Why you should vote 2010! Republican or Democrat it is IMPORTANT!

November 1, 2010 dsniffin 1 comment

Why you need to vote!

The arguments have already been discussed to death, so this is my last min effort of encouragement!

Excuse the Rant, consider this a rough draft last min ditch the night before the election.

The 2010 midterm elections and the coming 2012 elections are the most important elections of our generation. A radical transformation of how America works and functions in social, political and economic life has occurred. While the American people have not seen the full transformation play out in their daily lives, the last two years have seen a massive accumulation of power in the hands of the federal government. While liberals see this as a means for justice to reign in corrupt and flawed capitalism, conservatives and libertarians believe that this transformation is the greatest threat to liberty in a generation.

For the right, this election is key and a victory needs to be big! The Republicans will probably take the House and the Senate is up for grabs. A victory will allow Republicans to hold off further transformation of American society and prepare to reverse the course in 2012 to a new direction. If you are a Republican, conservative or libertarian who believes in the ideals of the founding fathers, supports the constitution, free enterprise and smaller government, you must vote this election. These ideals are in danger from government expansion, regulation and taxation and only a victory in 2010 can prevent a continuation in the wrong direction. If the right coalition fails their will only be a more massive expansion of government under an Obama led executive, and democratic legislature. A Republican victory may also, force Obama to compromise like Clinton did when Republicans won in 1994, stop the creation of bills that are thousands of pages long that nobody in Congress knows what has been passed.

Government expansion is almost impossibly to cut without radical revolution or collapse of government systems (see Revolutionary War/Collapse of Soviet Union). The Republicans must win in this election cycle or the fight to remove and cut expanded government will become even harder. Once tyranny is engrained into a society (higher taxes to sustain gov programs), its removal is very difficult because society shifts to defend their “free” lunch.

Liberals on the other hand are holding the line on the transformation of society and their victories achieved over the last two years. While it is projected to lose the house, they may be able to keep control of the senate and help control the purse. The Democrats will not see a reversal of their policies unless Obama fails to win reelection in 2012. Republican victory in 2010 will only mean a halt to Obama’s inefficient progressive agenda. Slowing the agenda will result in more efficient bills rather than pork bills from corrupt officials.

I encourage those on the left to vote this election because of the dangers of massive government without accountability. Liberals voted for the expansion of government and the increase of its power, this also makes the government less accountable to the people. We MUST HOLD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE or it will become corrupt. Officials who are elected year after year by a class of solid voting support can too easily become comfortable in their seat, pandering to special interests rather than the people. The only tool we have against government corruption is the ballot box.

Liberals and Democrats staying home this election may benefit Republicans, but it’s bad for the country if we continue to be apathetic in midterm elections. Special interests are only trumped when the electorate as a whole, makes their voice heard. When the electorate comes out in large numbers, elected officials can count on the support of the people, rather than needing the support of special interests. If politicians can count on the people to vote for them in large numbers based on their performance of promoting and creating public welfare, politicians will shun cronyism and corruption that comes with the support of special interests.

The higher the turnout, the more politicians see the need to support policies that benefit the American people as a whole. While I do not wish for a leftist agenda in our government it is more important for the people to show their power by voting in the face of growing government power and preserving liberty in the long run, by holding our officials accountable.

While I recommend Democrats to vote, I also recommend you give Republicans a shot. While I am not asking you to vote Republican across the board, let me suggest you vote Republican in your House race this year. Every 2 years members of the House come up for election, so the risks to any democrat agenda in the long run, by giving Republicans a shot are small. In two years you can easily vote the republican out of office. If you have not received direct benefits in your daily life, then what are the Democrats doing for you? The Republicans in congress also won’t reverse the victories of Obama after this election (because Obama retains his power of veto), so what do you have to lose? If anything, this gives you a chance to remove your incumbent democratic congressman who is well-connected, and beholden to special interests. Vote him out in an election when you control the presidency. In the next election of 2012 a new fresh and more electorate centered democrat can run for office, and serve you rather than interest groups beholden career politician that has been voted in year after year not being defeated in primaries.

Republicans won’t be able to push a reversal or radical agenda with Obama as president, so remove your career democratic representative this election cycle. As a democrat/liberal citizen you have nothing to lose, and everything to gain by checking the democrat establishment’s power, letting a new fresh face challenge the Republican congress in 2012.

I urge you to vote this election! If you do vote, please consider your Republican Party candidate for Congress.

Categories: Democratic Establishment, Elections Tags: 2010 Election, Citizen, Corruption, Debt, Democrat, Republican, Term limits, Turnout, Vote

Rahm Emanuel Goes To Chicago, Asserting Liberal Nationalism Over Representative Government

October 5, 2010 dsniffin 1 comment

Tyranny From Above, Never From Below

While some may view Rahm Immanuel’s attempt to run for mayor of Chicago as simply a classic example of an arrogant politian stretching the law for this own political gain; it displays an even deeper trend in Liberal ideology that is eating way at the fabric of American society. This ideological poison is a belief in nationalism over federalism, and a denial of political representation in favor of bureaucratic governance.

Since the rise of American progressivism, the powers of states and local municipalities have been subverted under federal control. In the 1910’s under Wilson and in the 1930’s under FDR to the present day, the federal government has seized powers that were never granted to it by the US constitution and were meant to be in the control of state governments (see the 10^th amendment to the constitution!!!). This trend is the reason why the federal government has grown exponentially, seizing powers meant to be run by the states such as education and almost all welfare programs. The push for a national healthcare system is a clear example of Liberal distain for local governance. If one remembers Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts it was primarily due to the people of Massachusetts already having their own state run socialized healthcare system and not needing a federal one. The Federal government was seizing the power over healthcare, taking it away from the people of Massachusetts; the people voted in Senator Brown to vote against this federal takeover.

Liberals believe they know better than the direct representatives of the people on the local level and seek to force citizens to accept the Liberal agenda in states where it would never pass state legislatures or popular votes. Liberals believe those who deny their agenda are too “stupid”, “brains washed” or “corrupted” to see the merits of the plan that is the pathway to social liberty and equality for all. Therefore, Liberals seek to impose a tyranny on society by ignoring the constitution and 10^th amendment, forcing everyone to accept nationalist policies. Liberals treat the American people like naughty children to be dealt with and babied. Representative government on the local and state level prevents Liberal reform so it must be destroyed and replaced with nationalism.

Liberals typically use the argument that massive welfare programs would not be possible without the aid of the federal government, because the states do not have the resources to complete welfare goals (ignoring the obvious solution of allowing the states to tax more and lower federals to pay for state programs). This is an unsubstantiated red hearing constructed to justify national tyranny and destruction of the constitution for the sake of progress. Nations throughout Europe have adopted the policies Liberals desire with populations of under 5 million. Most Liberal states easily achieve these population numbers and could implement socialist states similar to European “utopias” whenever they desire. Yet, they choose not to because the people don’t desire it! Instead of believing in bottom up representation, Liberals have forged ahead with imposing their utopian vision on the entire nation. They believe they are smarter than the plebian classes who they must coddle and manipulate for every election to achieve their visionary future.

Spin Doctors

Ron Emanuel personifies this Liberal position. His actions throughout his years as Obama’s chief of staff and campaign advisor show his political stance on The People. He announced in 2008 the strategy and planning for media relations and presidential action would carried out just like it was during the presidential race. Larry King’s interview with Bob Woodward (by no means a conservative) for his new book “Obama’s Wars” gives us a clear glimpse into the Obama Whitehouse as run like a presidential campaign. In the interview , Obama is described as split over every issue between Emanuel with his fellow media advisors, and Obama’s policymaking teams. With policy compromised for political poll numbers. Each action taken and word stated by Obama is carefully crafted to overcome and manipulate the “dumb, stupid, misunderstanding, mislead, fool hearty, backward, crazy and racist” American people, instead of honest, upfront policy decisions.

(See endnotes for Woodward interview)

Emanuel’s position in the White-house as chief of staff and campaign manager as minister of propaganda (not nefarious per say) show a clear trend of the Liberal elite towards disdain for the american people. Rather than being honest and attempting to convince people to adopt their ideas, Liberals feel they must control and manipulate them so that elections are won, and the nanny state agenda can be forced on the people who would not accept it otherwise. IT’S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!

Emanuel’s attempt to run for mayor in a city where his residency is in question, demonstrates his disdain for representative politics and the belief in a governing class of intellectual elite. By going to Washington Emanuel sacrificed his residency in Chicago for a chance at national politics. Now that a mayoral position has opened up, Emanuel has seized an opportunity to seek office. He no longer is living in the town he calls home and yet he wants to represent the people there? This is a clear disdain for representation of a people coming from among the citizenry of Chicago.

Hillary Clinton, before her election to New York’s senate seat in 2000, bought a house for the specific goal of seeking office there. Clinton and Emanuel’s actions are perfect examples of Liberals who believe in their own social caste of career politicians who can serve the people anywhere, and qualified for any office. The politics, needs and beliefs of people vary from state to state; America is a diverse country of over 300 million people, yet Liberals believe in a Uniform America. This Uniform America is a place where every city and state should achieve the same goal of a utopian feature run from the capital of Washington. Policies based on geography shouldn’t differ because everywhere should be made to reflect a care-taking government that acts to shield people from themselves, and decisions can be made by any “properly” educated intellectual. The Liberal dream is a nation without these boundaries of states, and national government administering through a bureaucratic system of professional politicos, a just utopia, where equality and socialism is guaranteed! Theirs is a a movement called progressivism and Uniform America is their true goal whether its naive ones know it or not!

It’s time American’s say NO to a political social class whether Democrat or Republican Liberal Progressive, that can bend the rules to their gains, and does not recognize the value of representation from among one’s peers. Vote out your career politician and put in a true representative from among THE PEOPLE!

Endnote: Woodward Interview with Larry King