THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume VII, Issue # 31, February 9, 2005
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
DEMOCRATS STRUGGLE IN VAIN FOR "POLITICAL TRACTION"
By Christopher G. Adamo
WHY REPUBLICAN PARTY CONSERVATIVES CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WINNING VICTORIES IN FUTURE CONGRESSIONAL
& PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS & THE DEMOCRATS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN THE MINORITY PARTY IN THE U.S. NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT: THE AMERICAN PUBLIC'S ACUTE AWARENESS OF THE MORAL BANKRUPTCY OF THE LEFT & THE
TRADITIONAL VALUES OF THE RIGHT
FULL STORY:
Democrats are despondent over the latest polling data showing that nearly
sixty percent of the nation approves of President Bush’s job performance. In
their eyes, the President is benefiting from the gamble he took when he
invaded Iraq. Conversely, their own gamble of condemning the entire
operation, in hopes of coming out on the right side if the Iraqi situation
unraveled, has blown up in their faces.
John Kerry, that sourest of “sour grapes,” went so far as to continue
disparaging the entire Iraq effort, even in the wake of last week’s
stunningly successful elections. Kerry hopes to cast a pall over
post-election jubilation by warning everyone not to “overhype” the
situation. Had terrorists been victorious in spreading chaos and mayhem,
Kerry could claim to have known better all along.
But the war was no gamble. Nor was it some calculated plot hatched by Karl
Rove. The President simply stuck to his principles in the face of horrendous
opposition and media hype. Eventually, he reaped the benefits of doing so.
Not only is the festering malignancy of the Hussein regime gone (and let
Liberals try to claim that the Iraqi people aren’t happy about it), but
Libya, another would be center of international terrorism, is suddenly
compliant and no longer an emerging nuclear threat.
In truth, President Bush never approached the Iraq war, or indeed any aspect of the
terror war, in a manner indicating he might put political interests above
the security of the country. But the Liberals still don’t get it.
For them, every situation is a political chess game, with their own gains or
losses being the sole concern. Thus, they grudgingly waved flags with the
rest of America in the immediate aftermath of 9-11, knowing that to do
otherwise would brand them as “unpatriotic.”
Yet, whenever the tide of public opinion appeared to be turning, they were
quick to reposition themselves, even going so far as to assert that the
terrorist threat was greatly exaggerated, and that American military action
in Iraq was itself criminal and bloodthirsty (but of course they always
supported the troops).
Now, in desperation to reinvent themselves in a manner that the public might
find more palatable prior to next year’s elections, they look to emulate the
successes of the Republican Party in the landslide elections of 1994.
However, their flawed approach proves, once again, that they have no idea
whatsoever as to how Republicans achieved their U.S. House and Senate majorities
that year.
Democratic Party strategists believe it was Newt Gingrich’s opposition to Hillary Clinton's
socialized healthcare plan that allowed Republicans to make such phenomenal
gains in those mid-term elections. Yet that was only a tiny segment of the
larger picture. And even the specifics of that issue are somehow completely
misunderstood by the Left.
It wasn’t merely the opposition to a plan proposed by Democrats, but the very nature of
the plan itself to which Americans took issue. “Hillarycare” was clearly
nothing less than an attempt to socialize the nation’s medical industry. And
Americans were far too conscious of the pitfalls of such an approach to risk
being ensnared by it.
Nonetheless, Democrats believe they can similarly demagogue President Bush’s
effort to reform Social Security, with the end goal of using the ensuing
controversy as a campaign issue in 2006. Ironically, the desire of Democrats
to maintain the status quo in the Social Security system will only ensure
that its obvious looming problems aren’t addressed while there is still time
to do so.
Thus, their ruse will backfire. Miring down and stalling needed reform in the
Social Security system by partisan Democrats will not be viewed with the
same favor as protecting the nation’s healthcare system, which was what
Republicans accomplished in the early years of the Clinton administration.
Moreover, Hillarycare was only one facet of the political landscape during
the pivotal 1994 elections. The advent of the Christian Coalition and the
Contract with America redounded to the great benefit of the GOP. But larger
still was the coming of age of Conservative talk radio, spearheaded by the
inimitable Rush Limbaugh.
Since that time, the “blogosphere” and Fox News have further broken the
former Liberal media monopoly.
Thus, the public is acutely aware of the stark contrast between the moral
bankruptcy of the Left and the traditional values of the Right. Ultimately,
this is the obstacle that the Left simply cannot overcome. And it is a genie
that will never go back into the bottle.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
American Politics & Political Competition
American Government & the U.S. Presidency
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
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. Adamo maintains his own Internet website, which is located at
www.chrisadamo.com.
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