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THE REPUBLICAN JIMMY CARTER

Posted by Mike Silverman on Saturday, October 10, 2009 6:08:13 PM
Poor old former Republican Senator Dole, a great man, a war hero, who nowadays is being played like a useful idiot that the Democrats srcaped up from retirement and suckered with a chance to feel important again in the context of current events. I hate to say it but he's become the Jimmy Carter of the Republican Party. He, and former Senator Daschle ( of all people...), have been working together to promote acceptance of the healthcare reform bill by the Republican party, with "bi-partisan" reforms... ( ha ha).  And , the media, so very very predictable..., love it when a Republican "finds his soul" ( as the liberals might see it...) and seeks "redemption" in the form of submission to the liberal Democrat agenda.  Republicans should keep away from any Democrat healthcare bill as if it were poison. The Democrats want to mix a poison potion of government run healthcare for the nation..., so why should Republicans drink ANY of that poison? Why should they dilute it a little and then take a swallow of the poison? The right and principled thing to do is slam any and all healthcare bills that attempt in any way to increase regulation and extend the reach of the government into our private lives and choices. If Republicans want to do something to increase medical insurance competition and promote tort reform, that's fine, they should introduce a separate bill to do that, and ONLY that..., but should keep away from the boondoggle that Obama wants to inflict on the country. Democrats don't want to bear the repercussions from this mess that Obama wants for healthcare.... alone. They want the Republicans to siphon off some of the poison into themselves, like sucking the venom from a rattlesnake bite, in order to soften the grim impact of the Democrat party's re-election prospects. You see, the strategy is not hard to figure out. IF , the Democrats can sucker Republicans into sucking on this venom sack called government Healthcare, then that leaves the angry public hating both parties equally. And thus does not give the public confidence that Republicans would do things differently. Thus, it evens the odds that repercussions from voting up a healthcare bill will effect negative returns on election results. Now, Republicans know this is the political tactic the Democrats are trying to employ when they accuse the Republicans of partisan politics and call them the party of NO. This is something we want partisanship on, because we should all WANT to have sensible politicians taking a principled stand against this boondoggle bill. Republican partisanship against this bill is a good thing.
 
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LAY DOWN AND DIE - IS NOT THE AMERICAN WAY

Posted by Mike Silverman on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:59:01 AM

The crew and Captain of the Maersk Alabama get's an A++ for actions above and beyond the call of duty and not giving up thier ship to the Somali pirates.  The Navy gets an A+ for it's professionalism, focus on objective and completion of the objective. President Obama gets an A for not messing it all up. The Maersk shipping company gets a C for being unwilling to allow arms on board for the crew even though they were aware of the likelihood that their merchant vessel would be attacked.
 
Quote..."Merchant crews aren't supposed to fight pirates, short of using high-pressure hoses to try to stop them from climbing aboard, said John F. Reinhart, president and CEO of Maersk Line Ltd.
 
Well, Mr Reinhart, do you perhaps suppose that this is why the pirates are so bold about attacking Merchant vessels? Hmmm? Do you suppose they've figured out that Merchant crews are not armed and are told not to fight the pirates if they board the vessel?  Hmmmmm?  Do you think the pirates would be so bold if the crews were prepared to repel any Somali pirate attacks with armed force?
 
We've got to get out of the mentality that laying down and submitting to the demands of terrorists and thugs is the best way to handle them. A mindset of submissiveness is exactly what these pirates and terrorists want.  People shouldn't do anything stupid, but if the opportunity presents itself to fight back people have the natural right to defend themselves and fight for their lives and property. One way of making that opportunity to fight back a reality is to prepare for a known probability of a deadly encounter by arming and training the good guys to do exactly that. I will close this for now with a quote from General George Washington as he addressed the Continental Army before leading them into the first major battle of the Revolutionary War...,
 
"The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them." ..., "Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die." - George Washington.
 

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CRAWLING OUT OF THE DARKNESS....

Posted by Mike Silverman on Monday, March 16, 2009 8:58:11 AM

We are not amused Mr. President, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Reid and Mr. Frank.  All the vitriol and hatered you are spewing at the AIG Corporation is not going to distract us from the fact that you have just spent this country into bankruptcy for the foreseeable future and accomplished nothing in the process. Your hypocritical ranting and raving at "executives" and bonuses is not going to make us forget about your socialist agenda to seize control of the healthcare industry, the banking industry, to force economically unsound environmental policies on businesses that will raise costs for all Americans, your rollback of laws designed to keep us safe from terrorism, and your irresponsible continuation of the banking regulations that required a percentage of loans to be granted to those who could not afford them.

Obama has , up to very recently, been ripping down the economy and saying that government is "the only one" that can fix it. He didn't actually disown that statement yet, that only government can fix it...  ( though he should reverse that idea )... but, trying to suddenly put a positive spin on the economy makes him come off as either hypocritical or a bit suspicious. When a politician "says" one thing and "acts" in the opposite manner, we have a leader who does not believe in his own words, and that is not a good thing.  Obama needs to back up his statement about people staying positive about the economy by showing that "he" is positive about the economy by stopping all government bailouts and letting the market go through natural corrections based on capitalism, and simply and plainly remove barriers to freedom by cutting taxes across the board and letting people keep more of thier own money and thus boost consumption to new heights. If he did that, I would be cheering him on. but he's not doing that. We know he won't do that, because he doesn't really believe in a free market system and wants to control the economic outcome of everyone's lives so that he, in his own mind, can play the hero , can play the savior of the country and institute the sort of socialist ideas he deeply believes in.  Recessions are cyclical and it will turn around regardless of Obama's and Pelosi's and Reid's hideous spending and ... , when it does eventually turn around Obama and his cohorts will lie about it by saying it was his stimulus package that caused the economy to rebound when in fact the so-called stimulus probably will be the cause of a "delay" in the economy rebounding.
 
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OBAMA'S PUPPET MASTERS

Posted by Mike Silverman on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:30:06 AM
I observed, from the time of his rising through the primaries, that the biggest liberals in government were rushing out to praise and endorse Obama over Hillary Clinton. Initially that struck me as a bit odd. My theory was that the Clinton's made some political enemies in thier own party by being such dominating figures.  I think that is absolutley true  now and i am really convinced that this is what carried Obama into office.  Much as I disagree with both the Clinton's political views, they both knew how to play the middle of the road and how to keep the ultra liberal left wing of thier party from going overboard. I think , people like Ted kenedy, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry.. etc.. extemist liberals who were playing up Obama early on... saw a useful fool in Obama. They saw a puppet who could be a tool of the ultra left wing socialists to drive thier agenda through congress.  It strikes me that this is coming home to roost now.  President Obama is fast draining the political capital that carried him into office with grossly out of proportion spending bills that even those with little to no economic background can clearly see is not a good thing. There is rising anger across the country at the tidal wave of spending. I think we are seeing the lack of experience rearing its head. I suspect..., that Obama is thoroughly overwhelmed with the task of being President and is so caught up in the  volitile pressures of security, economy, and foriegn affairs..., a hideous pressure that all Presidents face...the like of which he never really understood till he got into position... that he is not capable of stepping back to analyze the impact of his own drive to get all these big liberal agenda items accomplished. And I think that is exactly what the hard core leftists in congress want. They want him as thier rubber stamp and they bascially have accomplished that.  I think... part of the reason for the rushing of the big ticket liberal economic bills through congress is because he is getting pressure from the elitist constituent groups and politicians who propped him up during his campaign and are expecting payback. Also, he does believe in central planning. Obama is a big government liberal and the idea of big government control comes naturally to him. But I also think..., he's being manipulated to some degree by puppet masters around him who are much more experienced and have big socialist agends they want to see happen.  I never thought Obama was ready to be President, and I think he's proving it.  I don't think we have a president who is in control.
 
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BARACK OBAMA IS A HERO

Posted by Mike Silverman on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 9:09:24 AM
Barack Obama, you are a hero to all the great carnival barkers who ever sold a ten cent ticket to a scam sideshow. When I consider the greatest men in the history of our country who have held the office of President, none can claim the one great trait you bring to that most noble of political "houses".  And that trait is....nothing. You have proven that there is no resume needed for leadership of the free world, other than for being in the opposite party during a weak economy. To all the people who have no experience in their jobs, no qualifying background that provides a basis for promotion, you are an inspiration.  In a business world sense, you have leapt from being an entry-level clerk, to being CEO , with no internship in between. You did it by selling empty promises and vague notions of hope and change while providing no clear plan for success. You are an advertising firm's dream come true. For those of us who bought pet rocks, mood rings, hoola hoops and chia pets, voting for you has been the culmination of our national obsession with fads and gimmicks. You are the closet space saver, the super steak knife set, the miracle juicer and the vacuum-seal plastic bowl set of our Presidential hopes. And like so many of those gimmicks that wear thin and end up being far less than we hoped for, you too will satisfy the fad requirement of diminishing our expectations and souring our optimism. Decades from now when a new generation looks back on past Presidents, your election to the Presidency will be remembered in the same way we remember any fad...., with a nostalgic, somewhat embarrassed smile and shake of the head in wonderment that we could ever have done something so silly.
 
- Mike Silverman, Milford MA
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IT'S TIME FOR CONSERVATIVES TO BREAK THE GLASS CEILING

Posted by Mike Silverman on Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:24:28 AM
The most obvious lesson people should be learning right away from all the bailout failures and frustrations, is that the people who control government revenues are the most politically powerful people on earth and will tolerate no one telling them they can't do what they want to do, and that includes the Constitution, and the citizens of the country.  It's Obama fever now for the liberals in congress. The Democrats are giddy right now with visions of massive spending like never before. Can you see the incrementalism occurring here? It's staggering, it's literally staggering. When they talk about granting the domestic auto manufacturers tens of billions of dollars to restructure... and in doing so ... they say they will create new bureaucracies such as an automobile czar, and oversight committees to rule GM, Ford, and Chrysler... it's pure incrementalism. And it's only the start. This is how the socialist agenda will take control of the biggest segments of our economy and make them government run entitites. This is massive. And it's frightening because they know it will work if they can sneak this sort of phased socialist takeover in under the radar. Everybody should be very worried about this. People want to feel good about the country. The liberalized media, political leader extremists like Al Gore, propped-up race baiters like jackson and Sharpton, all the radical groups who claim the US is a land of intolerance,  Obama himself saying that the US needs to reform its image..., have been working hard for years to convince people we are the dregs of the world, we are selfish greedy, resource wasting, polluting, race intolerant, war mongers. Where has the visible counter argument been except on the internet, occassionally on Fox News, a few periodicals for example the National Review and the Weekly Standard and a few nationally syndicated radio shows like Sean Hannity's, Laura Ingrham's and Rush Limbaugh's, ... , when you have the public being pounded with a sledgehammer of liberal talking points for years, and the opposition being falsely discredited with lies that do not get investigated or revealed as lies but perpetuated by the news media ( the alleged voice of "the people" ). The message that we need to get into the public arena is being stifled at the edges by an overwhelming broadside from the massive fleet of liberal agendas.  And when we have gutless , self-absorbed politicians on our side who are afraid of confidently defining right and wrong, who are reduced to liberalized media wonks looking to massage thier message to be sure they dont offend any particular group of voters.. of course we were doomed to lose this election, and probably many more, unless we stand on uncompromising principles. How can you realistically vote for a wobbly plate of Jell-o? Obama is a stuffed shirt full of phoney promises, but formed an issue on which he would not move, namely his phoney tax cut for 95% of citizens and raising the rate on the evil rich people AND here's where I think the pivotal point was..., he represented an iconic figure who ... with a LACK of anything more powerful being articulated and offered from the Republicans.., represented the most significant positive thing to vote for offered in either campaign, a breaking of the minority glass ceiling in the Presidency. That is a feel-good issue that McCain did not find a way to trump. He SHOULD have found a way to trump it... he COULD have found a way to trump it with a vital core Conservative message delivered with confidence and unabashed reverence for ALL the traditions that make the country great.. but he was awash in his maverick personna and his fear of upsetting some blocks of voters. Fear..., fear of the media has crippled the Republican party. You know, if a Republican Conservative would simply say... "screw the media..." and be staunch, it wouldn't matter how the media spins it. A genuine Conservative message is what it is at face value, there is no massaging or nuancing in Conservatism. Sarah Palin said at the Convetion that she wasn't going to DC to please the media. If only we could give that steel spine of resolve to the party, wonders could occur. The media talks about glass ceilings being broken, well..., there's been a glass ceiling that's been in existence now for years, built by the intolerant left with the willing aid of national media in order to keep traditional values down... it's time for Conservatives to break through that glass ceiling.
 
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THE AROMA OF EXCREMENT

Posted by Mike Silverman on Sunday, November 16, 2008 2:35:31 PM
The excrement is being spread thick by the Obama media. The latest meat being added to the bull sandwich is that Obama is a great Lincoln-esqe leader because he is reaching out to rivals to be on his Presidential cabinet. The Associated Press has a perfumed cake of fluff reporting on this that's so syrupy it would make even a sugar junkie vomit. The AP..., interviewing Doris Goodwin ,(  who wrote a book about Lincoln and his cabinet ), quoted her saying this; "I think it reflects a great inner strength on Obama's part that he is seriously considering creating a team of rivals as Lincoln did,".  That is a jam packed load of grade A baloney. Who is this great rival that Obama is reaching out to for a cabinet position?  Hillary Clinton. A senator who agrees with every political position he holds. Big deal. She offers no diversity of opinion, and this works only to his benefit anyway if he does it. And the article points to him making Joe Biden, a one time primary election rival, his running mate. WOW.  What a gutsy move! Bull. It was in fact move made from weakness because he needed someone to shore-up his lack of foriegn policy knowledge, and it was a media blooper-fest as he had to suffer the embarrassment of Biden's unrivaled stupidity on the stump.  If Obama wants diversity let him ask Newt Gingrich to be his Secretary of State, and Mitt Romney to be Secretary Of the Treasury, then i'll consider that he's actually seeking a diverse cabinet.
 
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REAGAN IS NOT A DIRTY WORD

Posted by Mike Silverman on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 7:27:46 PM
I am getting more than a little concerned that we are about to lose the Republican Party to a vast no-man's land of squishy principles and gray definitions. With the collapse of the McCain campaign, an opening presented itself to restore the guiding light of the party to the rock-ribbed Conservative base...., to the Reagan Revolution base. Right now the leadership of the party is basically up for grabs. That means that any party member can try to campaign to obtain the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee. Two Conservative men are trying for it. Michael Steel, in collaboration with Newt Gingrich ( who does not want the chairmanship, but is trying to help Steel get there), are vying for the position. Michael Steel is a fairly Conservative man. Former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, though he is against the death penalty , supports raising minimum wage, and supports affirmative action. On everything else he appears to be straight down the line Conservative.  I like Michael Steel but he's not a full Conservative and so I would rather have someone like Bobby Jindal who, except for one vote on completely eliminating personal income tax which he was against doing ( he is otherwise strongly in favor of cutting all forms of taxes ), is a 100 percent Conservative in every way. But... he's not trying for the leadership position.  That's unfortunate. here's what really troubles me. In a report on Fox News, it was stated that Steel and Gingrich were trying to build a new approach to running the GOP. That's fine, a new approach is needed. The  new approach "should" be a return to Reagan Conservatism.  BUT, Gingrich was quoted as saying THIS
 
... "my job as an American first is to develop a tri-partisan approach to developing solutions for the challenges we face. I use the word tri-partisan to designate the concept of attracting Democrats, Republicans, and independents to solutions that unify most Americans"..
 
That may seem like an innocent statement, but if this is the plan to reorganize the Republican leadership, and if it gets launched, the party is doomed.  The Republican Party is already losing its soul and purpose and needs to be steered back to it's founding Conservative principles. If Michael Steel , working with Newt, steer the party into some sort of conglomerate no-man's land of a watered down common denominator to attract multi-platformed views of Democrats and Independents, then there is no Republican Party. Political parties are built on principles, not on bendable talking points, not on bi-partisanship, not on pulling in the most people.  You begin with a foundation, a core, a solid cement of working, successful principles upon which the party is formed by like-minded persons. Then, you try to convince others of the value of joining you and the principles you stand for. Changing your core party principles in order to attract others who don't agree with you on most things, would be like pulling random bricks out from the bottom of brick wall, you weaken the entire structure to the point where it has no intrinsic value. This is the lesson to be learned from McCain's tragic campaign for President. He prided himself on bucking the principles of his Party in the name of bi-partisanship to work with his party's political enemies. But don't misunderstand, there's nothing wrong with Republicans working with Democrats, as long as Republicans do not sell out thier core principles in doing that. But John McCain did just that, he worked on liberal bills and agendas with the likes of Kennedy, Feingold and others that brought about legislation that defied the core principles of Conservatism and weakend the position of the party. We need loyal Conservatives leading the Republican party who will not give in to media pressure, Democrat deals, and personal gains at the expense of weakening the Conservative foundation. And one more thing, Reagan is not a dirty word. I am sick and tired of self-anointed beltway Conservatives declaring that Reagan's approach to politics is over, a thing of the past. It's not over, it's not a thing of the past, and it is as relevant now as it was when he took his first oath of office. Those who want to declare Reagan as irrelevant do not belong in the Republican party.
 
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BARE KNUCKLE CONSERVATISM - IT'S TIME FOR A REPUBLICAN UPRISING

Posted by Mike Silverman on Thursday, November 06, 2008 7:33:05 PM
I'm suggesting it's time to stop carrying any water for the Republicans who are trying to squelch Conservatives. It's time to retire the lords of left leaning moderatism in the Republican party, and yes that includes Senator McCain. It's time to take the velvet gloves off and get down to bare knuckle politics. It looks like Fox has decided to join the prostitutes of mainstream news media who have savaged Sarah Palin. Fox's reporter Carl Cameron was panting like a breathless basset hound dribbling his loose gossip all over the network about innuendo over Sarah Palin's wardrobe, temper, and knowledge on certain geo political topics. This has reduced Fox, at least for now, to sounding like one of those supermarket tabloids filled with rumors and nonsense. Hey CARL, what happened to Fair and Balanced? Today on the Fox radio show "Brian and The Judge", Brian Kilmead and Judge Napolitano spewed more of this rotgut innuendo about Sarah all day long. Hasn't Sarah Palin suffered enough abuse at the hands of the media? Hasn't she been beaten up, assaulted, attacked in a myriad of personal vindictive acidic and utterly vile venom-spewing ways to the point where the media fiends are satisfied , or is there never enough sacks of bile they can toss at her? This is what sickens people about news media. When the narcissistic vampires of today's news media claw around in the mud sniffing for any piece of trash they can pluck up in their salivating jaws and vomit onto the public and squeal over. Sarah Palin is a good, decent, hard working woman and mother who had the opportunity of a lifetime offered to her. She accepted the offer of it with good grace and met the challenge as well as anyone could expect. I am so sick of the media long knives slashing at her from all sides. Well, they can sit there and try to smack her around all they want, but the only thing it's going do is build her up  in the Conservative Movement. It's a right of passage for Conservatives to have the mainstream media try to burn you and denigrate you and attempt to destroy you personally. She's already passed that test, and the more the media heaps attacks on her now, the more we admire her and bond with her cause.This attack on Sarah needs to be the call to a Republican uprising of the Conservative Movement base. It's time to fight. This has got to be felt as the very last straw. If we want to see Sarah Palin or Bobby Jindal rise up to take the next election away from Obama, they MUST have a Conservative coalition behind them from within the party leadership. The current wishy washy moderate compromisers have to be replaced with HARD CORE conservatives so that none of this CRAP that Sarah Palin now has to face FROM HER OWN PARTY ever occurs again. Of course now.., we have a radical left wing Democrat elected as President. As far as liberals care this is now the best of all possible worlds. Not only is the new President a Democrat, but he's a radical liberal, and he's black. So, for the left wing, this combination means that everything is beautiful. There will be no more talk of a homeless problem, no more talk of a poverty problem, no more talk of children suffering from lack of insurance, no more children having problems with anything at all. Gangs will stop fighting, terrorists will give up, Israel will sign strong lasting peace treaties with Iran and Syria that actually work, and greenhouse gasses will suddenly be good for the ozone.  Negative talk about the country can't be allowed by Obama's media dogs once Obama takes the office. The world must now be portrayed as perfect. We will need to believe Osama bin Laden will turn himself in to President Obama, who will hug him like a good liberal and lead him off to jail where he will undergo psychological counseling and get food, medicine and cable TV at the expense of the public he committed mass murder on. Crime will drop by 60% just because Obama is such a nice guy, minorities who are struggling under the auspices of government assistance will suddenly become happy and wildly successful and will be given a special minority tax break so that they don't despair after reaching the level of success at which Obama would normally tax them mercilessly. Reparations will be paid to black families to finally close the door on slavery. Everything will be beautiful and we can all walk around with kaleidoscopes taped to our eyeballs as we drown in a tax draining pool of social wealth redistribution.
 
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HOW REPUBLICANS CAN WIN THE NEXT ELECTION

Posted by Mike Silverman on Thursday, November 06, 2008 9:16:29 AM
Why are Republicans losing? The Republicans as a party have been working it backwards. They start out with trying to figure out what will get them the most votes, they do focus groups and polling, and then adjust the party message to try to appease the widest margin of voters that they can perceive of. They do not begin with a clear unwavering Conservative message and then try to convince people of the greatness of Conservative principles. Strength comes from the core values of principles that work. People admire and respect principles that work. What people don't admire is weakness and malleability in a leader. We don't want shape shifting leaders who will cross-dress in the name of compromise and weaken the image and power of the Presidency. His personal story of courage in combat aside ( we all admire his bravery in the armed forces).., How many times did McCain "the politician" talk about reaching across the aisle as if that were the golden key to a magical world of harmony and light and he was it's angelic keeper? I felt like RETCHING across the aisle every time he said it. How many times did he BOAST... ( good grief ) about spitting in the face of his own party?! That is sick stuff, to swing a hammer down on the people who are backing you..."not" because he's fighting corruption or unethical behavior ( as Sarah Palin was ) in his own party, but because he doesn't believe in the Republican party platform of Conservatism and he doesn't care to stand on the principles and goals of his own party and it's leader but to do whatever he damned well pleases regardless of how it hurts Republican coalitions formed to stand against the Democrats on certain issues. That reeks of back stabbing disloyalty and fosters mistrust.  There's no mystery as to why McCain was, and is one of the most reviled and loathed politicians among Movement Conservatives and was soundly rejected by a great number of them until he picked Sarah Palin to be his VP. He is not a leader of anything, he's a monkey wrench who tosses himself into the gears of Republican political machines built to defy the Democrats. In Obama's acceptance speech the other night, Obama was talking about "remaking" the nation. What country is Obama talking about, Kosovo..., Cuba? Who the hell is he to tell us that the United States needs to be remade? Is that his idea of compassion? We know what compassion is. Conservatism is the definition of compassion because it has faith in the principles of self determination and individual greatness. You know, at one time not too long ago, the people got it. The Contract With America was a conservative agenda and "the people" swept Republicans into Power because of it as the contract was well articulated by people like Newt Gingrich..., who sadly now has gone squishy on Conservatism himself. Part of the problem lingers from the failure of follow up on that surge of Republican power during the Clinton administration. There has been a lingering degradation of trust in the notion of follow-through in those who articulate Conservatism, mainly because when it has been attempted in congress it's been blocked by Democrats and compromise bills have been formed by the squishy centrist Republicans who want to be seen as the "Great Compromisers" who win the day for everyone. We need not only to articulate the principles of Conservatism, but SHOW how it has been applied successfully in every day life, and get Conservative agendas back into the MAINSTREAM consciousness of the Republican congress. To show that we can get legislation passed that supports Conservative principles. Lowering taxes, removing bans on gun ownership, opening up school choice vouchers..., etc.., We also need a Conservative manual. A cleanly expressed statement listing Conservative principles that everyone can easily read and understand. And it MUST be unwavering. Maybe call it the Ten Commandments of Conservatism. Make it a widely known and seen document. Part of the problem with attaining more commonplace understanding is the effort to muddle what Conservatism means. That effort has been made by the left wing media who declare Conservatives as thick headed relics of the past who hate minorities and only support thier rich friends and PACs. The battle to overcome the lies about Conservatism has been waged for years from the edges of the broadcast media systems, web logs, and elite publications. And while headway is slowly being made, it's very slow. What has happened within the political system is that Republicans have been gradually buying the left wing media press. When liberals and Conservatives clash in congress and legislation gets stalled, the press always makes out the Republicans to be villains over it, saying that "the public" wants "something" to be passed or they will be up in arms... and Republicans go squishy and compromise, bend the knee and accept defeat in the form of a fractional victory in order to appease the press so that they will not have nasty stories printed or reported about them. We've got to make it understood by our representatives that we want them to fight not only the Democrats but the press as well, that it is an example of strength and leadership to stand on Conservative principle, even if it means a so-called popular piece of legislation gets shot down over it. Genuine Conservatives are courageous people..., if they are the real article. We've got to make it so that GRIDLOCK means the same as fighting for the people of the country over compromising to the power of the Democrat dictatorship. A whole dynamic needs to be changed in the way elected officials approach thier jobs. I keep thinking of that golden opportunity we missed, when our Republican congress was standing against the Democrats on the bailout bill. Imagine if they had never given in. Imagine the power of that principled Conservative moment winning the day. Imagine if they hadn't squished and agreed to that abomination. It is THAT sort of moment missed time after time after time that is a DIRECT result of the mangled wobbly leadership of people like John McCain who believe that bad legislation is better than none. This is why strength of leadership matters. This is why being a moderate-centrist is predestined failure.
 
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THE WHEELS HAVE COME OFF THE WAGON

Posted by Mike Silverman on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 6:40:03 AM

A war for the freedom of our nation has been lost. When it became evident last night that Barack Obama had been elected as President of the United States, for the first time in my life my faith in the basic common sense of my country's citizens..., genuinely was destroyed. When I saw the landslide victory that Obama achieved, I felt a sinking in my heart..., not so much because we now have a genuine radical as President.., I believe we can survive this as a nation ( though it will be a struggle)..., but because so many of my fellow citizens were proven to be so deeply ignorant and so politically shallow regarding the dangers of electing a man like Obama to be the leader of the free world. There is simply no excuse in an age of information, when so much knowledge is so readily available at the fingertips of so many people at nearly instantaneous speed , that the electorate should have been so blind to the improbable competency of an Obama administration. This is a genuine problem. It means, despite the long and strident effort to reach people's hearts and minds with facts, common sense, and a fundamental foundational understanding of the principles of economics, national security and sound environmental policies..., the effort failed tremendously.  This is a sensationally disturbing event. It means that a high rift exists between those who look to the future with a carefully studied clarity of the present choices available, and those who base thier calculations for the future on the purely emotional trends of the moment and mood swings pushed and pulled by the manipulative practices of a deeply liberalized news media and educational institution. From a Conservative Movement seat, one has to wonder at what it would take to untangle the masses from the choking vines of a liberal jungle that apparently can not be cut simply with a collective shout of common sense from the wilderness. There is real evidence here that liberal institutions have successfuly marginalized the message of the Conservative base. A reorganization of the grass roots effort to bring straight forward undiluted Conservative principles back to the sole vision of the Republican party needs to be examined. If this had been a very close election, it would be a less dramatic change in course that we need to examine and a more nuanced approach to revitalizing the message of Conservatism. But with the blowout of this election's results , we need to jump in headlong and start ripping away the squishy moderate bi-partisanship that has marked the downfall of the Republican Party. We have been lead as a party , by fear of disengagement from the liberal press, fear of disturbing the liberal segments of the electorate, and lived by the focus group and the opinion poll. The message of this election to the Republican Party is that this approach is an abject failure. God help us, now we have to deal with trying to muddle through a presidency of the most radical liberal ever to hold the office with matching majorities in both houses of congress. We will get through this, but we will have a lot of work to do to unscramble the mess that an Obama administration is going to make.

- Mike Silverman

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FORGET THE POLLS- A REPUBLICAN REVOLUTION MAY BE COMING

Posted by Mike Silverman on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6:33:35 PM
Polls are tight. McCain is up in a few , Obama is up in a few. Only one "poll" matters.  That's the poll at the voting booth on election day.  The way that John McCain and Sarah Palin will become the next residents at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave is for Republicans to show up in massive waves at thier local voting place and cast thier ballots for the Republican ticket. While they're at it Republicans may want to make sure to vote for any local Republican officials that are up for re-election or are challenging Democrat encumbents. John and Sarah will need all the help from that they can get in the form of sending additional  Republicans to congress. Democrat gains predicted for this midterm are not at all assured.  Especially now. With the Republican Base electrified and eager to put the McCain / Palin ticket into office, there is a very good possibility that not only will Democrats have to fight to obtain any significant gains in the House and Senate, but may lose seats that they thought were safe. Battleground states are changing. If the Republican base stays pumped, there could be a massive sweeping change in the look of Capitol Hill this November. This, even more than the Presidency, has insider Democrats wringing thier hands. The Democrats were predicting a joyride but John McCain threw a curve ball by bringing Sarah Palin into the mix. All bets are off now. A revolutionary change may be headed our way this November akin to the massive influx of 1994 when Newt Gingrich headed a Republican overhaul of the House and Senate.
 
- Mike Silverman , Milford MA
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SENATOR MCCAIN - PLEASE SHUT UP!

Posted by Mike Silverman on Monday, September 08, 2008 9:11:29 AM
 
Senator McCain, what's your problem? You've now formally announced you will appoint Democrats to your cabinet..., more than one.. so you say. Guess what Senator? You are a REPUBLICAN. Do you know what that means? I don't think you do. On one hand you select a great Conservative Governor who obviously energizes the base and has rallied Conservatives, and with your other hand you put a hard choke hold on YOUR OWN PARTY. Do us all a favor Senator, shut up before you step in it again and re-ignite the same anger and disgust the base felt for you to being with. You know what Senator? It's okay to like Republicans. It's "okay" to support your own Party. We ... WE REPUBLCIANS... are the ones who have your back Senator. If you win, it will be because of US, not because of your beloved moderates and Democrats. Before you look to fill your grand Presidential cabinet with Democrats, why don't you consider all of the excellent choices from your OWN PARTY FIRST? Or at least stop pretending to be a Republican. We do not need Republicans who hate the Republican Party. Bi_partisanship does not solve the country's leadership problems and is not the answer to restore "trust" in government. Did you see the way tons of people have rallied to Sarah Palin's side?  Does that give you a clue as to what the country needs and wants in a leader?  Obviously you will have to work with Democrats to some degree, but you don't have to concede to them or hand them the reigns of  powerful posts in a Republican administration. You've gotten the Republican base rallied , don't blow it now!
 
- Mike Silverman
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