Posted by
Brent on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:00:00 AM
Before you think I have my head stuck somewhere it doesn't belong

when I say that the election of Barack Obama has been a gift to the conservative movement, let me explain.
If John McCain had gotten elected, he would have been an endless source of frustration for us consertives, like Bush was towards the end of his term. But since he was a Republican (In Name Only), it would have been delaying the inevitability of a Democrat winning (probably Obama in 2012), because the American people would quickly have gotten fed up with him over things like Cap & Trade, Illegal Immigration, etc and thrown him out of office in 2012. Over those four years, the Democrats would have been backstabbing him like they did Bush and have done to McCain ever since 2000 or beyond, meanwhile gathering more vitriol and venom. Then when they got the White House in 2013, they would have almost assuredly over reached but had more and more powerful troops in their camp to ram their Marxist agenda down our throats.
Now with the Democrats showing their true colors

the American people are waking up to the fact that the modern Democrat party is not the same Democrat party of their Grandfather, perhaps Father. Instead the Democrats have lurched so far to the left that a self proclaimed communist (Van Jones) was an advisor to Obama, a person who considers Mao Tse Tung a political hero of hers (Anita Dunn) is the (now outgoing) White House communications director, and so on and so forth. John F. Kennedy would not be welcome in the modern democrat party or so it seems.
If the American people once again trust the Republican party to be Republicans and have the reigns of power, they need to act like Republicans not Democrat Lites like they did most of Bush's term. To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, We need bold colors not pale pastels when it comes to the two parties. I am not 100% convinced that a third party is the best idea, because Ross Perot running third party in 1992 handed the White House to Bill Clinton. On the other hand being that I live in Minnesota and how I saw both the Republicans and the Democrats were allied against Jesse Ventura when he was our governor, and how nothing got done and that it was a good thing, perhaps if the Republicans start to go wobbly again, then it will be time for a third party.
I think err scratch that I KNOW the Silent Majority of Americans has been awakened and now that we are awake, we are as mad as hell, and we're not going to take it any more.
However the Republican party could easily snatch defeat from the jaws of victory if they nominate another John McCain / Lindsey Grahm type Republican (In Name Only). I feel this is evidenced by what happend in Upstate New York were the party brass nominated a very liberal RINO in DeDe Scozzafava, thus forcing the party loyalists to hold their nose and vote for her (except for the fact she dropped out then supported the Democrat). Thankfully in that case there was another choice in Doug Hoffman. In 2012, if we get another McCain type as our nominee, you'll see more and more steam behind someone like Ron Paul.
Please accept my apology for not posting anything lately, it is because I am unemployed and have been focusing on finding a job. Additionally I do alot of political commentary on my Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=feed&id=1417080781