It is almost September, the November national election is fast approaching. Regrettably, the news and the political conventions won’t let us avoid the dirty little war between the Democrats and the Republicans, a war that consumes almost every minute of airtime, the campaign bank accounts and the political obligations of the adversaries. A blow by blow description of this war is not the purview of these words for we are all over saturated. Instead, this post is an attempt to evaluate the voters of America as we choose our future. What are we thinking? The polls are showing the O’bama and Romney forces in a virtual tie. How can such a close election happen in this harsh economic environment?
America is enduring an economic disaster almost unparalleled in our history. Both parties are experts at blaming the other for the theft of our futures and our children’s futures. The truth is that both political parties are to blame for our national pain. The government, our American government, has proven itself to be a criminal enterprise on a grand scale. Bernie Madoff, please move over. The politicians of both parties are criminally aligned with their co-conspirators on Wall Street, particularly the Goldman Sachs crowd in and out of government. In exchange for political funds and support, Democrats and Republicans are planning the next grand heist upon the American taxpayer. The election will decide only who will be in control when the plan is hatched.
Forest Gump quoted his mother about his lot in life, “stupid is as stupid does”. Forrest was a little slow mentally but he was not stupid as his actions in life proved. Only our actions at the ballot box will prove the mental capacity of the American voter, are we stupid enough to believe the lies from both parties? The Democrats lie when they insist that their big spending, big government agenda will bring an economic revival, if not in four years then in eight. The Republicans lie when they insist that a new Republican administration that enables the free enterprise system will cure the economic ills of America. In theory this claim may have the ring of truth but “the proof is in the pudding”. The proof is also in the details. Will a Romney administration make happen a new Washington, a new city for the people, a Reagansk “shinning city on the hill”?
Already the gang of President George Bush is surfacing at the RNC convention, smelling an opportunity for another bite at the apple. The Obama administration is a dismal failure but the Bush administration was a close second, both of whom marched and are marching to the tune of big money instead of the people. An American conservative agenda is desperately needed now or we as a country will drift off into the night of an empty national sameness. We will no longer be whom we are! Will such a Republican conservative administration happen? The picking of Paul Ryan to be Romney’s sidekick for the campaign gives conservatives a smidgen of hope but as we all know, the vice president has no real influence in any Washington administration. The pick may only be a duplicitous attempt to marshal the conservative wing of the party.
In consideration of the above facts, allow me to chart a course for the political future of America, at least in the short term. As we gather to listen to the words of Mitt Romney tonight, let us evaluate whether his vision is truly a conservative small government vision. If so, does he mean it or will we be stuck with another establishment Republican administration that accomplishes nothing but manages the nothing a little more efficiently. We proud extremist conservatives have no choice but to vote for Mitt Romney but we are not stupid, it is up to Mitt to prove his intellectual capabilities, not in his rhetoric but in his actions should we give him the opportunity.
G.Goslaw
Landers, Ca
