Individual Liberty — Individual Responsibility

For those we lost, We will not forget 09/11/2001

“Our God given unalienable rights are given to us all as individuals. They tell us what we may do for ourselves, and they are the embodiment of liberty. The so-called rights that government gives to some of us are parcelled out to select groups as classes. They tell us what one class of people may require another to do for them, and they are the very essence of slavery.”
— Perri Nelson, February 9, 2010

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Disappointing

Published Tue, Nov 4 2008 8:28 PM

John McCain conceded defeat to Barack Obama before a single West Coast vote was actually reported.

Barack Obama is our president-elect. The country has voted for socialism and anti-Americanism. I find it all disappointing, but not exactly surprising. The polls gave a clue, as did the pre-election “electoral maps”.

But, I will not quit seeking to see real change in our government. Not the sort of rapid lurch toward socialism that seems inevitable now. Not the sort of falling away from our Constitution that seems inevitable either.

Rather, I seek a real conservative revolution. It's not time to retreat and start licking our wounds. Now more than ever conservatives need to get and be engaged in the real issues that matter. Much of the electorate has demonstrated that they believe that bigger government and forced redistribution of wealth are the way to prosperity.

They're likely to be disappointed more than I am. Conservatives are going to need to make a real effort to either convince people of the truth behind the principles of individual liberty and individual responsibility or learn them themselves and stand up for them.

One things certain. We will see change. We can't afford to spin this. It's a defeat. The left has been better at this than we have — dominating the Internet, the major media. They've managed to hide and/or sugarcoat their messages to the point that people believe in socialism without believing in its name. They've managed to convince the American people that there's something fundamentally wrong with the principles that made our country great.

Congratulations to the left. Condolences to the future.

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