Things like this can make a real difference in the election if our side doesn’t keep falling into the Left’s traps.
I said you guys got played by the Democrats over the issue, and you did.
Jonty, does that mean you are not one of us?
The left is in control and they have worked for years to obtain that control. The recent attacks are merely mopping up the last conservative resistance. In addition, it looks like those in the left are in reality more creative and more intelligent-as a general rule-than are conservative leaders and followers. For example, look how effective the recent contraception flap has been managed. It started with Stephanopoulos question to Romney thus setting the stage. Then the Roman Church was ostensibly forced to accept contraception, then "The Divine One" granted them an exception, then suddenly it was a "woman issue."
The Left has practiced divide and conquer for so long they are masters of our society: i.e. race divisions, sex divisions, economic divisions, political divisions etc. etc. It will become worse!
AEMILIUS, you are correct. This has been going on for over a hundred years. At first the Marxist Fabians were in charge and they practiced slow, stealthy deception. Examples were the graduated income tax as a redistribution of wealth and then Social Security to encourage the transfer of retirement planning from the private sector to the government. They sold the ideas by starting out very low in taxes/contributions with the intent to slowly raise them later. They have been doing that ever since. Of course there have been many more examples.
Every Democrat President since Woodrow Wilson has been sympathetic toward Communism and starting with FDR each has been an avid advocate. Wilson's failed League of Nations was an attempt at world government. Then FDR's New Deal, Truman's United Nations and LBJ's Great Society gave us a big push down the road to socialism, the fetus of Communism. FDR fought WWII in a way that assured the survival of Jopseph Stalin and the USSR.
As to why we don't fight the way they do, a free and open society like ours is/was easy pickings for ruthless seekers of power Read Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals and see it spelled oput. He dedicates the book to Lucifer. What more do you need to know that this is truly a fight between Good and Evil?
They honor lying as not only a legitimate tactic but also a necessary one to accomplish their goal, which is power. He advises that the "issue", contraception, is never really the issue. Power is the issue and the use of any means possible to achieve it is what should be done. Their goal is comlete power over everything, period.
Now, consider our goals - to return this country to the principles on which it was founded. That would be a very limited government with the power in the hands of the people and the people possessing certain unalienable rights which cannot be infringed by the government. All was based on the moral principles of Christianity.
How do we fight them the way they fight us? The best way would have been to stop the camel before he got his nose under the tent. However, he is now in thent so how do we eject him? First, we must stop being cowed by political correctness and become very vocal about our beliefs. Secondly, we must come together and communicate with each other. Free Republic is an excellent place for that, so please support it with at least a minimal contribution. We also must communicate with our Congressmen and Senators at local, state and federal levels.
We are fighting a vicious enemy who mean us harm, even to the point of death, in their march toward total power. We can no longer shrug our shoulders and let George do it.
They control the labor unions. Not so much the members as the leaders and the money. They control the media and the entertainment industry. They are gaining control of the voting apparatus. Pay special attention to the election of Secretaries of State in the coming election. They control the certifying of elections and can can do great harm in overturning the will of the people. Joseph Stalin once said that it doesn't matter so much who votes. It matters who counts the votes.
There have been many grave times in history. This is another. Be a hero!
Of course, I’m one of you guys. Except for being Canadian, but I’m definitely conservative.
But my point is that some conservatives don’t think long-term and allow themselves to be baited by liberals and get distracted from the long-term goals.
Do you really think that Sandra Fluke and Rush Limbaugh losing sponsors was really just some coincidence? I doubt it was. The criticisms of liberals lately were starting to gain some traction and starting to hurt, so what did liberals do?
They brought out Sandra Fluke and waited. When Rush (any conservative media host would have been suitable) commented crudely on it, they went on the attack with as much force as they could.
Liberal issues now out of sight. Mission accomplished.
Agreed!