THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume XII, Issue # 218, October 13, 2010
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
OBAMA WILL NOT MODERATE AFTER NOVEMBER
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE 2010 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, & THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT:
THE EXPECTED MASSIVE SEA-CHANGE IN THE POLITICAL LANSCAPE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS &
A LAME-DUCK OBAMA PRESIDENCY -- REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS & THE NATIONAL POLICY AGENDA OF
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES -- WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY & ITS LEADERS MUST DO IN ORDER TO MAKE A
FAVORABLE OUTCOME OF THE 2010 MID-TERM ELECTIONS THE FORERUNNER OF AN EVEN GREATER ELECTORAL TIDAL
WAVE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL & CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS OF 2012
FULL STORY:
With three weeks yet to go before the 2010 mid-term elections, grassroots energy and polling data already portend a
massive sea-change in the political landscape. The Conservative base is eager to reassert itself. This is a striking contrast
to 2006 when a weary and disenfranchised heartland America abandoned the GOP after a dozen years of Republican
compromise and capitulation, leaving the nation in the hands of Harry Reid (Democrat - Nevada), Nancy Pelosi (Democrat
- California), and eventually Barack Hussein Obama.
Somehow, the political class misconstrued the real message being sent to Washington. Refusing to acknowledge voter
disgust and anger over Republican unwillingness to confront the profligate spending and nanny-state meddling of a
bloated federal government, Democrats, who were essentially elected by default, instead, found it more beneficial to claim
that the nation had embraced their unfettered Liberalism. So, in the wake of the 2006 and 2008 elections, Leftists presumed
that they had cart blanche to recreate the nation in their Ultra-Liberal image. And America's disastrous economic decline,
collapsing societal infrastructure, and evaporating liberties stand as a testament to the vigor with which the Democrats
pursued their efforts.
Distressed citizens from across America vainly attempted to communicate their concerns to Washington, only to be
ignored, mocked, and disparaged in response. Now they are ready to institute the course correction that is so desperately
needed. This they intend to accomplish by brooming as many arrogant Liberal Democrats as possible from the halls of
Congress, come Election Day, and replacing them with fresh faces who are not nearly so intellectually and emotionally
isolated from the realities of American life as the current crop of dispassionate Leftists.
The Conservative punditry is already busy sizing up the situation, and offering advice as to how to proceed post-election.
Some political analysts are predicting that, in the aftermath of an electoral bloodbath, Democrats, including Obama, will
see the light, recognize the errors of their ways, and sincerely moderate their governing agenda and tactics. However,
expecting such a reaction from this governing cabal is not only naive, it increases the effectiveness of artful maneuverings
by the Leftists, which they will undoubtedly attempt, in hopes of better positioning themselves for a rebound in 2012.
A sober look the actions of Liberal Democrats, during previous periods when they were out of power, should convince
astute observers of the necessity to prepare for any contingency, except a sudden reversion to civility and reason while
legislating and governing. Honor, virtue, and decency were not the means by which these individuals ever achieved
political dominance, and they certainly will not resort to such trite conduct as they attempt to rebuild their governing
machine. Rather, all former experience attests to the unscrupulous political brutality that was a much more effective and
successful means of neutralizing their Conservative adversaries. And this is particularly true in light of the burgeoning
extremism of the modern Democratic Party.
The last time the nation experienced a profound Rightward power shift in Washington was not during the 2000
presidential election, but six years prior in 1994. Then, the nearly unprecedented gain of fifty-four seats in the House of
Representatives, along with eight seats in the Senate, seemed to portend a decisive halt of the Clinton agenda, which had
ensued during the previous two years at breakneck speed, threatening the fabric of the nation with Hillarycare, stifling tax
increases, and a methodical unraveling of the justice system under the headship of then Attorney General Janet Reno.
With the Speakership of the House of Representatives transferred overnight to Republican Newt Gingrich from Democrat
Tom Foley (who did not even remain as a member of that chamber, having lost his own congressional race), and the
Republican majority in the Senate, it initially appeared that the onslaught of Clintonian Liberalism would be supplanted
by the inspiring tenets of the “Contract with America.” Sadly, this Conservative momentum was thoroughly neutralized
by the relentless daily attacks from Liberals in Congress and on the nightly news.
Worthy plans to abolish bloated federal agencies and curtail the encroaching socialism of recent decades ran abruptly
into a propaganda blitz that portrayed such efforts as draconian and heartless. Initially, Republicans responded by
retreating from the scope of their grand plan, and offering, instead, the insipid alternative of federal “block grants” to
states, whereby the socialist programs could continue, but ostensibly with greater efficiency. In the end, even this
meager effort to stem the hemorrhage of funds to inefficient and wasteful statist programs was abandoned by the
Republicans, allowing Bill Clinton to claim the political and moral “high ground,” thus ensuring his reelection in 1996.
The pattern was repeated, with increased intensity, after the chaos of the 2000 presidential election debacle. Rather than
asserting his constitutional legitimacy as President, George W. Bush refused to wield his authority against those entities
that had demeaned and undermined this nation for the previous eight years. Having barely clung to his Electoral College
victory, and admittedly losing the popular vote, he embarked on a futile quest to establish a “new tone” in Washington.
Through indefensible and unwarranted conciliation and capitulation, he ultimately empowered and enabled the forces
that coalesced in 2008 as the most radical, anti-American, anti-constitutional government this nation has ever seen.
This, in the end, is the Republican Party that Obama and his minions perceive and recognize as their opposition. The
reality of grassroots activism on the Right, via the “Tea Party” movement of the past eighteen months, simply does not
register among the Liberal elitists inside the Beltway, other than as a fleeting squall from a restless but otherwise
insignificant peasantry. And, unfortunately, Obama's Democrats are not alone in this arrogant view. Many GOP insiders
believe likewise.
So, it is all but guaranteed that Barack Obama will respond to a sizable shift in the makeup of the House and Senate by
forcing his issues, and daring the new Congress to oppose him and face a significant escalation of the attacks from his
media accomplices. The ploy has worked extremely well in the past.
However, the energy and commitment of the movement he so casually dismisses derives from a people who understand
not only the riches of liberty and heritage with which they were endowed, but, more importantly, the catastrophic
attacks against such things that have occurred in recent years, and the perils to the very future of the nation
represented by such. An electoral tidal wave in 2010 will not be the end of this epic struggle, but only the beginning of
the battle for America. The people of the heartland are energized and committed to this fight. It is high time that the GOP
insiders decide, once and for all, whose side they will take.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
American Politics, Political Competition, & the Control of
Public Policy: Elections, Political Parties, Political Factions,
Ideologies, & Special Interest Groups
American Government & the U.S. Congress:
Congressional Legislative Politics & National Public Policy
American Government & the U.S. Presidency:
Presidential Politics & National Leadership
The American Political & Cultural Left:
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, Marxists, & Other Leftists:
The Democratic Party, Academia, & the Mainstream Media
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
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
levels for many years. His contact information and article archives can be found at www.chrisadamo.com
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