Posted by
Playful Walrus on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 3:51:07 PM
Conservative Republicans should realize that we have reached a “new normal” for politics as usual. We might as well get used to it and operate accordingly. The Leftists control the Democrat party and much of the mainstream media (MSM) and their priority is their own power, regardless of cost.
1. Although there may be, at first, a professed condemnation of the terrorist acts and a display of patriotism, reaction to terrorist attacks against American interests, citizens, or property will inevitably, eventually be dismissed as an insignificant fluke, or as an inexcusable failure of Republicans to protect us from an obvious, preventable threat, or as just (or understandable) retribution for our "mistreatment" of the Islamofascists, or as part of a conspiracy perpetrated in part by Republicans.
2. Any military action will be demonstrated against, regardless of purpose or context. This has always been the case, but now major media, Democrat officials, and RINOs looking to suck up to the Leftist media will pay way too much attention to these demonstrations, to any inevitable mistakes or miscalculations by the military, and the inevitable sacrifices of life and more that come with defense. Death tolls will be emphasized. Troubles and challenges will be dwelt upon and met with hand-wringing, finger-pointing, and defeatism. Most demonstrations will be small and many will be destructive and anti-American, but the MSM will portray them as large, peaceful, and mainstream. Also, any military action will be examined under a microscope and broadcasted and discussed to the point of absurdity, with a heavy focus on American casualties and any American mis-steps or difficulties, and what some people in other countries think. The Democrat leaders will play politics with war.
3. Any elected Republican and their appointees will be accused of stealing elections and will be met with accusations, investigations, and calls for resignations and impeachment. Criticisms from morons in other countries will be highlighted to supposedly show what other people think of our officials. (Notice, you will never see CBS touting what someone at NBC thinks of CBS leadership, though.)
4. Any natural disaster will be attributed to Republicans via global warming, pollution, or deliberate conspiracy to hurt the people of a region, and any perceived deficiencies in the response will be blamed on Republicans.
5. Republicans will be blamed and faulted by Democrat leaders and those accusations will be reported as weighty findings from wise, learned statesmen and presented as law or gospel by the MSM. It doesn’t matter if a Democrat did similar things or more things of the same nature – that’s in the past, you see, and they had good intentions.
6. Conservative Republicans who profess to be Christians will be called hypocrites and trashed because they aren’t as holy as Jesus Christ, a tactic that ignores the fact that one of the basic premises of Christianity is that it is the sinner who needs Christ in the first place and none of us are as holy as Him. It is okay for Democrat politicians to do the same things or worse, because they don’t talk about Jesus.
7. Any questioning of socialist proposals will be met with MSM-amplified charges of bigotry, racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, and that the Republican is cruel, heartless, out-of-touch, and “living in a past that never really existed.”
The good news is that there ARE places for us to organize and communicate to defend all that we hold dear. The Left no longer controls all mass media. We have journalists, authors, talk-show hosts, filmmakers, and artists who are not rabid Leftists. There are activist organizations working to protect our rights and freedoms in the courts. There are academic institutions that will not work to turn all students into anti-Christian, blame-America-always, godless hedonistic Marxists. There are still churches, temples, and synagogues that promote traditional values and morality and thinking of God as Master and not a myth or cosmic bellhop, and see themselves – and not the government – as having the responsibility to facilitate charity and social programs.
We must be strong and support each other, not give in to unreasonable demands from our political opponents, and effectively communicate our positions. We must get used to the new "politics as usual."