Since America has been inexorably drawn to the left for a long time now, perhaps the ascendancy to the oval office of the most far-left and enigmatic politician in our nation’s history should not be altogether surprising. Spurred on by the financial market meltdown, the socialist ascendancy in America has, unfortunately, occurred far sooner than I could have anticipated.
How far left have both political parties moved over the years? Were JFK, one of my heros of yesteryear, be alive today, his conservative governing principles would be in stark contrast to the uninspired and progressive big government approach of both political parties in 2008. While JFK would be stunned with the gargantuan size and scope of the federal government, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson would be utterly staggered and brokenhearted.
Dominated by the elitist and progressive Obama-Pelosi-Reid triumverate, the transformation on January 20th to more intrusive big government, suffocatingly higher taxes and spending (if the meltdown allows it), expansion of bloated bureaucracies and domineering unions–to which we will all be tax-paying servants–and to the globalist and environmentalist deconstruction of America will be well on its way. And, of course, our military and weapons development programs will again be eviscerated in order to pay for expanded government giveaways and vote-buying programs, again rendering our communities vulnerable to attack and to Islamofacist subversion from within.
But that’s not all. To consolidate power, every attempt, surreptitious and otherwise, will be made by the socialist overseers in D.C. to more aggressively silence opposing political viewpoints and to indoctrinate our youth in socialist precepts. (That process has already begun with the help of OBH sycophants in public schools.) Political correctness will be more than a nuisance. It will be expected to supplant commonsense. New Supreme Court nominees will be in the Ginsberg, aka ACLU, mold, and efforts will be made once again to curtail our 2nd amendment rights, a baby’s right-to-life, and to suppress secret ballot rights of workers. Illegal immigrants will get a free ride (at our expense) and terrorists will be further coddled to the detriment of effective law enforcement.
A clean sweep of the White House and Congress by an emboldened Democratic Party hijacked and bankrolled by the far left will usher in the greatest expansion of government since FDR. Our Founding Fathers’ principles of small government, states rights, personal liberty and free enterprise will have been dealt a devastating blow from which the nation may not easily–if at all–recover.
If the Democratic Party takeover is complete, failed Euro-style socialism and secularist dominion will have been democratically embraced by a starry-eyed, what’s-in-it-for-me electorate seduced by soaring, yet empty and misleading, messianic rhetoric. An empty-headed pop culture in combination with a craven appetite for bread-and-circuses (entitlements) will have conspired to effectively weaken the very foundation of a once thriving and dynamic experiment in private enterprise and individual freedom. In short, an apathetic, distracted and misguided American electorate may well have given away all that has made America so profoundly exceptional and uniquely successful. And we’ll ALL get hurt in the aftermath.
In the absence of a responsible, dutiful and vigilant electorate, the only check on this abuse of power will be conservative talk radio and other media outlets which the Democratic apparachik is already plotting to shut down with the re-impositoin of the so-called Fairness Doctrine. That done, the takeoever will be virtually complete and a political correctness championing the state will be the order of the day. The gallant American experiment, the envy of the world, will be on a fast track to failure and ruin. Like the mighty Roman Empire, its unravelling will have come from within–not from without. We will be our own undoing.
Because most Americans are dominated by wild-eyed emotion, misplaced fear, and/or stubbornly shortsighted ideology, the helm of state is slowing but surely slipping into the hands of Washington self-serving bureaucrats, lobbyists, unonists, environmentalists, and career politicians, many of whom are hostile to America’s rich traditions and values and dedicated to preserving and expanding their political power at the expense of “we the people”. With a complete Democratic takeover in November, the helm of state may have irretrievably slipped from our hands altogether.
One bright spot: though the “financial meltdown” may have acted as a catalyst for what appears to be a socialist takeover on January 20th, until financial markets are back to normal not even the most ardent socialists in Washington can realistically hope to implement all of their debilitating taxation policies and profligate spending programs for at least 18 months into BHO’s first–and, God-willing last–term. By that time, perhaps, the infusion of Republicans via the 2010 midterm congressional elections might well help restore the needed balance to stem the socialist tide. But, that too remains to be seen.
As for me, I’m deeply and unashamedly troubled by the prospect of the far-left’s occupation of the venerable Oval Office come January 20th. The ascendancy of Speaker Pelosi was difficult enough to endure. But, my White House being defiled by a socialist occupation is simply too painful to bear. After the count is in and the left’s victory–and America’s defeat–is confirmed on November 4th, my flag, which has proudly and prominently flown non-stop from atop my 30-ft flag pole for the last 8 years, will be mercifully and quietly retired. I will sorely miss her. Old Glory will again be proudly unfurled on my property only when I can be confident that America has properly cleansed itself of the socialist contagion. Demonstrable and convincing respect on the part of this government for America’s cherished traditions and values must be saftisfactorily restored before She flies again.
God bless America.
(“The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation without knowing what happened.” Norman Thomas, Socialist Party of America, circa 1925)
(“That government which is big enough to give all you want is big enough to take it all away; that government is best which governs least, because the people discipline themselves.” Thomas Jefferson)
(“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it’s a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” George Washington)
Hello. out there! Is anyone listening to these guys?