THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume XII, Issue # 237, November 4, 2010
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
THE BIGGEST EARTHQUAKE OF THE 2010 ELECTIONS
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE U.S. CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS OF NOVEMBER 2, 2010: REPUBLICAN GAINS IN THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE --
THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSFORMED FROM A LIBERAL LEFTIST HOTBED INTO A
CONSERVATIVE-CONTROLLED BRANCH OF THE LEGISLATURE, ONCE AGAIN REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE OF THE AMERICAN
HEARTLAND -- REPUBLICANS IN THE U.S. SENATE WELL POSITIONED TO EXERCISE A POTENT MINORITY VETO & PROTECT
AMERICA FROM ANY NEW OUTRAGES OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S RADICAL LEFT NATIONAL POLICY AGENDA --
THE SYSTEM OF CHECKS & BALANCES & THE PRINCIPLE OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF GOVERNMENT OFFICEHOLDERS TO THE
VOTERS STRENGTHENED BY THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTIONS
FULL STORY:
A net sixty-four seat Republican gain in the U.S. Congress is no trifling matter. In a single night, the U.S. House of
Representatives has been transformed from a Leftist hotbed into a Conservative-dominated legislative body, once
again representing the people of the Heartland. And, though the Republicans did not achieve majority status in the
U.S. Senate, they picked up six seats and are well positioned to protect the nation from any new outrages of the
Obama agenda, if they can muster the backbone to do so.
From coast to coast, and despite being undermined by corrupt activism from the political Left and its media
mouthpieces, the engaged citizens of real America, now widely known as the “Tea Party Movement,” flexed their
combined muscle and began the vital task of restoring their country. After having suffered so many setbacks and
defeats at the hands of increasingly out-of-control federal and state governments, they decided that they had had
enough, and joined together in an effort to reassert their role as the ultimate authority in this land.
In numerous major upsets, they challenged the Beltway status quo, sending career politicians such as Wisconsin
Senator Russ Feingold into retirement, effectively replacing Pennsylvania RINO-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter with
Conservative Republican Pat Toomey, thereby sending an unmistakable warning to other turncoats that they may well
be next to get the boot. Against enormous odds, the shakeup of corrupt and entrenched political autocrats has begun.
But nowhere did this effort hold a greater potential for longterm impact than in the State of Iowa.
Amazingly, the events in Iowa are getting comparatively little news attention, possibly because their key players are
relatively unknown to the American people. Or, more likely, the Liberal political establishment recognizes the looming
enormity of their ramifications and does not want the general public made any more aware of them than necessary. In
either case, they bear closer examination.
What happened in Iowa was simply that three members of the State Supreme Court were up for a “retention” vote. This
traditionally has meant that their continued position on the bench would appear on the ballot, to be given a rubber
stamp by the overwhelming majority of the electorate. But this year, things were different.
On April 3, 2009, the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously struck down a state statute defending traditional marriage. By
court fiat, the “justices” imposed on Iowa same-sex “marriage,” a policy that every state, in which the people had been
able to express their sentiments, had been resoundingly rejected. Yet, the Court determined that neither the will of the
people nor the duly passed bill from its legislature carried any weight against the progressive (Liberal Leftist) mindset
of the High Court “justices.”
So, based on their presumed ability to issue edicts from the bench, the seven jurists compelled the people of the state
to accept a morality at total odds with their conventions. On Tuesday, November 2, 2010, by the lawful will of the
people, who rejected such an abomination to the values and traditions of the country, all three members of the rogue
court who were up for consideration had their positions terminated.
Here, in this single episode, the purpose and impact of the “Tea Party” movement is exemplified in its best and most
powerful form. In response to the arrogance and malevolence of a court system that, across the nation, is increasingly
iron-fisted, indifferent and out-of-control, the citizens of Iowa reasserted their God-given right, elucidated in the
American Declaration of Independence, to “alter or abolish” any form of government that portends a threat to their life,
liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
Even beyond their same-sex “marriage” decision, the Iowa “justices” in question were proven unfit to remain in office,
as evidenced by the flagrant arrogance of their attempts to deflect the onslaught prior to Election Day. According to
Marsha Ternus, the now deposed Chief Justice, the effort to hold judges accountable could “politicize the system.” In
short, she and her cohorts should be considered above the law, and immune to any sort of citizen review. Apparently,
making governing autocrats answerable to the rabble out on Main Street would in her words, “dismantle Iowa’s highly
regarded merit system.”
Imagine any other vocation in which the principal insists on remaining unaccountable for any decisions made. And, in
no other line of work, does such an individual have the potential to impact all fellow citizens by such decisions. These
judges were endeavoring to fundamentally remake the social fabric of Iowa in a manner that has, from the dawn of
civilization, proven destructive to society. Yet, they expected to be secure from any lawful evaluation of their actions
by the people of the state. Every dire aspect of “absolute power” can be observed both in their original decision and
in the attempts at defense which they presented on various occasions as November 2 approached.
Though, in recent years, activist judges across the nation have enjoyed free reign to impose their morally bankrupt
philosophies on a typically compliant and law-abiding people, in the last two years, the public mood has irreversibly
changed. Most infuriating to those who have successfully used the courts to instigate radical social transformation,
the events in Iowa will resonate far beyond its borders, serving as a warning to judicial activists throughout the nation
that they too may face a day of reckoning.
If America is to be reclaimed for its citizens, the action must take place at every station of government in which power
has been abused. For too long, the courts have enjoyed an unwritten “protected status,” leaving them free to wreak
havoc on the order and decency of society with impunity. In the midst of the tectonic shifts of Tuesday’s U.S. House
and Senate races, the heroic people of Iowa took a historic first step towards realigning the courts to their original
purpose.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
American Politics, Political Competition, & the Control of
Public Policy: Elections, Political Parties, Political Factions,
Ideologies, Special Interest Groups, & Political Corruption
American Government & the U.S. Congress:
Congressional Legislative Politics & National Public Policy
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
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:
COMPETING SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
Conservatism
Traditional Conservatism: Questions & Answers
Conservatism: Attitudes, Types, & Present Status
Constitutional Conservatism: American & British
Liberalism
Classical Liberalism: Intellectual Foundations
Classical Liberalism: Conservative Liberalism
Manchester Liberalism & Social Darwinism
Modern Social "Liberalism": Statist "Liberalism"
Radical & Totalitarian Ideologies
Radicalism, Utopianism, & Totalitarianism
Christopher G. Adamo is a resident of southeastern Wyoming. He has been involved in politics at the local and state
level for many years. His contact information and article archives can be found at www.chrisadamo.com
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