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Time to get serious about the elections

• Posted by Beth on October 10th, 2006 filed in Afghanistan, Blogs, Candidates, General, Iraq, Islamofascism, Politics, Support this, The War, WTF    

We’re down to the wire, y’all…and some of these races are reeeeally close.

The Senate:

The House:

I don’t think it’s possible to overstate how important this election is. I’ve said it countless times–there’s too much at stake to turn over the House and/or Senate to the Democrats. It’s not just “gridlock” that’s going to happen; if that were all, I’d not be so vehemently exhorting you to donate, donate, donate and VOTE. This isn’t even “just” about taxes being raised–and make no mistake, when they talk about “rolling back the Bush tax cuts,” they’re talking about raising taxes. Don’t think it’ll just be “rolling back,” either. This isn’t about Democrat obstruction. You want to send Republicans a message, I get that. You’re mad at Bush for whatever reason? So don’t vote for him. Oh, wait…

You’re angry about the lack (as yet) of immigration reform? [Oh ye, of little faith...GMTA here.] The Democrats sure as hell aren’t going to even come close to giving you what you want. And worse, they can and will do damage being there, even if they do nothing at all about immigration. Not happy with the way things are going in Iraq and think Rumsfeld needs to go? Electing Democrats to the majority isn’t going to replace Rumsfeld. You might just be looking at cuts in funding for the war, though–don’t our military men and women deserve better than that? Do you think John Conyers’ little impeachment plan is going to help us in the war? Do you believe our troops will be given the tools to finish the job, with Democrats holding the purse strings? Have you become impatient in waiting for the war to be over, and don’t mind so much if the troops are pulled out of Iraq before things have stabilized? If so, have you seriously thought about what will become of Iraq if we leave–and who may end up going back to clean up the mess? What about Iraq’s neighbors? Do you realize that with Iraq being allowed to turn into another Taliban-like state–which it will–the world will become far more dangerous? And forget the blame: it really doesn’t matter in the end whether Bush or Clinton or the CIA or Ahmed Chalabi or Kurds or anyone else are to “blame” for ousting Saddam Hussein. What matters NOW is completing the mission, and the debate should be about how to do it. The Democrats don’t have a plan for victory–not in Iraq, not in Afghanistan, not anywhere we are fighting to defeat the cancer of Islamic extremism. Their only “plan” is “Bush Is Wrong,” and withdraw, appease, ignore the problem and hope it just goes away. And of course, also snipe at our allies (specifically, Israel) while they’re at it.

This is a war like no other–it’s not Vietnam, it’s not the Cold War–but there are lessons to be learned from both. Democrats let Saigon fall, and they’ll do the same with Baghdad. The Cold War was a long war waged on fronts all over the world, like this one, but unlike during the Cold War, the West now allows the enemy to operate literally under our noses, because we’re oh-so-tolerant. The enemy this time gets special protection because they wage war in the name of religion. It’s suicidal on our part, and the “tolerant” “progressives” and “liberals” (all scare quotes intentional) have handed the enemy their greatest weapons: our “tolerance” and lack of patience and resolve. Look at Europe and ask yourself, is that what you want in America? Because that’s the ideal for Democrats.

We CAN force our party to listen to us–we’ve done it already with many issues in the last couple of years. People raised their voices and immigration “reform” that was unpalatable to conservatives was stopped. We got Samuel Alito. The Dubai Ports World deal fell through (I personally think it should have gone through, but that issue is finished and it’s not a big enough deal to me to bother going through that argument again). We got the “earmarks” bill. If you’re a conservative and you look squarely at the issues, the worst you can say is that conservatives haven’t gotten everything they/we want accomplished–yet–and that they/we have had to fight for the things they/we want. But at least the left’s agenda hasn’t been pushed through! And note that I said “yet,” because the only way conservative issues have even a small chance of getting through is if Republicans hold the majority. You can’t play the game if you aren’t on the field. Immigration reform CAN happen with Republicans in the majority. Government spending CAN be controlled. Fighting terrorism WILL continue. Some things may not have happened to our liking yet, but they definitely won’t with Democrats, and we’d likely get the exact opposite.

To quote Hugh Hewitt, our issues are:

Win the war.
Confirm the judges.
Cut the taxes.
Control the spending.
Secure the borders.

You will get NONE of the above with the Democrats. Victory. VOTE. Give until it hurts.