~Snooper~
In some way, some one has decided that Conservatism is dead in the water. There are articles and blog posts decrying the myth that Conservatism is dead. How they come to such a conclusion is beyond me but there are folks that seem to think that is the case. Apparently, they live in their own version of Upside Down Land.
I ran across this article earlier today entitled, The Fall of Conservatism: Have the Republicans run out of ideas? Naturally, the title was an attention snatcher and knowing The New Yorker, having been one of those many moons ago, I was curious what the rag had to say. We at A Newt One have already addressed this upon many occasions so, although we have beat this issue like a dead mule, we will continue to thrash Moonbatitis as long as it takes to vanquish the Mental Disorder of Liberalism.
First off, here are MUST READS:
I chose these four because this is the article that I am writing. We have scores more here at A Newt One that I would put up against the articles found at National Review, The Weekly Standard and The American Thinker. (We haven't grown as fast as we have because we suck.)
The article at The New Yorker opens up thusly:
The era of American politics that has been dying before our eyes was born in 1966. [...]
It must be sad to live in such doom and gloom. George Packer is a good writer and author. But, then again.........
Too many people think that Conservatism is specific to politicians and this is representative of a shallow minded and short-term induced conundrum brought about by not looking beyond one's preconceived suppositions. Whereas I can relate to the premise of the Conservative Movement as being dead, I cannot accept it because it certainly isn't true.
Conservatism lives within the American People. Much to the chagrin of the Leftinistra, the armies of the socialist liberal, the United States is a right leaning nation. We are constantly being asked by moonbats "what is a conservative?" I return the question, "what is a socialist liberal?" We can explain to the socialist liberal what a Conservative is until the cows drop dead (due to the Global Warming Myth) but they really don't want to know...they are seeking to distract and make fools of themselves. And, no, I didn't say that George Packer was a fool. One can read his writings and see for themselves that he isn't.
Having said all of the above, I will now say this by using a quote from a member of A Newt One:
[...] Those same moonbats who claim that Conservatism is dead watched the Conservative "The Corner" knock The Daily Kos from the #1 spot in bloggingdom. They have also watched every Conservative blog from Atlas (Shrugs) to (Weasel nut) Zippers rise meteorically.
Conservatism dead? Explain how we killed the Amnesty bill. Conservatism Dead? Explain how the Eagles took back the streets. Conservatism dead? Explain why every Democrat running for congress or the PTA can't run fast enough to get in a pickup truck and fire a gun.
Is Conservatism dead in America? Far from it. Conservatism in America is stronger than ever. Fully 2/3 of Americans say raising taxes hurts economic growth. 3/4 of Americans want the damn wall built on our southern border. No Amnesty for illegals, no mercy for child predators, finish the job in Iraq- the surge is working. 4% of Americans think "Climate Change" is one of the top pressing issues in 2008.
4%?!
Conservatism isn't dead anywhere in America. It is far from dead in most of America. However, there is one place where it is on life support........
The Republican party. [...]
Perhaps using this analogy, the opening of Mr Packer's article makes sense. Conservatism IS DOA within the GOP. The recent losses in special elections reveal this because CONSERVATIVE Democrats won elections running against LIBERAL Republicans. In another quote from one of our own at A Newt One goes like this: "when a conservative has to look to the left to look right, they simply stay home." Bingo.
The political arena within the United States is pretty much an international laughing stock. As the Democrat Party went more and more to the left, gaining the label of Liberal, they went further and further left, relabeling themselves as progressive. As they became more progressive, they became more and more socialist. As they became more and more socialist, they have become left of Stalin in many respects. As the Democrat Party plunged further and further left, so has the Republican Party and it is readily apparent that the two Parties are trying to out liberal themselves. In the current election cycle of 2008, there is only ONE liberal running and that is John McCain. The other two are flat out communists...compare their words and the rhetoric of Hope and Change to The Little Red Book for the verification...Stalin would be proud. So would Karl Marx.
The Modern Day GOP is the Liberal of 20 years ago, plainly stated. With the help and influence of the communist founded ACLU, the Modern Democrat Party is the Democratic Socialists or the Social Democrats. Further evidence of this is transparent for all to see if they are willing to see it...look no further than the Peace Thugs that fly Che flags at the alleged peace rallies. These same anti-Americanists burn the American Flag. No true American Patriot would do such a thing.
What we are seeing is this: both parties invoke the names of JFK and RWR and neither are close to either. As The Left ushers in the views of Norm Chomsky, The Right seems to be ushering in the views of Saul Alinsky. The remaining Conservatives within the political parties are deafly silent and have been silenced by threat of "media exposure". They are WORSE than those openly plunging the nation over the precipice of communism while the Conservative People, for the most part, just sit and watch it happen. These are fools. They need to get up off their butts and get involved like they did during the Shamnesty Wars with another right around the corner.
No Conservatism isn't dead. It just smells that way.
However, we can reclaim it and revive Conservatism. Reagan Era Conservatism saw this nation grow in all respects and, as then, we now need to revive that tenet of American Traditionalism.