America’s “New” Direction
Deborah Venable
11/10/06
Conservatives
all over the world are waking up to a new drink. The strong, black coffee of conservatism has been replaced by a
syrupy latte laced with the addicting drug of change. That’s what the Democrats are saying, so don’t call my comments
“sour grapes.”
They
announced that the election of 2006 came down to a single word - “change.”
That
fits pretty well if you consider that for the first time in American history,
American voters handed a polling place victory to our enemies while we are at
war. You can rest assured that the
Democrat victory is being celebrated in all socialist strongholds in the world
today. You can also bet that terrorists
and their sponsors are giddy with the thought that their efforts to win the
hearts and minds of the American voting public paid off handsomely. After all, none of them really understand
American politics.
One
very interesting thing comes to light as we look at the election results. Republicans’ use of scare tactics to convince
voters not to put Democrats in power didn’t work – no matter how true the
warnings were. Americans decided they
wanted change more than they wanted security, more of their own money, and a
better economy. Interesting – but not
surprising. I was always worried that
the truth would not be enough to win this election. The “hate Bush first” crowd has never been willing to accept or deal
with truth anyway, so what else is new?
They were not successful in defeating him in election two years ago, but
they surely were determined to hobble him now.
So
Congress has been delivered into the hands of socialism. Whether or not conservatives can take it
back in two years is anybody’s guess at this point. Our enemies do not understand American politics enough to know
just what all this means. Oh, they
think they do – but trust me, they do not.
Actually, they do not understand conservatives, and for that matter,
neither do American liberals.
The
reason conservatives lost is precisely because those in power and seeking power
are NOT guilty of everything the liberals accuse them of. If they were,
conservatives would have enjoyed a sweeping victory this year. But within the heart of true conservatism is
the commanding rhythm of cooperation – not confrontation. Americans like confrontation far more than
they appreciate intelligence, integrity, and common sense. In other words, they THRIVE on CHANGE!
This
war on terror that we’ve been fighting since we were attacked has been fought
with conservatism’s rhythm – not the American preference of confrontational
liberalism. Slow and steady – not the
dive-bombing, get in and get out strategy of Democrat Hawks, nor the give and
capitulate strategy of the Democrat appeasers.
I’ve
got to hand it to the Democrats – they have it exactly right. Change drove the election this time – just
as it drove the election of 1994 when the Republicans grabbed the power away
from the Democrats with a written contract of change.
The
problem, of course, is what change are we talking about here? Well, the main thing we can expect is that
the reporting of the “state” of American actions, culture, and progress will be
portrayed in a more positive way, since the political philosophy of the media
and academia has once again grabbed some of the power of governance. In much more straightforward language, the
liberal media will be more benevolent to a government that is legislatively
headed by Democrats. And for any
obviously “bad” news that comes along, they still have the Republican president
to beat up on and blame. It will be the
best of both worlds for the media, no matter what happens for the next two
years.
Rush
Limbaugh had it right when he said that the election was somewhat liberating
for him, (and we who publicly “carry the water” for Republican
politicians.) They need to start
carrying their own water. The attitude
of going along to get along with Democrat liberals in politics will not serve
America well.
We
don’t have to guess at what direction they want to point America in – we KNOW -
down and to the left.
The
appalling thing is that Republican politicians have paved the way for Democrats
to direct this country in this “new” old direction once again. Compassionate conservatism does not
work. Cooperating with liberals does
not work. Liberalism is anything but
compassionate and everything that is bad for the success of this country. True conservatism IS compassionate – it does
not need the modifier. Modified
conservatism is weak.
This
is who and what President Bush has decided to get along with:
"Two thirds of the public have absolutely no idea who I am," Pelosi tells NEWSWEEK. "I see that as a strength. This isn't about me. It's about Democrats."
-- Future Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi Source
She
states it quite well, doesn’t she?
Democrats DO NOT want you know who and what they are. That is their strength!
The
freshly installed pavement provided by the president and all Republicans who
first consider themselves politicians will lead to scores of bad
decisions. If they get thirsty along
the way, they’d better be carrying.
With
two such notable casualties of the election as Donald Rumsfeld and John Bolten,
you can bet things will get a lot worse.
All who would gleefully celebrate the fall of such admirable examples of
American leaders surely have NO clue.
Bear
one thing in mind as we struggle through the next two years. America will be living with the results of
voters refusing to elect the lesser of the evils.