THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume XII, Issue # 161, August 18, 2010
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
PREPARING FOR THE DEMOCRATS' 2010 GENERAL ELECTION ANTICS
By Christopher G. Adamo
DEMOCRATS & THE COMING MID-TERM ELECTIONS: DEMOCRATIC PARTY CAMPAIGN STRATEGY IN THE
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS OF 2010 -- EXPECT DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES TO CONSISTENTLY SIDESTEP ANY REAL
DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES OF CONCERN TO AMERICA. EXPECT DEMOCRATS TO AVOID CURRENT POLICY &
SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES AT ALL COSTS. EXPECT NO SERIOUS DISCUSSION OF THE ECONOMY, INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS, & HOMELAND SECURITY. EXPECT DEMOCRATS TO MANUFACTURE & FOCUS UPON REPUBLICAN
"SCANDALS." EXPECT DEMOCRATS TO BE SUBJECT TO AN ELECTORAL DRUBBING.
FULL STORY:
Ever since the advent of the Obama administration, and its systematic corruption and destruction of the nation’s
constitutional framework, Americans have fervently anticipated their opportunity to atone for their past sins by way of the
2010 mid-term elections. That season is now upon us. As primary election races are concluded across the nation, and
candidates head into the general election cycle, a drastic sea change can be expected in the conduct of political contests,
as well as their coverage by the media.
For starters, calling Barack Hussein Obama “radioactive” might be a bit slanderous of those who construct dirty bombs.
Seizing any opportunity to degrade and impugn America and its allies, while groveling and bowing to almost every
tinhorn dictator he meets, Obama has thoroughly alienated all but the most ardent anti-American Leftists. Those who have
any belief in this country’s noble history, and hold out any hope for its future, must by now realize that Obama’s ultimate
goal is to erode and undermine the nation, both internally and in its standing among the rest of the world.
While his plan has taken a huge toll on his former popularity among other heads of state, he has fared far worse among the
American public. Twenty straight months of U.S. government power grabs and congressional spending that dwarfs former
deficits, underscored by an official contempt and disdain towards any who would demand accountability and
responsibility, have left the American people convinced that their national government in Washington, D.C., has mutated
into a horrific monster, the actions of which must be arrested immediately, if the nation is to have even the smallest hope
for its survival.
It is therefore to be fully expected that Democratic Party candidates will consistently sidestep any real discussion of the
issues of concern to America. No politically savvy Democrat will want to recall all of those virtues of Obamacare that were
trumpeted so relentlessly last Spring. The bill is passed, and, if everything goes according to (the Democrats') plan, its
innumerable edicts will be slyly and stealthily implemented over the upcoming years, while an unwary public loses interest
to a sufficient extent that nobody notices how drastically their once unrivaled quality of medical care has been perverted
and degraded.
The last thing Democrats want to do during this election cycle is debate the supposed merits of socialism, weighed against
its all-too-real historical pitfalls. While every socialist scheme throughout the world has been instituted on a foundation of
lavish and utopian promises, the ugliness of its reality is never slow in manifesting itself. Promises of economic equality
and “social justice” quickly devolve into near-universal poverty. Likewise, assurances of collective paradise undergirded
with “free” and comprehensive healthcare just as quickly devolve into a nightmare of bureaucratic entanglements,
out-of-control taxation, and drastic rationing measures which deprive citizens of basic medical needs in a futile effort to
maintain “universal access,” while struggling to rein in burgeoning costs.
Nor will Democrats be any more willing to confront the nation’s dire economic straits, despite the increasingly hollow and
defensive claims that everything is “Bush’s fault.” Having enjoined the economic turmoil in 2008, they only exacerbated
the economy's downfall with massive government spending which, aside from padding the pockets of bloated
bureaucracies at the national, state, and local levels, has done nothing to improve output or prosperity among average
citizens.
On the cultural front, things may be even worse for the Democrats, if that is possible. The recent abomination of Barack
Obama endorsing the construction of a Mosque at Ground Zero has not only outraged Americans on its own merits, it
has also reminded them of the many occasions on which he clearly showed deference to anti-American and anti-Western
cultures and philosophies, while demeaning the greatness of traditional America.
On this basis, he castigates Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for erecting mere dwellings in Jerusalem, since
doing so might “offend” those who hate Israel and the Jewish people. He countermands protocol towards America’s long
standing allies by dispensing with any signs of respect towards their leaders, while bowing and toadying before despotic
rulers who clearly harbor antipathy towards this nation.
So, with no real standing on the economy, international relations or homeland security (all of which are inextricably linked),
Democrats have no good options for a proactive political plan going into the November elections. They cannot run on
either their past record or their real agenda, if they are to have any hopes of avoiding the electoral drubbing that now
seems inevitable.
Therefore, their very predictable strategy will be to avoid current policy and substantive issues at all costs, while
attempting to incite and concoct a “scandal,” based on any slight infraction by a Republican candidate, or to fabricate one
from thin air, if necessary, and center the entire remainder of the campaign on nothing more than that. Remember the
“Macaca” hysterics that were used to torpedo the candidacy of George Allen, the Republican Senatorial hopeful from
Virginia? Or the indictment of then U.S. House Majority Whip Tom Delay (Republican - Texas), which evaporated into
thin air once he was drubbed out of office, and on which Nancy Pelosi (Democrat - California) based her infamous
“Republican culture of corruption” accusation?
Neither of these episodes held any merit, yet both were relentlessly invoked to discredit the GOP, ultimately empowering
Pelosi to take over as the ultra-Liberal Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, along with Harry Reid (Democrat -
Nevada) as U.S. Senate Majority Leader. In the absence of a Liberal platform which they might be willing to openly and
honestly discuss (doing so would deal a fatal blow to it), they can be expected to create, and then frantically focus on,
all sorts of Republican bogeymen and hobgoblins to once again frighten voters into their corner.
But it is going to be far more difficult this time around. In contrast to small-scale personal scandals among the
Republicans, Democrats are entangled in corruption on an institutional scale. Even the flagrant graft by Representatives
Maxine Waters (Democrat - California) and Charlie Rangel (Democrat - New York) pale in comparison to the squandered
billions of taxpayer dollars and total lack of accountability of the current Democratic Party-controlled Congress, as well
as their ravaging of the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law, on which no price tag could be applied.
In this volatile political environment, a concerted Republican effort to remain focused on the issues may well deal the
much needed death blow to the Democrats' hopes of remaking America in their twisted image. We can only hope.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
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Public Policy: Elections, Political Parties, Political Factions,
Ideologies, Special Interest Groups, & Political Corruption
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
Christopher G. Adamo has been active in Wyoming politics for many years. Contact information for Chris Adamo and his
archives can be found at www.chrisadamo.com
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