Posted by
kbuck88 on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 11:57:21 PM
Well, it’s all over. Our new president is Barack Obama. Congratulations are in order, I suppose. In all candor, it is quite an accomplishment. Many who lived through the civil rights era and since could probably not imagine this day would come in such a short period of time. It shows that this country has come along way in 40 years. So for that alone, this is a historically positive moment in American history.
All that being said, this man’s potential for leading this country’s national politics further left cannot be tolerated. This country was not founded on liberal or socialist principles and it cannot be allowed to progress any further down that path.
Conservatives in this country need to step up. We need to make our voices heard across this land that we are now the ones who want change. We will no longer tolerate middle of the road Republicans. We will no longer tolerate liberal Republicans. Liberals and centrists already have a place in the political process and that is in the Democrat Party. If the Republican Party will no longer support strong conservative values and candidates, then maybe it’s time show them the door. We have only a short time before the next campaign begins. All of us need to do whatever is in our power and abilities to ensure that we do not continue down this path to full-fledged liberalism, or worse.
This opinion is not an endorsement for radical right-wing behavior, however. That won’t work either. Honesty, hard work, belief in God, being unafraid to stick to the conservative principles that our Founders believed in is what this country so desperately needs. Many will say in the coming weeks that the country has moved to the left. I wholeheartedly disagree. What this election has shown, is that conservative thinking people will no longer vote for politicians who claim to be conservatives, but don’t vote that way. They will no longer tolerate politicians who claim to represent the conservative viewpoint on the national stage, but then ignore that viewpoint when it counts.
So, let us honor President-elect Barack Obama this night. But let us also recognize the opportunity that we conservatives have going on into the next election cycle. We have the opportunity to expose, beyond the shadow of a doubt, what unfettered liberalism can and will do to this country if it is not stopped. We also have the opportunity to make sure we never go down this path again. Are you going to get on-board or are you going to find a corner somewhere and hide? The choice is yours.