By the way, hoping for a Goldwater to rise out of an Obama presidency is far too much of a risk. Conservatives in Euro-socialist countries have been looking for their ‘Goldwater’ for decades after they taught their moderate Conservatives a lesson letting the socialists take over. They said the same things many here are- teach them a lesson, they’ll want us back.
I hate to tell you, but they may not. Not in Norway, not in Denmark, heck, even in France and the UK, leaders we would consider Socialist here are mainstream there because they changed the discourse.
“Revolution” movements and Conservative values don’t go together in the modern world because Revolutions don’t set up freedom, they change power structures. As soon as you displace a power structure, a vacuum is created and someone who wants power- thus, the antithesis of Conservative values, steps into that vacuum.
It is time, I believe, we take heed of Ayn Rand’s warning about supporting political offshoots that not only don’t have a chance of winning, that by not working within the system, you actually risk setting your own values back.
Letting Obama win, no matter how you cut it, sets back Conservative and Libertarian values, and could, like the aforementioned countries, eliminate them from the political landscape. People already worship the false Messiah that is Obama- imagine all these people with a religious like devotion and willingness to accept liberalism and all that comes with it- having power. Look at what the Obmessiah has done to anyone who dares question him- the plumber or the reporter, imagine that with power. Do you think Conservative or Liberal thought will be allowed to grow?