Posted on 11/03/2004 8:26:52 PM PST by Windcatcher
Due to the late night last night, I took the day off and I've been watching the election post-mortem as many of us may have. The Left have been wringing their hands, analyzing Kerry's campaign from birth to death, and asking the inevitable question: "Where did John Kerry go wrong?" The excuses run the usual gamut: "Karl Rove got the vote out", "It was crazy Bible-thumping Evangelicals", "The Massachusetts Supreme Court lost it for Kerry", and so on. While the gay marriage issue probably had a hand in turnout, they still appear to be terminally afflicted with the central denial that has kept them out of any real power for the last ten years (I don't count a lame-duck Clinton as having any real power). There is one overriding theme that they simply refuse to accept:
WE DON'T WANT SOCIALISM.
Full stop. This is so important and fundamental to the Conservative identity that it bears repeating, slowly and loudly.
WE - DON'T - WANT - SOCIALISM!!!
I realize that no "reputable" Democrat hasn't actually mentioned the S-word. It doesn't matter. I assure our citizens on the Left that we've gotten the memo, that we understand that "Progressive" is the current code-word for Socialism. Truly, we get it. "Progressive" equals "Socialism". We *do not* want it.
I am speaking to the Left now. No matter how you repackage it, we will refuse to accept it. If the "Visionary" memo goes out and that becomes the new term for "Socialism", we will still vote down anyone who tries to push it upon us. Hillary tried this with her "Hillarycare" proposal in 1993, and we took the US Congress away from you. We did it because, and I'll say it again, WE DO NOT WANT TO LIVE UNDER SOCIALISM! We know what Socialism is; there are countless examples of countries that utilize it to varying degrees in different parts of the world, and we have consciously decided that we do not want to live under such a system. You can attempt to repackage it any way you want: no term, no turn of the phrase, no race-baiting language, nor any other greed-inducing or emotionally-charged diatribe will sway us. We know it for what it is, and we will refuse it every time.
I am sure that some among the Left will still be in denial even after I've said this. I know, we "just don't get it." We're uneducated, hyper-religious, Bible-thumping zealots. I assure you that we are not. We are educated, we are professionals, and we have real lives. Urban music or culture might not be our cup of tea, but ignorant yokels we are not. We are capable of studying a socioeconomic construct like Socialism and passing judgment upon it -- and we have decided that it is not for us. If you want Socialism so badly, I suggest moving to Canada. They have apparently decided differently, and you will almost certainly gain your wish. However, as long as we Conservatives draw breath, we shall not submit to such a system. In fact, your decades-long insistence on imposing it upon us has convinced most of us that you will not give this up anytime soon, and we therefore mustn't trust you with power. Don't expect any support from us in "flyover country" (or even those of us not in flyover country -- I am writing this a mere fifteen minutes from Philadelphia International Airport).
Make no mistake: Christianity does enter into this for some of us. One of the Ten Commandments says, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods." Believe it or not, we are actually capable of comprehending the written word, and we understand what this simple statement means in practice. It is *morally wrong* to feel jealous of those who have more than us, even if we don't lift a finger to take from them. Socialism turns this upon its head: under such a system no one is allowed to have more than someone else, and the State has the authority to correct a material imbalance. So in that sense, while many of us base our judgment of Socialism purely on the basis that we don't want to live under it, for many of us it is also a moral decision. I understand that the Left doesn't believe in moral decisions, but make no mistake -- we do, and we won't give up our right to form our own morality without a fierce fight. Once again may I suggest Canada. It is lightly populated, and I am confident that legions of American Left could take it over easily.
Their wild-eyed anti-Americanism doesn't help either.
They believe Religion, National Defense and Tax Cuts are evil.
That defines a permanent minority position. We see through every facade they erect.
Beautiful, simply beautiful. Shine the light of day upon the socialists and communists. Leave us be. That's really all we want, just leave us alone,let us buy whatever it is you make and join us in peace. No country has had the strength of America, and no country has been so selective in the use of their might. The left seems to think that if they keep trying their failed socio-economic policies, they are bound to get it right sooner or later. That's fine with us too, just don't try them here. Canada is a great idea, take Michael Moore with you. We've had enough of the mad cow.
They will not relent, they will continue until they leave only one choice. I believe Patrick Henry comes to mind here.
INTREP
and socialism, communism and fascism are just different levels of tyranny.
"Due to the late night last night, I took the day off"
Me too, since when I woke up it was 9am and then one second later, when I got up, it was 10!
Perhaps if the scream and shout louder, engage in more vicious name calling, make more heinous threats, and just generally hate me more they'll convince me that their moral conviction to compassion and tolerance is the correct path. They're off to a really good start so far.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
Damn, I love our new foreign policy. And so do 58 million other Americans.
I'm agnostic, and all I can say to this entire thread is, "Amen."
Very well said. We have had a free-market, low regulation, non-socialist country here for our entire 230 year history
Would that that were only true, in fact we already are much too far down the road to totalitarian government. I used to joke that soon we would need government permission to go to the bathroom until someone reminded me that, in effect, we already do since the federal government mandates what kind of toilet can be put in a house. Many Americans are unaware of the bulk of government interference but let me assure you that if you ever arouse the interest of law enforcement they can very quickly find a law you have broken.
Check out their goals at:
Democracy equals socialism... Democrats are for democracy.. Where you have a democracy you have socialism... The U.S. USED to be republic... EXPOSE democracy(mob rule) NOT socialism.. The root of socialism is democracy...
Democracy is the road to socialism. Karl Marx
Democracy is indispensable to socialism. The goal of socialism is communism. V.I. Lenin
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.- Karl Marx
We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.~Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
"... they might try to put forth a centrist "figurehead" as a bait-and-switch tactic to try to get their Socialist agenda..."
"flip" John Kerry was the Trojan Horse containing the "flop" John Kerry the rabid "New Soldier" Marxist with his deepest sympathies in Maoist/Ho Chi Ming Communism. His "nuances" were deceptive ploys to not disclose his true contents.
Well said. We're really a representative republic, not a democracy. The Socialist, er, excuse me, DemocRATic knows this and is trying to implement it upon us. But Foxnews, the internet and talk radio will have something to say about it.
Oh my, you used the "S" word. That just isn't cricket. /sarcasm
The distinction between a Republic and a Democracy as a form of government is so important and so profound that it can never be overstated while there is one American left who cannot distinguish between the two.
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