My point is valid whether you like it or not. 1994 gave us what? 1980 gave us what? These same tectonic shifts you speak of happened then too. The problem is that we have allowed the left to entrench themselves like ticks into the education system from top to bottom. When the republicans have had any power in the last 30 years it was at times used for good but not nearly on the balance the left has used theirs for evil.
And when you call someone with a screen name of “Liberty or Death” a liberal you show yourself for the kneejerk fool you are. I will fight to the death for our liberty and have probably given 10 times more money to true conservative candidates like Michelle Bauchman then you and many other keypad warriors. So piss off.
You can't compare 94 and 80 to 2010. It's a case of apples and oranges. You didn't have a massive, widespread resistance movement building and boiling then, like you do today. Sure, Reagan won his first election by a landslide, but that was due to the horrible performance of his predecessor. The same thing would happen to Obama, even without the influence of the Tea Parties.
You didn't have a center-right that is so angry about what's happened to their country that they're forming coalitions of political activists, and creating real effects in the political arena.
You also didn't have a progressive left that has nearly ripped the last remaining foundation blocks out from under our constitutional republic.
What's happening now, is much deeper and broader than the politics-as-usual of the recent past. As Roger Hedgecock wrote in his article, we're witnessing a fundamental shift in American culture, that is having huge effects on the country's politics.
The primary point of this discussion is that what's fueling the movement in politics today, is the underlying and tectonic force of changes in the public's attitudes toward what our government is doing. Frankly, millions of folks have simply been pushed to the wall, and are coming close to the point where they'll have nothing left to lose.
It's not just the politicians that all this anger is being directed at. Those on the rebel side have correctly identified all of the destructive and corrosive forces that are undermining our nation's stability, and are directing their energies against all of them. It's a cultural shift - not a political one, though the political landscape is where the main battle appears to be taking place.
...when you call someone with a screen name of “Liberty or Death” a liberal you show yourself for the kneejerk fool you are.
I don't remember calling you a liberal. Perhaps I said that you were behaving like a liberal. Name-calling is something our enemies resort to when they're losing the argument. Sort of like what you're doing now.
It's mighty arrogant of you to think that your screen name puts you above reproach on an internet forum.