THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume XI, Issue # 34, January 28, 2009
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
ARE CONSERVATIVE LEADERS ARISING FROM GOP MIRE
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY, CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS, & AMERICA'S DESCENT INTO COLLECTIVISM: WILL REAL
CONSERVATIVE LEADERS ARISE TO REVIVE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AS AN EFFECTIVE POLITICAL OPPOSITION & RESCUE
THE AMERICAN NATION FROM THE CLUTCHES OF THE LEFTWING LIBERAL JUGGERNAUT? MUST THE AMERICAN
ECONOMY BE RUINED & OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC DESTROYED BY THE LEFTISTS, BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE
CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP WE DIRELY NEED APPEARS ON THE NATIONAL POLITICAL SCENE?
FULL STORY:
The events of the past week should thoroughly scare anyone with an understanding of historical causes and effects.
Fortunately for the underwriters of the “new order,” most Americans remain blissfully ignorant of the plotting and
maneuvering going on inside the Beltway. As long as the network anchors keep force-feeding the people a steady
diet of euphoric anecdotes regarding everything Obama, along with the predictable public opinion polls showing that
the ruse has gained near universal acceptance, America can continue inexorably on its descent into collectivism, or
socialism.
Yet some alarming news items have been very telling as to the intentions of the Liberal Leftist, Democratic Party ruling
elite now entrenched at the epicenter of political power. Admittedly, the Republican “opposition” has already
capitulated to a far greater degree than ever should have happened, given the unconscionable partisanship of the
Democrats over the past eight years. During a grave time of war, Democrats sought every opportunity to tout the
strengths of America’s enemies, while their most prominent mouthpieces, such as Senate Democratic Party Floor
Leader Harry Reid (D.-NV), Senator Richard Durbin (D.-IL), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-CA), and Representative
John Murtha (D.-PA) focused almost exclusively on America’s weaknesses and failures, whether real or contrived.
Now, however, those same purveyors of Liberal venom and all of their “mainstream” media accomplices insist that the
nation wants nothing but collegiality and acquiescence to the Far-Left agenda of the Obama administration. All too
often, propaganda ploys of this nature have worked. At many such critical junctures in recent years, the Republican
minority has abdicated its principles and cooperated with the political Left in the name of “bipartisanship,” the “new
tone,” or “ending the rancor.”
Even now, with Obama and the Democratic Party congressional leadership on the brink of squandering nearly a trillion
dollars of real America’s resources on their obscenely bloated “economic stimulus” bill, some Republicans are vocally
castigating the Conservatives for refusing to support the effort. Obama has made significant inroads among certain
wishy-washy members of the “Conservative” punditry, while seeking to isolate and marginalize the voices of real
Conservatism, most notably Rush Limbaugh.
Many expected the thoroughly shell-shocked Republican remnant on Capitol Hill to roll over for Obama and the
Democrats, thus paving the way for even bigger GOP losses in the 2010 mid-term elections. Now, however, some signs
of a Republican awakening give cause for hope on the political Right. And, set against an ominous backdrop of Liberal
expansionism, the time was right for Republicans, despite their inability to numerically dominate the political landscape,
to use this occasion to reaffirm their principles and starkly contrast themselves against Democrats.
Moreover, in an effort to advance a crucial element of his Machiavellian political strategy, Obama may have tipped his
hand a little too soon, thus betraying his sinister intentions and removing his mask of universal love and popularity that
was so meticulously constructed during the past two years. If real Republicans, and indeed any Americans who cherish
their country’s heritage are taking notice, they can “connect the dots” and realize that the fate of our constitutional
republic may hang in the balance, and America’s resurgence or collapse may ride on their timidity or ability to stand fast.
It is dangerous to trivialize the significance of Obama’s exhortation for Republicans to “stop listening to Rush Limbaugh.”
In another time, when reason and respectability would have undergirded a president’s intention to uphold the
Constitution (along with the assurance that the courts and the people would not allow otherwise), a statement of that
nature might have been dismissed as casual banter. But Obama has already displayed a willingness to say or do anything,
constitutional or otherwise, in order to further his agenda. So, the intimidation and silencing of his most vocal critic would
certainly not exceed any previous actions.
Not to be excluded from consideration is the Liberal obsession with the abominably misnamed “Fairness Doctrine,” an
Orwellian concept that, if implemented, would essentially thrash the First Amendment and shut down the nation’s
airwaves to anything but state-approved political debate. Concerned citizens from across the political spectrum should
recognize the threat this measure would pose to all members of a free and open country. And Obama’s deliberate effort to
center the discussion around Limbaugh, far from being merely a jab at a political rival, represents the first move toward
silencing the masses.
This episode serves as a chilling harbinger of what it will take to remain in good standing within Obama’s new order.
Empty tributes to “bipartisanship” aside, Obama, Reid, and Pelosi will accept nothing short of compliance to their agenda.
Republicans who believe in upholding Republican principles are currently backed into a corner. And some are coming
back swinging. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R.-OH) is openly voicing his disapproval of the “stimulus” sham.
As a result, on Wednesday, January 28, 2009, the measure passed in the House, but without a single Republican vote in
support of it.
Similarly, over in the Senate, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R.-KS) has likewise excoriated the spending bill,
asserting that it will most definitely not help the economy. If McConnell can hold Senate Republicans together as well as
Boehner did in the House of Representatives, responsibility for the binge spending will rest entirely with the Democrats.
Both Republican leaders are correctly contending that this unjustifiable level of governmental waste is motivated far more
by political interests, and not by any intention to truly spur America’s recovery from its current economic plight.
This may be the defining moment for the Republican Party. The bogus “stimulus” bill can, and most likely will, pass in the
Senate, as it did in the House, with or without Republican votes. But Democrats need Republican cover in order to lay a
fig leaf of “bipartisanship” over their criminal pillaging of the confiscated wealth of America.
This newest “stimulus” will not work any better than the last one. And, in its wake, the country will be that much poorer
for the misbegotten endeavor. A unified Republican opposition to the spending spree would help to sharply define each
party as a promoter of run-away spending or a champion of fiscal responsibility. And, going into the next election cycle,
that is a risk the Democrats cannot afford to take.
Of course, the media has reported the House vote as a triumph for Obama. But, without GOP collaboration, it will incur an
enormous toll on the Democrats, once the parades pass by and reality sets in. House and Senate Republicans need to
recognize the magnitude of their success and stridently oppose the Democrats on other issues, including domestic
drilling for oil and the need to keep healthcare outside of the entanglements of government bureaucracies. By maintaining
their resolve, they will be far better positioned to pursue the mid-term elections in 2010.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
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Ideologies, & Special Interest Groups
American Government & the U.S. Presidency:
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The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
Political Economy -- Philosophies, Systems, & Public Policies:
Government, the Economy, & Economic Prosperity
The American Political & Cultural Left:
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, Marxists, & Other Leftists:
The Democratic Party, Academia, & the Mainstream Media
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY & POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES:
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Conservatism: Attitudes, Types, & Present Status
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Liberalism
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Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who lives in southeastern Wyoming and works in the field of industrial instrumentation.
He is actively involved in Wyoming's political process, serving as a delegate to successive Wyoming State Republican Conventions
and as a member of the Wyoming State Republican Central Committee. He has assisted Republican candidates for local and state
legislatures and for the United States Congress. His articles, which appear regularly in The Progressive Conservative, U.S.A.,
and on a number of other websites, reflect a major concern with the damage being done to Conservatism and Conservative causes by
the Liberal Leftist faction in the Republican Party as well as by the much larger and more powerful Liberal Leftist faction in the
Democratic Party. During the early and middle 1990s, Adamo was Editor of the Wyoming Christian Coalition's official news organ,
The Wyoming Christian.
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