Remember the theme from the original Poseidon Adventure, There’s Got to Be a Morning After, sung by Maureen McGovern? If you’re as old as me, you do.
The morning after, or, the aftermath of Barack Hussein Obama’s (mm mmm mmmm) re-election victory, found on the Internet, was a strange mixture of accusations, jubilation, and condemnation.
The condemnation was directed at American Values Voters, otherwise known as Reagan Conservatives. What boggled my mind, and I guess that it should not have, was the fact that the insults were coming from Democrats, and self-proclaimed Republicans.
Those “Republicans” call themselves “Fiscal Conservatives”. They claim to believe in 2 out of the 3 tenets (stool legs) of the three-legged stool of Reagan Conservatism: Fiscal Conservatism and Strong National Defense. They believe that embracing Social Conservatism is passe and will not win a national election.
You should have read the litany of condemnation I read, directed toward Social Conservatives yesterday, on Conservative websites. The insults went something like this:
SoCons need to just shut up and go away. You guys are a bunch of busybodies. You’re a bunch of senile, old dinosaurs. You add nothing to the Party, and your antique belief system should never be a part of the Republican Party Platform.
No one cares about abortion, gay marriage, or Benghazi!
We can win elections without you!
Uh huh. Tell you what, Cletus. Check out the map in the upper left corner. All that Red area is where Conservatives, including Reagan Conservatives, voted. The Blue Areas belong to the Liberal Democrats.
Passe? Not hardly.
I’d like to ask three things. then, Sparky, being the curious old codger that I am:
1. Without embracing the same Judeo-Christian Values System that our Founders believed in, how can you be sure that you are making the correct fixcal decisions for our country and its people? By relying on your own limited knowledge? “A fool and his money are soon parted” – Dr. John Bridges
2.When you guys say that Republicans need to “have a ‘Big Tent’, embrace diversity, and show that we are just as tolerant as the Democrats, in order to win over voters”, that tolerance somehow doesn’t seem to extend to Reagan Conservatives and/or Evangelicals. Isn’t that called “Hypocrisy”?
3. By not embracing a Judeo-Christian Values System, what makes you any different than the Liberal Democrats? Knowing how to save money? Heck, the Liberals know how to save money. They just don’t want to.
4. Wasn’t the Republican Presidential Candidate this year a Fiscal Conservative…and a Liberal on Social Issues? By all accounts, he’s a true gentleman. However, he received less votes than RINO John McCain did….against a worse president than Jimmy Carter was.
You can’t sit on a two-legged stool.
Reagan Conservatism is still very relevant.
Let’s look at quotes released, after the election, from two of my favorite Reagan Conservatives, who just happen to be Christians…and female.
First, here’s Michelle Malkin:
Once again, we have our work cut out for us. We lost this election, but we still live in the greatest country on the planet and we still have many ways to fight for and defend it.
My counsel to you tonight: Please, do not be bitter. Do not fall prey to the Beltway blame game. Do not get mired in small things. Do not become vengeful creatures like our political opponents who voted out of spite instead of love of country.
We still have boundless blessings to count — and to secure.
I remain a proud, unrepentant believer in the American Dream. And I know you do, too. Freedom will endure because we will keep fighting for it. We can’t afford not to, friends.
Earlier this evening, when many conservatives on Twitter started despairing, I quoted from Psalm 46:10. Elections come and go. Faith endures:
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
Chins up. Stand tall. We’ll fight again tomorrow.
Next, Sarah Palin wrote on her Facebook Page:
America, don’t lose heart. This election is not an “Obama mandate,” nor is it a rejection of conservatism. Unanswered ads like this one running in blue collar swing states defined Romney early on, and the Obama media also piled on with the narrative that Romney would harm the middle class. (As I personally have witnessed, once a bell is rung by a biased media, it’s impossible to un-ring it.) Ironically, it’s Obama’s socialist policies that will destroy America’s working class as he outsources opportunities.
Hang in there, America. Fight for what is right. Don’t look to government or any politician to solve your problems. Government can’t make you happy, healthy, wealthy or wise. Obama is a master at reading the right “soaring” words fed into his teleprompter, but actions speak louder than words. So, hold tight to 2 Corinthians 4:8 because we’re in for a wild ride.
We must survive. United. One nation under God.
“We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted but not forsaken, struck down, but not destroyed.” – 2 Corinthians 4:8-9.
As I wrote in yesterday’s Blog:
Conservatives are still the largest political ideology in this country. Don’t believe the garbage that you will be hearing from the Beltway Pundits in the upcoming days. They don’t know you. They are as far-removed from our daily lives as Michelle Obama is from a Thigh Master.
Allow me to leave you with a Bible quote, like those two wonderful Conservative Women did:
Therefore, brothers, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith.
Keep the Faith, Americans.
Until He comes,
KJ
” Trust-in His timing. Rely-on His promises. Wait-for His answers. Believe-in His miracles. Rejoice-in His goodness. Relax-in His presence.”
Come near to God and He will come near to you. James 4:8
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I am more worried that He has taken His hand of grace, mercy and protection away. There are also times in the bible where He allows His people to be in exile, for long periods of time. Sometimes He does it till a generation is dead and can no longer spread the evil and wicked ways.
Sometimes they just wandered the dessert, living off the scraps of Gods mercy.
I fear we will not be so blessed. For those who have great blessings much is expected, and we have had enormous blessings and it was squandered by a generation obsessed with i-pods, MTV, american Idol and their man-god barack obama.
I pray i’m wrong, but i fear i’m right.
Peace and faith.
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Religion means morality which means personal responsibilty which keeps society civil. We all know that dems don’t believe in personal responsibilty nor do they care a wit about morality which leads to dems – that claim to religious — not following the teachings of their Church. What surprises me is just how many R’s follow in the dems footsteps, as this recent election cycle exposed…
Without something to cement our foundations all we will be left with is dried out sand to stand upon…
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