Go Right, Young Man, Go Right!

During WWII, servicemen across the Pacific would tune to a radio program that featured the seductive voice of Tokyo Rose. Rose was a Japanese American who had turned loyalties back to Japan and presented a radio program urging Americans to give up the fight and go home. The propaganda was mixed with music to entertain, which allured the servicemen to listen, along with that sexy voice. Fortunately for America (and for Japan) her message was for naught. Today, Republicans are plagued with a slew of “Liberal Roses”. Colin Powell talks about the Big Tent while endorsing Obama. Lindsey Graham backs Global Warming Legislation that would wreck the US Economy. The revolt of conservatives in the recent New-York Congressional election nearly elected a third-party candidate while the former Republican nominee endorsed the Democrat on dropping out.

Conventional wisdom says that we need to be open-minded enough to allow anybody in the party so that we can win elections. This wisdom has caused the Republican Party to drift left, blurring the lines between Republican and Democrat. This has not won more elections but stuck us with the most left-wing President in history and a Democratic Congress.

First, a party that stands for everything stands for nothing. President Bush (41) abandoned his no-tax pledge and lost big time to Clinton. Clinton adopted many of the Right’s ideas (NAFTA, lowering capital gains tax, and welfare reform) and got reelected. Bush (43) coined the bizarre phrase “compassionate conservatism”. Conservatism is compassionate by its very nature but what Bush used it for was a cover to raise Federal spending to unreal levels. The Republican Congress went along for the ride, splitting from Conservatives who wanted a smaller government. If the Liberals had not been so wacko on the war, Bush may have well lost the election, hovering around 50 percent approval most of the time. In the last election, Republicans put up the darling of the Liberal Media, McCain, the most liberal candidate ever offered by Republicans. Many conservatives stayed home and many independents decided to give Democrats a try thinking that they couldn’t be any worse. Surprise! The only bright spot in the fiasco was Palin and the only reason this anonymous politician from Alaska curried any appeal was because of her conservative credentials.

Like the seductive voice of Tokyo Rose, the Liberal Roses can seem to make sense. Slipping left may seem easy but is no more the rode to victory than that advocated by Tokyo. To you Liberal Roses who think we need to outflank the Democrats on the Left, tell me what is to be gained when you look at the issues of the day:

Abortion: American opinion is drifting against abortion. Even Liberals talk about how they hate abortion but think it is a private matter. Curious that wearing a seat belt or buying health insurance is not.

Global Warming: The overwhelming majority of the American people do not think that man is causing global warming. They are suspicious of this whole movement that is full of anti-capitalist Marxists and Lobbyists that want to deprive America of its wealth. Although you can see why the Obama administration loves them so much, Americans think giving up beef and leather is a bit much. And not to confuse the issue with facts, global temperatures over the last decade have been falling, cancelling out the warming from the previous century.

Health Care Reform: Americans do not want this monstrosity. It is being crammed down our throats by a party that knows no bounds to hubris. Greater expansion of the government is not popular no matter what Pelosi calls it or no matter how much lipstick is on it. And while Democrats have scared seniors every year into thinking that Republicans will cut their benefits, only Democrats have proposed cuts to Medicare and threaten death panels through rationed care.

Taxes: Obama campaigned on higher taxes for the wealthy but still had to offer lower taxes for anyone else. The tax cuts he enacted at the beginning of his term are probably what broke the fall in the economy but there are a myriad of new taxes that are being proposed to cancel out the effect. The damage done to the economies of Virginia and New Jersey have caused them to run from Liberal rule. Even California is talking about tax cuts to repair the damage done by Liberals.

Illegal Immigration: Ok, what part of illegal do you not understand? America is a country of immigrants, but we need legal, controlled immigration. Aside from the drugs many of them bring with them, the poor souls coming to flee oppression and corruption come here to eek out a living as a landscaper or maid only to fall victim to the corruption of the American system, fostered by the Democrats. They are rounded up in ACORN buses, told in Spanish how to vote, and whisked off to the poles with the promises of a few bucks for “doing the right thing.” To the ire of the American people, Democrats talk about undocumented immigrants and liken it to speeding. I wonder if they would be so forgiving if I engaged in undocumented bank withdrawals.

War on Terrorism: The war in Iraq has turned and the beleaguered enemy has retreated to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Americans are not so supportive of the war in Afghanistan because the goals have not been delineated by this Administration. While the President dithers about troop levels, soldiers are dying. I know the President recoils when accused of dithering but the UN approved General McChrystal’s plan weeks ago. When take longer than the UN to make up your mind, you are, by definition, dithering. Supporting the troops and winning this war is a winning strategy for the American electorate. It’s also another reason to seal the borders to illegal immigration. How many Americans and undocumented immigrants are going to be dead when a nuclear dirty bomb is brought across the Mexican border and detonated in Los Angeles?

Education Vouchers: This is extremely popular with impoverished minorities who are traditionally in the tank for Democrats. Educating minorities, really educating them (not just giving them an affirmative-action pat on the head as you pass them to the next grade) is key to truly ending poverty. Unfortunately, the poor and the uneducated (high school drop-outs) vote overwhelmingly Democrat. Liberals have no interest in allowing captive voters to escape. One of Obama’s first acts was to abolish such a program in D.C. that was causing people to become self-reliant and may have led to a rise in Republican voters. Breaking the backs of teachers’ unions will cause few Americans to shed many tears and all Americans would be better for it.

I believe that an articulate American (black, white, Hispanic, Asian, male or female) who believes in Conservatism and can explain it could capture the electorate and do great things for this country. With all due respect to you Liberal Roses out there, my advice to the Republican party is from a phrase adapted from John Wayne: “Go Right, young man, go Right!”