What the “conservative” useful idiots have brought us: Week one.

January 8, 2007 | self

[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"

[IamConservative]

Is there any evidence that conservatives stayed home? I don't know any who did. Further, I don't know any conservatives that voted for Democrats as a "revenge" vote.

What I saw was that the Republicans lost the middle so called swing voters on the war and immigration.

In either case, the collective "we" conservatives did it to ourselves.

[Sloth]

I wish it *had* been due to principled conservatives staying home. If so, the party might actually have to move right in order to regain their votes. But since it was the swing voters we lost, the party bigwigs will simply continue drifting leftward in a vain attempt to out-Dem the Dems.

[maica]

There is an excellent article in Commentary magazine which disects the words of the conservative commentariat who have turned against Bush and exhorted voters not to support him. For example, the author cites what writers who now are saying that Bush is "no (saint) Reagan" were saying about Reagan in the 1980s. He was not conservative enough for them while he was in office.

Is Conservatism Finished?
Wilfred M. McClay
January 2007

Unfortunately a subscription is required to read it online.

[Jack Black]

And my two posts above explain why I think it would be massively counter-productive to waste time on a ongoing posting theme about how dumb (supposed) Republican defectors are and rub every bad Dem law in their (acutally our) face.

Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and figure out a way to help move things forward.

If you have a natural critical bent focus on Pelosi and Co.

Many others on this thread have basically said the same thing. But hey, it's a free country and an open forum!

[antiRepublicrat]

voted in a way that showed they were willing put their own demands for single issue purity over the safety of America

Single issue? Illegal immigration, federal power grabs and out-of-control spending are but a few of the issues that Republicans have grossly mishandled.

[Fee]

The Reagan Democrats stayed home or voted populist Dem candidates. Why? Simple, they were tire of being told that it is OK for GOP corporate types to outsource their jobs, hire H-1B replacement workers and tacitly approve illegal immigrants to take away their jobs. When these blue collar types ask what will happen to America if everything is outsourced and the middle class is displaced. GOP response, free trade is innovative and dynamic, but it comes with a price, the middle class laborer must learn to live thru the instability and accept a saw tooth salary pattern and career (i.e begin at a starting salary, work for three years and then be replaced, start all over again in a new field/company and a new starting salary, work three years and get replaced and start the cycle all over again) while the CEO/financiers/free traders enjoy salary increases year after year after year. When the working man lobbies for their interests, they are called protectionists, isolationists and etc, but when the corporations lobby to protect their interests it is called astute business/political practice. The working man basicly did what corporate America has been doing to them in the last twenty years, they became political consumers, and looked after their narrow interests, no different from their corporate employers. Until the GOP comes to grip with the instability caused by free trade, the Dems will use populism to beat the GOP (ironicly by narrow margins) in future elections, over and over and over. Free trade GOP will never give up their policy, because even under Democrat rule, they will get what they want. Higher taxes is not a problem, because the wealthy will simply move it to another low tax/tax free investment, but atleast illegal immigrants will be given amnesty and cheap labor will be available forever in the US for their factories and domestic services.

[Niteranger68]

I agree with you 100%. Those "conservatives" who either flipped their vote or stayed home displayed an all-or-nothing mentality that no one will represent. And in the process of us trying to reason with them, we find out that their feelings are more important than logic and common sense. They have decided that cynicism and apathy will suffice for reasoned thought, yet they still want to be identified as politically conservative. Since when did "abandon all pragmatism" become a right wing commandment?

[RegulatorCountry]

"Is FreeRepublic a Republican blog site or a conservative blog site?"

It's not a blog, it's a forum, and as far as "Republican" or "Conservative," that depends upon who is in office. Pre-2000, FR was Conservative. Post-2000, the stated position of FR has been to keep Democrats out of office via electing Republicans. Theoretically, this advances Conservatism, although Republican behavior on several notable issues sort of begs the question.

[Dane]

Going to have some,

as the "true conservatives" twist themselves into rhetorical,

[Little Ray]

What beautiful posting of enlightenment!

[mysterio]

Maybe voters got turned off by yearly growth of government that would make the democrats drool.

Be the party of smaller, less intrusive government. Every time the Republicans tried it, it worked. Every time they abandoned it, they lost.

[EternalVigilance]

Since when did "abandon all pragmatism" become a right wing commandment?

Since when did "abandon all principle" become the Republican Party's silver bullet?

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

Like I said immediately after the election: I dare call it treason.

[antiRepublicrat]

The breakdown is 40-40-20.

My way of explaining that breakdown is 40% who blindly vote Democrat and 40% who blindly vote Republican, neither of them really paying attention to what the party is actually doing. Then you have 20% thinking for themselves and voting on actual issues and candidates.

[Wallace T.]

If the Bush Administration had not been so weak-kneed on border control, if the handcuffs of political correctness were taken off our forces in Iraq and Afghanistan so that we could smash the enemy strongholds, and if the Republicans in Congress had avoided pork barrel spending and expanding entitlements with regard to Medicare, conservatives would have supported the Republican congressional ticket with enthusiasm. If the Republicans want the strong support of conservatives, they need to govern in a conservative manner.

[EternalVigilance]

IMO, any FReeper who is pushing this "blame conservatives" meme is deeply suspect. What they betray is a deep dislike for conservatism. Personally, I'm sick of it.

[roses of sharon]

In the past it has been Conservative voters who voted smart, while the Dims were emotional and fractured with different interest groups.

It is now reversed, the big tent theory does that, when your party grows, there is a tendency to try to please everyone.

Of course this argument matters not, since the evidence is clear that Conservatives opinion makers wanted a loss of Congress and they got it.

As a Conservative, I disagreed with idea that punishing Republicans in 06, for spending, for not being ideological enough, impatience with Iraq, ect, was not warranted in this dangerous time.

To turn over domestic spending, domestic intell gathering, troop funding, a global warming debate, UN and Bolton, decisions on Israel, Iran, NK, Lebanon, Afghan, Pak, ect, judges, universal health care and energy decisions to the Dims was nonsensical. And again, it risked losing the Conservative firewall to the President, and our only Conservatives in Congress with who we had influence.

Not to mention giving the MSM more power and influence, knowing that they can defeat good Conservative officeholders with enough faux "bad press".

IMO, during this critical time, strong and funded primary challenges are the smarter way to go.

But that is difficult, and being in the minority is easy.

So it goes with the natural human instinct to punish and take the easy way out.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

If "conservatives" like you are willing to ensure that Democrats get elected to a majority, then kindly go pester the Democrats for what you want, and leave the Republicans alone.

[Niteranger68]

Since when did "abandon all principle" become the Republican Party's silver bullet?

Which Republicans abandoned all principals?

[EternalVigilance]

Like I said immediately after the election: I dare call it treason.

Oh really. How about the RINOs who openly supported Democrat candidates? In my district, the Dem's TV ads even featured nasty quotes from RINOs about the Republican nominee. Not coincidently, those quotes sounded suspiciously like what you and your RINO compadres post against conservatives every day on FR.