Feb 9th, 2009 by dwood.
Gather around, my conservative brothers and sisters, and lets discuss a few things we haven’t for far too long. You liberals and democrats can leave us alone, please, as this doesn’t really concern you. Go watch Oprah, read Reich, or listen to Lil Jeezy for a while, and give us a few minutes of privacy. We appreciate it.
Alright, now that its just us, lets get started:
Remember the 80’s? Ronald Reagan; Trickle-down; an energetic, young and active Republican Party; the end of the cold war; control of Congress; and the return of conservative responsibility to a government and a people who had abandoned it decades before? Remember all of that? Where is it now?
I’ll tell you where it is:
Its sitting on a sofa in Montgomery, Alabama; Its having a beer in Atlanta, Georgia; Its playing golf in New Hampshire, and working on its tan in Florida. Its sitting at a slot machine in Reno, and riding a snowboard in Aspen, Colorado.
Its too busy with soccer, and conference calls, buying and selling, promoting its business, and complaining about Maine’s Senators, to stop and get involved in taking its Country and its government back.
Ironically, its too busy remembering the 80’s, and the good old days. Its too consumed with complaining about Obama, and Pelosi, Reid, and Geithner. And far too busy to set aside a few minutes each week, let alone each day, to pick up a phone and call their Senator, or someone else’s Senator, or a friend, or their party, and tell them what they believe and why they believe it.
Oh its vocal alright, which is important, but like my old Uncle Charlie, it only complains about the present and waxes on about the past, with no real action and far too few solutions. It thinks that it can still count on all of its buddies to show up on election day, pull a lever, and place the world back on the correct axis.
And it couldn’t be more wrong.
How did we get here?
Well the answer to that lies with that group of people I asked to leave just before we started this little chat (and yes, I know some of them are still here). The liberals wanted change. They didn’t want to take care of themselves any longer, no, they wanted the government to do it for them. They wanted their handouts, and their freedom from religion, their gun control, and their abortion clinics. They wanted their stimulus checks, the silencing of talk radio, their over-bloated and inefficient government, Oprah, Ashley Judd, and absolute, homogenous equality by any criteria.
So they got off their collective asses, and went to work. They organized. They recruited. They rallied. They campaigned, and talked, and wrote, and committed. They gave their money, their support, and most importantly their time and effort. They made phone calls, sent faxes, wrote letters and blogs, went to meetings, and sacrificed a little of their personal lives for the benefit of their Party.
They did it on Monday, then again on Tuesday. They even did it on Saturday and Sunday. They did it in March, and April, July and October. They did it in the Spring, The Summer, the Fall, and even the Winter. They did it in the morning, in the evening, late at night, and all throughout the day. They worked hard, independently, together, and they didn’t rely on someone else to do the work for them (ironic in that one of their biggest objectives was the complete opposite).
And as they’ve reminded us ever since, they won.
So how do we change it back? Do you really have to ask? Why the answer is so simple, even a liberal can figure it out:
We work. Today. Tomorrow. Thursday and Saturday. We organize, and recruit, fax and call. We write, rally, campaign, and turn up our talk radio. We give a little to our Party and our future each day, every day. We show up, we stand together, and we work individually so that we and our party can triumph. We focus on solutions, and not blame. We support our President because he is our President, and we work hard to see that he is replaced with someone who loves liberty, The Constitution, God, and prosperity just as much as we do. We support our Representatives, and we work to replace those who seek fame and reputation more than the simple honor and duty of faithful representation.
We don’t just show up and pull a lever, because that isn’t going to work anymore, not ever again.
I see Oprah’s almost over, so leave here and go to work. Work with each other. Work by yourself. Work with the younger generations. Seek the contributions and input of all who hold dear those same principles as we do, and put them to work in whatever capacity they can best contribute. Give a little. Every day. Call and fax. Write and email. Give a little money, or time, or effort.
And turn your radio up full blast….while you still can.
Posted via email from David's posterous
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