Posted on 10/04/2005 10:15:02 AM PDT by ListwanFarmer
Conservative movement is dead
Posted: October 4, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
I 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 about rebuilding that shining city on a hill.
Nobody expected this SCOTUS appointee?
Surely then, conservatism is dead.
A hurricane caused massive damage?
Well, for CERTAIN no one will ever support the Republican party again!
The price of lunch went up?
That indeed spells the end of the Bush administration forever - everyone knows it is true.
Gee, people, I broke a fingernail - maybe THAT will be the final thing necessary to effect the return of neo-comunist reign.
Geesh, these idiots think they can make something come true just by repeatedly claiming it to be a known fact.
I smell lightning coming...
It's not so much about saving the sinking ship as it is about deciding whether we lift the bow or the stern as we drain the damn thing.
Got Zot?
It's still alive kitties!
Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Viking Kitty/ZOT ping list!. . .don't be shy.
You won't be sad for long.
ping for later
I'm said to say that you lasted what? All of a day on this site?
Dope.
Begone you slithey tove.
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh...this POS article was posted last night. Stupid troll didn't even know enough to check that out.
With apologies to RUSH (sung to the tune of “The Trees”)
There is unrest on the forum
There is trouble with newbies
For the DUmmies want to troll here
But the Mods delete their screeds
There is trouble with the DUmmies and they’d like to pick a fight
But the mods find out so quickly that their “bona fides” are’nt right
The mods are busy banning, enforcing rules Jim made,
And they wonder why the DUmmies can’t just simply stay away?
There is trouble on the Forum
And the lurkers all have fled
As the DUmmies all cap “FREE SPEECH!”
And the mods just pull the thread
Some DUmmies think they’re clever and they’ll fit in for a while
FReeper mods just too watchful, they’ll get booted off in style
They’ll be no libs here on FR, your lefty vanities are rot
And all DUmmies will get banished with Kitties, flames, and ZOTS!
That was a good piece of poetry!
Dude, when you grow up you'll discover that bad drugs and good grammar are seldom companions.
Listen do you smell something?
IBTZ?
Goodbye, have a happy life.
I'm stuned, almost seven hours and his not dead yet? Could this be the start of UT III?!
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