Asked when American politics started getting nasty, Rudy Giuliani opined that it began during the 2000 elections. I disagree. I think it began during the Federalist Debates after the start of the Constitutional Convention. My point is Americans have always disagreed with one another along an entire range of issues that affect them personally. One-third of our colonial forefathers were completely disengaged from the revolution, but of course, there was a risk to sitting along the sidelines, too. There still is.
Does anyone think that there was an absence of political rancor during Andrew Jackson’s bid for the Presidency in 1824 and 1828? Is it necessary to point out that Jackson’s eight years in office were pure hell for Whigs/Federalists?
The Lincoln/Douglas debates were hardly cordial. Back then, Democrats were the conservatives, and Republican Abraham Lincoln was an amazingly progressive politician for his day. Over the next 70 years, Democrats tired of having everyone see them as an impediment to progress, so they stole that mantle in 1932 and have sort of maintained it ever since. “Sort of” means that Democrats championed progressive policies for everyone except black people. We might recall that between the end of the Civil War and Civil Rights legislation in 1964, Democrats were proud of their association with Jim Crow legislation.
It wasn’t until after Lyndon Johnson that the “silent majority” decided they’d had enough of the so-called Great Society. Even then, we didn’t hear much in the way of “I’m mad as hell” vitriol from the political right and center. Americans began speaking out against leftist ideology and our steady march toward a communist state during the Carter Administration. And this is when I think politics really started getting nasty … but there is a good reason for this. You see, the socialist state doesn’t like it when people talk back. They’d much prefer we all just sit down and shut up. We even see examples of this today, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi really doesn’t care what Americans think about the so-called gas crisis. And my good friend AOW tells me that when she writes (numerous) letters to her elected Democrat representative, he refuses even to give her the courtesy of a reply. It is hard to imagine such arrogance and disrespect from a “servant of the people.”
Tom asks, “Aren’t we all Americans?” Yes … sort of. We are all Americans, except the 40% who would like nothing better than to transform America into a European styled socialist state. Another 40% prefer to maintain our conservative traditions. Twenty percent can go either way, depending on the issues of the day. If we are all Americans … if we all love our country, why do so many leftists want to change America into something she’s not?
On this note, I do find American politics amazingly inconsistent. It is difficult to understand why labor unions support the same Democratic Party that encourages the un-ending flow of illegal aliens. You know … the same illegal alien population that drives up medical costs to the point where no one can afford health care, except illegal aliens, who get it free. Of course, the crisis does demand additional socialist solutions that mirror the failed national health care systems in Canada and the United Kingdom. The leftist agenda does seem clear to me. The people who garner degrees in minority studies and leftist philosophy demand solutions to the problems they created through leftist ideology. They don’t actually produce anything, of course … outside the perpetuation of their revisionist/Marxist agenda. I could be wrong, but in the animal kingdom, we call such creatures, “parasites.”
America is changing … whether I like it or not. It is purely and simply in the math. Millions of illegal aliens are streaming into our country from socialist Mexico. They are here because the government of Mexico isn’t meeting their needs, and liberal American politicians promise them lots of free stuff … including sanctuary from criminal prosecution. These “new left” illegal citizens fill up our voting registers (I call it voter fraud; other people call it organizing the community … programs that are prevalent in certain northern cities). We no longer provide Civics Education in our schools (it gets in the way of organized athletics), parents no longer teach and reinforce traditional values, and of course, all morality is relative. Did I mention that leftist ideology teaches us it is gauche to acknowledge our belief in God?
So I predict that in fifty years, there may not be any traditional American voices in the United States. In fifty years, I’ll be long gone. America’s geography will remain unchanged, but the question is … Will America survive? Seulement qui vivra verra.
The Lincoln/Douglas debates were hardly cordial. Back then, Democrats were the conservatives, and Republican Abraham Lincoln was an amazingly progressive politician for his day. Over the next 70 years, Democrats tired of having everyone see them as an impediment to progress, so they stole that mantle in 1932 and have sort of maintained it ever since. “Sort of” means that Democrats championed progressive policies for everyone except black people. We might recall that between the end of the Civil War and Civil Rights legislation in 1964, Democrats were proud of their association with Jim Crow legislation.
It wasn’t until after Lyndon Johnson that the “silent majority” decided they’d had enough of the so-called Great Society. Even then, we didn’t hear much in the way of “I’m mad as hell” vitriol from the political right and center. Americans began speaking out against leftist ideology and our steady march toward a communist state during the Carter Administration. And this is when I think politics really started getting nasty … but there is a good reason for this. You see, the socialist state doesn’t like it when people talk back. They’d much prefer we all just sit down and shut up. We even see examples of this today, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi really doesn’t care what Americans think about the so-called gas crisis. And my good friend AOW tells me that when she writes (numerous) letters to her elected Democrat representative, he refuses even to give her the courtesy of a reply. It is hard to imagine such arrogance and disrespect from a “servant of the people.”
Tom asks, “Aren’t we all Americans?” Yes … sort of. We are all Americans, except the 40% who would like nothing better than to transform America into a European styled socialist state. Another 40% prefer to maintain our conservative traditions. Twenty percent can go either way, depending on the issues of the day. If we are all Americans … if we all love our country, why do so many leftists want to change America into something she’s not?
On this note, I do find American politics amazingly inconsistent. It is difficult to understand why labor unions support the same Democratic Party that encourages the un-ending flow of illegal aliens. You know … the same illegal alien population that drives up medical costs to the point where no one can afford health care, except illegal aliens, who get it free. Of course, the crisis does demand additional socialist solutions that mirror the failed national health care systems in Canada and the United Kingdom. The leftist agenda does seem clear to me. The people who garner degrees in minority studies and leftist philosophy demand solutions to the problems they created through leftist ideology. They don’t actually produce anything, of course … outside the perpetuation of their revisionist/Marxist agenda. I could be wrong, but in the animal kingdom, we call such creatures, “parasites.”
America is changing … whether I like it or not. It is purely and simply in the math. Millions of illegal aliens are streaming into our country from socialist Mexico. They are here because the government of Mexico isn’t meeting their needs, and liberal American politicians promise them lots of free stuff … including sanctuary from criminal prosecution. These “new left” illegal citizens fill up our voting registers (I call it voter fraud; other people call it organizing the community … programs that are prevalent in certain northern cities). We no longer provide Civics Education in our schools (it gets in the way of organized athletics), parents no longer teach and reinforce traditional values, and of course, all morality is relative. Did I mention that leftist ideology teaches us it is gauche to acknowledge our belief in God?
So I predict that in fifty years, there may not be any traditional American voices in the United States. In fifty years, I’ll be long gone. America’s geography will remain unchanged, but the question is … Will America survive? Seulement qui vivra verra.
Hand salute to: Z.
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