...banning abortion isn't conservative?! Doesn't fit your endless Bush-bashing agenda?! Isn't convenient for your daily rants and spiel?!
Just won't give him credit, will you...gotta toss in those diclaimers...
Posted on 10/03/2005 10:38:40 PM PDT by goldstategop
hereby officially pronounce the conservative movement dead.
May it rest in peace.
It was killed by its faith in men, not principles – men like George W. Bush.
The appointments of John Roberts as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and Harriet Miers as associate justice serve as the epitaphs for the political movement.
But even before these betrayals, conservatism was on life support.
It could not have survived the irresponsible spending by the Republican Congress, approved by the president during the last five years.
The conservative movement, in the best of times, represented a defensive effort to slow the trend toward unconstitutional, unlimited, centralized, Washington-based government.
Today, it represents, at best, only the hope of a slightly slower trend toward socialism and tyranny.
Let me state this plainly, as I do in my new updated, paperback edition of "Taking America Back": If Republicans filled every seat in the U.S. Congress and maintained control of the presidency, unconstitutional government would continue in Washington unchecked.
The confirmation of that fact came last week when former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay explained there was absolutely no place to cut the bloated federal budget. He said Republicans had done such a good job reining in government spending over the last decade, there was no fat left.
For those who still revere and love the U.S. Constitution, freedom and the goal of self-government, the death of the conservative movement might seem like a bad thing. I would submit to you it may be a necessary development to restoring the American Dream.
As long as the totality of political alternatives for the American people are represented by the Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, the drift away from the unique founding principles of American sovereignty and liberty will inevitably continue.
Quite frankly, it's time for some new creative thinking among Americans who still value what made America great.
No amount of defensive wrangling will be enough to preserve or restore our free republic.
It's time to think outside the box. It's time to exercise some courage and boldness. It's time to realize no war is won fighting defensively – trying in vain to hold on to old turf with no attempt to win new turf. It's time for freedom-lovers to reframe their political objectives. It's time to set goals for expanding liberty and morality, not just beating back relentless attempts to rob us of them.
Are you looking for new strategies, new tactics? Do you see that conservatism has only lost ground for the last 17 years? Do you understand we need to do more than work to elect politicians to represent us in Washington? Do you agree that the corruption of our system now runs too deep?
This may sound alarmist to some: But, at this point in history, Americans are less free than we were under the Crown of England.
Do any of us have the courage and convictions of our Founders? How many of us are willing to risk our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor for the cause of freedom today?
That is my challenge to you today.
We can complain about out-of-control government for the rest of our lives. We can continue to watch our liberty slip away. We can leave our children and grandchildren a society far worse off than the one which we inherited from our parents and grandparents. Or we stand up to the tyranny, get organized, set goals for expanding freedom, reclaiming ground robbed from us and set above rebuilding that shining city on a hill.
I don't pretend to have all the answers. If any man does, don't believe him. But I can read the handwriting on the wall. The political system in America is broken. It cannot be repaired with a little tinkering. Freedom-loving Americans need to realize they don't have a political party that represents them. Freedom-loving Americans need to realize they don't have a political movement that represents them.
Nothing could be clearer to me. How about you?
Let's not wring our hands over the latest Supreme Court nomination. Let's not whine about spending by the Republican Congress and president. Let's not mourn the death of conservatism. Let's get organized to build a new freedom movement with an offensive strategy and the goal of taking our country back.
No, Bush signed into law to make it illegal nationwide, the USSC struck down a law banning PBA in Nebraska in 2000 (Stenberg v. Carhart), and Bush signed the nationwide bill in 2003.
You can't say that it's temporary until the SCOTUS has taken the case and ruled on it. I've seen some truly whacked rulings come from that court lately...not the least of which made it plain that any business can get you kicked off your own land for a song.
Like I said, your list was good...but I can't say I share your optimism in the sagacity of the SCOTUS when it comes to upholding life or liberty.
All that said, yeah...Farah and his end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it routine pretty much jumped the shark a few years ago.
...banning abortion isn't conservative?! Doesn't fit your endless Bush-bashing agenda?! Isn't convenient for your daily rants and spiel?!
Just won't give him credit, will you...gotta toss in those diclaimers...
No, Mr. Farah isn't hyperventilating @ all--he's quite correct, actually. It's time for those who call themselves conservative to get their head out of their a- - & realize the truths of Mr. Farah's comments. The GOP is nothing but the Lite version of the Democtatic Party: fewer calories maybe, but still drunk w/ power & a constant expansion of government authority & abuse.
Pathetic. But not surprising.
I really appreciate your positive post..
No, Bush signed into law to make it illegal nationwide, the USSC struck down a law banning PBA in Nebraska in 2000 (Stenberg v. Carhart), and Bush signed the nationwide bill in 2003.
Then what do you make of the ruling by U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf who, in September 2004, was the third Federal judge to rule that the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act was unconstitutional?
In short, though the abortion ban was signed last year by President Bush, it has not been enforced because three federal judges (in Lincoln, New York and San Francisco), agreed to hear constitutional challenges in simultaneous non-jury trials. This means that PBA is still technically legal.
Well said, ny friend....have you ever considered changing your username? The GOP doesn't seem to set the high standards that you & I think that it should, wouldn't you say?
Don't let facts cloud your bias and silly ass support for Farah's rantings.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1496194/posts?page=56#56
Bush put it to bed for good after Clinton signed onto it
Oh wait .. I forgot .. we are suppose to bash Bush
The Constitution & Libertarian Parties will be running candidates in '08....voting for Hillary is totally out of the question.
Incorrect.
President Clinton, you see, signed an Executive Order that mandated that all government agencies treat Kyoto as if Congress had ratified it. This impacted both the public and private sectors. U.S. Defense contractors, for instance, had to comply with Kyoto pollution targets if they wanted to continue to win government bids.
President Bush repealed that XO, effectively killing the Kyoto nonsense that had been implimented in an end-around Congress.
If you mean it, here are three bills to force out of committee!
H.R. 2088
H.R. 1703
H.R. 1603
Passing any of these would energize conservatives, passing all three would be revolutionary.
They always do, with laughable results.
Guh...looks like the SCOTUS isn't off to a sterling start here...
Supreme Court Won't Block Suit Against Gun Makers
...that's but one in many reasons I don't have much faith in the robed tyranny of today.
If I remember correctly, Mr. Farah voted FOR President Bush, did he not????
We all make mistakes.
Indeed. I thought the Papa Smurf Libertarian (the one who ingested so much colloidal silver that he turned blue) was particularly amusing.
The results are laughable because most of the folks who call themselves conservative are wedded to the GOP regardless of how blatantly it ignores constitutional values. They have no principle & will not hold the GOP accountable for its actions.
LOL!
No, it's because we are a two party country. THAT is the fact. Democrat versus Republicans.
Third party fringers have sideline seats... they're unelectable malcontents.
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