I am not sure what you mean by "political fog". It is actaully quite simple. The RNC will back an incumbent big govt, pro abortion socialist so long as he plays the capitol hill political charade well enough to suit them.
Party always trumps principle.
(1) individual liberty is not compromisable
Its all about individual liberty.
Nothing else really matters.
Regards
J.R.
Agreed. Everything else I listed, and all other 'political' considerations, eventually revert to a reverence for (or desire to rescind) that basic God-given right.
For example, when interviewing liberal (or RINO) canditate for office, a reporter, instead of asking the candidate, "What do you see as the proper function of government in a free society?, will ask "Do you wear boxers or briefs?" (We wouldn't want him to actually answer the first question in public, now would we?)
When given a clear choice, Americans never vote for bigger government and less freedom. Never. Those in power know this, so they see to it that the people are simply not given a clear choice.
The "mainstream" media are willing and eager accomplices in this great mass deception. Don Henley had them pegged in his song Dirty Laundry:
We can do the innuendo
We can dance and sing
When it’s said and done we haven’t told you a thing
We all know that crap is king
Give us dirty laundry!
There is an epidemic of ignorance in modern America. Americans are not stupid, but their minds are numbed and unfocused. But just as in any epidemic, a doctor can't cure it all by herself - she can only cure it one person at a time.
Dr. F, you cured the people you talked to, and they will cure other people. In time, we can cure this epidemic. The battle for preserving the American system of government (as our founders created it) is worth the fight.