Utter nonsense, start to finish.
This thread is of particular interest to anyone who believes that our Republic can be saved by the so-called “Conservative” movement.
Some “Conservatives” have the idea that the role played by Washington, DC is just fine — but it should be run by “Conservatives,” so that by sheer strength of will and personal convictions they would keep government limited and in line with “Constitutional guidelines.”
Other Conservatives are convinced that the nation should go back to the original intent of our Founders to truly restore our Republic. Only then can the boundaries of government be correctly restored, the branches forced to observe proper checks and balances, and the actual POWER of the nation back in the hands of the STATES and of the PEOPLE, NOT invested in the FEDS populating Washington, DC.
Those who argue that the results of the Civil War were “good” are the FORMER types of “Conservatives” who have bought into the same Progressive premises that drive the Liberals that now run both the elected a bureaucratic wings of the Washington regime. In reality, their philosophical foundation is NO different than Barack Obama’s.
The latter are actual “Conservatives,” who base their philosophy on the words of the Founders, and the Cosntitution alone. They KNOW that if the States are powerless to STOP Washington apart from working THROUGH the rigged Washington system, then we HAVE no Republic, and our system is merely an illusion.
In this sense, the FORMER “Conservatives” are not truly Conservatives at all. They may be dubbed “Neo-Conservatives,” though that term is SO misued and distorted these days that I’m not sure it’s appropriate. Pseudo-Conservative, Big Government Conservative, Washington Conservative all fit — MINUS the “Conservative.” Because their ultimate basis of argument is Washington will be better if WE are in charge. And that is a FALSE PREMISE that true conservatives REJECT.
The latter are often dubbed “Paleo-Conservatives,” but that isn’t really indicative of their convictions either. They are Originalist Conservatives, States Rights Conservatives, Constitutional conservatives and ultimately are the heirs to the Founders ideologically. And yes, they are in the minority — as this thread seems to starkly demonstrate.
The answer to restoring our Republic was NOT Washington in 1865, and it IS NOT Washington in 2009! That task belongs SOLELY to the STATES AND THE PEOPLE. Washington be damned! No matter what tag you hang on yourself, if you are sold on the idea that the future of our Republic will be directed from Washington DC, you are PART OF THE PROBLEM, not part of the solution!
Deo Vindice!
Patriot Preacher