While working on the site the other day I re-read a great deal of material I and other had written. I realized that I had not commented on the Republican defeat this past November. I was dealing with a personal tragedy at that time, and steal dealing with it. The election was the least of my worries.
Now I feel the desire to comment. For a long time I didn’t feel the need. The election is over, the GOP lost, and being that hindsight is 20/20 my comments really mean nothing. I am bored though and that trumps everything.
The question was posed, “How does it feel when it all crumbles down around you?” to which I reply LOL! As to the context of that query it was in reference to the incoming Democrat majority over the GOP. I might feel down had my attitude towards all politics be in support of all things GOP and nothing else. That is not my attitude, though. My attitude towards politics is to all things American. I accept the Democrat majority and that the American people put them there. I don’t view this past November as a step back for the GOP; I view it as a step forward for our nation.
No, that doesn’t mean I support the Democrats. There will always be losses. There will always be previous majorities becoming the minorities. Same with the presidency. We will have Democrats and we will have Republicans.
The difference between the GOP and the DNC is that on the GOP side there aren’t many people who this past November ha to seek help for Post Election Stress Trauma Syndrome (PESTS). We don’t cry and say we’re moving to Canada. We don’t have nightmares or think democracy is coming to an end.
No, I am not afraid of what the Democrats may bring. Our majority will return one day with some work we can undo the damage done, if any. So far the Democrats have done nothing.
My attitude is down when people advocate socialism such as national healthcare or state run media, when people say, “Yah it ok if they get a warrant later.”, or when the mounting problem of illegal immigration is a hot potato no one wants to touch.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
This post pleases me. Good job. Pragmatic and realistic.
What did you say to Rush???
Thanks. I just added him as a friend.
The reason the Left’s joy and despair rise and fall on who wins elections is based on the fundamental difference in philosophy between conservatives and liberals.
Conservatives by and large believe that success (i.e. happiness) is internally motivated. Like-minded motivated individuals can band together and create synergy, but we can’t drag along people who are bound and determined to fail by the bad choices they make. As has been duly documented, many conservatives are compassionate and generous towards those who have fallen on bad times. But they want to see results, so they donate directly or to private organizations with a good track record for solving problems. For conservatives, the role of government is limited: paving streets, fighting wars – things that can’t be done any more efficiently by the private sector.
On the other hand, liberals believe that success is an entitlement that should be bestowed upon individuals by a benevolent government. If some individuals are too internally motivated, it’s not fair that they should reap the rewards of their efforts. Everyone deserves to be successful, they reason, and since success is a zero sum game (i.e. if I succeed too much, it’s at the expense of someone else), the best way to insure that everyone succeeds is to take from the successful and give to the unsuccessful.
This is the best, unvarnished example of this philosophy I’ve seen in a long time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1PfE9K8j0g
(As if the big energy companies haven’t shown enough foresight to already be investing in alternative fuels.)
In sum, liberals put all their hopes in government. And then they wonder why they’re not ecstatic when the Democrats finally do regain power.