Gagging On Liberalism

It struck me the other day liberalism is like a food you forget you don’t like. I would suggest that the current political climate extends back to the Carter presidency, as Ford and Nixon were tarnished by Watergate and it’s residuals and prior to that we had three decades of significant war. Since Carter was ousted after a single term, this country has experienced less than 4 total years where Democrats controlled both houses of Congress and the presidency. In each case – 1994, and again now in 2010, the Democrats are getting shelled in the polls and Republicans are poised to reclaim one if not both houses in dramatic fashion.

Liberalism is clearly a highly toxic substance that America gags on and cannot swallow, but Americans are apparently stupid enough to put it back in their mouths once in a generation. What’s remarkable and dangerous is that Liberals can do so much damage in 2 year intervals, but they have to because that’s all they get, and then they’re shut down until the next batch of voters comes along who have either never tasted the poison or forgotten how bad it was the last time.

The media is quick to say how bad Republicans got shelled in 2006, but that was only after 6 long years of uncontested media reports hammering Bush for every little thing – many of the same things which are overlooked today or receive a wink and a nod. This situation is different – America is making up its own mind.

The good news is this is obviously a conservative leaning country, and it will always gag on liberalism whenever it foolishly tries it out again. On top of that, we understand that there is little room for fiscal liberalism in the Republican party, and as we cleanse it this November – even if we don’t take back the Senate – we setup a more consistent conservatism with better staying power, more resistant to the vice of liberalism.