THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume X, Issue # 252, October 1, 2008
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
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BAILOUT CIRCUS HIGHLIGHTS TOTALITY
OF DEMOCRATS' CORRUPTION
By Christopher G. Adamo
THE BANKING CRISIS, DEMOCRATS, & POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM: DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS MILKING THE
FINANCIAL MELTDOWN FOR EVERY BIT OF POLITICAL ADVANTAGE THEY MIGHT ACHIEVE FOR THE PARTY & ITS
CANDIDATES -- DEMOCRATS EXPLOITING A PREDICAMENT THAT, FROM THE BEGINNING, RESULTED FROM LIBERAL
LEFTIST THINKING & PUBLIC POLICIES INITIATED BY DEMOCRATS IN THE U.S. CONGRESS & IN THE WHITE HOUSE
FULL STORY:
By now, it should be painfully obvious to all but the most myopic Liberal pawns that the Democratic Party leadership is
not concerned with America’s financial status, but is, instead, milking the situation for every bit of political advantage it
might achieve for the party and its candidates. The effort to craft a congressional “bailout” of the banking industry, so
crucial for the economic future of the country (we are told) has decomposed into a series of phony crises, each one
primarily intended to give credence to the Democratic presidential and vice-presidential candidates or some foundational
precept of Leftwing Liberalism. And, in the end, the only result, to date, has been a bunch of partisan accusations and
name-calling.
Thus does history repeat itself. On the day of the Oklahoma city bombing, even as courageous rescuers struggled to
save buried but still living victims, President Bill Clinton was in front of the cameras, listing off his political enemies as the
supposed ideological force behind the horrendous event. In the immediate aftermath of the 1999 Columbine High School
massacre, Liberal Leftist mouthpieces went just as quickly to the nearest microphone, demanding tighter government
control over gun shows, more gun-control laws, and a host of other immaterial and ineffective measures which they
claimed would somehow make schools safer from marauding juvenile monsters.
A decade later, as the beleaguered residents of New Orleans and the Gulf coast sought to dig out from the wreckage and
mayhem of Hurricane Katrina, their Liberal “advocates” were filling the airwaves with more accusations and the all-too
predictable pointed fingers, insisting that the entire calamity, including the intensity and track of the storm, was the
responsibility of President George W. Bush and the Republicans.
So, it should surprise no one that the nation’s current financial mess is being trumpeted with the same jubilance,
presented with the same fraudulence, and, in every sense of the word, exploited shamelessly as a boon for the Democrats
who, if the truth is told, were the cause of the problem in the first place.
With only a month and a half before the presidential election, and with Barack Hussein Obama looking increasingly like
the bumbling novice that he is, the Democratic Party was getting extremely nervous about its prospects, come November.
To its collective dismay, America’s military has been doing well in its efforts to stabilize Iraq, giving rise to the grim
speculation that America might actually win the terror war.
Things looked no better for Democrats on the energy front, as the shock of exorbitant gas and heating prices threatened
to awaken the population to the hoax of “global warming.” Americans were simply refusing to accept their lot, as
proposed by the political coalition of Enviromentalists and Leftists, that Americans should exchange their affluence and
abundance for Third World squalor. Instead, they began pounding a message of “Drill here, drill now!” as the only
workable comprehensive energy plan.
On every front, it seemed, the Democrats were finding themselves in the opposite corner from the American people. And
the tracking polls, both for the Presidency and for the congressional races, had begun to reflect this disconnect to an
alarming degree. Something had to be done, and quickly.
So, suddenly, at the most opportune moment to shift public attention from Sarah Palin’s strengths and Barack Obama’s
weaknesses, a financial crisis of unprecedented proportions erupted and assumed the center of the national stage. Finally,
Democrats had a theme with which they could relate to those rubes on “Main Street.” And, since the topic burst upon the
nightly news, the show has not stopped for a second.
Nevertheless, this risky tack would require some fast tap dancing. The Democrats only hope of success has been for key
Republicans to collaborate. And, while sadly, some have complied, the lack of a Liberal, pro-Democratic Party media
monopoly resulted in too many inconvenient facts in the hands of the peasantry, whereupon a grassroots revolt has
ensued. And, ever since word has gotten out, the specifics of the games being played with America’s bankbooks are not
sitting well among the population at large.
Ignoring dire warnings from the President and key party operatives on both sides of the aisle that disaster would
supposedly ensue, unless the taxpayers immediately pick up the tab for all of the corporate shenanigans inside Freddie
Mac and Fannie Mae, the American people rejected the notion of any “bailout” and loudly informed elected officials of
their sentiments. Recognizing the depth of public sentiment, the Congress voted the measure down on September 29,
2008. Amazingly, on the following morning, the sun still rose over America.
It is beyond absurd that the Republicans ought to be on defensive over a predicament that, from the beginning, resulted
from Liberal thinking, and that has remained immune throughout its destructive course as a result of the Democrats'
partisanship and stonewalling. A veritable “Frankenstein” of Bill Clinton’s creation, the Affirmative Action lending
practices may ultimately end up mortgaging America’s economic prowess for the foreseeable future. Yet, any attempts
over the years by John Sidney McCain and others to address the problem before it reached critical mass were met with
derision and personal attacks from the Democrats.
Admittedly, the current upheaval seems to be benefiting Barack Obama, chiefly because he has had nothing substantive
to do with it. Though his record is one of supporting the disastrous fiscal policies that caused the financial implosion, he
has not even been in the U.S. Senate long enough to vote “present” on the implementation of any of those policies. Thus,
he continues to escape any official culpability for the current debacle.
Meanwhile, the phony fingers of blame are being aimed at Republicans by the likes of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
(Democrat - California) and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Democrat - Nevada). According to Reid, it was the
responsibility of McCain and the Republicans to “start producing some votes for us.” In short, Reid’s contention was
that McCain should be the person to accept the despicable premises of the Democratic Party “bailout” and lead the
Republicans down this sure path to collectivism and a socialist state. Kool-Aid anyone?
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The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
Political Economy -- Philosophies, Systems, & Public Policies:
Government, the Economy, & Economic Prosperity
The American Political & Cultural Left:
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, Marxists, & Other Leftists:
The Democratic Party, Academia, & the Mainstream Media
Christopher G. Adamo is a freelance writer who lives in southeastern Wyoming and works in the field of industrial instrumentation.
He is actively involved in Wyoming's political process, serving as a delegate to successive Wyoming State Republican Conventions
and as a member of the Wyoming State Republican Central Committee. He has assisted Republican candidates for local and state
legislatures and for the United States Congress. His articles, which appear regularly in The Progressive Conservative, U.S.A.,
and on a number of other websites, reflect a major concern with the damage being done to Conservatism and Conservative causes by
the Liberal Leftist faction in the Republican Party as well as by the much larger and more powerful Liberal Leftist faction in the
Democratic Party. During the early and middle 1990s, Adamo was Editor of the Wyoming Christian Coalition's official news organ,
The Wyoming Christian.
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