Heritage Foundation Research- Pelosi Health Care Plan: Who Pays the Surtax? November 7, 2009The Pelosi health care plan relies on a large surtax that would gradually encompass all American taxpayers, much like the dreaded Alternative Minimum Tax does. […]The Heritage Foundation - Rea S. Hederman, Jr., and Guinevere Nell
- Heritage Employment Report: October Has Few Treats, Lots of Tricks November 7, 2009As job losses mount, the monthly jobs report continues to demonstrate both the failure of the stimulus bill and the hollowness of the Administration's claim that it created or saved 640,000 jobs. […]The Heritage Foundation - Rea S. Hederman, Jr., and James Sherk
- A Closer Look at the House Democrats' Health Care Bill November 7, 2009A Closer Look at the House Democrats' Health Care Bill […]The Heritage Foundation - the Staff of the Center for Health Policy Studies and the Staff of the Center for Data Analysis
- The Pakistan-Britain Terror Connection: Lessons and Warnings for the United States November 7, 2009The Pakistan-Britain terror connection poses a serious threat to Great Britain and its allies, including the United States. Breaking the personnel, financial, and ideological links will require fighting terrorism on three fronts: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Britain. In Afghanistan, the U.S., the U.K., and their allies need to continue to fight the Taliban and […]The Heritage Foundation - Ted R. Bromund Ph.D., and Lisa Curtis
- The Pelosi Health Care Plan: Employer Mandate Penalties on Small Businesses November 7, 2009The Pelosi health care reform plan would create an employer penalty system that would apply to small businesses--even those with 25 or fewer workers. […]The Heritage Foundation - John L. Ligon
- Pelosi Health Care Plan: Who Pays the Surtax? November 7, 2009
Nov
5
Evening in America
November 5, 2008 | Tagged Conservatism, Election 2008, Hope, Marxism, Obama | 14 Comments
Ronald Reagan’s “Morning in America” of a quarter century ago has given way to Barack Obama’s “Evening in America.” The journey to the threshold of a potentially dark and frightening night will hopefully provide a road map for recovery. My hope is that American conservatives can look objectively back at the time since Ronald Reagan left Washington D.C. and learn from the mistakes and circumstances that culminated in this moment. I also hope that this particular moment is indeed the culmination so we will not have to slip further into darkness before we see a new dawn.
There are some positives that can be taken from this year’s disappointing election. The anxiety over who will win has now dissipated and while the result gives reason for grave concern, we now know what we face. With either result, conservatives were to face great challenges and certain conflict with the new administration. I believe opposition to misguided policies will be strengthened due to the fact that they will be crafted by the opposing political party (even thought the Republican Party has made itself largely indistinguishable from the opposing party.)
Those of us who reluctantly supported John McCain (for me personally, much less reluctantly after he named Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate) no longer have to struggle with our decision. We did what we thought had to be done. Now it is over and we can move past supporting a liberal Republican as the lesser of two evils. Perhaps enough Republicans will recall this election in 2012 such that we will not allow a liberal-lite candidate to win the party’s nomination. Those of us that feel we betrayed at least a portion of our values in attempting to protect our national well-being can break free from the bondage of settling to seek and support future candidates who share our principles.
The level of darkness and length of the night our nation faces will be determined by a number of factors, including our level of resistance. It is possible that Barack Obama believes in his own rhetoric. If that is the case, our resistance will have to be nearly constant. It is hard to imagine that the promises made to win the support of far left loons will actually become the base of a presidential agenda… but if Barack Obama believes in those promises, we will need to be vigilant. Considering the character of the people drawn to Barack Obama (i.e. domestic terrorist Bill Ayers), it is likely that he will indeed push a dangerous far left agenda as president.
An unknown and deeply troubling factor is the effect of Obama’s policies on our economy, society, security, and liberty. We can hope to avoid utter devastation at the hands of the first Marxist President of The United States of America, but that hope is little more than a glimmer. If Obama’s agenda unfolds as planned, the question will become: How much misery will be required to convince the electorate that it made a mistake? There is also the uncertainty associated with the ability of an increasingly dependant electorate to not only awaken but have the ability to rise out of the shackles of dependence. As resources are limited and more people turn to the government to have their needs met, the stronger President Obama’s stranglehold on this nation’s working class will become. Again, we can hope that this nightmare is not realized and Obama can be largely neutralized by a vigilant citizenry.
Is it possible that the two-party dominance could weaken such that citizens have actual choices in future elections? One can dream. There will come a point, perhaps in four years or assuming Barack Obama doesn’t attempt to pull a Hugo Bloomberg, in eight years, when we will be selecting the next president. Will there be viable options to Republican and Democrat? Will the nose-in-the-air Republicans such as Peggy Noonan, George Will, David Brooks, and Kathleen Parker have a party in which they can be comfortable? It is unfortunate that The Democrat Party would need to splinter in order for factions of The Republican Party to be able to stand as viable options.
I realize that the idea of deconstructing the two-party system is highly unlikely to become a reality, but in the spirit of Obama’s campaign, one can hope! Assuming this dream is not realized, we will face the non-Obama related struggle to prevent the RINOs from convincing primary voters that despite the McCain example, our only chance to win is to run another soft-core liberal. The night will only be prolonged if we repeat our mistakes.
Here’s to remaining faithful to our values and to never forgetting how we arrived at this moment! Here’s to conservative leadership that can communicate conservative ideals (what a radical notion!) Here’s to the cleansing purge of Republicans that behaved like Democrats (or the division of the former party!) Here’s hoping that America will not have to wait a quarter of a century to awake to a new day!
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Obama’s policies are doomed to fail. But in the bizarro world of liberalism, they’ll use that as an excuse to give the gov’t more control. Because no matter what the situation, they always assume more gov’t is better.
[...] Evening in America Will the nose-in-the-air Republicans such as Peggy Noonan, George Will, David Brooks, and Kathleen Parker have a party in which they can be comfortable? It is unfortunate that The Democrat Party would need to splinter in order for … [...]
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Here’s the problem just on what I see on the ‘Net.
You have your economic conservatives that believe that paying taxes is wrong and that the more wealthy you are the more you don’t have to pay them.
The second part of the argument that if they don’t pay the taxes all that spare income can be use to pay people that would pay the taxes.
Here’s the problem that popped up on that argument. Those wealthy people realized that people in other countries offered better quality work for far less money which meant they got to keep more of their money. So the wheels started coming of the belief that rich people that were given a pass on supporting the government would mean more jobs for the lower classes. It didn’t happened.
More importantly Pierce believes that if you make something too expensive nobody will buy it and the price will go down then people will buy. Free market theory at its best. The problem was that instead of consumers not buying those products they relied on consumer credit offered by those retailers to pay that high price. Now folks are hitting the wall with that consumer debt and defaulting.
Free market theory didn’t factor in people borrowing money to buy food.
Conservatives have no answer for overwhelming debt, or profiteering, or fraud. Conservatives don’t have an answer for dealing with people who are not capable of taking care of themselves. Conservatives haven’t adjusted their philosophy to deal with cheap energy and cheap labor that are no longer abundant. Actually cheap labor is still abundant but none of it was born here. So the belief by conservatives that we have drive that cheap labor back across the borders it is not obvious to them that they are shooting themselves in the foot.
They are in conflict with their own beliefs of cheap energy, cheap labor, and no government intervention means prosperity.
Now there are the social/political conservatives that say they believe that personal liberty means you should be able to do whatever you want to do as long as it doesn’t interfere with anybody else wanting to do what they want to do.
Unless… you’re the wrong religion, or dare to question their beliefs. Then you don’t deserve any rights.
The government is great when it enforces the law on “them” but evil when it enforces the law on “me”. That is what I see is the conservative position.
What I really believe have conservatism stuck in the mud is the desire to go back to what they saw as simplier times but you can’t apply those simplier times to today because the environment is different, the technology is different, and the advances in human development, for better or worse, has made things really different. So conservatives have to accept a nation affected by mulitple cultures that are not Christian or European based. They have to accept a nation forced to find other energy alternatives. They have to be willing to improve quality of life not just for themselves they have to be willing to give service to their communities.
Then conservatives have to accept the responsibility of this nation being the last superpower. That means interacting with other nations, other peoples, and maintaining the peace, in order to survive.
You had a guy that will be the subject of textbooks for years to come on how not to deal with all of those challenges. Lets be honest he has done more damage to the nation financially over 8 years than Osama bin Laden has done to us and I’m including the attacks to US property overseas. Conservatives have to ask themselves do they believe what he believes.
[...] Evening in America Now it is over and we can move past supporting a liberal Republican as the lesser of two evils. Perhaps enough Republicans will recall this election in 2012 such that we will not allow a liberal-lite candidate to win the party’s … [...]
Chavez, Morales, Correa have multiplied poverty and despair, institutionalized corruption, and taken away freedoms and rights from their people. The same can be expected from Obama.
How can we defend ourselves and our children? First, we must insist that Obama be investigated before takes offices. Even his birth certificate is in question. And how about his links with enemies of the U.S. (including Ayers, Wright, Soros)? Shouldn’t Americans be protected from an impostor planted by terrorists like Ayers to destroy us?
If the Supreme Court does not defend us, we must be ready to defend ourselves everyday by every means at our disposal. We need to remember that we MUST NOT trust the mainstream media. They lied, hid important information about Obama, and manipulated the population. We must keep informed through trusted conservative media.
The U.S. and the Free World are in grave danger. All Americans who believe in American principles and love the U.S. must begin working to have candidates for positions at all government levels who support U.S. basic principles.
We must also try to defend our friends in other countries. In the second debate, Obama repeated Chavez’s propaganda against Colombia’s President Uribe, the only steadfast friend of the U.S. in Latin America. As if to back Obama’s words, leftist demonstrations (probably paid by Chavez) mushroomed all over Colombia. If Obama continues supporting Chavez, Uribe and Colombia as a democracy will be destroyed. The same can be said about Israel and about every country and leader that has sided with democracy and the U.S. They and we are all in danger.
Here are the FACTS:
Fact Number One: It was liberal Democrats, led by Sen. Christopher Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank, who for years — including the present year — denied that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were taking big risks that could lead to a financial crisis.
FACT: It was Sen. Dodd, Congressman Frank, and other liberal Democrats who for years refused requests from the Bush administration to set up an agency to regulate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
FACT: It was liberal Democrats, again led by Dodd and Frank, who for years pushed for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to go even further in promoting subprime mortgage loans, which are at the heart of today’s financial crisis.
FACT: Alan Greenspan warned them four years ago. So did the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to the president. So did Bush’s secretary of the Treasury, five years ago.
Yet, today, what are we hearing? That it was the Bush administration “right-wing ideology” of “de-regulation” that set the stage for the financial crisis. Do facts matter?
Then there is the question of being against the “greed” of CEOs and for “the people.” Franklin Raines made $90 million while he was head of Fannie Mae and mismanaging that institution into crisis.
Who in Congress defended Franklin Raines? Liberal Democrats, including Maxine Waters and the Congressional Black Caucus, at least one of whom referred to the “lynching” of Raines, as if it was racist to hold him to the same standard as white CEOs.
Even after he was deposed as head of Fannie Mae, Franklin Raines was consulted this year by the Obama campaign for his advice on housing!
FACT: The Washington Post criticized the McCain campaign for calling Raines an adviser to Obama, even though that fact was reported in the Washington Post itself on July 16th. The technicality and the spin here is that Raines is not officially listed as an adviser. But someone who advises is an adviser, whether or not his name appears on a letterhead.
FACT: The tie between Barack Obama and Franklin Raines is not all one-way. Obama has been the second-largest recipient of Fannie Mae’s financial contributions, right after Sen. Christopher Dodd.
But ties between Obama and Raines? Not if you read the mainstream media.
Facts don’t matter much politically if they are not reported.
But the country does not deserve to be put in the hands of a glib and cocky know-it-all, who has accomplished absolutely NOTHING beyond the advancement of his own career with rhetoric, and who has for years allied himself with a succession of people WHO HAVE OPENLY EXPRESSED THEIR HATRED FOR AMERICA.
http://article.nationalreview.com/…
Eight years you had a president that did all you wanted, and for six years you had a Republican majority Congress backing him up, and yet the country did not prosper. It is common knowledge that the true friend of all bankers are the Republicans is it possible the Elephants took as much money as the Donkeys?
FACT: Alan Greenspan warned them four years ago. So did the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to the president. So did Bush’s secretary of the Treasury, five years ago.