Post by Len on Oct 7, 2003 17:51:13 GMT -5
Why are conservatives so averse to conflict? I cannot understand why, time after time, conservatives allow their liberal brethren to run them into the ground, circumvent laws and procedures without question, and use the media to drum up false stories simply to put their campaign into a quagmire.
Quagmire, that’s an interesting word to use, isn’t it? Apparently, somewhere, there are actually two versions of the dictionary. There is the conservative interpretation, and the liberal interpretation. The liberal interpretation of quagmire is a situation in which a country commits to an action, and is not able to give an exact cost or exact pull out date within 2 hours of committing. By this definition, the Vietnam war, Korea, World War 1, World War 2, Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom, and just about every other activity the military has taken part in for the last few hundred years, was a quagmire. The conservative interpretation of a quagmire is a difficult or precarious situation.
Where were the senate democrats when President Johnson committed the US to Vietnam? How many times did congress ask President Roosevelt exactly how long we would be involved in World War 2? When President Clinton bombed aspirin factories in Iraq, who in the media wanted to know how long the planes would be in the air?
The question here is, why do we not hold liberals to the same strict, set parameters that they like us to adhere to? Why do we allow citizens like Miguel Estrada, who’s only ambition was to serve his country as a federal appeals judge, to be put through the wringer, and be stalled by worthless filibusters?
I think it’s time that we evolve into a new conservative. A conservative who will give what is taken. A conservative that will, to put it bluntly, not be afraid to tell liberals that they are responsible for many of the problems in this country, and hold them accountable for it. A conservative, like Dennis Miller.
Miller is the type of binary personality that people either love to death, or hate with all their heart. Those who follow his opinions have noticed a shift in the last few years, from slightly left of center, to far right enough to make a difference, but not quite far enough to start choking Ted Kennedy.
Dennis Miller is the type of conservative we need in the press rooms, in the editorial pages, and in office. This is not to say that he himself would make a good candidate, but his candor, knowledge of politics, and quick wit would make great attributes for any conservative trying to further the agenda.
How can we achieve this evolution? The first order of business, and I say this at the risk of sounding cruel, is to take the old blood and spring for nice retirement homes for them. Fresh Meat. Get the people in there who know the issues, have the critical thinking skills, vote with their conscience... not the balance sheet of their checking account, have NOT cowed to the PC police, and are willing to muscle their way to victory.
I see a new political world on the horizon, and I'm itching to get there. Thus concludes the bulk of my two cents. The speaker yields the remainder of his time to the lobbyist from The Cartoon Network.
Quagmire, that’s an interesting word to use, isn’t it? Apparently, somewhere, there are actually two versions of the dictionary. There is the conservative interpretation, and the liberal interpretation. The liberal interpretation of quagmire is a situation in which a country commits to an action, and is not able to give an exact cost or exact pull out date within 2 hours of committing. By this definition, the Vietnam war, Korea, World War 1, World War 2, Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom, and just about every other activity the military has taken part in for the last few hundred years, was a quagmire. The conservative interpretation of a quagmire is a difficult or precarious situation.
Where were the senate democrats when President Johnson committed the US to Vietnam? How many times did congress ask President Roosevelt exactly how long we would be involved in World War 2? When President Clinton bombed aspirin factories in Iraq, who in the media wanted to know how long the planes would be in the air?
The question here is, why do we not hold liberals to the same strict, set parameters that they like us to adhere to? Why do we allow citizens like Miguel Estrada, who’s only ambition was to serve his country as a federal appeals judge, to be put through the wringer, and be stalled by worthless filibusters?
I think it’s time that we evolve into a new conservative. A conservative who will give what is taken. A conservative that will, to put it bluntly, not be afraid to tell liberals that they are responsible for many of the problems in this country, and hold them accountable for it. A conservative, like Dennis Miller.
Miller is the type of binary personality that people either love to death, or hate with all their heart. Those who follow his opinions have noticed a shift in the last few years, from slightly left of center, to far right enough to make a difference, but not quite far enough to start choking Ted Kennedy.
Dennis Miller is the type of conservative we need in the press rooms, in the editorial pages, and in office. This is not to say that he himself would make a good candidate, but his candor, knowledge of politics, and quick wit would make great attributes for any conservative trying to further the agenda.
How can we achieve this evolution? The first order of business, and I say this at the risk of sounding cruel, is to take the old blood and spring for nice retirement homes for them. Fresh Meat. Get the people in there who know the issues, have the critical thinking skills, vote with their conscience... not the balance sheet of their checking account, have NOT cowed to the PC police, and are willing to muscle their way to victory.
I see a new political world on the horizon, and I'm itching to get there. Thus concludes the bulk of my two cents. The speaker yields the remainder of his time to the lobbyist from The Cartoon Network.
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