The War On Conservatism

The Obama Administration has declared war on Conservatism. Across the broad spectrum of the main street media, one pundit, commentator, and political hack after another is being rolled out for the express purpose of advising the Republican Party on ‘how to best return to political relevance’. The advice can be summed up as follows- leave Reaganism, Conservatism, and religious belief behind and move to the glorious center in order to appeal to the masses. They’ve even gone so far as to say that ‘The Republicans have abandoned the big-tent philosophy of Ronald Reagan only to be controlled by the likes of the polarizing Rush Limbaugh’.
Reagan had no ‘big-tent’ philosophy, his message was clear and straightforward, and cut across all perceived societal boundaries, including race and income bracket. He knew that a clear vision of America’s future that did not include government apparatchiks inserting themselves into every aspect of our lives is what was needed to win. Same as today.

The Republicans aren’t out of the majority in Congress and the White House because they’ve been too Conservative. The opposite is true, however, to listen to the MSM outlets, you’d believe that court was adjourned and the verdict was in – Republicans need to move to the middle, i.e. be more like the godless Communists that are in power right now – and yes, I am referring to the Democrats and Obama in particular.
The latest to come out with this message is the quintessential politician himself, former Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell. This is the only thing that I’ve ever heard him take a firm stand on aside from WMD’s in Iraq at the U.N. (Which I believe there were, by the way)
From newsbusters.org…
“The Republican Party is in deep trouble,” Powell told corporate security executives at a conference in Washington sponsored by Fortify Software Inc. The party must realize that the country has changed, he said. “Americans do want to pay taxes for services,” he said. “Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less.”
For which Americans exactly does Sec. Powell believe he is speaking? I know for one, that if I want a service, I will pay for it, but I see no need to involve the Government in that transaction. How on earth could that be cheaper or more efficient – let me answer that for you, IT CAN’T. What he should say is what he really means, a significant number of Americans (ACORN registrees, etc…) want Americans, other than themselves, to pay taxes for services that they want, but don’t want to directly pay for out of their own pockets. Why pay when you can tax the guy in the big house down the street –he’ll pay, he always does.
He is correct in saying that the country has changed- there are now generations of folks that know of no other income source than that which comes from the government. Is that because of Conservatism? No. That’s due to generations of progressive Demo-Communist rule from Woodrow Wilson and the despicable FDR, through Johnson. Is it all their fault? No, there have been too many Republican Presidents that did not abide by Conservative principles. Nixon, Bush, and Bush for starters.
Think about this we’ve only had three relatively fiscally conservative Presidents since Roosevelt, those would be Eisenhower, Kennedy and Reagan. Look at the good that they were able to acheive. The eight years of Reagan are what gave us the last 20 years of economic prosperity. It took three big government Presidents to screw it up, that’s how powerful fiscal conservatism is, and now we’ve got another.
Powell continued, (also from newsbuster.org…)
He blasted radio commentator Rush Limbaugh, saying he does not believe that Limbaugh or conservative icon Ann Coulter serve the party well. He said the party lacks a “positive” spokesperson. “I think what Rush does as an entertainer diminishes the party and intrudes or inserts into our public life a kind of nastiness that we would be better to do without,” Powell said.
Powell doesn’t like the fact that there are still Conservative fighting for control of the Republican party – neither does Obama and the Commucrats. I can rationalize Powell having this view because he is a career military person who has never held a private sector job prior to his rise to prominence, hence, all things good in his professional life have come from Uncle Sam – more must be better? (I’m not knocking career military people here, but that is how I see it.) However, I believe this new media mantra of ‘why won’t the Republican see the light and abandon Conservatism?’ is being driven from The White House.
I believe the one thing that the current Administration fears could derail it’s Marxist agenda for America is a resurgence of Conservatism as a driving force within the Republican party. Yes, they are afraid. There have been so many montages put together of so called reporters parroting the Commucrats talking points that I have no doubt that they, the MSM, are getting a daily briefing from David Axelrod and Rahm ‘Tiny Dancer’ Emanual. I believe a full court press has been on since the tea parties to prevent the Conservative wing of the Republican Party from taking charge of the platform.
Why would the Commucrats fear this? They are in power, what have they to fear? Reagan pulled votes from the Democrats in droves. Today, their ‘big tent’ coalition is so fractured and held together by duct tape, that all it would take is a clear message of Reagan-esque Conservatism to undermine the base and lose their majority in the Senate in 2010 – it only takes a few. That’s why they are doing this now. If, when the dust settles, Conservatives have regained control of the Republican Party the Commucrats are in trouble and they know it.
If I’m wrong, why then all the negative coverage of Conservatism in a party out of power 18 months before an election of any significance? The election is over – why are they still bashing Sara Palin? At every opportunity, Meghan McCain is on TV bashing the Conservative wing of the party – who the hell is she other than a useful idiot? Why so much airtime?
Anyone who thinks that the Democrats are a unified block, firing on all cylinders need on look at the ‘Cap And Trade’ extortion plans of Chairman Obeyme to see that there is a great deal of division within the ranks. They, congress, are hearing from the great unwashed masses and trouble is brewing.
Divide and conquer, that’s the strategy. Conservatism, by its very definition, means to conserve or preserve for posterity. That means Conservatives are reluctant to ‘Change’, for the sake of ‘Change’ – whatever that word happens to mean under current circumstances. Conservatives believes that they have a responsibility to his ancestors, as well as to his progeny, to preserve the law and traditions handed down to them. Therefore they are the natural enemy of current regime and their mantra of ‘Change’, offered with no definitions, boundaries, or scope.
A majority of people in this country believes that spending trillions of dollars, indebting our descendents with enourmous debts in a few weeks is reckless – and to do so without reading the spending bills is criminal. These people have far more in common with Conservatives than with the Commucrats currently in power. That is exactly why you will continue to see Conservatives under attack in the weeks and months to come. The MSM will endeavor, at the behest of their master, Chairman Obeyme, to make conservatives look archaic, dinosaur-like religious zealouts who stand in the way of ‘progress’.