This is some great advice from the conservative political soothsayer known to everyone only as “Obi-Wan.” (Everyone but Jim Geraghty, that is).
So the problem with the blunt instrument is the unintended consequences. The 1964 results meant the social tragedy, especially for the poor, of the Great Society programs. The 1974 Democratic Congressional blowout cost 13 million South Vietnamese their freedom. The 1976 defeat meant Carter era malaise at home and one of the most perilous periods for U.S, national security.
The liberals in Congress will soon push to discourage entrepreneurship and economic growth, nationalize the medical system, weaken the military, use state power to coerce Americans into removing mentions of God from the public square, accepting abortion on demand and the altering the definition of marriage. And an early test for President Obama will be his reaction to pressure in two areas from his own party that may brand his administration early as decidedly leftist. He will be pushed to take various measures to stifle dissent through enacting the Fairness Doctrine and ending the secret ballot in union elections. And he will be pushed to make a decision that cost the newly elected President Clinton his honeymoon period — changing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell†policy about gays in the military. On all of this, the congressional liberals and their media allies will be unrelenting. And yet all this represents opportunity for the GOP. The last Congress was the most unpopular in history because of its radical liberalism. Yet the GOP failed entirely to enumerate for voters that Congress’s transgressions. That opportunity is coming again.
Also, the liberals know that neither in 2006 nor 2008 did the American people vote for the left-wing agenda. They are hoping conservatives will again go along after some polite demurrals. So, if loud and noisy but enlightened opposition is offered at every turn, much of the collateral damage can be avoided. And the American people will see the real agenda of the liberal elites.
Seems like our own Jedi, GayPatriotWest, was channeling Obi-Wan earlier today….
And American conservatives can also share in this note from Obi-Wan, too:
REJOICE — Electing an African American president closes a painful but proud chapter in American history. What a country.
American Conservatives still cry at our National Anthem, pray for our soldiers and send them gifts, put our hands over our hearts when the flag unfurls, and contribute more to charities than any other group in the entire world. So, of course, we would rejoice in Obama’s historic election and celebrate the final closing of a chapter in American history wrought with pain and injustice for many.
After all, need I remind anyone the price Abraham Lincoln (R-IL) paid to begin the writing of that chapter of the American Experience?
-Bruce (GayPatriot)
By W’s 2004 logic (in which he garnered 51% of the vote), Obama’s electoral victory of 53% was a *mandate*.
To quote your man John McCain, “the American people have spoken–and they have spoken clearly.”
I have taken most all of the stickers off my car. One exception
RUDY!!!!!
When will the GOP learn from past mistakes, Bob Dole was too old and so was John McCain. These old warhorses need to go to pasture. We need new, younger, truly energized candidates or we may wait another 42 years.
The difference JR, is that George Bush ran for election making very clear what he would do in office. Barack Obama got elected by obfuscating what he will do in office.
And Wall Street has spoken very clearly as well. Both it and the European markets nosedived because of the election of Barack Dont Use My Middle Name Obama. And if the markets are any indicator of the economy to come, which of course is exactly what they are, Obama is going to make the economy worse, not better. And when that happens, whatever “mandate” Obama and the Democrats think they have will evaporate — as it will when they try to pass any parts of their agenda that they tried to hide from the American people during this election, which happens to be most of their agenda.
*Thumbs up @ PatriotMom*
Rudy was my guy too. I dont think it was McCain’s age however, that doomed him (I happen to think he comes across as much younger than he is and as very energetic), but rather his inability to present a focused campaign and to clearly articulate conservative principles and why they are better then liberal principles. Things I think Rudy would have done far better.
Our first order of business is to formulate an agenda much like the Contract For America and choose its standard-bearer in Congress. Keep it simple and speak directly to the American people through the (still) available channels such as talk radio. Don’t be afraid to disagree with the administration, but provide a positive alternative. Strategically, wait until it becomes clear that Obama is taking the country down the wrong path for maximum effect.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – The Snob is NOT my president.
Call me bitter and clinging to my guns and religion – but we’re heading for dark days ahead.
Regards,
Peter H.
Har har line of the day, from Obama Kool-Aid drinker Joe Klein:
It is a place, finally, where the content of our President’s character is more important than the color of his skin.
Right. And a white half-term Senator with an undistinguished record in local politics, association with violent terrorists and racists, attendance at churches where “God damn America” was screamed from the pulpit, and a campaign that showed a penchant for breaking laws ranging from campaign finance through identity theft and all the way to voter fraud, would be elected President.
If Chairman O has a mandate, then his mandate is to do all the things he campaigned upon. Specifically, The One has promised to put 47 million people on Medicaid, send out $70 billion in tax welfare checks to people who don’t pay taxes, spend $85 billion a year in payments to third world despots… er, I mean, ‘Global Poverty Relief,’ provide Universal Pre-K (Federalized Daycare), “rebuild the military,” college tuition subsidies, $80 billion for alternative fuel and green technology research, increase other Federal education funding by $6 billion a year, and spend billions more in massive infrastructure projects that he so admires the Chinese Communists for.
Oh, and he also promised to cut taxes for 95% of Americans.
I would love to hear from JR, or any other Obamunist, how ‘The One’ proposes to pay for all that new government spending while only raising taxes on 5% of taxpayers.
Well NDT, Sen Obama’s pledge for energy will be realized by wrapping MLK’s coffin in copper wire, and powering Chicago from its rapid spinning. 🙁
The Onion has Obama supporters nailed:
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/obama_win_causes_obsessive?utm_source=embedded_video
😀
I love the Onion!
Rudy Giuliani was not the Reoublican nominee because he had a terrible campaign strategy of relying entirely on NY Jews in South Florida to jump start his campaign after sitting out the first few contests.
And the verdict on that decision? Giuliani is obviously politically tone deaf, LOL. That strategy could have worked in 1988, but not in 2008. The media momentum that Huckabee, Romney and McCain got from early victories totally dwarfed Giuliani to the point that by the time Florida’s primary arrived, he was already toast.
The Giuliani campaign’s incompetence was only matched by Hillary Clinton’s. But that’s how the two 2008 front runners went from good bets to also-rans.
#1: JR, Bush’s mandate was not predicated upon the percentage of the vote he received. It was based upon the fact that in his first term our nation was hit with 9/11 and after 17 minutes of unity as fellow Americans, the liberals began their daily crucifixions of him and by the time the election rolled around we were at war–yet voters STILL SENT HIM BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A SECOND TERM. That IS a mandate.