THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume VIII, Issue # 70, May 4, 2006
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
WASHINGTON'S DELIBERATE STRATEGY OF NON-SOLUTIONS
By Christopher G. Adamo
AMERICAN POLITICS, POLITICAL PARTIES, & NATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY: POPULAR DISCONTENT WITH BOTH MAJOR
POLITICAL PARTIES, DUE TO LACK OF A TRULY CONSERVATIVE POLICY AGENDA IN WASHINGTON -- CONSERVATISM
HATED BY LEFTWING LIBERALS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & ABANDONED BY THE GUTLESS "MODERATES" &
"PRAGMATISTS" IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- FAILURE OF THE PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS IN BOTH PARTIES TO
ADDRESS CRITICAL PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES CONFRONTING OUR NATION, CRITICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS MASSIVE,
UNCONTROLLED IMMIGRATION OF ILLEGAL ALIENS INTO THE U.S.A. & THE NEED TO INCREASE DOMESTIC OIL
PRODUCTION IN ORDER TO CURB SKYROCKETING ENERGY PRICES
FULL STORY:
Washington has been shaken by the recent Rasmussen poll indicating that a
significant portion of Americans would support a third-party candidate for
President in 2008. Perhaps most alarming to Washington’s current “ruling
class” is the fact that such rampant discontent with the likely choices of
either major party for President Bush’s successor is also reflected in the
polling data indicating public disgust with the entrenched members of
Congress as well.
Most assessments of the poll attempt too deep (too “nuanced,” if you will) of
an analysis, and thus miss the basic point it highlights.
Ultimately, the Rasmussen poll shows that it is Conservatism, hated by the
Democratic Party insiders and abandoned by fearful Republicans, that is missing in
Washington. Moreover, a truly Conservative agenda would most certainly
attract grassroots Democrats more than Republicans, as it did in the 1980 and
1984 elections of Ronald Reagan.
Then, as now, they are not drawn to the “light-beer” version of Liberalism
advocated by GOP “Moderates,” but to truly Conservative alternatives.
Reagan benefited from “crossover” voters, not by presenting himself a cheap
imitation of Democrats, but by offering a real alternative to the “business
as usual” climate in Washington. Even the presence of John Anderson, the
“moderate” third party alternative in the 1980 race, did not take votes from
Reagan, but from the perennially insipid incumbent, Jimmy Carter.
Americans are daily confronted by a host of impending crises, and they are
aware that those inside the Beltway are fixated on achieving the best
looking posture, but have no intention of making the difficult decisions
necessary to truly address each situation. Yet, like the terror war (the only
national emergency about which it can be said that the government acted
decisively and effectively), Americans recognize that platitudes and wasted
money will not indefinitely delay the grim consequences of inaction.
Alarmingly, the two issues that best illustrate this are reaching “critical
mass” at virtually the same time. In the past few weeks, Americans have
borne the bitter fruits of, firstly, the criminal negligence of those in charge
of protecting the nation’s borders and, secondly, the lack of a worthwhile
energy policy and the consequent skyrocketing of gas prices.
Monday’s mass protests by open borders advocates, while hardly crippling the
country as their planners had hoped, nevertheless demonstrated the presence
of an increasingly coordinated and belligerent army massing within this
nation’s boundaries. Aided and abetted by a Mexican president who claims an
inherent right to the resources and wealth found here, this multitude holds
no allegiance to our country or its heritage.
And, as this force gains power and organization, its leaders seek to summon
its clout, on an expanding basis, in order to alter the political and social
climate to their own greatest advantage.
Yet, instead of admitting to the true nature of the crisis and dealing
forthrightly with it, those in government charged with upholding the
integrity of the nation and truly preserving its Constitution are still
attempting to tap-dance their way around the enormity of the invasion of the U.S.A. by illegal aliens, and
steadfastly avoiding consideration of the magnitude of the response necessary to
truly secure our nation's borders and preserve American society and culture, including the political culture on which
the American system of constitutional representative government is based.
The disgraceful bill that nearly passed in the U.S. Senate last month would have
imposed a token “fine” on the illegals, thereafter essentially granting them
legal status. Whereupon the political class would have declared the problem
“fixed,” as readily and happily as Neville Chamberlain claiming “Peace in our
time.” But reality surged through the streets of America’s major cities on
May 1, 2006.
Similarly, the gasoline situation should have been addressed more than a
decade ago. Yet, aside from symbolism, nothing has been done to alleviate the
impending problem. Democrats have been perpetually willing to demagogue the
issue, knowing that, unlike 9-11, the day of reckoning was some time away.
Well that day has arrived. Now they deflect criticism for their
unwillingness to prepare for the day of reckoning, doing so by stoking flames of class envy against oil
producers. As long as they can keep this ruse going, they can avoid
responsibility. And, in all likelihood, they will continue to be abetted by
Republican timidity.
In the face of threats of being painted as “anti-environment,” Republicans
are historically too afraid to press the issue of exploring and drilling for
new sources of oil, which is the only real solution to the problem. Instead,
Republican Senate Leader Bill Frist has proposed a “fix” that is sadly
reflective of last year’s abominable spending binge in the aftermath of
hurricane Katrina. Frist advocates a hundred dollar payoff to lower-income
Americans, ostensibly to defray the higher cost of energy.
Meanwhile, the entire country suffers while Congress remains hopelessly
crippled by the partisan bickering that offers wild Democratic accusations and
Republican cowardice as a substitute for real action. The only thing worse
for the nation is the occasional episode of “bipartisanship” by which
Washington increasingly fortifies itself against real America.
Thus, it is easy to understand the growing affinity with a “third party.”
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Immigration & Illegal Aliens
Policy Issues Relating to Energy, Environment,
& Natural Resources
American Politics & Political Competition
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, & Other Leftists
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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY & POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES:
COMPETING SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
Conservatism
Traditional Conservatism: Questions & Answers
Conservatism: Attitudes, Types, & Present Status
Constitutional Conservatism: American & British
Liberalism
Classical Liberalism: Intellectual Foundations
Classical Liberalism: Conservative Liberalism
Manchester Liberalism & Social Darwinism
Modern Social "Liberalism": Statist "Liberalism"
Radical & Totalitarian Ideologies
Radicalism, Utopianism, & Totalitarianism
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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