Posted by
Postal Patriot on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:53:38 PM
Watching a lot of the pundits, the polls, the debates and listening the rhetoric I wonder if conservatism has been abandoned by the general public. When I see the news and the polls about the health care issue, the denial of the crushing burden that Social Security and Medicare will become. When I hear average people sound convinced about the rich not paying their fair share. When I hear average people say they are worried about global warming. I wonder if the country that was founded on conservatism, individuality, hard work and pride has been lost to complacency, 30 second sound bites, and the ignorance of not wanting all the facts to make a decision. The Democratic party has rejected the JFK model and thrown out good men like Zell Miller, and even Joe Lieberman. The Republican party are ignoring the only true conservatives in the Presidential race Fred Thompson and Duncan Hunter.
A friend of mine an elderly woman who has a home in Scotland and Arizona confirmed one of my predictions. I mentioned to her the other day that I thought Europe would be under Islamic rule in 10-15 years and her response took me by surprise by how quick it was, she said "It already is" referring to one law after another being passed to placate Islamism. This is bothersome as so many Americans and our politicians promote becoming more like Europe. They just don't understand that we threw off those shackles 232 years ago for a reason and it has even more meaning today as the Europeans don't have the will to fight anymore.
With Huckabee and McCain leading the Republican party as populists and the rising popularity of Obama I wonder if the conservative movement is in trouble. Not because of our beliefs but because of popular culture and old fashioned laziness and ignorance of what is happening around them.
I hope we can wake the American people up before it is too late. I hope Thompson and Hunter can been seen for their message and overcome the money, flash and populism the other candidates put forth. Hopefully watching the Democrats run congress will snap the GOP voters out of it and motivate them to put good conservative representatives back in during the next election.
I truly do hope I am wrong otherwise the 30 second society wins.