The Perfect Storm for Conservatives . . . if they dont blow it
Posted on: Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 by Nina May
Conservativeshave this uncanny ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory andoverplay every hand dealt them. They squandered the Reagan Revolution byparsing and dicing an agenda of positions unobtainable from even the mostcharismatic, or messianic of candidates. The color required to attain“conservative” credentials on the litmus test appears in no color wheel knownto man. The acceptable candidates in this category are whittled to a pencilpoint that can only scribe the name of Ronald Reagan.
Inthe hopes that more people would have adopted his manner of principledpolitics, abandoning the mud fight that is covering the nation in sludge,conservatives have searched diligently for an heir apparent while consistentlyaborting their own. No one is pure enough, conservative enough, and principledenough to wear that mantel, yet they still hold every elected official to thatstandard. And, ironically, the country holds the entire Republican Party tothat same standard while acknowledging that the Democrats and their party areincapable of feigning an attempt at such lofty heights.
BarneyFrank is seen as the voice of all that is virtuous in sexual preference whileMark Foley is run out of town on a rail for his dalliances in alternativelifestyles. Senator Larry Craig is tarred and feathered by the giddy left whileclaiming the right is homophobic. Tom Delay is driven out of office by an overzealous partisan prosecutor while Congressman William Jefferson commandeersgovernment sources to salvage his personal items, including the $90,000 in hisfreezer. George Allen can utter a made up word that morphs into a racial slurwhile the Democrat who filibustered the Civil Rights Bill gets a pass, onceagain. I’m not really sure what happened to Newt Gingrich, but I am sure hedidn’t lie under oath or seduce an intern like Bill Clinton did. Bill has hadso many sexual improprieties it would require a certified public accountant tokeep track of them and somehow he is the victim and the women are the vilecreatures seduced by that siren of the right wing conspiracy. His wife gets themea culpa senate seat in a state she has never lived in, and a multi-milliondollar house she didn’t spend a dime on . . . and she is the victim, not thewomen her husband abused.
Wehave watched Clarence Thomas endure a “high tech lynching,” seen CondoleezzaRice reduced to caricatures of Aunt Jamima and seen Michael Steele have Oreocookies thrown at him for daring to leave the liberal plantation and expresstheir own political views based on principal. Alan Keyes was all but ignored inhis bid for president even though his resume, his intellect, his articulate abilityand passion for a country he has always loved, shine like the sun compared tothe flickering candle of the finalist in American Idol President, Barak Obama.Why have all these people been held to an impossible standard by both the leftand the right? Different reasons. The left has identified all things Republicanas akin to the anti-Christ . . . not that they acknowledge there is a Christ,but it is an apt analogy. And the “right”, once again, can’t seem to get itsjudgmental act together to recognize good people and get behind them when theyare willing to put their lives on the line for the country.
Sowhat we are seeing on the horizon is a perfect storm for a group bound bycommon philosophy that is at odds with all the participants in the 2008 presidentialelections. If conservatives would take a moment from eating their young, lookup from the bloodied carcass of fallen comrades they have abandoned in the huntfor perfection, they would see a perfect storm on the horizon.
JohnMcCain has somehow, managed to edge out other candidates who were rejected byconservatives because they were not perfect enough . . . or they were tooperfect. I can’t seem to get my arms around the fact that Mitt Romney lookedtoo perfect, had great credentials, good administration skills but just wasn’tgood enough. Giuliani was America’s Mayor, and granted, Mayor is not a resumetopper, but neither is being the housewife of a man who cheats on you andfinagles a senate seat in lieu of candies and flowers. Only Duncan Hunter had aperfect conservative score, yet the conservative elite sat around, wringingtheir hands searching for a candidate with a perfect conservative score. Andeven Mike Huckabee is far more conservative than John McCain, yet, he andothers were rejected in favor of Hillary and Obama.
Ithas been twenty years since Reagan left office and the only ones who haveaccomplished anything have been summarily reprimanded and reproached for doingtoo much, not doing enough, not doing it the right way . . . whatever . . . theyhave passed and the movement is a dying ember fanning itself in the hopes ofigniting a flame of revolution.
Thisis the perfect storm for such a revolution, if that once powerful group ofleaders would give one final gasp of passion and unify their collective effortsto throw down a gauntlet of compromise and ultimate victory.
Thatgauntlet, to the heir apparent in the Republican Party, John McCain, is verysimple and has only two parts. The vice presidential running mate should bevetted by the conservative wing of the party as acceptable, and he willmagnanimously acknowledge and agree that if he is elected, he will serve onlyone term.
Ifconservatives can coalesce behind those terms, which would be a miracle, thenthere could possibly be hope for the future. If not, Hillary or Obama will win. . . depending on who gets the Democratic nomination.
Andif McCain does not agree, those who feel they are once again being railroadedand forced to accept an unacceptable candidate, should not sit this electionout, but vote their voice and select a write-in candidate who should have beenchosen as a running mate. One very positive by-product of losing the generalelection is that the leadership of the Republican party convenes to elect a newleader as opposed to having one selected by the sitting president. This is thesilver lining of a perfect storm.
IfHillary is the nominee, she will be a one-termer with a hostile senate andcongress because it will be a known fact that Barak was cheated out of therace. She will be a pariah in the media, in the Democratic Party, and in thenation’s eye. She will retaliate with draconian measures to bring her“subjects” in line and a revolt will occur. If Barak wins, the populace will becrying “uncle” in two years as they struggle to regroup from oppressive taxes,regulations, restrictions and government’s tightening stronghold ofunrestrained power. And that huge money-making machine known as “baby boomers,”will begin to slowly grind to a screeching halt as young retirees realize theywould much rather spend the rest of their lives doing what they want, not whatthe government dictates. That young, impressionable group of new voters will beexpected to pick up that slack, receiving paychecks that barely cover expenses andtheir altruistic nature will turn ugly with greed as they realize they havenothing to show for giving the government 50% of their hard earned money. Theywill expect their young president to have the answer and his response will beto tax and spend more and more. And dismiss the idea that the Clintons willrecede quietly into the shadow of the party’s new “it” guy. There will be adivision in the Democratic party that will make partisan politics seem like awarm memory of the good old days and it will perfectly position Republicans towin in two years, if they can figure out what they stand for.
Ifeither Hillary or Barak wins it will be because McCain would not negotiate withhis base and humbly understand that winning the election is impossible withoutthem.
IfMcCain agrees to the conditions, reneges on the agreement to not run a secondterm he will become Bush 41, surrounded by moderates who actually thought hecould win without the base, which ironically was the same reason Dole lost. SoMcCain can do what is best for the country or he will either Bush himself orDole himself. And it is between him and the conservatives in the party if theyhave the courage to press the issue.
Ifthey don’t, then they should not complain if they are forced to give allegianceto Hillary or Barak under penalty of whatever. And if they don’t, they forever. . . forever . . . lose a position as a serious political voice in the destinyof the country.
Theperfect storm is brewing and it is up to the conservative base to recognize it
and do something about it.
(Nina May is the producer/director of the award-winningdocumentary, Emancipation Revelation Revolution, and is on sale atwww.ERRVideo.com.)
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