Conservatives: Rejoice!

We either move backwards or we move forewards.

We either prevail or we fall.

But, if defeated, we should be defeated because we fought and not because we refused to fight.

Let me repeat:

If defeated, we should be defeated because we fought and not because we refused to fight.

I aim this post at those Conservatives who would choose some of the following come Presidential Election Day:

1. My person ain't in it; screw ya;

2. I'm not voting for Cthulhu or the lesser of what I perceive to be evils extant;

3. I'm cleaning my fish tank that day, or balancing my checkbook, I ain't showing up;

4. I'm ticking the box for Brian Moore;

5. I'm writing in the name of my dog Ralf.

If you've chosen one of those routes, you're making a big mistake.

Years ago, my (for Christ's sake!) smackingly-liberal red-goateed high school civics teacher (in 1971) said to all of us empty-brainers:

"Democrats don't win elections; Republicans lose them."

It was true then, and it is true now.

IF THE DEMORATS WIN, IT'S BECAUSE WE ALLOWED THEM TO.

All is not a total loss.

We won our share of victories:

• The current SCOTUS is aligned as it should be;
• Dubai Ports: sunk
• Harret Miers: sunk
• Immigration reform bill: sunk
• Demorats: stymied on any number of fronts;

And this despite our current minority in Washington.

It's because the Demorats can't get their collective acts together.

The GOP didn't seem to know how to handle power when they had it; it would appear that same problem exists within the Demorats.

There is an amazing amount of power that exists (for the time being!) which emanates from political magazines, the internet, from e-mails, from blogs, from websites and from Talk Radio. Collectively, Conservatives can amass an amazing amount of power if we can manage to coalesce around the chosen candidate.

And let's be realistic: we'll never get precisely what we want in a candidate, and there will never be another Reagan.

Don't be an "Ain't It Awful!" troop.

Realize and recognize what your power, the grassroots power, has really done.

I'm not talking about the POTUS or the RNC; I'm writing of our actual accomplishments!

On issues we thought we'd lost: we WON.

It ISN'T a LOCK that a Demorat acquires the White House.

And if a GOP candidate makes shy by a few thousand votes, then I'll fall back on my own mantra:

If you fell into categories 1 through 5, then: shame on you! I don't want to hear a PEEP of complaint from you, should you disapprove of the outcome.

Just knock down a big cup of STFU and start posting about goldfish or video games or houseplants.

I'm in the race, folks, and I am not, repeat: NOT voting for a Demorat. I am voting for the person with the (R) behind their name. Simple as that.

Please, realize: it's not that bad. But it can get worse with a (D). Say to yourself: "Five possible SCOTUS appointments, five possible SCOTUS appointments."

BZ