Posted by
Virginia Daddy on Monday, July 07, 2008 3:19:17 PM
After reading BrianR's last post over at the Island, I got to thinking about likely scenarios coming out of this election. Nothing necessarilly new: Obama wins, the GOP gets energized; a McCain win, GOP sits back.
But is a scenario with the GOP getting energized a good thing? Not necessarilly. With expected losses in Congress, I am not convinced any sort of energy will be direction in the Right direction, rather in the Left direction. Further, with a socialist as POTUS, and a socialist leading in both houses, the stakes are likely a huge expansion in government will come from, in large part, a weakened resistance from their opponents.
Some would argue the energy created by a McCain defeat would be to go to the Right. I hope they are correct, but I am not so quick to say this would happen. Many in the GOP think they are correct being in the middle, and I think they would go more to the middle to compensate (ie, to the Left). Certainly, there will be some who will fight hard and loud, but a liberal government with a liberal media gives little room for optimism for conservatives. Their voices will be shunned as either "radical" or ignored completely.
The result will be a further deterioration of a conservative GOP. While I am not sure a McCain victory would do much to push the party Right, I think the scenario I outline is very possible. And if the Left is able to put into effect many of their ideas, there is little evidence of trends moving to smaller government and conservative values returning-- in government. In other words, it will be very difficult to reverse what an Obama presidency may put into action without effective resistance.
What then, are we, who truly are on the Right, to do? Well, we are to fight, and be loud, and be reasonable. That last one there is the kicker. I do not mean to work with the Left, or expect the unexpected, rather I mean we are to be intelligient and persuasive. We cannot be silent, and we cannot allow the Left do what it wills. Best case is for a viable third party to emerge, or to find a strong and energetic conservative icon (aside from Reagan-- one in the present) to carry the torch. Without something or someone to inspire, or without some form of organized resistance effort, we will see the Left's wrath on what made this a great nation.
Will this be any different with a McCain victory? Probably not. We'll still need the same voices and the same things to emerge. The bottom line is this: Vive La Conservative Resistance!