Posted on 01/20/2016 11:54:10 PM PST by WTFOVR
So! YOU. STILL. DON'T. GET. IT!
It is an irony of politics that we often get that which we most despise yet doggedly work to bring into fruition - mediocrity ...
Purists want nothing less than complete lock step with whatever definition each one of them individually defines to be their ideology. But life, in a land that upholds as sacrosanct the historically novel idea of individual freedom, must by its very nature admit as many diverse opinions as their exists individuals.
The nexus of the problem is that the purist can never bend in the wind - and so he snaps - at everything and everyone, friend and foe alike. Not settling for anything less than 100 percent of that which defines his personal orthodoxy, he or she will cast out those who otherwise might be his best ally in the fight.
So goes the present contest of wills between two groups, each of whose chosen leader now battles for the number one position in a political struggle that will decide the fate of this American Republic for generations to come - that is, if our nation manages to survive as a republic.
Thus, it is to the "conservative purists" that I direct this rebuke ...
You, oh most orthodox believer in the church of "conservatism," would have all other members march, in perfect Hun tradition, as one gloriously synchronized goose-stepping phalanx. You, oh most pure of ideologues, would brutishly force all to go lock step to the beat of your most holy drum, left-right-left, without but a millimeter of deviation nor a nanosecond of doubt - even while the entire edifice burns and crumbles down around you ... Boldly you shall continue to sing only the most orthodox of conservative hymns, while holding up your fist in defiance and rage, obstinately certain of your "ideological purity" throughout the ensuing sociopolitical collapse.
Shall we attempt to douse the flames? NO! The water is contaminated with impurities! We dare not allow it to touch our sacred conservative tabernacle! We must not defile ourselves! We should rather perish! But the flames will surely spread and burn down the city ... So be it! Better to die than compromise our precious bodily fluids! Commander Jack D. Conservative will have none of it! OK, have it your way ...
The total destruction of EVERYTHING Americans ever were, or could ever hope to be, is but a minor thing; for you will happily perish in the flames of political Armageddon, gladly be reduced to ashes, because you may proudly shout from your graves that never did you deviate in the slightest from your dogma ... Let the irony of your indifference forever echo above the charred destruction ... Let the epitaph of this Republic be chiseled into the cold granite of your obstinately monolithic stupidity:
"Here lies Pure Conservatism - His cause perished with his country, but at least he pridefully never gave one inch!"
And you, oh purist, with your willing accomplices, made certain that neither could any other, less you beat them into submission with incessant mockery and damnable calumny - "Burn the heretics! Long live the Church of Pure!"
In your absolute arrogance, you forgot one very important axiom of life - a tree that never bends in the wind, snaps.
There is nothing so constant as change, and if it is not allowed to develop organically, then it will come by way of destructive revolution. Nor is there any object so elusive as the entity without blemish. Nothing in this life is pure - not even gold, and least of all political ideology ... There will always be heretics and compromising hellions to muddy the waters. Oh, the shame of it all!
The fact is that the political brinkmanship is not about electing the the most ideologically pure candidate ... The contest is and always has been one of choosing the MOST ELECTABLE ideological candidate ... You don't get 100 percent unadulterated conservatism - you settle for the mutt, because in politics the purebred is a myth - a figment spun only in the imaginations of those who have not acquired the ability to courageously face life's awful truths. Reality often sucks for ideologues.
No, you do not get the "purist" candidate - for reason that there is not one political animal who can win a national election by the weight of his ideological purity alone. Why? Because there is not one individual voter who is made up of 100 percent unadulterated anything. We're all political mutts! No citizen this side of sanity, who functions productively within our Constitutional Representative Republic, is so self-absorbed in their orthodoxy as to play the purist fiddle while the nation burns to the ground around them.
This is not a dress rehearsal, there is no do-over. This is our moment of trial. We have a nation in financial and cultural chaos, a Republic sitting on the precipice of the abyss. We have but one last opportunity to perhaps pull her back from the edge; and in this hour of peril "purity" takes a back seat to self-preservation.
We are now in a "fight to the death" with forces that unabashedly mean to destroy us and all we have ever been. Let me remind those who perhaps have forgotten those fateful words past spoken:
"... Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. ..." - Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address
We need ALL hands on deck - the purists and the not so pure; the ideologue and the pragmatist; Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Independent, man, woman, young, old - every one who believes in what this country stands for ... We need every creed, color, race and ethnicity who, at their very core, are AMERICANS FIRST!
Which now brings me to the point of my rant: Donald J. Trump ...
OK, I get it - Trump is not a straight down the list "pure" conservative. Well, golly gee, all you followers of Captain Obvious, thanks for pointing that out to me - I might never have guessed! But then again ... Neither is Senator Ted Cruz, his protests to the contrary notwithstanding.
In fact, I doubt you ideological bloodhounds will ever find such a creature among us, because we each hold to a different idea of what defines that ubiquitous moniker of "conservative" - and that reality check IS the point that Governor Palin made in her endorsement speech for Donald Trump.
On the other hand, the enemy we face IS VERY "pure" - and VERY focused on one singular evil goal - the utter destruction of our Republic ... He is the Dragon of fascist governance - let's call this beast "Smog," if you please, and we are the Hobbits.
Smog is the guardian of the gold that lies beneath the seemingly impenetrable mountain fortress of The Establishment, whose evil overlords have plotted down through the centuries so to protect their ill-gotten gain - and thus, by treachery of their warring dynasties, cast a perpetual darkness upon the Land of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Their proxies promise reform - some promise to "spread the wealth;" and still others promise to "punish the wicked and restore justice." But somehow the smothering darkness never yields its grip on the land, no matter how often the dynastic throne changes hands, because the Dragon allows none but its heirs to enter his gold filled lair.
This Dragon, this entrenched and most powerful adversary, desires to crush our rugged individualism; he desires to extinguish the guiding spirit that beats in every American heart; any who dare threaten his power are burned out of existence - the orthodox and not so orthodox alike ... For all must accept their serfdom, never to be more than drones, existing but not prospering in this planned utopia of Dynastic crony collectivism.
Unfortunately for the cause of freedom, those who demand nothing less than "ideological purity" consistently act to deny admittance to those falling short of their personally prescribed measure. Thus the purists help our Dragon adversary achieve his evil goals.
We are a nation in search of a champion; but,more than a Bilbo Baggins, we need a Brave Heart ... We need a leader who will exploit the Dragon's weakness, see the chink in the Dragon's allegedly invincible armor, and let fly the arrow of liberty to its fateful mark. We need a new breed of warrior, one who fights to win; not merely for the purists, but for all Americans: the red, the white, the blue - and all the shades in between. That individual may not be the most "pure" of conservatives, but he's the only man consistently hitting the target ... A lean, mean fighting machine, named Donald J. Trump.
I have wondered about this from time to time. Their "don't vote if you have to vote for someone who is not pure" makes me suspicious.
I believe I understand your position. But, I think we also have huge assortment of wickedness in our nation that has nothing to do with immigration or even contributes to our immigradion problems at a fundamental level that puts us in peril of God's judgment. Let me state my position this way:
Obedience to God - get it wrong and nothing else matters
What do I mean by "Obedience or disobedience to God"? Examples:
1) Selective Enforcement - We have an excessively large body of laws, so much that it's not feasible to enforce them. So our government usurps power by picking and choosing laws and targets. This is the underlying problem with illegal immigration. Out of deference to commerce (the rich), desire for political base (more poor) and because population growth = economic power (greed), our immigration laws don't get enforced, which is disobedience to God!
Leviticus 19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
2) Innocent Blood - Our nation daily sheds innocent blood and our government blatantly forces us to pay for it. God has destroyed many civilizations in history for this ultimate wickedness: Deuteronomy 19:10
That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
Psalm 106
37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
40 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
3) The Glory of God - Our politicians and people, rulers throughout history, have a long history of amazing, monumental, self-glorifying ambitions that are perpetually celebrated: Saving the Union, Prohibition, Public Education, Welfare State, The Four Freedoms, Pay Any Price - Bear Any Burden, The War On ..., Peace In Our Time, Cure Cancer..., Defeat Communism, Colonize Space, Save the Economy, Nation Building, End Violence, War On Terror, Free Heathcare the list goes on forever. We always seem to forget that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
The problem I have with "Make America Great Again" is that it is God who raises up and tears down nations not Presidents.
Daniel 2:21
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
I fear for Trump himself because God tolerates all kinds of evil but he judges the theft of his glory crushing expediency!
Acts 12
20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.
21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Our nation needs repentance and then God may bless us because He is, has always been and will always be great!
2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Compromise is the philosophy of failure and loss. You do not EVER gain through compromise. By definition the word is about giving up something. To compromise anything is to lose a part of it.
People are conditioned to believe compromise is good. This is absurd. If you believe in something, you fight for it. You do not give it away.
People compromised abortion and ‘dealt’ away the lives of babies to elect Mitt Romney. They failed. Kids died because of it. The compromise in principles accomplished one thing. It made people more liberal because once you compromise your integrity, there is no getting it back. Ever.
When people compromise here and then compromise there, then compromise somewhere else, are they gaining anything? No. They are losing. and Liberals win by process of attrition. One need only look out the door or turn on the computer to see the world created by their compromise. And their father’s compromise.
When people scream about purity what they mean is that they want to give away the good they have now. Because if they wanted good in their life they would fight to keep it, not give it away in some absurd bargaining tactic.
You do not win through loss. Math simply does not work that way. It is better to fight for what you believe is right and lose than to simply give up what is yours to begin with in some doublesupersecret3Dchess fiasco and lose anyway.
People who refuse to stand for or fight for what they claim to believe in always complain about those that do. Because, simply put, we are better people than they are. Their inaction proves that conclusively. People they know they do not have it in them to be. So they can only bitch in their self loathing while destroying everything around them. And pointing the finger of blame away from the actual problem. Themselves.
People like you only serve to widen the chasm...
I’m not fine with Cruz winning the primary because I honestly do not believe that he can win the general.
If, by some miracle, he *does* manage to win the general, I believe that he’ll be a totally ineffective president. There may be gridlock for 4 years or Congress will just run right over him.
Trump is the only candidate who has a prayer of accomplishing anything on the behalf of the American people.
Every once in a while, someone posts an original article on FR that is so profound in its wisdom, that it stands like a mountain on a rolling plain.
Yours is one such post. Thank you for writing it.
BTTT. Every Freeper needs to read this.
He's not Conservative at all.
Go ahead. Convince me. Show me the record. Show me what he has for the SoCons, for the DEFCons, for the CIVCons (Constitutional conservatives), for the FICons.
In the spirit of Reagan, if he fulfills the basic un-moveable principles of all those, then he IS Conservative, and I will vote for him.
Go ahead. On the issues, with the record. But you won't because you can't. You cannot find ONE historically Conservative principle upheld by the man. So instead, you will distract and offend and throw poo. Watch and see.
Cruz is bad enough - He has nothing for the DEFCons - But neither does anyone else, so I am happy to vote Cruz.
Vote for who you want, but don't be telling me that a vote for Trump is the Conservative thing to do, because it isn't.
BRAVO!!
So, what you’re saying is; if we drop our values now we will have values later? Cool!
Trump started with 'build the wall, go door to door, deport them all.' But that has now become something very akin to the touchback amnesty that the Gang of Eight proffered, and which Cruz and the others in the small band of True Blue Conservatives worked so hard to destroy.
And you're now OK with that.
No, he's exactly right.
Rockstars fill up stadiums. Conservatives fill up counties.
Hey, I've got an idea... Why not try the Conservative for a change?
Exactly. Can you imagine what would happen if Trump went on one of his childish rants against Putin? Are we ready for that? *rolls eyes*
GREAT post. BUMP.
[ifinnegan:] You may not realize it but you just exactly put forth the GOPe/RNC argument that brought us Romney and others.
Of course I don't think I was talking to you.
It's an open forum - That's how it works.
Cruz, of course.
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