The question of this election season: Are you comfortable?

Wednesday – September 15, 2010

The question of this election season: Are you comfortable?

There have been many questions that have been asked of our political leaders about the direction they are taking us. There have been many questions asked about the President’s heritage. There have been many questions that have been asked about Obama care and the Obama economy. I can go on and on with this list.

The one question that we have not asked and that I am now asking you is are you comfortable? Let me ask that again. Are you comfortable? I don’t mean are you comfortable in the couch you might be nestled in or in the car that you drive. I am asking, are you comfortable with the direction that your government is taking you? Are you comfortable with the questionable background of the President’s unanswered background? Are you comfortable with the deficit the economy and the unknowns of Obama care? Are you comfortable with the government telling you how much of your money they want to spend? Are you comfortable with the unprecedented growth of your government in the past two years?

Are you comfortable with the government taking away your rightful property through taxation and robbing our posterity, because of the deficit? Are you comfortable with the loss of liberty and your freedom, as it relates to the growth of government and how government policy affects you and your family’s wellbeing?

Are you comfortable that a policy initiative, such as healthcare, is now being decided by the courts? If this was a good bill, it would have been passed on its merits and not by socialist policy wonks behind closed doors. Are you comfortable that a President and a Congress have screwed up the economy so much that they are now saying they want a tax break for middle class Americans? You might say yes, what’s wrong with that? What’s wrong is that the President is rebranding the Bush tax cuts to call it the “Obama tax cut for the middle class.” This might be plagiarism; this might be stealing some intellectual property. Are you comfortable that the president has to rebrand something that works and calls it his own? Are you comfortable that the conservatives said that the president’s plan would not work?

Are you comfortable with the elected leaders who have tossed the Constitution aside because of ideology and their brand of politics? Are you more comfortable now than you were two years ago, 4 years ago, 6 years ago and even 8 years ago? These are the questions we should be asking ourselves and our neighbors.

Yesterday was the last set of primaries leading up to the November election. Are you comfortable with the people running for office in your district? Are you comfortable with the candidates who want to lead your state and the country in the House and Senate? Are you comfortable with liberals, republicans, rhinos (republicans in name only) the independents and tea party candidates?

In considering your vote, remember one thing. There were a few Republican Senators that made it possible for Obama care to see the light of day by voting for the bill to go back to the House for a vote. This is what we call a rhino. It doesn’t matter who they were, the only thing that matters is they voted for this liberal bill.

These are the candidates that we must start to work out of the system. Yesterday, I advanced the notion of not voting for anyone with a (D) behind their name. Today, I am advancing the thought of voting for the most conservative candidate. These might be Republicans. If they are and they are elected, hold them to task on the votes they make. Hold them to task on their future voting record and let them know, if they sway from conservative principals, they will not serve another term. This is how we work liberal leaning politicians out of the system.

If liberal leaning office holders become a permanent minority then those who work for government will also become a permanent minority.

It took the progressive liberal sixty years to get to this point in policy initiatives and in control of the government. It might take the conservatives sixty years to do the same, but it must be done.

This election is only a start. This election is a new chapter and it must be written.

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: With 48 days left until the midterms and the primaries over, we can now start to ask the question are you comfortable?