THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume XIV, Issue # 033, February 15, 2012
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
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OBAMA'S BIRTH CONTROL CONTROVERSY: THE BIG PICTURE
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S AGGRESSIVE TURN TO THE POLITICAL HARD LEFT: THE WELL-CRAFTED & EFFECTIVE POLITICAL STRATEGY BEHIND THE
LUNGE TO THE FAR LEFT -- LIBERAL DEMOCRATS SEEKING TO IMPOSE THEIR RADICAL LEFTIST POLITICAL AGENDA ON AMERICAN SOCIETY -- CONTINUING
SURRENDER ON THE PART OF ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS -- THE CONSERVATIVE RESISTANCE & ITS EFFECTIVENESS
FULL STORY:
In the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election debacle, in which George W. Bush was declared winner after a month of Liberal efforts to overturn his razor-thin
victory in Florida, the Democratic Party took an aggressive turn to the political Left. Many explanations of their strange behavior centered on the notion that they
were responding in blind rage over their inability to steal the election. But what, at first, seemed to be little more than a hysterical tantrum eventually emerged as a
well-crafted and effective political strategy.
Simply put, Democrats abandoned any former pretense of moving to the political Right, since that transparent ruse had ultimately proven futile. Instead, they
promoted a brazen Leftward shift in their agenda, accompanied by glaring partisan attacks against the GOP. The anticipated response from the Republicans was
increased efforts to “find common ground” and seek conciliation. In essence, the Democrats moved twice as far from the political Center as they had previously
been, knowing full well that the typical “moderate” Republican reaction would be to try to “meet them half-way.”
By resorting to this simple, yet diabolical plan, Democratic Party political operatives were virtually assured a “win/win.” Initially, they could expect to see their
agenda implemented in its entirety, despite having lost control of the White House, along with both houses of Congress. But, in the long run, they also stood to
politically benefit from the predictable disillusionment of Conservatives who grew increasingly frustrated at the Leftward direction their own party was taking.
Not only were such cornerstones of the Liberal agenda as “Campaign Finance Reform” and Medicare Part D embraced by President Bush and the Republican
Congress, deficit spending exploded and the nanny state grew to monstrous proportions. Admittedly, the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks delayed any
fallout at the ballot box, until the elections of 2006 and 2008. Nevertheless, over time, the plan proved to be a stunning success on both counts.
Despite the relentless efforts of the Liberal propaganda machine to recast the 2006 and 2008 elections as the American people’s reaction to the unending War in
Iraq, in actuality they represented a nationwide backlash against Republican “moderation.” The people of the American Heartland had simply grown weary of a
Republican Party that could only muster the nerve to present itself as a watered-down version of the Democrats.
In early 2009, however, grassroots Conservatism reasserted itself on a grand scale in the wake of Barack Obama’s inauguration, and particularly in response to his
ominous effort to destroy American freedom and capitalism though the implementation of Obamacare. Starting in the Spring of that year, and through the 2010
elections, the “Tea Party” movement had succeeded in sharply defining the contrasts that exist between the two political camps. Consequently, when Americans
went to the polls in the mid-term elections, they were given a clear choice between a Liberal and Conservative course for the nation. Presented with such an option,
they sternly rebuffed the radical Leftist triumvirate of Obama, Reid, and Pelosi.
In a desperate effort to regain their former dominance, Democrats have resurrected their despicable, but very successful, former strategy, in hopes of thoroughly
blurring the lines between the two major political parties before November, 2012. On virtually every major issue, from raising the Debt Ceiling to implementing the
initial phases of Obamacare to the legitimization of the counterculture, they have arrogantly drawn lines in the sand, only to be rewarded by continual Republican
surrenders.
With the 2012 presidential election cycle in full swing, and the nation’s fiscal and economic condition inarguably worsening, Democratic Party political strategists
fully understand that an honest assessment of their track record would prove disastrous. So, it is no coincidence that, in just the past few weeks, Obama has put
the issues of abortion and birth control front and center on the political stage, at the very moment that the GOP establishment is executing the latest effort to
creatively run from anything even remotely related to morality or traditional values. This is, indeed, a major gamble on the part of the Democrats, and it can only
work if the GOP unwittingly falls into line. Unfortunately, past history is not a very encouraging indicator of how things might ensue.
This year, the entire battle-plan of the Republican elite centers on their jaundiced concept of “electability,” and misbegotten efforts at “appealing to the
independents,” which they assure us can only be accomplished by the abandonment of true Conservatism. In the most profound exercise in futility, they would,
once again, see a candidate in the likeness of Bob Dole or John McCain take the nomination, believing that this time such an individual would somehow
miraculously rally and inspire those who claim no allegiance to either major political party. And, central to this inane plan, is the marginalization of those
nauseating “social issues.”
Yet, their entire effort is based on a flawed premise, and a wholly deficient picture of the character and motivation of “independent” voters. While some certainly
are motivated to sit on the political fence, in hopes of remaining at that safe “Middle,” many others (and this is historically a much more significant number) are
displaced Conservatives who cannot abide the insipidness of the GOP any more than the abhorrent Liberalism of the Democrats. In consideration of this, it is no
surprise that Ronald Reagan, the boldest and most uncompromising Conservative President of the last half-century, received far more support from “independents”
than any Republican “moderate” before or since.
In response to the controversy Obama and his minions have deliberately instigated, establishment Republicans have one of two options. They can press forward
into the elections, courageously and unabashedly standing on the principles of true Conservatism, including the sanctity of human life, at which point the Obama
camp will suffer severe political consequences as a result of its Leftist extremism. Or they can, once again, back-peddle and cave in, which will essentially put their
stamp of approval on the outrages and excesses of government-mandated birth control, and the attack on freedom and the American ideal that it ultimately
represents.
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Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
The American Political & Cultural Left:
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The Democratic Party, Academia, & the Mainstream Media
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY & POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES:
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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 archives and contact
information can be found at www.chrisadamo.com
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