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Delegitimizing The Victories: The Politics of the Angry White Male

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  November 1st, 2010 at 05:00 AM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

“It will be easier for the Democrats to believe in a grand conspiracy that stole the election, than to accept rejection by the American people.”

Conservatives will be fighting on two fronts after today. First, Establishment Republicans will be peddling stories, as they have in the past week, that conservative gains in the Senate were really not significant compared to the Establishment pickups.

We’ll deal with those later, but you can get a flavor for those here and here.

But there is a bigger effort, which the media will be more sympathetic to. That is that this election is not a game changer, just a temper tantrum. It is the “Angry White Male” election. This is important for two reasons — it helps push the narrative that this election is against the first black President and therefore somewhat illegitimate because of racism. Second, it makes it an election premised on the anger of one demographic group.

Consequently, this election can be seen as an anomalous fluke and not a full scale rejection of Democratic policy. The Democrats are desperate to build that narrative.

Contrast this year with 2008. The pundits on television were orgasmic that America had become a “center-left” nation. Time’s front cover was of the Republicans as an endangered species.

A number of analysts and pundits said if the GOP tried to be obstructions after the devastation wrought by the Democrats, the GOP would be further decimated come 2010.

And yet . . .

It is important to understand why the Democrats will seek now to delegitimize Tuesday’s gains and how.

The “How” is the easiest. There are a number of ways they will do it.

  • They will, in the next 24 hours, predict astronomical gains for the GOP and when those numbers are not reached, the Democrats will proclaim there is no mandate.
  • They will say it was just angry, white, racist men — not the whole country and therefore the GOP must pursue policies designed to attract (insert your favorite minority group here).
  • They will say it was just a temper tantrum.
  • They will say it was a one time fluke and Obama will now win in 2012.
  • They will say the new Republican caucus is “moderate” and this was a repudiation of the right.
  • They will say Karl Rove and the Chamber of Commerce used foreign money to steal the election.

They will say a lot of things designed to distract from the gains.

The “Why” is very important.

The Democrats bought into the idea that the nation was now a center-left nation. They believed the nation wanted universal healthcare, a stimulus, etc. They are convinced that 70% of Americans want socialist healthcare policies.

In short, the Democrats must delegitimize this election because to admit to its consequences is to recognize that the nation does not and never did want the Democrats’ socialist agenda. It will be easier for the Democrats to believe in a grand conspiracy that stole the election, than to accept rejection by the American people.

So they will come up with every possible excuse to excuse what is going to happen to them.

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  • http://thesandsinstitute.org Vassar Bushmills

    …or at least shouldn’t.

    Or at least, we shouldn’t let them. What is, is.

    Our victory here will lessen the power of the media immensely, as everything that will have happened will have been against their efforts. And if WE do our jobs the next 48 months, they will be unable to regain that lost ground. We will be the masters of power inside the media if we play our cards right.

  • http://www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com ColdWarrior

    And what we do DO is all about what we do locally.

    Inside the Republican Party. In our local Republican Party committee.

    More on that after the election. Let’s focus on GOTV on Nov. 1 and 2.

    Thank you.

    For Liberty,
    ColdWarrior, PC (that?s ?precinct committeeman,? not ?political child!?)
    Conservatives, UNITE! CHANGE the Republican Party and save the world by UNITING INSIDE the Party as precinct committeemen. NOW! (1 day until Nov. 2 — what are YOU DOING to help get out the vote in your precinct?)

  • partyof1

    After the elections the media was saying “oh well this must mean the people want Democrats and Republicans to work together.”

    So yes they will spin and spin. But elected Republicans should understand that they are not there to cooperate with the dismantling of America. They are first a firewall, and second a beachhead.

  • JadedByPolitics

    the Conservative Black MALE and the win of Cuban Marco Rubio and the new Hispanic Governor of New Mexico Suzanna Martinez, there is NOTHING they say that will truly make it across this Country as true because the new faces of the Republican winners will SHUT IT DOWN!

  • distantvoter

    the harder they’ll have to spin.

    And when your positions are built on a foundation of sand, and you start spinning, the danger is that you’ll just drill yourself deeper and deeper into a hole.

    GOTV. That’s everything, now. If we can generate an 80 seat swing in the House, it doesn’t matter how they spin it. Everyone will know what happened.

    60 seats would be great, but 80 would be a repudiation of statism that even the blindest person could see. I hope it’s even better than 80, and if Gallup is right, it might be. Let them spin.

  • fbks

    Governor in South Carolina.

  • abernard

    “In short, the Democrats must delegitimize this election because to admit to its consequences is to recognize that the nation does not and never did want the Democrats? socialist agenda.”

    Sure, but given that America is in deep financial trouble, if Republicans push a Bill Frist agenda, they’re toast as well.

    The Tea Party has brought in the fold a large number of classical liberals and libertarians–that should not be forgotten. Many people are voting out of fear and loathing of the Democrats.

    If Republicans think that culture-war issues such as Terry Schiavo, DoMA, labeling those with legitimate critiques of the Iraq War as “unpatriotic,” or engagement in jingoistic “America First” and “Drill-Baby-Drill” rhetoric is a winner, then they are sorely mistaken.

    I say this in all due respect to you conservatives at RedState. The issues I mentioned earlier are cheap shots against people who might not have been actively involved in politics previously; they really turn off people who recognize that this country is in trouble and are doing some serious soul-searching about their past political beliefs at the moment.

    Stop the bailouts. Massively cut the spending. Roll back the overwhelming federal government control over our lives. Adhere to the Constitution. Decentralize federal power to states, local communities, and families.

    If Republicans can do this, they can create a civil coalition that can be politically effective in advancing conservative economic now and social policy in the future. If Republicans can’t do this, they–and all of us Americans–might just lose a country.

  • jlsankot

    Maybe the establishment Repubs can “walk across the aisle” and work WITH (not on) the new electees who represent the Tea Party. They have certainly proved their ability to do it (with the Dems).

  • davesinsanantonio

    to the spin and even outright lies of the media, all of the media.
    The press used to be the watchdog of the nation, now it is the lapdog of the Left. We must become our own watchdogs, and be ever vigilant to the creeping socialism that will take the place of the blatant attempt to take over everything in this country. We cannot ever go back to our comfortable complacency of the past. We also cannot let little usurpations slide. We must demand, and follow up on our demands, that the Constitution be adhered to, and that every law, budget dollar, and executive order be the minimum possible to get done the job of protecting the security and freedom of this country and the liberty of its people. We cannot let even the least degree of usurpation again succeed.

  • davesinsanantonio

    returns and prevents any socialist backlash from going anywhere.

  • http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

    That the teaparty did not help Republicans, but instead Republicans would have done even better without those crazy teaparty people.

    Get ready because I predict you will hear this one even before election night is over.

  • http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

    That the teaparty did not help Republicans, but instead Republicans would have done even better without those crazy teaparty people.

    Get ready because I predict you will hear this one even before election night is over.

  • neomom

    The fiscal situation should be front and center. Period.

    Most of those new “Rs” are social conservatives as well, but they need to remain relatively quiet. As in stealth. Nobody has to give up their principles. But we also need to turn this boat around.

  • http://moelane.com/ Moe Lane

    Didn’t you identify yourself as one here? ‘Other conservatives,’ and all that.

    I’m feeling puckish, so I’ll give you a chance to successfully BS me on the contradiction. It should be entertaining to watch you try, at least.

    Next post.

  • Marcus_Traianus

    It is the Republican Party, and only the Republican Party that will “de-legitimatize” this election. Not some supposed angry mob. Accordingly, if the current leadership stays intact- you can count on it being so.

    We have blown it twice now. First, with the presidency where Bush I and II took us well away from the basic conservative principals of Reagan. Second when Congress slowly frittered away 1994, and then later openly betrayed our principals for an amalgam of “moderate” agreements brokered by past and present leadership, including some still in power, This climaxed with John McCain running as “our” candidate for President.

    The immediate reflex of current leadership will be a return to political horse-trading with a light spread of conservatism on the top to please the “mob”. But nobody will be fooled, especially not the independents and other non-believers (rightly) we need to succeed.

    Republicans could cement our position for years to come by following sagacious conservative principals which appeal to a large swath of our electorate. But without those in power realizing and succumbing to the anti-incumbent fervor which rules the day, I fear this will simply represent another historic failure. What do they fear in a vote of confidence on their leadership? Mortality.

  • tlhanger

    When George Bush was in office and the Democrats took over in 2006, all the damage they did was blamed on George Bush and we have not addressed that fully. To this day the name George Bush is what the Democrats refer to as bad policy and it was not his policy-it was congress.

  • abernard

    I am a conservative libertarian.

    I don’t subscribe to half of the stuff on this site.

    So yes, “you” conservatives. Because as long as this site thinks that Americans are as concerned with culture-war issues as an impending fiscal collapse of a nation, I feel the need to qualify my conservatism.

    You can feel puckish all you want, but don’t mistake the coincidence that you guys have an R next your name for a mandate.

  • http://moelane.com/ Moe Lane

    At a guess, college-student-or-just-after liberal who imprinted on Ron Paul in the ’08 election because he sounded less overtly anti-Israeli than the standard antiwar schmucks. The ‘jingoistic’ was a tell, Sparky.

    :interrupting: Don’t care if I’m right or not, actually. Bored now.

  • barfaulkner

    I hope that we have not been led down the rosy path to believe that the conservatives will have won anything. I voted for Kay Bailey Hutchinson all her career (well almost all) and she (under fire too) wiped out our fence by her amendment. They all drink the “kool aid” in Washington with the promise of big money and power. We the people have to somehow regain that power. I don’t see that happening until you and I start cleaning it up from the bottom up. My thoughts (worth less that a cup of coffee) is to get our schools back. Each year on every election there is mention of schools. Well, big schools solve nothing, never have. Small schools will save us. Let’s get rid of these huge school districts and top heavy agenda. Put your hat in the ring for the next school board and get busy breaking up these over (actually under) achieving fools that think big schools solve our problem. One problem at a time should be our motto with schools first. Redistrict the school system and let the people get back in charge. The small country school has always scored higher and better than any large consolidated mess. Why do you think that ALL politicans fear and disallow parents to decide where their child is taught and their tax dollar following that choice? Small private schools achieve! Pray for us all if we can’t get back to the basics with our children. I know that I sound like a nut but where else should we start when our own citizens can’t answer questions regarding our nation, use a cash register and make change without electricity, know the difference between socialism, communism, and democracy? Just look at the Republic of Boulder, Boulder, CO.

  • bay0wulf

    I don’t recall which race it was at the moment but a few/several years ago there was a huge push by the voters to unseat many incumbents and replace them with new, fresh blood. Alot of incumbents lost their seats to complete newcomers and there was a general sigh of relief that “The People had Spoken …” and gotten their message across.

    I thought that we had made an excellent start at putting our Government back onto the rails and was disappointed to watch a couple years later as people sank back into general apathy and let politics and Government return to “Business as Usual”. It was as if everyone forgot what it had all been about.

    We need to remember the lesson we should have learned then. We need to remember how quickly we lost the ground we gained. We need to remain focused over a time period longer than one or two elections.

    Remember and Don’t Forget … The damage done has been decades in the doing. The repairs will not happen overnight. This election looks to be a large step in the right direction but, in reality, it is only the prelude to a long and difficult battle to regain control. Care and Vigilance will be required for decades.

    Remember and Don’t Forget.

  • bay0wulf

    I don’t consider myself a Republican or a Libertarian but I think he’s at least got a pretty good point. This election I am forced to come down on the Republican side of the ticket almost straight across. That is not to say that I endorse them or their overall agenda in any way. In fact, I distrust them almost as much as I distrust Democrats and Liberals.

    I consider myself a Constitutional Conservative and wish there was a political entity (party) that more clearly followed what I believe is the path we should be following with some strength. There isn’t. Which is too bad.

    It’s been many years since I have voted “for” anyone rather than “against” someone else. This election, regardless of how I would like to feel “positive” in my selections, I have to honestly say I am trying to be marginally optimistic but … the truth is, I am still voting more “Against” than “For”.

    If the Republicans drop the ball or, screw the People in general, what the heck are we gonna do the next time around?

  • Scope

    We know for a fact that there are extremists on the right, that can give us all a bad name with the alphabet news, though they don’t need an excuse. This kid wasn’t only dumb, but he was an arrogant little cuss to go along with it. If he didn’t agree with half of this site, then why was he even here.

  • jim91010

    Of course one would expect to hear spin on this election. It will get heavy about an hour before the polls close on the east coast. I predict that by Wednesday morning we will all be dizzy from the spin from both sides.

    To those who claim the conservative (read tea party) groundswell is just white males, I think you need to take a good look around. While I have never attended a tea party (lower case on purpose) event, I find a great deal with which to identify. I am a hispanic male and I want to see this country get back to the Constitution. I want to see this country with secure borders. I want this country to be great.

  • janis

    This is not a one-and-done deal. We intend to keep holding their feet to the fire until either we get what we want or we send another batch home with singed tootsies. This is just the first batch who gets a chance to do it right.

    What happens if you have a business and you hire someone for a job and they don’t do it right? Do you walk away from your own business or do you fire the incompetent and get another employee? Same deal here.

  • bus2dc

    Beautifully said. All i can think of as i look at Earmark-Murkowski scratching and clawing her way back into the AK race — DESPITE what the people voted for — is that the biggest enemy to the GOP is the GOP! The corrupt, power-freaked, bitter, angry old RINOS and stand-for-nothing “moderates” who ignore the will of the people EVERY BIT as much as the radical left Dems. They have, in at least 3 key races, intentionally set out to DESTROY the chosen tea party candidate. It is a horror show.

    I have not given ONE DIME to the RNC this year because of their treatment of these new and truly conservative voices trying to make their way and change the hell that Washington DC has become. I have instead directly supported the candidates campaigns. While Mark Levin is urging us to save the Republicans and restore their conservative principles, I would like to know HOW we do that when THIS is how the party acts TO ITS OWN when they don’t get their way? I almost despise the Republican Party more than the Democrats.

    This election is a STOP only momentarily to the Obama-monster.
    On Wednesday, we had better GET CONTROL OF THE MESSAGE in the GOP or the fight within the party for power vs. change will hand a 2012 victory to a fully Communist America.

  • blooch

    but I think “we” have learned a lesson about voting more circumspectly, and “our” pining for a third party is more tempered by reality. “We” very rarely have the luxury of a protest vote, or boutique vote, without adverse consequences, regardless of how many Parties there are.

  • charlierightview

    So the democrats will say that Republican sweeps in Nov. 2010 are the result of temper tantrums of angry white racist males?

    News flash:
    The males were males in Nov. 2008.
    The whites were white in Nov. 2008.
    Obama was as black in Nov. 2008 as he is now.
    Obama was elected in Nov. 2008, as were many in Congress, and Obama proceeded to appoint his cabinet, advisers, and czars and get on with his version of what government should do.

    When Obama said: “My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you’ll join me as we try to change it.” voters should have recognized that he was not praising America. He was indicting America. His actions do not suggest that he believes America should be great.

    Are the Democrats trying to make us think that in a two year span people who were not racist when they voted in 2008 have become racist?

    If they have, it is because of the politics of the black president and his band of cronies.

    There are a number of ways humans learn. One is through operant conditioning. If we try something and receive a bad outcome (punishment) for it we will avoid it in the future. It’s like learning by touching a hot stove, whereby we form the generalized conclusion that any stove may be hot and we are better off to avoid them.

    So yes, given the experience of the past 2 years there are likely to be Americans who say if this is what happens when blacks are in charge I want no more of it. The unfairness of this conclusion to qualified people of color who espouse American values should be obvious. And how some would reach this conclusion should also be obvious. The Obama administration must take responsibility for its role in damaging racial relations.

    The game-changer is “angry.” Americans are angry about being sold down the river on unfulfilled promises. Americans are angry about being ignored. Americans are angry about manipulative politics. Americans are even becoming angry toward, and tired of, a finger-jabbing, authoritarian, arrogant, extravagant, teleprompter-fed president who has a decidedly anti-democracy, un-American agenda and who seems to think he was elected to rule instead of serve.

    A temper tantrum is a short burst of anger and what America is experiencing is of more duration than a tantrum. It is a smoldering, enduring form of anger against government of either party that attempts to rule Americans and deceive them, instead of representing them and being honest with them.

    It is likely the same anger that colonialists felt concerning the British in 1776. Forgotten over the decades, it has returned. As it saved us from foreign tyranny over 230 years ago it will once again save us from tyranny, this time from within.

    Election day, tomorrow, we voters need to send a ringing warning to Mr. Obama that there is no room in Washington for anyone who practices his style of government, either at present or in 2012.

    chuckles

  • http://theminorityreportblog.com Repair_Man_Jack

    When we finish destroying policies that are near and dear to your left-wing heart and replacing them with truly conservative ones, we will then successfully acquire said mandate. Suck the sour grapes and go vomit.

  • soljerblue

    It’s not the beginning of the end, but it may be the end of the beginning.
    – WLS Churchill

  • soljerblue

    That this will be our first, most important, and perhaps our most difficult task. Democrats recognize numbers, whether or not they publicly accept them. The rock heads and numbskulls in GOP leadership positions need to be re-educated. And like the Alabama farmer who kept bashing his old mule between the eyes with a pick handle told his kid: Son, first you have to get the mule’s attention.

  • soljerblue

    Although I am in the ranks of the Drill-Baby-Drill-ers, I couldn’t agree more with this post. The old rant from James Carville about “it’s the economy stupid” more or less applies here. If the Republicans concentrate on that, and do what needs to be done in stopping the Obama agenda, it will have a domino effect on everything else. Economic freedom IS personal freedom. Adhering to constitutional principles promotes economic freedom. It’s all part of the big picture. Let’s put first things first, eyes on the prize and all that.

    But first, we gotta get the mule’s attention.

  • lgbpop

    Why on earth would anyone but the media even listen to what the Democrats think the Republicans should do to be successful? Tht’s like listening to Bob Shrum tell you how to win a presidential election.

    The Republican establishment had better not give short shrift to the conservatives who get elected tomorrow. The Democrats made a huge mistake in saying we were members of the Tea Party, because then they could try to attack the leadership (such as it is, although it’s pretty ad hoc as far as I can see). We ARE the Tea Party; when you attacked it, you attacked us. If McConnell, Boehner and Co. (or their successors) fail to see this, they will be next.

    We want this government leviathan dismantled. Personally, I would love to see the end of foreign aid, public TV and radio funding, arts funding, and a whole host of other handouts. I would love to see the demise of the Departments or Education, Energy, HHS, Labor and Commerce.

    Sigh….I can still dream…..

  • renny

    With a CBS affiliate in Alaska conspiring to invent defamatory news on Joe Miller and the “Journolist” outing of conspirees to promote little o in 2008 and a news station in DE forgetting to run an O’Donnell ad, I would suspect no one in his/her right mind would be paying much attention to these hucksters and shills who’ve been busy destroying the orgs. that employ them while their news value goes down the tubes.

  • qurys

    Well said and something we can all remember as the Spinners start spinning their magic web

  • oldpedler

    an angry white male who is not a racist
    I am angry that I have lost my job after 39 years in the same industry because the jobs have gone to China.
    I am angry that the spending will burden my chidren and grand children with un-imaginable debt
    I am angry that the RNC supports people that do not have the support of the people who voted in primaries.
    I am angry when I hear Republicans say we have to “tweak” Obamacare when it must be repealed.

    BEWARE you new Senators and Representatives, the anger that got you to DC can also send you back home no matter your party. We will be watching.

  • awunsch

    for the American People. The dems can spin it whatever way they want to but the people, as shown by the Tea Party movement, will continue to push for a conservative agenda. That means that republicans will also be on the hot seat next election, in particular those on both sides of the isle that represent “ruling class” or secular progressives who sought to destroy our American constitutional republican form of government. The challenge for the republicans next year will be how to push for rolling back spending and taxes, repealing the healthcare bill and supporting DOMA while at the same time trying to restore order and bipartisan procedures. Can they stand the heat provided by the dems and the main stream media?

  • aesthete

    Though I think that many iterations of social conservatism are more or less amenable to the view that we should fight social issues at the state level. I would also add that libertarian social agenda items (repealing the WoDs, going back on some WoT policies, and general federalization of law enforcement) are not likely to gain traction in the near future, either. If Republicans stick to getting us on a fiscally sustainable track, and towards Constitutional government, they’ll do fine.

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  • aesthete

    Obama’s policies were “before his time” and thus will come to be appreciated later.

    America couldn’t appreciate the nature of the troubles confronting the nation when Obama came in.

    The Republicans blocked all of the good parts of Obama’s agenda, and he had to do SOMETHING. If Republicans had cooperated with Obama, he wouldn’t have been so unpopular.

    Obama’s agenda was too magesterial for America, parochial backwater that it is, to comprehend and agree with (insert gratituous references to the superiority of Europe here).

    Rich corps bankrolled conservatives, and swamped the airwaves and television sets with cheap, below-the-belt political attacks which motivated the easily-riled conservative-leaning voters to come out in droves.

    This election was about fringe issues like birtherism, not about policies (the fringe nuts will help with this).

    LIBURTARIUNZZZ/SOMALIA/KOCHBROTHURS!!!!!!! (Further explanation will not be forthcoming.)

    America has reached a dark ages where scientists and academics are villified and persecuted, and where mob rule is what is favored. Obama and the Dems just happened to be there when this happened, and the Reps are the natural beneficiaries.

    Electoral fraud/conspiracy theories.

    Any combination of the above explanations will become commonplace, and some already are.

  • rwlungren

    …elected Republicans should understand that they are not there to cooperate with the dismantling of America.

    But rather than “They are first a firewall, and second a beachhead”, I propose that Nov 2nd is the beachhead (think D-Day) and the elected Republicans (ELREPS) are the 1st assault troops ashore.

    Their Job is to ‘be a firewall’ (hold the beachhead) as we continue to provide the tools like pressure, emails, letters, etc (supplies) to OUR ELREPS (troops). That pressure will be to let ALL Republicans in Congress NOT to misunderstand, WE ARE ANGRY and the days of ‘Go Along to Get Along ARE OVER.

    We MUST make sure, between now and the start of the 112th Congress in January, that they UNDERSTAND, We want OUR country back. We are willing to elect and/or replace, as needed, more Republicans to further this end (bring more and more troops ashore). We are in it for the long haul.

    WE are ALL at fault for allowing OUR Country to reach this point. We sat on our hands for a century. NO MORE. ALL Republicans, at ALL levels of government, need to heed this warning.

    In proof reading this, I realize I’m actually proposing ‘Go Along to Get Along’. That is, ‘Go Along’ with US to ‘Get Along’ with US or start looking for another line of work.

    To quote Forrest Gump, ‘That’s I have to say about that”.

    GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

  • sunnyc

    Nothing has been resolved with this election. If Conservatives “win” in 2010 they have not accomplished anything unless they continue alert and active in the work until after the elections of 2012. That is when the BIG election is going to be.

  • rightwingmom52

    when they said, “We won. Get over it.” It’s not a coincidence that the candidates with the R next to their names are conservatives, not moderates. We, the conservatives, booted out RINO’s in the primaries, so it is clear to us that it is indeed a mandate. And I’m feeling giddy with a tingle up my leg about it.

  • myron_j_poltroonian

    If we ever are foolish enough to form a third party (remember ol’ “H” Ross Perot?), we should call it the “American Party”. Our motto? “I’m an American”. (Think of the “I’m the NRA”, “I’m The Army”, etc. identity/advertising slogans.) i.e.: Whenever, asked or not, speaking in (or writing to, the) public, as either a candidate or ordinary citizen, one could always begin with: “I’m an American”. That would really get the “Progressive’s’ goat. And by that, I mean the media’s as well. They of course, would have to respond with incessant derogatory commentary which would only serve to further galvanize the overwhelming majority of America’s right of center and conservative leaning voters, Republican, Democrat and Independent. “How Sweet It Is”, to quote Jackie Gleason.

  • myron_j_poltroonian

    I am a “RINO”. A “Republican In Name Only”. Unlike, however, the establishment’s RINO’s riding the Elephant into the dirt and obscurity, I am a Republican so I may have a voice in the Constitutionalist make up of the candidates running for elective office. I am an American first, a Conservative second and a Republican a dim, distant third. I’ve attended anti-illegal alien rallies across the river in Sacramento a few years ago, and I shall again in the near future. I write, I call and I e-mail. Not only to incumbents, but I send Letters to the Editor, as well as to sites and forums like this one. The “Silent Majority” is silent no longer. We’re now known as participants in the “Tea Party Movement”. If I found (however unlikely) a Democrat who was pro-second amendment, pro-states rights, pro-small government and pro-original intent who was running against a squishy RINO, I’d vote for him or her. I was just as against and outspoken about the big spending, overreaching, outsourcing of critical security materials and information in the last three administrations as I am of this regimes. The one fear I didn’t have with the last that I have with this one is this; I didn’t believe that G. W. hated this country and all it stands for, unlike the mentors of our current ROTUS (Radical Of The United States). This current government gives me no such confidence in their intentions. “This far and no further” is not just some quaint phrase – it’s a way of life when our freedoms are threatened. Our Constitution is under attack and I, for one, will stand up and defend it. The oath I took when I joined the service: “To Preserve, Protect and Defend the Constitution of the United States of America Against All Enemies, Foreign and Domestic”, placed no limit nor timeframe on my obligations in this matter and I recognize none.

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  • gdpitzer

    I totally agree. Could not have been said better This is not a 2010 campaign, nor is it a 2012, 2014 or 2016 campaign. The left lies are just incredible and boldfaced. I am 67 and praying for total conservative victories for the rest of my days.

  • gdpitzer

    May she win, win, win and win big in SC.