; I call it DEMOCRACY.
No, they've acted out of insanity. Look no further than the studies of Calhoun's rats, and their overpopulation concentrations in the "Blue States" (the "behavioral sink") to gain insight into what a Leftist is.
I once had a biologist friend who thought a rattlesnake was dead but when he went to collect the specimen, he was badly bitten on the hand. My experience tells me the Democratic Party gains its greatest strength when Republicans shoot themselves in the foot by believing their opponents are weak. Until I am wearing this rattlesnake's skin as a hatband, I will not trust that he is dead, or even weakened.
Muleteam1
Really? I haven't seen any polls/research on this. One can hope people are waking up, but I'm not convinced. Besides, the rats that follow the Dim piper could care less; those of us in the VRWC already know this. We've been beating the drum for decades. IMO, it's not the "voting public" generally that creates problems for the left or right, it's the swing voters; the fence riders; the middle-of-the-roaders that make all the difference. Uncommitted to either major party, they in fact set the agenda for the country. Question is, what trips their trigger?
FGS
"Embarrassment???" From Democrats? Puleeze!
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