policy makers and their media propagandists are not
Party Trumps Person
By Jahfre Fire Eater
November 2008
The implosion of conservatism is a horror show. I watch,
aghast, as trusted "conservative" propagandists like Mike
Rosen voice their support of the neoconservative GOP
leadership’s complicity in our nation’s slide into Socialism.
Mr. Rosen and his peers understand their job is to dupe their
loyal republican listeners and viewers into supporting
Socialism by embracing the recent business takeover tactics of
the Fed and the US Treasury. It is surreal. These people are
now ardent, vocal advocates of Socialism yet they are blinded
to their own surrender to liberalism. They talk as if Socialism
is equivalent to hell, yet they promote it with every breath. I
find the whole spectacle stunning and extremely frightening.
It’s like the whole world has gone mad and people can no
longer recognize contradictions even when they say them in
the same sentence.
I know from occasionally listening to the Mike Rosen show
that there is a large body of folks who gulp down the dogmatic
Neocon propagandist's pabulum and inane Rosenisms like
they were manna from heaven. Mike is my favorite example
of a person who fancies himself a conservative but who is
obviously a staunch advocate for the acceptance of Socialism
in America.
Rosen often repeats the mantra "party trumps person" which I
suspect allows him to self-hypnotize, rendering him unable to
recognize that his words are 180 degrees out of phase with the
consequences of the policies he advocates. Such a blatant
farce would be hilarious under different circumstances but in
this case, blatant as it is, it works and people eat it up.
Mike is a prime example of how, in the long run, liberalism
always wins. His ends justify his means.
In 1971 when President Nixon totally removed any connection
between the dollar and physical gold, he said, "We're all
Keynesians now." Keynesian economic policy is a necessary
component of Socialism. You cannot hope to create a Socialist
nation without Keynesian economic policy and you can't hope
to sustain a nation that values individual liberty when it
follows Keynesian economic policies.
Good government depends on principles being valued;
liberalism depends on principles being discarded. The GOP
has discarded every last remaining tidbit of principle by
becoming Socialists of the worst kind - those who don't know
they are Socialists yet think they are doing the right thing
based on faith instead of following their political principles.
In effect, the recent actions by our corrupt congress have
socialized the risk from bad investments and poor business
decisions onto the backs of all American tax payers. What the
forthcoming about is that history shows this burden is likely to
grow larger and larger until it crushes the life out of our
economy for generations to come. Instead, they use
misdirection as they refer to the future profits coming back to
the people, all the while knowing that their actions are
devaluing the dollar and selling our future at a steep discount.
There will be no return for the taxpayer from the details of the
bailout plan; there will only be another round of bilking
Americans out of their wealth through the consequences of
this fiscal policy.
In a Republic, the problems start when politicians realize they
can curry favor with voters by PROMISING to give them
great gifts. What is actually delivered to the public is a poison
pill with sugar coating while the politicians end up with a huge
pile of loot, power and influence. The sugary coating is
designed to wear off sometime after the politician's career is
over. The next generation laughs at the folly of those suffering
the poison pill yet they eagerly buy the next one. Americans
have very short memories and very little education in how to
recognize the inevitable consequences of political policies.
Therefore, each new generation is ready to be fooled again
into thinking they can spend their way to prosperity or be
entitled to the productivity of others, or to get something for
nothing, or destroy incentives but still get the same
productivity as when the incentives were valuable.
There was a time when conservative Republicans stood up
against this kind of moral decrepitude. Not anymore. Since
Reagan's first term there has not been a GOP leader who stood
up against this immoral attack on the American citizens and
America's survival. I doubt there ever will be another such
GOP leader. Even Ronald Reagan's resolve was diluted by his
liberal economic advisors. By his second term I could no
longer support him for his immorality against the individual.
(I refer to the immorality embodied in his “borrow and spend”
approach to growing big government by mortgaging the
prosperity of future generations.)
In light of this lack of conservative leadership, I wish McCain
supporters could focus on reasons to vote FOR John McCain
rather than whipping up fear over Obama. People who support
Obama don't buy the hysterical nonsense espoused by the likes
of Hannity and they certainly will not watch Hannity's show. I
see fear-based politics as a waste of time because it is only
preaching to the choir, not converting new voters. Talking
heads in the media make no attempt to talk to people who
disagree with them; they only promote fear in those who
already agree.
I've been told that people need to vote with more reason and
less emotion - by Republicans who were foaming at the mouth
in fear of Obama. TV and radio talk show hosts continuously
whipping up fear of Obama doesn’t help anyone to be more
pragmatic and less emotional.
I know a lot of people think the 2008 Presidential election is
important. I'm not one of them. Who wins this election will be
about as important as whom the captains of the space shuttles
Challenger or Columbia were. Our nation along with the entire
world has entered economic self-destruct mode and both
McCain and Obama agree that it is the right thing to do. How
can a conservative Republican voice dissent without handing
victory to Obama? He or she can vote with purpose and
reason rather than letting the party trump the person.
In states where Obama will win without question, no
conservative should vote for McCain. Your State’s electoral
votes go to Obama no matter what you do so you should make
more effective use of your vote than just another moot point You can send comments and
for McCain. Why? Because using your vote to increase the
loser’s tally conveys only one message: “I support McCain’s
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version of Socialism.”
If you oppose Socialism then you can abstain from voting for Jahfre@AlphavilleDecoder.org
anyone or you can vote for a 3rd party candidate. Any third
party is fine; it makes no difference which particular 3rd party
you vote for. Your vote for a 3rd party conveys only one “Person Trumps Party” comes to you
message: “I do not support McCain’s version of Socialism.” courtesy of The Fire Eater News
I voted for Chuck Baldwin because of Ron Paul’s Network. Permission is granted to
endorsement. However, I know that voting for Chuck reproduce in whole or in part,
Baldwin, or Bob Barr, or writing in Ron Paul isn't going to
change the future we are facing. I have no illusions of staving provided context is kept intact and the
off this collapse with a mass election revolution. All I'm author is cited.
hoping to get out of this election is a rough count of how many
of my fellow Coloradans are against our current course. I've
got to know how badly I'm outnumbered as this nightmare
unfolds.
That's why I hope supporters of liberty cease their pointless
criticisms of aspects of the Constitution party or Chuck
Baldwin personally and rally behind Dr. Paul so we can assess
our numbers as chaos descends on America. Chuck isn’t
going to win so all the debate over his beliefs or weakness is
irrelevant. The most important impact a vote can have is to
provide information about your support for the direction the
party is taking.
I hope that the election results show that true conservatives do
not support the GOP and its presidential candidate and that the
people with principles will trump the party instead.