Posted on 05/23/2006 8:41:29 AM PDT by FerdieMurphy
Thanks for the ping. I'll think of some others who might like this article.
JP, C, CO and JH - for your information.
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underbyte..we can start a new movement in the republican party where it is savvy to call your political opponent a "socialist" :)
Why not? If FR can topple Dan Rather, than it can begin a "truth in labeling" campaign.
One problem is that so many Republicans are not even slightly conservative. Not even a tinge. It's depressing.
DISCUSSION ABOUT:
Exposing America's Enemies (Part 2): Communist Progressive Democrats
Linda Kimball nails it here on every point once again!
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Noooo That was deliberate
Worth a read
Fundamentally, social justice is a process of elimination that results in sameness (egalitarianism). When social justice seekers speak of the need for equality, what they're really calling for is sameness."
The true purpose behind the 'gay" civil rights movement is described above---"SAMENESS" in the name of social jstice."
Feh.
These articles and their related threads do get tiresome after awhile. Not so much because of the underlying article, which does make for an interesting read, but because of the predictable villification of all the usual suspects and the lack of strategic thought.
Just for a moment, and solely for the sake of polite discussion, let's just assume that the article is completely correct (something I don't agree with, but that doesn't really matter) What is the reaction of conservatives? More of the same. Semantics exercises. Vows to expose the Wicked Democrat Conspiracy (registered trademark), etc. Nothing new. Nothing fresh.
In my view, which I'm fairly certain will be attacked, dismissed, and ignored in short order, the problem that conservatives have found themselves in is a lack of strategic vision. Conservatives are becoming part of the background noise. The strategies for achieving a conservative future remain pretty much limited to working with the Republican party in some fashion to achieve that.
And those who have the temerity to suggest that only 42 years after the nomination of Sen. Goldwater, very little has actually been accomplished by the GOP are dismissed as malcontents and heretics. Or worse.
I wish I thought the numbers would be that small.
I have met Mr. Dicke of Crown Lift Truck fame several times over the years, and your daughter's class was fortunate in having him speak. Relegating Central Planning to the ash heap of history would be a wonderful goal for an aspiring presidential candidate. However, the gaggle of career congresscritters wouldn't stand for that.
I was thinking while reading your comments about my youngest daughter's commencement speaker at Miami of Ohio some years ago. The speaker foisted upon the graduates was a forgettable Clinton shill. Most of the parents got up and walked out until the speaker was finished. Our daughter told us that most of her class wanted to do the same.
Some, unlike you, are incapable of differentiating; therefore, Communist Progressive Democrats covers all bases.
I remember this Williams' column and agreed wholeheartedly, as usual, with him.
I noticed that as you "deconstructed" the article you spoke volubly about its (and the Conservatives) lack of something you term "fresh and new...strategic vision." For the sake of discussion, why don't you share with us your "new and fresh" "strategic vision"? It would seem you have something by way of 'strategy' to offer but for some strange reason have not shared it with us.
LJ..One problem is that so many Republicans are not even slightly conservative. Not even a tinge. It's depressing.
There are staunch Conservatives in the Nat'l Federation of Republican Assemblies, but because secular Rockefeller- RINO types have taken command of the Rep Party one would never know that they're there. I think that "we the people" must follow the lead of PA's Conservative grassroots activists and work to reclaim the Rep Party by "throwing the bums" out.
Your comment regarding Goldwater is dead on.
I bought his HB book "With No Apologies" recently for the whopping sum of $3.06 shipped on eBay.
Flipping through it last night, the title's of the last several chapters caught my eye.
I have half a mind to OCR them to post here, or maybe it's online already to post the link to.
I am curious what Freepers in general think of Barry Goldwater - do they credit him with helping Reagan zero in on his agenda of restoring Limited Govt & regaining military superiority lost under Carter?
Do they give him the credit for getting the Republican party away from it's progressive, adventurous, big Govt roots first fostered by TR, and by the big Govt Rockefellers ever since, like Ike and Nixon under Keynesian economic mythology?
Just what do Freepers think of Barry Goldwater today, do they even know enough about his message?
What is it they say?
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