THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume VII, Issue # 89, April 19, 2005
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
DESPITE NUMBERS, DEMOCRATS REMAIN IN CHARGE
By Christopher G. Adamo
LIBERALS VERSUS CONSERVATIVES IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POLITICS -- HOW LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATS &
APOSTLES OF THE COUNTERCULTURE THWART THE CONSERVATIVE POLICY AGENDA OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY & THE
BUSH ADMINISTRATION: HOW THE OBSTRUCTIONIST MINORITY PREVENTS THE WILL OF AMERICA'S ELECTORAL
MAJORITY FROM BEING TRANSLATED INTO PUBLIC POLICY
FULL STORY:
Conservative morale is regularly boosted as one poll after another
conclusively shows that the country is leaning further and further to the
Right. National election results of recent years (in truth, the only polls
that matter), irrefutably confirm this point as well.
Yet, such key agenda items of the counterculture as same-sex “marriage,”
increasingly Liberal education practices and philosophies, and the
demolition of the country’s standards of morality suggest that the
concerns and energies of the Conservative grassroots do not necessarily
translate into positive changes in policy. The social climate of the nation
is being moved relentlessly to the Left. How can this be?
Even before the 2004 elections, Democrats were scrambling to prove to
mainstream America that they were indeed the party of patriotism and
traditional values. In certain key races, some Democrats even attempted to
create an impression of allegiance to the Bush administration. Former Senate
Minority Leader Tom Daschle went so far as to run campaign ads portraying
himself in the company of the President.
Though Daschle’s ploy ultimately failed, and South Dakota’s contested U.S. Senate
seat went to Republican John Thune, the ploy remains a cornerstone of
the Democrats' strategy. Hillary Clinton, presidential aspirant and wife of one of
history’s greatest political chameleons, is clearly embracing this tactic.
Sadly, for Democrats to win by such a means, requires “cooperation” from the
Republicans, which is all too often the case.
Worse yet, in the wake of the elections, Democrats have simultaneously
engaged in another strategy. Having lost faith with the public for lack of
an agenda, it stands to reason that they recognize the political advantages
of preventing Republicans from advancing the Conservative cause. All too
often, Republicans take the bait and back away from principled stands on
major issues.
Sadly, though Conservatives continue to dominate the electoral process,
those whom they put in office lack the most necessary component to succeed.
Liberal tactics are vile and despicable. They are also the essence, for
better or worse (and in this case definitely worse) of leadership qualities
that many on the political Right, and Republican political operatives in particular,
totally lack.
In what must either be a political “death wish,” or the epitome of abject
cowardice and stupidity, Republicans are once again backing away from the
difficult issues that would clearly delineate their Conservative position.
Thus, they make it easier for Democrats to appear as “Centrists.”
Worse yet, where Republicans abandon any fervent advocacy of worthwhile
issues for fear of appearing extreme, Democrats quickly move in to assume
the “moral high ground.” No clearer example of this unfortunate phenomenon
exists than the present debacle involving the President’s judicial nominees.
With Liberal Leftist judges regularly flouting the law and any constitutional
precepts undergirding it, Republicans had a golden opportunity to contend
for pro-Constitution nominees, on the grounds that it is the job of such
people to uphold the United States Constitution. Thus, the prevention of such appointments by
obstructionist Democrats is an undisguised effort to continue the
desecration of the U.S. Constitution.
Yet, few, if any, Republicans are willing to contend for the President’s
nominees in such a manner, fitting though it may be. Hence, as debate heats
up, it is the Democrats who are casting the whole controversy as a heroic
effort on their part to “protect” the American people from the supposed
ravages of “Conservative extremists” on the bench.
The manufactured “controversy” surrounding U.S. House Majority Leader Tom Delay
represents nothing more than the same battle on another front. Knowing how
timid Republicans tend to be in the face of major political firestorms, the
Liberal media/Democratic Party cabal now attempts a character assassination of the
Texas Republican, predicated on charges that are, at best, selectively
leveled and vastly overblown.
Unfortunately, the Liberal Leftist press did not have to look very far in order to
find a Republican “Moderate” -- i.e., a GOP Liberal -- who was willing to carry their water.
Congressman Christopher Shays of Connecticut, in an effort to undermine
Delay and thus move the Republican Party to the Left (the undying hope of
GOP Liberals) unleashed a blistering attack on him, ultimately calling for
his resignation.
Irrespective of their numerical minority status in the Congress, Democrats
are clearly defining the terms of the debate and ultimately, seizing the
reins of leadership. But it is an effort at which they simply could not
succeed, were it not for the disgraceful manner in which the invertebrate
wing of the Republican Party has shied from the battle and thereby ceded
leadership to them.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
American Politics & Political Competition
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, & Other Leftists
Morality, Decency, & Traditional American Family Values
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. Adamo maintains his own Internet website, which is located at
www.chrisadamo.com.
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