THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis
Volume IX, Issue # 145, August 1, 2007
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
LOSING CONSERVATISM WILL LOSE AMERICA
By Christopher G. Adamo
LIBERALISM, CONSERVATISM, & THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN NATION: PRESIDENTIAL & CONGRESSIONAL
ELECTIONS, REPUBLICAN HOPES FOR VICTORY IN 2008, & THE NEED TO DEMONSTRATE A STARK & DEFINING CONTRAST
BETWEEN THE INCREASINGLY LIBERAL LEFTIST IDEOLOGY & POLICY AGENDA OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & A STRONG &
UNBENDING CONSERVATIVE RIGHTIST STANCE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- THE NEED FOR A SUPERHAWK REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENT & A CONGRESSIONAL MAJORITY THAT WILL SUPPORT HIS ADMINISTRATION IN SECURING AMERICA'S BORDERS
AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION & TERRORIST INFILTRATION, AS WELL AS IN EFFECTIVELY PROSECUTING THE WAR
AGAINST ISLAMIST TERRORISM -- THE NEED FOR A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENCY & SENATE MAJORITY THAT WILL CONTINUE
TO FILL FEDERAL COURT VACANCIES WITH JUDGES WHO ADHERE TO & DECIDE CASES IN ACCORD WITH THE TRUE
PRINCIPLES OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, REJECTING THE JUDICIAL ACTIVISM OF LEFTWING LIBERALS SEEKING TO
OBLITERATE THE BOUNDARIES OF GOVERNMENTAL POWER ESTABLISHED BY THE CONSTITUTION
FULL STORY:
Real America’s dread of a “President Hillary,” though understandable, is not sufficient to get any Republican elected on
that basis alone. Yet, time and again, the standard reaction of GOP insiders to Hillary’s candidacy is to attempt to form and
mold their field of candidates in direct response to her.
First we were told that Condoleezza Rice was the only viable candidate, since only a woman could possibly compete
against another woman. In the aftermath of Rice’s flat refusal to consider running, the new mantra within Republican
circles has been the “only a moderate can win.”
Ironically, this very response, itself a reflection of neither leadership nor boldness, but of fear and capitulation, holds the
greatest potential to torpedo Republican hopes for 2008.
If such thinking prevails, it will all but guarantee a “lose/lose” scenario for Conservative America. This portends a
particularly unfortunate possibility, since all previous experience has shown the exact opposite to be true. And, from the
terror war to private property rights to the invasion of the U.S.A. by illegal aliens, far too much is at stake for it to be
allowed to ensue.
Nor is such a dismal scenario inevitable. Whether at the presidential level or in the Congress, the demonstration of a stark
and defining contrast between the ever-more Leftist Democrats and an intransigent Conservative GOP could completely
turn the tides on the current momentum of the Liberals. To the degree that Republicans have remained steadfast on winning
the terror war, this case is made.
Some amazing news stories emerged this past weekend, asserting that the Iraq War is indeed winnable, and that cutting and
running would be a disaster both for America, Iraq, and the rest of the Free World. Still, key Democrats remain wedded to
their “strategy” of pursuing defeat.
It is likely that their words may well be nothing but political posturing in order to garner the fringe Leftist vote in next year’s
election. Yet, even if this is the case, having operated from a position of such profound weakness, they would then have
great difficulty prosecuting the magnitude of war necessary to drive back the forces of terrorism, having ascended from such
staunchly pacifist backgrounds.
Perhaps the most defining legislative event of this congressional term, if not of the past decade, was the U.S. Senate defeat
of amnesty for illegal aliens. Though the influx continues, as yet unabated by true enforcement of the southern border, for
the moment at least, the invaders will not be officially granted full legal status by which to demand “rights” and
entitlements from the lawful citizens of this country.
Nevertheless, this stark issue remains clouded among political circles inside the Beltway. And Liberals from both parties are
intent on raising it once again, especially if the Congress and White House shift decidedly Left in the next election.
Aiding and abetting such outrages against America’s Constitution and national sovereignty is an activist federal court
system that has, on several fronts, blatantly undermined the integrity of national law and order. In just the last few years,
“rights” have been granted to detained Islamic terrorists that essentially equate them with the shoplifting teenager who got
caught at the local Wal-Mart.
Meanwhile, real and time honored rights, constitutionally guaranteed to Americans and fundamental to maintaining a free
society, are increasingly being targeted for destruction by the same activist federal judges who bravely stand in the gap for
the Islamists. Though the heinous “Kelo” decision has not been a major topic of discussion lately, it set the precedent by
which governments, from local to national, can devolve to the level of mob activity.
When the government, with its ability to criminalize its opposition, enters into the “for profit” sector of the economy, no
citizen is safe. Yet that is exactly what Kelo accomplished.
Now, any citizen who finds, purchases, and sufficiently improves a piece of private property, runs the risk of gaining the
attention of some governing entity which can then legally “condemn” (which means confiscate) it for profit. And the tides
are not close to being turned on this issue.
Also, regarding the havoc wreaked from judicial activism, the rest of America should take note of Hazleton, Pennsylvania,
whose City Council attempted to crack down on illegal aliens in its midst. Yet U.S. District Judge James Munley, a Clinton
appointee, who simply granted “rights” to the illegals, has hamstrung this effort, thereby leaving the citizens of Hazleton
defenseless against the illegal alien invasion.
In essence, judges such as Munley are joining forces with the dispassionate foreign governments who intend to advance
their own fortunes, at the expense of the Americans.
It is inarguable that President Bush has made major improvements in the composition of the United States Supreme Court,
with his appointments of Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito. Both have displayed a clear understanding of the
boundaries of governmental power established by the U.S. Constitution. To nobody’s great surprise, the sinister forces of
Liberalism are at work to turn back the tide of judicial propriety.
Senator Charles Schumer (Democrat - New York) has actually promoted the idea that the condition of the U.S. Supreme
Court needs to be reassessed, since the Court has clearly been shifted back towards its constitutional role by the
presence of Justices Roberts and Alito. Proving that the threat is not purely a partisan one, an abominable addendum to
this situation is that “Republican” Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania essentially concurs.
Specter wants to launch his own investigation into whether or not Alito and Roberts were less than forthright in their
confirmation testimonies. The atrocious truth is that the firestorm surrounding the two Supreme Court Justices stems
entirely from their adherence to judicial restraint, i.e., their determination to constrain their decisions not to Liberal court
“precedent” -- judicial activism and an extremely loose and distorted interpretation of the Constitution -- but to the true
principles of the Constitution, with cases decided in strict accord with the original intent of the actual provisions of
America's basic and supreme law of the land.
Clearly, the U.S. court system in general, and the U.S. Supreme Court in particular, represent the apex of unaccountable
governmental power, if the courts can remain sufficiently in the control of power hungry Liberals. Thus, any efforts to
devolve such power and return it to the system of checks and balances originally intended by the Founders represents a
mortal threat to the policy agenda of the political Left.
Thus, a pivotal battle rages over not only the courts, but also every critical area of American government and society. Its
outcome will fundamentally determine the nation’s future as either a restoration of its former glory and successes, or an
unstoppable descent into oblivion.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
American Politics & Political Competition:
Elections, PACs, & Political Parties
The American Political System:
Politics & Government in the U.S.A.
Liberalism Versus Conservatism in American Politics
The American Political & Cultural Left:
Liberals, Statists, Socialists, & Other Leftists
Legal Issues, Lawyers, & America's Judiciary
Judicial Appointments: Selection of U.S. Federal Judges
U.S. Constitutional Law & Political Philosophy
The Constitution of the United States of America
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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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