Today is a rough day in the world of
conservative politics. The Affordable Care Act has just been upheld as a
Constitutional tax even though the Obama administration has stated repeatedly that it isn't a tax and the bulk of the House Democrats walked out on the the Holder contempt vote.
But, if I may be cliché for a moment,
remember that the night is darkest right before the dawn.... and our dawn is
coming. Now it seems that the march towards bigger and bigger government has
been in full swing for quite some time now and that lately it has accelerated
exponentially. But, with that being said, us true conservatives can look at the
extreme version of government control that has been championed by the Obama
administration and see a silver lining. Bear with me here...
As the federal government starts doing
things that are increasingly distasteful and unpalatable to the average
American (who tends to be center-right), more and more of those average
folks sit up and pay attention. If we look at what has happened just in the
past year or so, we have seen the Obama care spectacle, the Fast and
Furious insanity, the National Defense Authorization Act, the Department of Justice refusing to enforce federal
immigration law in AZ, the Dept. of Homeland Security cutting
ties to AZ law enforcement after the SCOTUS ruling about the AZ
immigration law, the awful solar company investments, the Gibson guitar raids, SOPA and PIPA, Obama having a private "kill list", and the list
continues on. If we just look at those few stories, we can see a steady march
towards centralized government control that involves armed raids, turning
assault weapons over to foreign criminals, detention of Americans by the
military, and a standoff between a state and the federal government. These are
all incredibly divisive stories for anyone keeping up with politics.
But let's remember that elections are
not decided by those of us who have our homepages set to Drudge, FreeRepublic,
or DailyKos (shudder). Elections are decided by cabinetmakers in Indiana,
farmers in Iowa, factory workers in Ohio, web-designers in CA, and little old
ladies in Florida. These folks generally don't give a damn about what the DoJ
is doing or how many rounds of golf the President has played during his term
(its up to 101 as
of today) but they do care when they hear about the head of the nation's law
enforcement has been held in contempt by Congress. They do care when they hear
that their money is being wasted on junk investments. And they REALLY care when
they are forced to purchase something or face a penalty.
So what we have in the year or so
behind us are a ton of instances of average folks hearing more and more about
how far left the federal government has gotten. For those of us who have lived
and worked in DC, we know how bad it has been for quite some time but now that
has risen to the "in your face" level. These kinds of stories are
covered on nightly news and in local papers. They are impossible to
ignore.
So let's get back to today. Everyone
was watching DC today and the liberals certainly didn't disappoint. Between gloating over the SC decision (and some more gloating) over the ACA
and the House Democrats creating a circus featuring race as its main
attraction, those on the left of the aisle look like bullies who are spiking
the proverbial football after scoring a touchdown. (Side note: I always say
that you can judge a group who competes by how graciously they win. If you look
all over Twitter and Facebook today, you'll see how gracious the winners today
are.) This won't sit right with the average folks. For the most part, people do not agree with Obamacare so they
lost today. When people lose, they don't like their noses rubbed in it and that
is exactly what is happening here. This drives people away from the message of
the President and the DNC and the only other game in town? Romney. (I gagged
while writing that)
Before today, I said I would vote for
Ron Paul come hell or high water but today has changed my tune and I imagine I
am not alone in this. Today has turned the November election into more
aggressive Left leaning policies versus ?. I say ? because that is what Romney
is, he is a giant question mark, an enigma. He flip flops, changes his tune,
and avoids taking a position like it’s his job (oh wait, it is his job). But
more and more folks (you can include me as of today) are willing to role the
dice and vote for the unknown over the known commodity of Barrack Obama. The
logic is something along the lines of "I know I can't stand what Obama has
done while in office and there is no possible way Romney could be worse than
this." I, for one, am willing to roll those dice and take that bet. I know
that in his first term, Barrack has made giant strides towards "fundamentally
transforming" America. We have to keep in mind that Obama, who always has campaigning on the brain,
championed all of the above while still worried about being re-elected (kinda). So what is going to happen when he
isn't concerned about re-election? That is what scares me and that is
why I have changed my tune and have decided not only to vote for Romney but
also to donate to his campaign. I saw a quote today along the lines of
"donate to the Romney like your future depends on it..... because it
does." After the exhibition of today, I can not think of a more
appropriate sentiment on which to end.
Thank you for reading and I HOPE things
begin to CHANGE.
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