THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume VIII, Issue # 171, September 6, 2006
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
AMERICAN POLITICS & AMERICA'S FUTURE:
AMERICA'S STAKE IN THE 2006 ELECTIONS
By Christopher G. Adamo
AMERICAN CONSERVATISM, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, & NATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY: A GOP "INNER CIRCLE" OF
PARTY NATIONAL LEADERS THAT
IS DISDAINFUL OF THE CONCERNS OF GRASSROOTS CONSERVATIVE AMERICA -- FAILURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
"INNER CIRCLE" TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE PARTY'S CONSERVATIVE BASE ON SUCH ISSUES AS ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION & FEDERAL SPENDING -- HOW & WHY THE SITUATION FOR AMERICA WOULD BE MUCH WORSE, IF THE
DEMOCRATS CONTROLLED THE PRESIDENCY & THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS -- THE POLITICAL AGENDA OF LIBERAL
DEMOCRATS, AS REGARDS THE THREAT OF ISLAMIST TERRORISM, THE INVASION OF THE U.S.A. BY ILLEGAL ALIENS
FROM MEXICO, & THE DISINTEGRATION OF AMERICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL FRAME OF GOVERNMENT -- THE IMPENDING
DISASTER PLANNED BY THE POLITICAL LEFT, A DISASTER THAT WOULD BE HASTENED BY THE DEMOCRATS' WINNING
CONTROL OF CONGRESS IN THE 2006 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
FULL STORY:
Conservative America is justifiably angry over the lack of Republican
representation it receives in Washington. The two biggest bones of
contention, spending and immigration, exhibit a mindset among the GOP “inner
circle” that is disdainful of the concerns of grassroots America and thus
willing to sacrifice its values in a vain effort to garner the favor of
self-serving special interests.
Yet, regardless of the particular issue in question, the detrimental effects
of Republican ineptitude and half-hearted dedication to the Party’s
undergirding Conservative principles, while certainly making the case for an overhaul of
its leadership, does not suggest in any way that America should turn to the
Democrats.
The fallout from the Congress falling under the control of Democrats, both in its immediate
adverse impact on traditional America as well as the longterm costs
involved, would ultimately be far more harmful to the future of the country.
And it is by no means guaranteed that such harm could be turned around for
many years to come, even in the event that the country were to immediately
recognize the error of empowering the political Left.
The chief issues that will directly affect the lives of all Americans in
this present, turbulent time are the threat of Islamic terrorism, the invasion of the U.S.A. by illegal
aliens from Mexico, and the disintegration of the constitutional framework
for American government. Democrats regularly posture to any and every angle on these
areas of concern, dictated strictly by how they believe their transient
positions will be received by the voters.
Nevertheless, the real Liberal agenda holds the potential to render these
critical issues quantifiably worse than they presently are. A naïve denial
of this grim truth will only serve to hasten the impending disaster planned
by the political Left, if its dreams of regaining Congressional majorities this
November are realized.
Mainstream media coverage of the capture of al-Qa'ida leader Hamed Jumaa
Farid al-Saeedi in Iraq the past week has been relatively scant. Certainly,
it does not compare to what America would have incessantly heard, had he
been somehow embarrassed by malicious prison guards with cameras at Abu
Ghraib or Guantanamo.
Yet the brutality of al-Saeedi, and the events surrounding his apprehension,
represent the very nature of the terror war and the manner in which it must
be conducted and won, if America is to have any hope of abating the threats
to its future posed by militant Islam.
In contrast, various “cut and run” policies are being advocated by the Left,
presumably to reduce the deaths of American soldiers on the streets of
Baghdad. Yet they most certainly guarantee that those numbers will be vastly
eclipsed by the deaths of American civilians on the streets of its own
cities, the specific time and place to be determined by the terrorists.
Considering the enormity of this threat, it is absolutely amazing that
America has gone five years without a repeat of the horror and magnitude of
Seltember 11, 2001, Islamist terrorist attacks. The terror war has been successfully fought simultaneously on many
fronts.
Admittedly, some unknown method of attack could succeed tomorrow. But
Democrats have made it plain that, if they seize power, America will quickly
revert to playing Russian roulette with terrorists, despite their past
successes with tactics that are all too familiar.
In regards to immigration, America would fare no better from the promises of Democratic Party
Liberals to effectively handle the situation. The Liberals true motive and first
priority, no matter how they cloak it, is the reacquisition and preservation
of their own dominance in government.
This they can best accomplish by inventing a “fast track” to citizenship, so
that the illegal aliens, culturally unassimilated and politically segregated as
they presently are, nonetheless gain the ability to vote, for their Democratic Party
benefactors.
Costs to the productive and law-abiding citizens of this country are of no
present concern to those on the Left. America can simply “deficit spend” its
way out of that crisis at some later date. Meanwhile, a massive legalization
program would ensure that Democrats hold the reins of power when the time
comes. And the financial hardships borne by the rest of the nation will be
only the tip of the iceberg.
Finally, the key issue about which America needs to be truly alarmed is the
corruption of constitutional principle occurring within its own courts, and
by which the very bedrock of American society is imperiled.
Most Americans see the abuses of the United States Constitution’s Eminent Domain Clause
as reprehensible, but few seem to comprehend the ultimate evil that will
inevitably ensue, if the current redefinition of this policy, indeed of
government itself, is not reversed. As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2005
Kelo decision, government, from the local to the national level, has officially
adopted the premise of being a profit-making enterprise.
Under such auspices, its function can degenerate into mob style endeavors,
perpetrated with monopolistic power, the likes of which Standard Oil could
never imagine.
If the right to property can be so easily abominated in pursuit of financial
profit, could not every constitutionally protected right thereafter be
upheld or abandoned, based solely on its monetary gain or liability to those
in power? Thus, the manner in which the courts currently allow private
property to be stolen from some citizens may ultimately prove a harbinger of
the manner in which the government eventually oppresses the rights of all American citizens.
The only viable means of averting this disastrous course is through the
appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court of true advocates of the American Federal Constitution, as it is written and
amended. Here again, newly installed Supreme Court Justices John G. Roberts, Jr., and Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., both
nominated by President George W. Bush, stand in stark contrast to the legal gymnastics
perpetrated by notable icons of the Democrats, such as Clinton Supreme Court appointees
Stephen G. Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Make no mistake. Though Democrats will take any stand, reverse any previous
position, and deny any resulting inconsistency in their mindless pursuit of
power, once in control, they will govern as Leftists, as Leftwing Liberals. And just as inevitable
will be the disastrous results that ensue.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
American Politics & Political Competition
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, & Other Leftists
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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 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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