Individual Liberty — Individual Responsibility 

Please pass the Kool-aid

We are so screwed. Not just conservatives, but all of us. The Senate passed a pork laden bail-out yesterday. The House passed a bail-out today. Now all that remains is to resolve the differences and President Bush will sign whatever abomination results.

[Update: The abomination is already signed. We really are screwed.]

Ironically, on the news, prices on Wall Street spiked — for a moment. They're tanking again, as if this bail-out won't do any good for them anyway. It won't, and maybe a few investors have figured it out.

Our mortgages will be nationalized. Our government's power over our lives will grow even more, and without bounds. Our national debt will continue to rise. So will inflation and our taxes.

John McCain is promising to bring Al Gore back to negotiate Kyoto-like treaties. We're going to kill our economy trying to fight global warming — in the middle of a cooling trend, no matter who wins.

There's only ONE person that seems to be a real conservative running for the executive branch, and she's praising a populist with practically no conservative credentials because she's his running mate.

Just about everyone at work is telling me to vote Democratic. That's not really new, but so far not one of them has given me a rational argument why I should.

The closest any of them has come is to say “how does that affect you personally” when I complain about the rise of government socialism.

SO.

This is an open call for Democratic/Liberal/Socialist arguments. WHY should I vote FOR a Democrat? Offer up to me your reasons. Put it in writing. Explain to me why I should abandon conservative principles and vote for someone that opposes them all.

I'm serious. Try to convince me. If you can make a coherent argument, supported with facts and references, put it in writing and send it to me in email. Whether I agree with it or not, I will post it here, at NW Bloggers, and at Bloggers for Civil Discourse.

Then we'll discuss it.

This is also a call for “Republican” (not necessarily conservative Republican) arguments. Why should I vote Republican? Why should I vote for a party that's completely abandoned its principles? If you've got a coherent argument for that, send it to me. The same offer applies.

Regardless of how I choose to vote this year, I am no longer a Republican. Unless the Party changes and returns to true conservative principles, I can't support it any longer. That doesn't mean I can support the Democrats, the Libertarians, or any other existing party. It does mean though that I will be seeking a Party I can believe in.

It's time that we had a party that believes in our Constitution — the way the founders did. It's time we had a party that seeks to roll back the unconstitutional excesses of our federal government, whether they're popular or not.

Marxism is a failure, yet our federal government is willingly headed toward it. Socialism has failed wherever it's been tried, but our politicians and news media appear to be convinced that it's the only way to go. Our people are being brainwashed, losing their initiative and drive. Evolutionists and biologists tell us about survival of the fittest and the principle of stimulus/response, yet our government, our politicians, and our media encourage us to act contrary to those principles.

We punish success and reward failure.

It seems a sure path to suicide as a society and people to me.

Tell me why it's not.

To send me arguments send email to perri@perrinelson.com.

No bumper stickers or platitudes please.

[Update: And PLEASE... don't send me reasons why NOT to vote for the other side. I can come up with those on my own. Only send me reasons to vote FOR your side.]

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