…. is our next President.
So what’s next?
Well we have seen the American Idol-ization of the nation election. I asked many people my age (I’m 27) about why they were voting for Obama. Almost all of them said, “change”. Okay, change from what? They couldn’t answer. They couldn’t even answer the question on where he stood on issues such as education, national defense, and they couldn’t even state why he was qualified. Most of them said because he was younger and more attractive than John McCain.
Well here are things to ponder:
(Courtesy of boortz.com)
- This has been a “what’s in it for me” vote. Are you going to give me health care? Are you going to make sure my job is guaranteed? Are you going to cover my child care costs? You aren’t going to make me pay taxes, are you? How about all those evil rich people? Aren’t you going to take some of their money away from them and give it to me? After all … I work for my money, they cheated and stole for theirs. Make them pay their fair share of taxes. Me? I’m tired of paying any share.
WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO
The end of the secret ballot in union elections
A return of the Fairness Doctrine
A tax code punishing the wealthy, businesses, entrepreneurs, achievers
More federal government in government schools
Universal healthcare
Cap-and-trade policies on coal (no nuclear power, no drilling)
Supreme Court justices who favor a vaporous idea of “fairness” over the Constitution
The security of our nation and our allies (particularly Israel)
- Do you realize that way back yonder at the founding of our Republic the word “Democrat” was an epithet? Back then if you called someone a Democrat you might well be challenged to a duel — or just get the snot knocked out of you. In the late 1700s a Democrat was “someone who panders to the whims of the masses.” Not much has changed insofar as the definition has changed … but now we elect them.
- Rhetorical ability is so very important in politics. Obama has it, McCain does not. Smooth talkers win at single’s bars and in politics .. often with similar outcomes for the listener.
WHERE DO REPUBLICANS GO FROM HERE
What is clear is that the Republican Party has failed on so many levels. I’m not talking about John McCain, I’m talking about the Republican Party. A party that was supposed to reflect the Conservative values of limited government, fiscal restraint, among others, got completely drunk with power. Our Founding Fathers would be ashamed.
Republicans also failed to communicate a message that people could understand. Only in the last days, when Joe the Plumber arrived, did a light bulb flicker. But it shouldn’t have taken one man in Ohio to do it. John McCain should have spent months hammering Obama’s Marxist tendencies — his 95% tax cut lies — his cutting capital gains for small businesses. As a party Republicans failed to rally a base that reflected its core values. Maybe that is because those core values no longer exist for the Republicans in power. Just take a look at the past eight years. But somehow, before the next election, they must figure out which direction they want to take their party, and they must believe it, market it, and most importantly – live up to it.
If the Republicans don’t learn from this, that is their own fault. They created Barack Obama. They created a Congressional Democrat majority. But they also have the power to re-create their party. Some pundits are worried that this “new direction” will be more socially Conservative. Perhaps that’s exactly what we need! My preference would be to see a move back to basic principles of individualism, freedom, economic liberty, self sufficiency and pride in our Country … with a highlight on individualism. Barack Obama is merely a continuation of the leftist war against the concept of the individual. Democrats look at us as tools … tools to be used to create some sort of an egalitarian society. Can the Republicans make this point to the voters? Hint: Republicans need to look to the Libertarian Party for some ideas on how to promote the idea of individualism and fight the concept of the individual as government property.
Will we see wealth envy turn us into a socialist or communist state? Will we get attacked again because we are perceived as weak? Will the education system be legislated from Washington and not run by the teacher and the community? Will we see the Fairness Doctrine inforced in full again? Will we see higher taxes? (Don’t believe me on the taxes, read this article at CNN.com) Will we have an unrepitent terrorist just blocks from the buildings he tried to blow up as a young adult? Will that same terrorist be in charge of educating the young people of America?
And lastly, will we see the erosion of freedoms such as speech, gun rights disappear?
oh and a footnote: NOT ALL REPUBLICANS ARE RACISTS! (stupid un-educated masses)