Posted on 11/11/2012 6:50:23 PM PST by lbryce
I think it was Orson Welles who said, “If you want to tell a story with a happy ending, it all depends on where you stop.” To put it another way: every story is a tragedy, if you tell it to the end.
As with lives, so with republics. Freedom is a living thing. It dies. Conservatives are like doctors. They can only win for the moment, the day, the year, the election cycle. And no matter the victory, time only goes one way. The republic grows older every day, the people travel further from their founding values and nothing lasts forever.
There are many responses to that situation. Only one of them is wise: good cheer and defiance. Keep laughing; fight back; fear nothing. Mortality makes time too precious for despondency and death makes a fool of fear. There’s nothing to worry about: disaster is certain. And nothing can be that serious since, whatever it is, it’s guaranteed to end.
Since Tuesday, I have heard enough conservatives saying, “It’s over! We’re through!” in serious, important-sounding voices to last me the next four years. I don’t care how important you make it sound, it’s whining; any child can do it. I’ll let you know when it’s over by putting you in the ground and throwing six feet of dirt onto your face. Until you get that secret signal, really, pull yourself together.
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Star Trek: “A Taste of Armageddon”, second season.
Agreed. Helpful post,
I think this traumatic response is due to completely unrealistic expections, that Romney was going to win big and carry congress with him.(Rush was encouraging this nonsense and then told them we were doomed the day after.)
This was not going to happen and those I reference were shopping for polls that they wanted to be true,
You cant win until you are able to understand what you are up against, and wishful fantasy isn't going to do it.
(Vanity) An Analysis of the 2012 Presidential Election
Cheers!
I had to quit reading your post because every good point you make caused me to slam the table in agreement, and my hand is wearing out. I will read it in its entirety tomorrow though.
But yes, we do need to practice the same tactics you are talking about and keep pushing. The Dems & their Soros type cohorts have been moving us inch by inch every year with a few leaps thrown in FDR,LBJ,Obama being the ones who took larger steps toward the left.
A Republican in a neighboring district won election to the state house in a Democratic Stronghold that hadn’t ever voted Pubbie in his lifetime. He walked the neighborhoods and went door to door.
He pointed out the discrepancy between the National party and their beliefs: Abortion, Marriage, Profligate Spending, Obama care etc. The only sticking point was the Union - lots of people belonged to the Unions, and did not want him to vote for right to work.
He pledged to be their Representative and vote the way they wanted instead of a Politician who would vote the way the Party wanted. They voted for him by 70%. Lesson to be learned there I think.
This is far better than the OP's "be happy" meme. I'm not in the mood to be happy. I'm angry and I want my America back.
Challenge here: lacking our own "mainstream media", how do we perpetuate these failures into trends beyond conservative talk radio?
Yep. Found this quote:
“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent”.
Marilyn Vos Savant
We aren’t yet in the same position as the Frech resistance, surely we can resist being surrender monkeys for a while longer.
Frech = French
every way and any way we can: Direct confrontation in EVERY interview with EVERY conservqtive representative.
The day of getting tag teamed by MSNBC anal clown and Meet the Press “unbiased” hacks is OVER.
If EVERY SINGLE REPRESENTATIVE of the cause speaks with one overpowering voice, the MSM won’t know whether to defecate or go blind.
bump for later, when I will actually feel like being cheered up
Don't pretend to be holier than others - you took a nonsensical slap at him and he reacted.
I recently read a book about women in the French resistance. Most of them eventually were caught and sent to concentration camps and died. For me, the lesson is that you’ve got to have a Cause bigger than yourself, so that you don’t give up even if you’re going to die.
oh shut up
For those that have not quite figured out where we’re headed....
Hand in hand, of one mind, renewed, united in work, through work, in our small land we shall create a more human environment for everyone and we shall improve this land. We shall include villages and towns in our new equality; the people and everything else: “Ever forward”. Nobody shall be slave or master to anyone, everyone shall simply work for the benefit of everyone else, and we shall have to behave differently in the way we work. This shall be our human and progressive union – a union which can be created by the people. http://distributistreview.com/mag/2010/06/mondragon-and-the-global-economic-meltdown/
And yes, I do believe we’re way past the tipping point. The soft revolution has seized power and the ‘punishment’ of the entrepreneur and landowners has begun.
Ooooh - the intellect is just so awesome! I guess it’s to be expected from a cheap-shot artist who has delusions of holiness...
“I don’t feel “lost” but I’m not working harder so I can pay more over to Uncle Obama so he can “redistribute” it.”
Ditto what you said. I lost my job last year and brought in almost half of what we made. However, we were smart enough to put a decent amount away for a “rainy” day. Why should I go back and be considered rich enough to support the slugs with 9 kids? I don’t think we’ll fall for that again.
well I guess you get what you are worth
take your condescending attitude somewhere else
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