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February 08, 2008 01:14 AM UTC

My fellow conservatives, its a time to stay positve and time to get to work.

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  • by: Goldwater Conservative

Quo vadis, conservatives?

By Michelle Malkin

Thursday, February 7, 2008

“Quo vadis,” conservatives? It’s the ancient, apocryphal question the apostle Peter asked Jesus while fleeing persecution in Rome. Where are you going? Where do we go from here?

The contest for the GOP presidential nomination is over. The conservative movement is not. Sen. John McCain’s campaign resurrection and Super Tuesday victory leave a diverse group on the Right-from the libertarian Club for Growth to First Amendment defenders to immigration enforcement proponents-dispirited. But the failure to nominate a true Republican unifier does not spell ideological defeat.

On Wednesday, wielding his olive branch like a schoolmarm’s ruler, Sen. McCain told conservatives to “calm down.” My advice is exactly the opposite: Get fired up.

Some on the Right advise their readers and listeners to vote Democrat or sit home. My advice is exactly the opposite: Get off the couch and walk the walk for conservative candidates and officeholders who need all the help they can get defending free markets, free minds, and secure borders-no matter who takes the White House in November.

Dissatisfied with the flawed crop of GOP candidates who lacked the energy, organizational skills, and ideological strength to carry the conservative banner and ignite your passions? Then pay attention to the next generation of Republican state legislators who do vote consistently to lower your taxes, uphold the sanctity of life, defend marriage, and cut government spending. Support their re-election bids. Reward them for standing with you instead of their Democrat opponents and the liberal media.

Look at Barack Obama. Four years ago, he was in the Illiniois legislature. Now, he’s on the cusp of the presidency.

If you can’t stomach John McCain, channel your support and energies to Republicans who do represent your values and who have treated the conservative base as allies instead of enemies. There are a new generation of combat veterans running for office who haven’t made a career of trashing the base. Check out staunch economic, social, and national security conservative congressional candidates like Iraq/Afghanistan veteran Eric Egland in California’s fourth district. Check out the Vets for Freedom (vetsforfreedom.org) group for their endorsements.

Opposed to the amnesty bill? Republican Sens. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, Thad Cochran of Mississippi, James Inhofe of Oklahoma, and John Cornyn of Texas all fought the McCain-Kennedy-Graham-Martinez-Bush open-borders disaster. All of those Senators are up for re-election this year. Send them some money. Then send a few more bucks to the enforcement proponents on the House side as well.

Don’t sit and wait for the fence to get built. It won’t be finished under the Bush administration or a McCain administration or an Obama or Hillary Clinton administration. What you can do is pressure mayors and police chiefs and city councils to rescind dangerous sanctuary policies. What you can do is alert county sheriffs that you want them to work with the feds to end illegal alien catch-and-release policies in your neighborhood.. What you can do is stop patronizing businesses that you know are knowingly employing illegal immigrants using fake Ids and stolen Social Security numbers.

There are other vital issues on the ballot this fall that need conservative backing. Conservative stalwart Ward Connerly is leading a “Super Tuesday of Equality” drive in November to end racial preferences in five states. He has not only battled the race demagogues on the Left and the affirmative action apologists in the media, but also spineless GOP establishment leaders who would rather pander to the “diversity” lobby than fight for true equality under the law. Connerly spearheaded resounding victories in California, Washington, and Michigan. The new campaign is targeting Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma. Support his organization, the American Civil Rights Institute (www.acri.org).

Twenty-six years ago at the Conservative Political Action Conference, President Reagan rallied conservatives:

“We must ask ourselves tonight how we can forge and wield a popular majority from one end of this country to the other, a majority united on basic, positive goals with a platform broad enough and deep enough to endure long into the future, far beyond the lifespan of any single issue or personality.”

Get involved. Don’t calm down. Get fired up.

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13 thoughts on “My fellow conservatives, its a time to stay positve and time to get to work.”

  1. is that it reminds me of what the Dems went through in the 90s. Bill Clinton is a much more popular figure with Dems and left-of-center types than he was then – he was often characterized as “conservative” by the hard left (including my 20-something self, who actually voted for Nader in ’96 [but NOT 2000! I had grown up during the second term]) and their disaffection with him is a large reason for Bush’s election (you know enough of those Nader votes in Florida would have gone to Gore to give him that state beyond all dispute).

    Now the GOP is going through the same thing. They’re going to nominate a pragmatic conservative, and the dogmatics can’t stand it. I posted this thought elsewhere but it bears repeating – if McCain is elected, he’ll have a successful presidency and will neuter the hard right like Clinton did with the hard left.

    1. that the big difference is that there weren’t a whole bunch of lefty loons on TV, radio, and in print wailing like a bunch of flagellants when Clinton got the nod in 92. Partly that’s a reflection of how underrepresented the left were (and still are) in those media, but it’s also a reflection of the spirit found in one party after years of the other’s tenure in the White House.

  2. I know Rush Limbaugh made a joke about Hillary Clinton’s testicle lock box.  I just didn’t realize it was real.

    Seriously A, your observation about Bill Clinton is a good one. He was forced to sign welfare reform by Newt and a Republican congress, but instead of looking weak, he made it his idea.  It worked and he got some (too much) of the credit.

    1. Upon further reflection the hard left were emboldened by the Clinton presidency which is in part why Nader made such a strong showing in 2000. It sometimes takes being kicked out altogether to make you appreciate what you had while you were in…

      1. I first used the term in this thread, and when I say it I generally mean the take no prisoners, truly bordering on socialist branch of the party. You know, the ones who voted for Nader and claim there’s no meaningful difference between the Dems and the ‘pubs and who think Clinton was conservative. No pragmatic Liberal gives those people the time of day anymore.

        There’s a difference between sticking to your guns (like you do) and using them to shoot off your nose to spite your face.

        1. ….mixing up my steadfastness with position.  You are right.  I also have some very conservative threads, such as limiting immigration and personal responsibility.  (If those can be claimed by the right as theirs.)

        1. …sometimes you piss the hell out of me, but I respect your comments much more that some of the guys here.  You are a Haners but of a different stripe.

          So, how many lefties down here do you know?  

          1. In the Keys? I never counted them. They’re progressive socialists don’t ya know. (some)

            I have friendly but interesting conversations with my marina buddies and the neighbors.  We are down there long enough each year to get invited to all of the “taste of the islands” events.

            So more than 10 less than 100. The people I talk to in KW are the most left.  It’s like a different country in old town KW.

    1. The lovely and talented Michelle has struck a positive note.

      I have been no McCain fan, but agree with the “get fired up” instead of cry in your beer reaction.

      There are other vital issues on the ballot this fall that need conservative backing. Conservative stalwart Ward Connerly is leading a “Super Tuesday of Equality” drive in November to end racial preferences in five states. He has not only battled the race demagogues on the Left and the affirmative action apologists in the media, but also spineless GOP establishment leaders who would rather pander to the “diversity” lobby than fight for true equality under the law. Connerly spearheaded resounding victories in California, Washington, and Michigan. The new campaign is targeting Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma. Support his organization, the American Civil Rights Institute (www.acri.org).

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