A Part of the Conservative Underground…

Well, it is now official.  Barack Obama has been sworn in as our new president.  This is a day that has been dreaded by conservatives everywhere.  I have been amazed at how duplicitous the media, not to mention much of the American public have been throughout this “historic” election and inauguration.  I am sure that it will certainly continue.

It is amazing to me how many liberals have been calling for “uniting with Obama.”  They keep telling us that it is our American, and patriotic duty to stand behind him and basically agree with all that he decides to do or say.  I do notice that they don’t call upon their own example of uniting behind President Bush.  That is because they fought tooth and nail with everything that he did or said, even when it really benefited their agenda.  You see, one of the differences between liberals and conservatives is that conservatives do not try to silence the liberal voice.  We do not try to stop liberals from expressing their point of view, and standing in opposition to our thoughts and policies.  Liberals, on the other hand, are threatened by conservative thought, and therefor try to put an end to it.  One quick example:  Nancy Pelosi’s new rules i nthe congress, making it essentially impossible to get a true tax cut passed.  We certainly can’t have a tax cut.  Hmmmm…I wonder if that tells us where Mr. Obama really stands on tax cuts?  This is a move to shut conservative policy on taxes out of the congress completely!

We as conservatives know that dissenting opinions are necessary in a free state.  That explains why we have not, and do not, seek to silence voices that speak in opposition to our beliefs.  But, the principle certainly does not change now that a far left liberal in the sitting president.  We have the right (and will continue to exercise) to speak as the opposition to policies that will not be good for this country.  When this administration proposes and/or supports policy that will detrimental to the wellbeing of the country, we as conservatives will be there to challenge him.  You can tell me that my obligation is to goose step in line with the administration, but it just is not true!

One thing I will be interested to see over the next 3 or 4 months is how much the Obama administration will drop from their campaigning days.  It has already started.  They campaigned on big changes.  Remember the slogans?   Change we can believe in!  Yes We Can!  Well, come to find out, there wasn’t going to be that much change, and the truth is, “No they can’t”, at least for many things.  They have already been working diligently to lower all expectations.  We will see many of the far left supporters (who got Mr. Obama elected) start to become diheartened by his actual actions as president.  They will be upset that he is really incapable of getting all that he promised done.  There are many who already have shown their disapproval for his attempted move toward the center.  How dare he nominate any Repuplicans to serve in his cabinet?

I hope that the reports of his move back toward the center are true.  At least that will keep him from enacting policy that will be hard to stomach.  I suspect, however, that there will be some things taht he will seek to get enacted that will forever put him at odds with true conservatives.  If he is able to get the Freedom of Choice Act passed, there is no way he can unite with true conservatives.  If he is able to get Card Checks passed for the unions, he will have crossed a bridge that will alienate him with conservatives.  Not only that, but he will set free enterprise and workplace safety back 50 years.

I don’t want this to sound like all “doom and gloom.”  I hope that the policies of this administration will be such that they do not cause irreparable harm for our country.  I hope that they are able to turn this economy around, and make our country the prosperous place that it once was.  I hope that he will do a better job of bridging race relations in this country.  There is much good that could come during this administration.  But, if Obama chooses to be a “far left” president, then it will cause nothing but further division.  Many accused President Bush of being “far right,” but those of us that are on the “far right” know that he really was not, especially in fiscal matters.  He was centrist in a lot of ways, with conservative values shining through on some topics (like stem cell research and abortion).  It will be interesting to see just what happens over the next 4 (or 8 ) years!

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