Election Eve (Eve ; Eve ; Eve) Thoughts on the Responsibilities That Come With Citizensh

At the risk of being labeled an inveterate pessimist, as we approach what may prove to be the most critical election day in our republic’s history, I cannot help but feel a sense of discouragement about America’s future (accompanied, of course, by the knowledge that He works in miracles, so nothing is ever hopeless).

As I see it, we will witness one of three likely outcomes of the November 2nd vote:

(1) If the election is close, the thousands of leftist trial lawyers hired by the DNC and/or Kerry/Edwards, who are already gearing up to take this election out of the hands of the American citizenry and place it in the hands of activist judges, will shift into high gear, and begin an all-out effort to use a combination of validating massive voter fraud, and fabricating pseudo-legal accusations against Bush/Cheney forces, to steal this election. They are preparing to make Florida 2000 look like a romp in the park.

I find it fascinating, although certainly not out of character for these supposed defenders of truth and justice, that they and their kind despise and defile Richard Nixon, whose only major offense was the attempted cover-up of a third-rate political burglary. And yet, faced with the prospect of unveiling blatant voter fraud in Illinois and Texas, without which he may well have been the victor over Kennedy in ’60, Nixon, rather than contest the votes in those highly suspicious precincts vote counts, passively accepted the highly questionable results. The reason: he did not want to put our republic through the kind of cataclysmic Constitutional crisis that would have ensued.

Fast forward forty-four years and we have the same party that was the source of the questionable vote counts in both Chicago and Houston/Dallas, not only not seeking to avoid such a Constitutional crisis, but scheming feverishly, days before the votes are even cast, to see to it that one occurs. Why? Because they are enemies of the Constitution, and will stop at nothing to see to it that an ultra leftist (who, by definition, harbors no allegiance to anything but a globalist utopian agenda) sits in the White House. The Constitution … and America’s sovereignty and security … be damned.

If Tuesday sees the above scenario, we may not know the results of this election until well into the month of December, when the electoral college must meet to choose the new leader of the free world.

(2) If Kerry/Edwards are victorious on the 2nd, the voters of America (although probably not a majority of them – since a statistically significant number of dead people, house pets, felons, illegals, and people with multiple residences will have cast their votes for the democrat ticket) will have voted on the basis of superficial, Madison-Avenue-created, sound bite ‘knowledge’ that bears no resemblance to truth. The majority of Kerry/Edwards votes will have been cast -- thanks to a combination of voter apathy and rampant media bias -- without the benefit of a genuine knowledge of the democrat candidates’ decades-long resumes that exhibit an unambiguous adherence to a treasonous, anti-American agenda.

(3) Bush/Cheney will be victorious. This will be a remarkable outcome (occurring in spite of all borderline criminal machinations), and will only occur if the Republican ticket’s genuine support is nothing short of landslide proportions, the likes of which could not even be negated by massive voter fraud and pre-election plans to steal the electoral votes of swing states whose totals appear close.

But, even if Bush/Cheney are victorious, we cannot long rest on our laurels and assume that all is well. Far from it.

After an election loss, leftists do not simply lick their wounds and accept the voice of the people. And the stakes in this election will magnify beyond all reason the leftist penchant to attack, subvert and destroy those who took victory from their grasp. Elitists, after all, were destined to rule, to dictate, to dole out largesse to the masses. And when the masses do not place them in the positions of power to which they have been called, elitists become enraged, and insatiably vindictive. Civility and law/truth/justice will find themselves obscured by the obsession to gain the power that was not won through the normal channels that representative republican government supplies.

The mainstream media will be relentless in the criticisms, attacks, and counterfeit stories aimed at the President and his lame-duck administration (After all, what price has Dan Rather played for his unprofessional, agenda-driven ‘reporting’ of the Bush/National Guard memos story? The collective long-term yawn with which the public has reacted to his journalistic charlatanism has simply provided the unaccountable media a green light for more of the same).

Even small errors of judgment on the part of this President will be grotesquely magnified so as to rise to the level of an impeachable offense. And the war on terror – especially that portion of it occurring within the borders of Iraq – will be consistently painted with a broad black brush, with the objective of portraying it as Bush’s Waterloo, and America’s final imperialistic failure.

No matter the results of this election, the one and only thing that can prevent the ultimate success of the leftist agenda, many more horrifying terrorist attacks within our borders, and the eventual demise of the glorious American experiment, is the American citizen.

If the polls are accurate, a man who is seeking the Presidency of a nation he loathes is at least within striking distance of a leader who, although his domestic policy weaknesses are numerous, has conducted the war on terror, and the beginnings of the rebuilding of a liberated nation, with something close to brilliance. It would appear that the average American citizen needs either a more responsible, realistic set of priorities, or to spend significant time contemplating the serious, prophetic warning of one of our visionary Founders:

No people will tamely surrender their liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant … they will sink under their own weight without the aid of foreign invaders … Samuel Adams in a letter to James Warren, 4 November, 1775

While everything you say is true, it doesn't excuse the GOP leadership. We can whine and cry that the media won't let us get our message out, but that is just an excuse. Ronald Reagan had very little trouble getting his message out. In fact, whenever he had trouble with the Congress, he always took his message to the people. And he won on a regular basis.

The vast majority of the denizens of Congress are simply too fat, lazy, and complacent to do anything about creeping socialism. Joe Average doesn't know socialism from Adam's house cat. The left has succeeded in convincing Joe Average that the government is some institutional Santa Claus. The GOP does nothing to disabuse the public of this notion because it is not in their best interest to do so. In fact, many of the current Republican residents of Congressional seats have no beef with the Democrats over ideology. Their goal is to prevent the Democrats from getting credit for spending taxpayer money by spending it first themselves. Spending our money is all right with much of the GOP as long as it is the GOP that is doing the spending.

Until and unless a viable political entity arises that is able and willing to redefine the political debate in this country, the media will still have an easy job of maintaining its monopoly on information. Remember, journalists on the whole are not that bright. These are the folks that Mark Twain said failed at ditching and shoe-making. It is utter turpitude on the part of the right that allows them their latitude. When the right grows a spine and decides to take back this country, the media will be utterly powerless to stop us.

The Liberal-Socialist quisling mediots will destroy this republic, in the end.

Their goal makes 'em our enemy. Not just a domestic enemy but a worldwide enemy. The MSM is the 800 lb gorilla that no one seems to know what to do with. At least those of us that care, eh?

And to think American industry is paying for it all. Bless their hearts ;^) Will the shareholders EVER face these utopian dreamers down?

The good news? Our homegrown media at least is takin' it in the shorts. The fact that their credibility has reached new lows hasn't seemed to slow 'em down any either. This election seems to have brought out the worst in our faux press. The internet and talk radio(of all things) is bringing down the 800 lb gorilla......with one hand tied behind its back!

It's the damnedest thing watching a parasite kill the host, but that's precisely what the quislings are doing.

Only weakening the host IMO. To be remade into a true Ministry of Information if they have their way. Will we allow it to happen? Stay tuned ;^)

Be careful of Fox, will you? They're *not* a friend of conservatives.

I agree. I just watch them because they’re on 24/7 and are less likely to cause indigestion than any other news channel.

Back on the “useful idot” theme---I read a great article by Kate O’Beirne just yesterday. She has their number:

Despite the thousands of campaign ads and the oceans of spilled media ink over the past year, the ignorant voter outnumbers voters of all stripes. That the public’s knowledge of current affairs is in a sorry state is the only safe call we can make in this year’s race.

She goes on to say that only 5% of voters pay close attention to policy and politics. About 70% of Americans don’t know that Congress recently passed a Medicare prescription drug plan---the largest federal entitlement expansion in decades. 65% don’t know that a ban on partial birth abortion has been enacted, etc, etc.

Let’s just hope the majority she talks about in these cases are also to lazy to go to the polls today, although news reports aren’t showing that.

Ronald Reagan had very little trouble getting his message out. In fact, whenever he had trouble with the Congress, he always took his message to the people. And he won on a regular basis.

I think you'll admit RR was an exceptional man. He had Americans eating out of his hand, but how? Statesman like Ronald Reagan come along once in a lifetime. Few men have the stature to pull off what he did. One of the greatest IMHO.

It is utter turpitude on the part of the right that allows them their latitude. When the right grows a spine and decides to take back this country, the media will be utterly powerless to stop us.

Well said BUT, I see it as the ol' chicken and egg argument. Who's gonna make the first move, the people or their representatives? The first order of business for a representative of the people is to get elected; then stay elected(apparently). How many Tom Delays do you see running around congress? Not many. Tom Delay is in a SOLID conservative district that allows him to speak his mind on things conservative AND get reelected. The media be damned!

Anyway, the point being, we get what we pay for so to speak. When the people begin to get a spine(as I think we're seeing over the last few election cycles), the representatives of the people will follow. It's up to us.

FGS

>The Liberal-Socialist quisling mediots will destroy this republic, in the end.
"Their goal makes 'em our enemy. Not just a domestic enemy but a worldwide enemy."

Couldn't agree more, my friend.

"The MSM is the 800 lb gorilla that no one seems to know what to do with. At least those of us that care, eh?"

Yea those of us who care, and you could see what number that was from our days way back with CCRM.
I guess I can't rag on people too much for not being as passionate as we seemed to be, they couldn't conceptualize the enormity of the threat the quislings presented.
Still, the chickens have to come home to roost, whether we want to face it or not.

"And to think American industry is paying for it all. Bless their hearts ;^)"

What hearts.
Our friend from the coast, FBD, said it best when he quoted the fella that said, paraphrased, "A Capitalist will sell his executioner the rope that'll be used to hang him with."
That's so right.

"Will the shareholders EVER face these utopian dreamers down?"

Shareholders haven't a clue, not a clue.
Most are probably working to get Bush out & the Ferry-job elected in hopes of returning us to the Clintigula years when their stocks were paying big -- albeit inflated *&* worthless -- dividends.

"The good news? Our homegrown media at least is takin' it in the shorts. The fact that their credibility has reached new lows hasn't seemed to slow 'em down any either."

Yea, and that's not just insane either, FGS.
*That* is the best clue yet as to what it is they really want to do and role they see themselves playing, as opposed to the readers of news & information.

"This election seems to have brought out the worst in our faux press."

Well the flakes have a point to make.
Need to see, for themselves, if they've retained *any* of their former power.
This election has been, among other things, a way they're trying to guage their influence.
Like the drunk frantically serching everywhere for that bottle of booze they'd hid during better times?

"The internet and talk radio(of all things) is bringing down the 800 lb gorilla...with one hand tied behind its back!"

Think so?
For my part I'll reserve my opin and wait until the election results are in before doling out credits.

>It's the damnedest thing watching a parasite kill the host, but that's precisely what the quislings are doing.
"Only weakening the host IMO. To be remade into a true Ministry of Information if they have their way. Will we allow it to happen?"

>?<

"Stay tuned"

You bet.

...came too far to bolt, now.

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