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Nothing New on the Left

Posted by OB Busch on Saturday, August 30, 2008 11:24:38 AM
No surprises at the Democratic convention. A well executed exercise
in presenting the same old liberal dogma that we have heard in conventions
past.
Some impressions;
I watched the coverage on MSNBC briefly on Tuesday afternoon and noticed
that each speaker was framed by signs outside the news booth windows that
said “Impeach Bush”.
Bill and Hillary cemented their place in the party and will now fade away until
2010 and 2012.
When was the last time that Joe Biden had an original thought?
I didn’t know I was so bad off until Obama informed me on Thursday night
that I am broke, oppressed, depressed, and without hope.
I recovered by Friday morning.
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McCain Hits One Out of the Park

Posted by OB Busch on Saturday, August 30, 2008 11:21:34 AM
The choice of Sarah Palin as his VP is better than any of us conservatives had
hoped or dreamed. There is hope for conservatism within the Republican party.
On my drive home Friday (29th) I listened to the lefty/Air America station
(WCPT 820 AM, Chicago) to get their take on the Palin nomination. They were
 ‘squealing like stuck pigs’. I don’t recall what host was on but he and some lefty
author guest jumped on the experience issue. The guest said that by the convention
next week John McCain will realize his mistake and force Sarah Palin off the ticket.
I knew for sure that McCain had made the right choice.
About that experience issue. Barack Obama, top of the ticket, 2 years in the Senate.
Sarah Palin, second on the ticket, 2 years as Governor of a state. How can this be a
winning issue for the Democrats?
The Republican Convention is next week in St. Paul Minnesota will be a more positive
and uplifting production than the gloom and doom dems. The most interesting aspect
will be the media coverage. Watch how the MSM commentators will tell the Republicans
what they should do or should have done.

After that, a 60 day sprint to Election Day.
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Prepare for Fun

Posted by OB Busch on Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:56:11 PM
 
The Democrat National Convention is next week. It will be a well scripted coronation
of Barack Obama as the standard bearer of the Democrats in the upcoming election.
But Wait.... The Clintons have 2 nights to rile up the crowd. Hillary's delegates get to
vote. Could there be drama?
There are some lingering questions, Is there a Michelle Obama 'whitey' tape? Is there
an issue with Obama's birth certificate? Is there an August surprise?  Probably not,
but then, these are the Democrats.
 
But that is not where the fun is.
It's outside. There will be the usual cast of zanies. Code Pink, gay groups, angry
feminists. Idealistic zealots all. They will put on a show. (The media will even act
like they are normal people).
 
Now, if there is any shenanigans inside the convention hall, that will manifest itself
outside in the form of loud and angry protests.
Then it will really be fun.
 
Wisconsin Guys
There is a style of humor in the upper midwest that revolves around sight gags
and plays on words. ("Nice beaver."  "Thanks, I just had it stuffed."  If you are
smiling now, you have seen the movie. If not you are going, like whaaat?)
 
The Zucker brothers capture this type of humor in their films, especially
'Top Secret'. They are most famous for the movies 'Airplane' ,a spoof of the
ubiquitous Airport series, and the 'Naked Gun'.
 
One of the brothers, David Zucker, produced a movie to be released
in early October. It is a spoof of Michael Moore.
'An American Carol' is destined to be a Conservative Comedy Classic.
see more here.
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The Conservative

Posted by OB Busch on Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:45:35 PM
   There is a theory being postulated by many conservatives that it would be good for
Barack Obama to win the 2008 election. The theory is that the public will be so
disillusioned by an Obama administration that they will flock toward conservatism.
The theory further postulates that a message would be sent to the Republican Party
that will steer them back to their conservative roots.
   Those conservative roots are pretty shallow.
   From Calvin Coolidge to Ronald Reagan was a long time in the wilderness for the
conservatives in the Republican Party.  Herbert Hoover was a moderate but the stain
of the depression was blamed on him and by extension the conservatives. When the
Republicans once again gained the presidency it was with a string of moderates,
Eisenhower, Nixon, and Ford.  The discrediting of Senator Joe McCarthy further eroded
the ‘conservative’ brand.
   Positive results for conservatives happened at the State level. Most states had
conservative leaning Governors and many conservative majorities in state legislators.
At the national level the liberals worked at eroding states rights, a cornerstone of conservatism.
The conservatives found their voice in the presidential arena in 1964 by securing the
nomination for Barry Goldwater.  It was just a bone however because the Democrats
had 1964 in their pocket behind the legacy of John F. Kennedy.
   After1964 the conservative movement was championed by Ronald Reagan. For 14 years
he organized, campaigned and spoke before every group that would listen.  The Ronald Reagan
win in 1980 was not a result of a sudden groundswell movement, but the result of years of hard
work. To get elected Ronald Reagan attracted millions of democrats to the Republican ranks.
The old middle left democrats were disenchanted with the leftward swing of the Democrat party and
the disaster that was the Carter Presidency.  We look back at the Reagan Years as the high
point of conservatism, and it was. However Reagan had to make many compromises to get a few
things done, even within the party. 
   The groundwork for the moderates to control the Republican Party after Reagan was laid when
George H. W. Bush was ‘chosen’ to be Reagan’s running mate.  From the 80’s to now those
‘Reagan Democrats’, now known as neocons, have had a major voice in the party. Today the
neocons and the traditional middle right, ‘go along to get along’, moderates rule the Republican Party
at the national level. 
The theory that an Obama presidency will teach the conservatives a lesson neglects the fact
that, at the national level, there is no one to teach.
The future of conservatism lies in the grass roots. Conservatism needs to work on the Senate,
Congress, Governorships, and State Legislators.  Leaders must be groomed and take the fight
to the public the old fashioned way.
The way Reagan did.
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