What are we finding out!

Thursday – August 12, 2010

What are we finding out!

Some of what we are finding out in the State Aide package, that the President is lobbying for, is that 100 million dollars will be going to the Unions. I wrote yesterday that this is payoff time for the Presidents supporters.

While all of this is happening, Robert Gibbs, the White House Press Secretary, was quoted as saying tensions are rising between the White House and liberal activists. The White House looks at these activists as being “the professional left”, because they are vocal and they criticize the Obama record. Gibbs said: “These people ought to be drug tested.” He went on to say, “They will be satisfied when we have Canadian Healthcare and we’ve eliminated the Pentagon. That’s not reality. They wouldn’t be satisfied if Dennis Kucinich was President.” What we forget is that Dennis Kucinich was running for President in 2008.

Kucinich said in response to Gibbs’s comments: “It’s important for him to understand that there is great concern among liberals and a lot of other people about the fact that we have not created enough jobs, wars are continuing, civil liberties have eroded and that this is not what we signed up for.”

Why organize? It seems that the President and his Press Secretary are doing a great job at getting their base and more of their supporters mad at them for not doing enough. Don’t be fooled. This is just another ploy to keep the press and the real critics off balance.

Dr. Quentin Young, of Chicago, is a physician and also is the national coordinator of “Physicians for a National Health Program”, which advocates for a single payer system. He said he was “incredulous” after hearing about Gibb’s comment. “I believe that unless you retract the insulting description of deeply committed citizens you will drive off those of us who supported the president’s campaign and have anguished over the fruitless lurches to the right that have characterized the first half of the president’s term”, he said.

I advanced the thought that the Independents are gone from the Presidents base. So, if this is true, then the president will appear to come back to the middle and criticize those who are on the left and who are doing the criticizing. He will become a centrist in speech, but not in policies.

The press did a good job at making us believe that the Senatorial Candidate Bennet in Colorado won in yesterday’s primary, because the President endorsed him. Bennet said it was too soon to say he wanted Obama to campaign for him in the Midterm general election. Bennet will become another politician who will keep his distance from the White House, so that he survives.

So what are we finding out? The Democrats are in trouble. They have advanced too much of their philosophy for political gain and for guaranteeing a Democratic majority for them which is not necessarily good for the country. Harry Reid said: “He doesn’t know how any Hispanic can be a Republican.” When a liberal speaks, they speak in terms of personal politics. When a Liberal campaigns, they tear down the personality and demonize their opponent. When Liberals organize, they organize around heart wrenching false statistics and heart wrenching stories of the few. When Liberals organize, they organize for violent demonstrations and/or in your face politicking.

The night before last, at a dinner party, someone very close to me said that she hated Obama. I said, “You don’t hate Obama, you hate his policies, his ideology and his politics. “She stopped and thought a moment and said, “You’re right. I hate his policies and the way he conducts his politicking.”

There is a lesson in this. Don’t make your arguments with those you invite into your backyard personal. Make your arguments against bad policy, bad policy initiatives and the politics of personal politicking. I gave you a few examples of this in today’s FORUM.

You are more apt to win an argument, if you stick to the issues and stick to the failed policy of the Liberal. No one wants to be told they made a mistake, but they will listen if you can tell them why.

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: There are 82 days and counting for you to tell others about the failure of policy initiatives that have been made in the last four years. No job growth, deficits that can never be paid off and an administration that plays the game of politics rather than leading a country to grab a hold of liberty and embrace the freedom that results. This is what voters must find out!