Posted on 01/08/2007 8:42:14 AM PST by jmaroneps37
The last election told us many things. One thing that stands out above all others is that the number of people who actually understand what is going on in our country today is frighteningly small.
A small group who “get it”
Just half of Americans are registered to vote, so right off, we know that half of America doesn’t care what happens to itself or the rest of us. They live in a different world. You know who they are so it is not necessary to expand on this point.
Of those who are registered, on a good Election Day, sixty percent vote. That means that only thirty percent of Americans are heard, and even a large percentage of them are ill informed or willfully blinding themselves, even as they cast their ballots.
Of this thirty percent, about fifty percent vote Democrat and by doing so show us they do not understand that the Democrats are a party bent on surrendering our security to our terrorist enemies. To be sure not all who vote Democrat want this result, most of the others vote Democrat because they want socialism, gay marriage and dumbed down schools and/or open borders.
That leaves only fifteen percent, or about 1 in 7, of Americans who understand that we are the only hope our nation has.
This bares repeating: Only about 1 in 7 Americans seems to understand the true murderous intentions of our enemies and/or the destructive nature of socialism.
Nevertheless, in the last election, a certain percentage of America’s 1 in 7 voters, people who should know better, voted in a way that showed they were willing put their own demands for single issue purity over the safety of America. This is the reality of what these voters have brought about by their foolish demands that politicians suddenly toe their line totally or be thrown under a bus along with our nation.
The ill informed nitwits that vote Democrat in a knee jerk fashion, the socialists who, though born here, hate America – they are what they are. They must be fought at the ballot box every two years. They are almost like evil little children who will be what they will be, but the, “ I’m staying home because I’m so much more conservative than you, so much smarter than you..” 1 in 7 voters must be held to a higher standard. These voters can not claim ignorance. They willfully handed the reigns of power and responsibility for America’s safety over to the Democrats. There were just enough of these willfully “blind” “single issue purity” voters to hand the Democrats 16 of their 36 victories; this figure being derived from the fact that for the want of just 63,000 more votes spread across these races, America would not now be in the danger she is in.
These people should have known better. They took their own narrow agendas with them on Election Day. They played “make believe” with America’s future and safety. The bought into the Democrat controlled media’s lies that we can’t win the war, the economy is tanking, and open borders would somehow be less threatening if only the Democrats controlled both Houses.
Now these 1 in 7 voters are trying to explain what they did by wringing their hands and complaining about not wanting to “vote for the lesser of two evils.” Apparently it does not occur to this group that the choices we have are really just the choices we have. They don’t understand that failing to vote for the “lesser of two evils” guarantees that you will get the greater of two evils.
These people fancy themselves as so much smarter and so much more conservative than the rest of the 1 in 7. They are nothing more than “conservative” useful idiots.
They, and unfortunately us, now have to live with the disastrous consequences of their self delusions that they would somehow get from a Democrat Congress what they couldn't get from a Republican congress, but that would be the only difference. We will all now have to deal with Democrats who will be as disappointing on some issues, but terrifying on other issues, lots of other issues.
These are a series of headlines. This piece is not written to anyone who needs to have them explained. It is written to the “conservative” useful idiots among us who have joined the fools and socialists to “teach” someone a lesson. Here’s the first week’s “lessons”.
January 1, 2007 to January 8, 2007:
"Dems Prepare Slew of Oversight Hearings"
"Democrats push for Alaska drilling ban"
"Pelosi, Reid Oppose Iraq Troop Surge (Letter Sent To Bush!)"
"New Muslim congressman avoids loyalty questions"
"Socialism on the move: Edwards pushes Universal Healthcare"
"SEARCH ON FOR TOUGH NEW WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL; expected avalanche of congressional committee investigations..."
"Pelosi's new image as Italian Catholic mom -- more than a 'San Francisco liberal'"
"'IMPEACH!' is message at Nancy Pelosi beach (San Fransicko Alert)"
"What Americans MUST Know About the Incoming Senate Intelligence Chairman"
"(Mother") Sheehan Right to Demand Democrats Act on Iraq (Susan Estrich Barf Alert!)"
"House rules change clears way for tax increases"
It's more the Conservatives who stayed home that I was referring to.
You people make liberals conservative.
For one thing,it would have kept the Democrats out of power.
That one thing alone of itself, is always good.
I usually don't respond to vanities but.....
" but the, “ I’m staying home because I’m so much more conservative than you, so much smarter than you..” 1 in 7 voters must be held to a higher standard. "
How about instead of holding the voters to a higher standard we hold the politicians to a higher standard. After all, they work for us, we don't work for them. I think you got it backwards.
What's the winning percentage of the campaigns you've advised for pay? (Actually taking office, not primary wins.)
Exactly. Same point I was trying to make but I did it in a round about way.
Your post number 13 hits the nail squarely on the head.
I'm sick of the RINOs on FR blaming conservatives for what was at its core a failure by Republican leadership...to govern effectively, and to run smart campaigns.
And you're right about the media. There is little pretense of objectivity or fairness left. They have become explicitly "the Democrat Media." If Republicans aren't prepared to deal with that reality, they are prime targets for political destruction.
Democrats won because the Stupid Party alienated blue-collar and independent voters with their hypocrisy on spending, moral values, and fighting a half-ass war.
There are a lot of voters who simply aren't die-hard conservatives like we are. Most of them don't know who their representative or Senator is, for crying out loud. So how the Hell is it conservatives' fault for "staying home" when a large swath of voters bought the media spin and voted for the Dims in droves.
You don't have to explain a damn thing to the GOP bootlickers.
Blaming the voters you couldn't inspire to go to the polls isn't too bright.
What is this 'single issue', pray tell?
Spot on! It's damned presumptuous to assume that Republicans were 'owed' votes from voters who stayed home. I voted GOP and donated to the GOP and worked the phones for my candidate but nobody owned my vote. We need to spend our efforts encouraging elected GOP officials to live up to our conservative principles and insist that they remain accountable to us. They're the ones who lost the election...not the voters. And calling those people names and villifying them is not the way to get them to the polls for the GOP the next time around!
Heh...
So calling them idiots is your plan to get them to vote next time? AND vote for Republicans? Brilliant.
McCain "straight taking independent and former POW".
Perot "billionaire geek who can run the USA like a Fortune 500 company. Beholden to none".
It may be that Rove did a bad job, or tried to connect with groups that we dislike. That's not my point.
My point was only that elections are won by the "soft story" that is sold to the 20% of swing voters. The Dems had the successful story, and like the most sympathetic American Idol constestant, they won.
If all Americans were thinking, rational, policy analyzing type of people then the Republicans could win elections by simply posting their platform, or talking about what their policies are.
This is not the case. So we need strategists and story tellers and PR gurus who are usually doing stuff like getting people to change tooth-paste brands.
So we (the rational, committed, conservatives) should quit blaming the notional "moles" in our midst (who mostly don't exist) and get back on track for helping craft the meta-story around Pelosi et-al that damns them in 2008.
"Can you explain how voting Republican in the last election would have made America a stronger and more prosperous nation"
I have another question. Is FreeRepublic a Republican blog site or a conservative blog site?
The partly sluts who'll drop to their knees for anybody with an R behind his or her name are just tools of the party. They give up for free, their vote, what most people make politicians work for. They make the people weaker and politicians stronger. They take away the power of a vote. A one-choice vote isn't a vote anymore.
The people will never speak of the shortcomings of their masters. Their masters could never lose an election unless someone else did something wrong. The masters make no bad decisions that cost them votes. Only us serfs can fail the masters.
The party sluts actually have the gall to believe we OWE the politicians out votes, provided they have an R after their name, that is. They are weak followers predisposed to blindly placing their lives in the hands of others.
It's not the end of the world.
The Dems need to push the legislation and then get it passed, which will destroy their cover as "moderates" and " willing to be bipartisan". If the POTUS has some stones and VETO's bad legislation, they then have to try and overide his VETO and they don't have the votes to do that.
This of course presupposes that the jellyfish in the GOP Senate and the Pres grow a spine.
I've supported the best conservative candidate 100% of the time.
And all of my candidates won in 2006.
Thanks for asking.
Good post. Accurate.
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