When did Life, Liberty and Freedom Become an Extreme
Right-Wing Ideal?
Written by JB Williams
©2007 USA
So-called “right-wing conservatives” (the foundational base
of the Republican Party) are prepared to grant Republican moderates who hijacked
their party, their 2008 election wish.
You want a liberal? - We’ll give you
one!
Almost every political pundit in
America is
asking if hard-headed “Christian conservatives” are really prepared to defect
from their Republican Party in ’08 if they can’t get a conservative nominee from
the RNC. My question is; - when did respect for the “unalienable” right to Life,
Liberty and Freedom become an
extreme right-wing ideal, held dear only by “Christian
conservatives?”
Who told RINOs that Life,
Liberty and Freedom are extreme
ideas? Who told moderate Republicans that they belong to a secular socialist
party? America
already has a liberal party pushing secular socialist ideals in
America. We
don’t need two. Who is offering the nation a conservative
alternative?
If not the Republican Party, then
there is no need for the Republican Party.
And since when is the conservative
“base” (foundation) of the Republican Party, just some “extreme wing” of the
party?
The 2008 message coming from the
conservative base is clear.
If RINOs insist upon having a liberal
in the White House again in ’08, they will get one, Hillary Clinton. This is not
a religious statement. It’s a political
question…
Why waste time on another self-styled
conservative fraud, too compassionate (spineless) towards the onslaught of
leftist ideas, when we can have the real deal socialist in Hillary Clinton? If
RINOs want a liberal, they’re about to get
one.
The Republican Party is the
Conservative Party, or it’s no party at
all
If the Republican Party won’t run
conservative candidates, why would they expect to get the support of
conservative voters who rightfully see it as only an extension of the DNC today?
Democrats have been selling
socialism, secularism, an anti-American respect for death not life, a greater
communal good instead of individual liberty and the right to rob the productive
for benefit of the non-productive since FDR. There is nothing “conservative”
about this agenda. There’s nothing American about this
agenda…
So why would conservative voters
support any Republican candidate that is selling the same things? Why do
moderate Republicans, social liberals, expect the conservative base of the party
to unite with the moderate wing, behind another RINO candidate, rather than
uniting behind a conservative candidate themselves, for a
change?
To be “Conservative” is to be
American
Not so long ago, the “unalienable”
rights to Life, Liberty and Happiness established in our founding documents,
were just American ideals supported by nearly every American as the foundational
principles of our country. These were not Republican ideals, or even
conservative ideas, let alone extreme right-wing ideas. They were American
ideas.
But today, people who stand firmly on
these principles are targeted as “religious fanatics” or so-called “social
conservatives.” All they really are is plain ole pro-American
conservatives.
The rhetorical implication is that
only right-wing religious extremists, not so lovingly labeled “Evangelical
Christian theocrats,” believe in, support or defend these foundational ideals
today. But these are not religious notions, they are foundational American
principles, or at least they were when the founders set our nation upon this
corner stone a little more than 200 years
ago.
Social liberals, both Democrat and
Republican, aim to saddle those who still believe in these principles, with the
label “right-wing religious extremist.” Why? For what purpose and on what basis?
Have they never read our founding documents?
Lessons not yet
learned
Despite all the past failures of RINO
candidates, moderates insist once again that conservatives support another RINO
candidate. Why?
Conservatives elected RINO Bush Sr.
in 1988 on the coat tails of Ronald Reagan. But Bush Sr. departed from the base
of his party in his first term and lost re-election to Bill Clinton in 1992. The
RNC lost again in 1996, by running another social liberal that offered no real
alternative to liberal Bill Clinton.
Bush Jr. beat Al Gore in 2000 despite
the fact that he lost the popular election by a half million voters. The events
of 9/11/01 saved his
re-election in 2004. But he squandered his political capital on leftist
appeasement policies soon after and lost both houses of congress in 2006.
Now in 2008, RINOs are once again
begging the conservative base of their party to unite behind yet another RINO
candidate, be it Giuliani or Romney, both of whom are selling the same secular
socialism, right to kill and attack on the family unit that Democratic
Socialists are selling.
Yet they seem shocked that
conservatives are not willing to follow them into the secular socialist abyss
again. How?
Why moderates want another
RINO
Simply stated, some so-called
moderates want another RINO candidate because they are social liberals, just
like most Democrats are today. They believe in and support a certain degree of
secular socialism and are willing to negotiate the value of Life,
Liberty and Freedom, for a greater
communal good, just like today’s Democrats.
Other moderates want another RINO
candidate because they are convinced that only a liberal Republican can defeat a
socialist Democrat in any national election today. They believe that to defeat
the vote pandering of the left, they must do some pandering of their
own.
However, the only time Republicans
have run on conservative principles since Reagan was in 1994, when the
ultra-conservative Gingrich Contract with
America swept
Republicans into control of both houses of congress for the first time in 40
years. Republicans ran on ultra-conservative values and won a landslide victory
across the nation that had not happened in 40 years, and has not happened again
since.
That’s because after winning control
of congress, conservative masterminded Gingrich left office, leaving behind a
bunch of spineless moderate Republicans who returned to their appeasement
policies towards the left. By 2006, conservative voters had had
enough.
The RINO issue of choice – National
Security
If you ask any RINO why a
conservative should support another RINO candidate, their answer will be
national security.
In the mind of the average RINO,
conservatives should fear a Democrat President who will indeed be weaker on
issues involving the current War on Terror and national security. Democrats have
a long established history of being spineless in the face of conflict.
But RINOs are overlooking some pretty
disturbing facts in this regard and conservatives are taking
note.
One can not be strong on national
security without being very strong on border security. This is a HUGE Bush
failure, and McCain, Giuliani and Romney all share this weakness with
Bush.
One can not cut social spending while
expanding liberal social policies that cause social spending. Again, Bush,
Giuliani, Romney and McCain all share this
weakness.
One can not pretend to revere
individual liberty while selling socialism, even in the form of universal health
care.
One can not talk about individual
freedom or constitutional rights without first respecting our most fundamental
“unalienable” right to life itself.
Now, Democrat voters don’t seem to
know any better and quite frankly, neither does the average moderate RINO voter.
But conservative voters understand these founding principles very well and they
are apparently the only Americans left willing to stand upon these bedrock
principles today.
The 2008
Election
I’m only 47, but I predict that
George W. Bush will be the last RINO to unite the Republican vote in my
lifetime.
I can easily prove that
America is still
conservative on fundamental American principles, Life,
Liberty and Happiness. With the
exception of blue California, blue
NY City and blue New England, the rest of the nation is
very conservative. Very few are religious fanatics, but it isn’t just religious
zealots who support our founding principles, it is indeed most American
voters.
Given the chance to vote for these
principles again, they will in huge numbers, just as they did in 1994 and 2004.
But given another choice between
leftist Democrat and leftist Republican, the best leftist will win by the
largest popular minority, about 46-47 percent of the popular vote, just like in
1992, 1996, 2000 and 2006.
If another RINO is nominated by the
powers at the RNC, and the race becomes another race between liberal Republican
and liberal Democrat, then the outcome is completely predictable and
conservative voters are telling you so.
Only a conservative candidate can
defeat socialist Democrats in 2008, because only a conservative candidate will
be able to unite the Republican vote in ’08.
If RINOs insist upon a liberal
candidate in ’08, they will get a very liberal President in ’08.
Hillary
Clinton…