THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume VIII, Issue # 206, October 25, 2006
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
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A PREDICTABLE EPIDEMIC OF "REAGAN DEMOCRATS"
By Christopher G. Adamo
TRADITIONAL AMERICAN VALUES, PARTISAN POLITICS, & THE HYPOCRISY OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICIANS:
THE POLITICAL STRATEGY OF LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATS IN THE CURRENT ELECTION CYCLE -- THE DEMOCRATS'
PRACTICE OF "SITUATIONAL POLITICS" & PERPETRATION OF DECEIT & FRAUD, DESPERATELY TRYING TO MANIPULATE
"VALUES VOTERS" INTO THE LIBERAL FOLD -- SEEKING TO CONVINCE AMERICAN VOTERS WHO ADHERE TO TRADITIONAL
RELIGIOUS & MORAL VALUES THAT THE GOD-HATING LIBERALS OF THE PARTY OF APPEASEMENT, ABORTION, "GAY
RIGHTS," & THE COUNTERCULTURE ARE REALLY DEVOUT, LIFE-LONG CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN PATRIOTS
FULL STORY:
Ever since the rise to prominence of the Christian Coalition during the
early 1990s, Democrats have toiled ceaselessly to figure out a way to draw
“values voters” into their camp. Not surprisingly, in this election cycle,
Democrats are forced, once again, to contend with the clout wielded at the
voting booth by “values voters,” and are desperately trying to
manipulate them into the Liberal fold on the basis of anything and
everything except for values.
During the mid-1990s, as Bill Clinton campaigned for a second presidential term, his
political machine endeavored a reinvention of “values” -- an endeavor aimed particularly
at those whom Liberal Democrats regard as religious hayseeds and focusing on the issue of arson attacks on
black churches. Of course, all discussion of the subject instantly
dissipated into thin air, once Clinton had secured his reelection in 1996.
Recently, Hillary Clinton challenged us to confront our fallen eternal souls with
the burning theological question of “WWJDAIA” (“What would Jesus do about
Illegal Aliens?”). And, of course, throughout their flailing efforts to
convince America’s Christians that Godly faith really aligns them with
Liberal Democrats, those on the political Left monotonously repeat their case for the
righteous generosity of the “nanny state” and big-government Statism and Socialism.
The now mostly-dead horse of the Mark Foley scandal, into which Liberals are
desperately attempting to beat a shred of life, at least until Election Day,
represents only the latest attempt by the party of abortion, “gay rights,”
and the counterculture to appeal to Americans of traditional
morality. But, far from being some “Great Awakening” among Democrats, it is
merely another purely political ploy with no more sincerity than any of its
predecessors.
Nevertheless, the pattern continues, Democratic Party politicians essentially claiming that the
God-Hating Liberals of the party of Ted Kennedy and Diane Feinstein are
really devout, life-long Conservative Americans. Paramount in this ruse is
the bi-annual deference to a President whom Democrats fervently revile. But
between now and November 7, the Gipper can smile down from Heaven on an
America that appears to universally embrace him. Today, Mr. President they
are all Reagan Democrats.
U.S. Senator George Allen (Republican - Virginia) likely faces the most blatant example of such
pandering, with James Webb, his opponent, now an unabashed “cut and run”
Liberal Democrat, nonetheless replaying old film clips of himself as a
member of the Reagan administration. Though few can doubt that Ronald Reagan
would ever have kept him on board, had he espoused the far Left of Center
rhetoric that he spews today, during that time he was held in high regard by
the President.
So, in a race that has become dominated by the venom of “political
correctness” and slanderous attacks against Senator Allen, based on his possible
breaches of the PC unshakable moral/religious code, Webb’s real strategy is to
lay claim to the governing ideals of arguably the most stridently
Conservative President of the twentieth century. And the people of Virginia
are supposed to buy all of this?
Clearly, the Democrats have accomplished the amazing feat of sinking to new
lows. Any obligation they might once have felt to truthfully reveal
themselves for what they are has long been lost down that abyss of fraud and
deceit, where such basic precepts as the definition of “is” and “sex” have
been distorted beyond recognition.
Yet, in Webb’s defense, at least his thinly veiled pandering to those on the
political Right contains a mite of historical basis. When it comes to shameless
posturing, Webb’s efforts pale in comparison to the deception and fraud being perpetrated by
someone who must be classed as a “rising star” among Democratic Party con artists,
Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal.
Webb was indeed a high-ranking Reagan appointee during that administration.
But during those years that Reagan was confronting the Evil Empire and
drastically lowering income tax rates, Freudenthal, who now appears to be
angling for acceptance by Wyoming’s Conservative voters as another “Reagan
Democrat,” was an ardent member of the opposition. And he has remained so
ever since.
Unlike Webb, Freudenthal campaigned vigorously for Reagan’s opponents in the
presidential races of 1980 and 1984. And his Liberal Leftist pedigree runs long and
unswerving from there.
When the newly elected President Clinton summarily fired every sitting U.S.
attorney in early 1993, in order to replace them with appointees who would
be more sympathetic to his interests, Dave Freudenthal was among those
replacements.
Among Freudenthal’s crowning achievements during that period was his
successful fight to introduce Canadian wolves into Wyoming, despite the
extreme hardship such overt pandering to environmentalist extremists caused
state residents. During his nearly four years as Governor, he did nothing to
address the situation.
But, in only the last few months, he has embarked on a campaign that, on its
surface, appears aimed at correcting the wolf situation. Yet critical
components of his “effort” render the entire exercise deliberately futile.
Among those who have followed this political “bait and switch,” it is grimly
joked that Freudenthal, as a “Kerry Democrat,” was “for the wolves before he
was against them.”
Having supported the idea of property tax increases early in his
administration, he has exhibited an inclination towards “addressing
problems” by growing and enriching government during his entire tenure.
Yet, in only the last few days, he suddenly floated the idea of a “property
tax holiday.”
Clearly, the timing and nature of this ploy are intended to sufficiently
mimic the basic, less burdensome government philosophy of Reaganomics in order to
fool Wyoming voters, at least for the next few weeks. But, even a cursory
examination of his actual strategy reveals the devices of quite another
Presidency.
It was none other than Bill Clinton who, in the waning days before the 1992
election, offered the possibility of a “middle class tax cut.” However, once
in office, he ostensibly went over the books and suddenly “realized” that
such a tax cut would be impossible. In its place, America got the largest
tax increase in history.
No one observing the Wyoming legislature over the past four years can
honestly contend that the “tax holiday” will ever occur under a Freudenthal
administration.
Some things never change. Liberals who engage in such sordid “situational
politics,” believe that Reagan Conservatism is just another posture by which
to impress voters. Thus they show themselves inarguably to be “Clinton
Democrats.”
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
American Politics & Political Competition
American Government & the U.S. Presidency
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
The American Political & Cultural Left:
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, & Other Leftists
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 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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