Keep The Right Close, And The Left Closer
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“If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the Devil in the House of Commons.” – Winston Churchill, 1941
Lost amidst the scuffle for the GOP nomination and the carefully orchestrated shell game over mandated contraception is a little-known fact that may have a large impact on the upcoming Presidential election:
There are a lot of liberals that don’t like Barack Obama.
The mainstream media has certainly done their part to muzzle conservatives, but that’s nothing compared to the lack of coverage given to an increasing number of liberals who believe Obama has sorely betrayed them.
Their lists of grievances are long and varied; suffice it to say, most did not expect “Hope and Change” to equal “Totalitarian Socialism.”
You can imagine why the media would be reluctant to report this dissension within the ranks. The fact that it’s not being reported is a story in itself. The ethical collapse of independent western journalism has left us without a public guardian against the unilateral destruction of the United States Constitution.
Enter the new media. Andrew Breitbart, its first great martyr, launched a project to “Vet the President” just before he shuffled off his mortal coil. It is a venture that has been years in the making; the evolutionary result of a journalistic empire built from the ground up and designed to do what the conventional media won’t do. In the process, it started a movement that has brought necessary scrutiny to the corruption in mainstream reporting and exposed the lies we are told daily.
While the Obama political machine was producing the Sandra Fluke sideshow, and the media (including its few conservatives) dutifully paid it far more attention than it deserved, Breitbart’s posthumous project debuted, and we have been treated to new investigative reporting on the origins of our 44th President, and the uncomfortable truths about the formation of his radical philosophy.
It has helped get the conversation back on track. It has reminded us that the issue in the first place was the unconstitutional mandate for abortion and contraception. It has brought the harsh glare of public scrutiny right back where Barack Obama doesn’t want it.
On himself.
New media has broken our diet of strictly controlled information. Investigative reporting is exploding across a number of online outlets, and all of them are connected by vast global social networks. The big stories get out fast, and bad journalism is quickly debunked.
Good journalists who have struggled for years trying to work within a corrupt system have now broken out of it; many have gone as far as to start news outlets of their own, and they’re reaching an enormous audience in a hurry. Watch how fast the new Breitbart.com website becomes a staple. Watch how fast Twitchy.com will catch on. These are just a few examples of great ideas built out of an urgent need to man the post that our monolithic mainstream media has abandoned.
Which brings us back to the disenfranchised liberals.
They’re part of the discussion. Conservatives and liberals can disagree on a lot of ideological issues, but they can agree that we can’t trust mainstream media to do their job and vet the President. They can agree that Obama deserves to be exposed.
In this, we are allies. We can’t expect the liberals who have been politically orphaned to suddenly adopt the GOP, but we can embrace a common dissent and focus on a common enemy. They may not vote Republican, but if they aren’t voting Obama, we have an ally in the defense of our Constitution.
It pays to know what our common grievances are. We can dictate the dialogue. We can coordinate the attack on this failed administration. We should take all the help we can get.
Great article Franklin! I agree with your points and opinions 100%! I am supporting Rick Santorum for President and one of the reasons I know he is the right choice is because he has the best chance of winning the votes of Moderates, Independents, Reagan Democrats, Blue Dogs and even the defective Liberals. His election record is proof of that, just take a look.
In 1990, at age 32, Santorum was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Pennsylvania’s 18th congressional district, located in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh. He scored a significant upset in the heavily Democratic district, defeating seven-term Democratic incumbent Doug Walgren by a 51%-49% margin. Although the 18th District was redrawn for the 1992 elections, and the new district had a 3:1 ratio of registered Democrats to Republicans, Santorum still won re-election with 61% of the vote.
Santorum served in the United States Senate representing Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007. From 2001 until 2007, he was the Senate’s third-ranking Republican. He was first elected to the Senate during the 1994 Republican takeover, narrowly defeating incumbent Democrat Harris Wofford 49% to 47%. He was re-elected in 2000, defeating U.S. Congressman Ron Klink by a 52%-46% margin.
It's actually preposterous to think of not choosing Rick Santorum based on this information.
Check out this great article a friend of mine wrote, "A Reagan Democrats View on Rick Santorum and why he Should be President" http://ricksantorumforpresident.wordpress.com/201…
Fired by Pennsylvania, never asked back. Great record.
Who are you supporting?
Whoever gets the Republican nomination. I think Newt would be best but it looks like it will be Romney.
That question was directed to gaelhound and his comment "Fired by Pennsylvania, never asked back. Great record.". Newt got fired 2 years before Santorum did and Romney quit because he knew he was going to get fired. The only one still working is Ron Paul but he's a loon, lol.
Alan, what are your thoughts on Santorum?
I like Santorum. Always have. He spends more than I would like but he's a good man and as electable as any of them.
I had to come to the terms that there is no perfect Candidate but for me in my vetting process, Santorum was my first choice among the rest. He has a great understanding of our history, the US Constitution, the Bible, the role of religion in Government and policy, Faith, Family and Life. He has good character, strong Conservative values, a solid voting record, accomplished victories on the hill, deep convictions and compassion. Lol, sorry for the surrogate speech.
Fact is he won Pennsylvania's Senate seat twice, which is better than most Republicans have been able to do in that state.
Every Republican in the race right now is a viable alternative to Obama. There's no doubt about that. Obama's numbers in approval rating and unemployment are historically bad – to the point where he would shatter records if he were able to get re-elected. Nobody but Reagan got re-elected with unemployment over 7% (and that was at 7.2, AFTER he'd brought it down from 10.8%). Obama is sitting at well over 8%.
It's over. He's done. All that's left is to sort out the GOP nominee.