The road:

Wednesday – October 27, 2010

The road:

As we go down the road of history, we find that history repeats itself, but it can also provide direction in future events. This week, I put in perspective how the First Continental Congress adjourned and what events were important to the future events of the country.

Many of the members of the new Congress did not know each other. They all had differing views, but in the end, they came together, because the events dictated that they did. In the end, the events were bigger than themselves.

The problem we have today is that events and issues are smaller than our leaders and they take a backseat to addressing what is proper and good for the nation. The President is campaigning for his method of change, while the opposition is drawing a line of difference and of disaster. The President is complaining that the opposition is on the attack. He is right, but for reasons the President does not recognize.

The president has lost sight of his Constitutional obligations and has lost sight of what campaigns are all about. It is right to fight back when you have been attacked. This is why the opposition is out polling the president’s party and this is why this election will be a historical event that we all should view as the new road to freedom.

Midterm elections general elections in the United States are held two years after the quadrennial (four-year) elections for the President of the United States (i.e. near the midpoint of the four-year presidential term). Federal offices that are up for election during the midterms as are members of the United States Congress, including all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and the full terms for 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate.
In addition, 34 of the 50 U.S. states elect their governors to four-year terms during midterm elections, while Vermont and New Hampshire elect governors to two-year terms in both midterm and presidential elections. Thus, 36 governors are elected during midterm elections. Many states also elect officers to their state legislatures and county offices every two years, in both midterm and presidential election years.

Special elections are often held in conjunction with regular elections, so additional Senators and Governors may be elected to partial terms.

On January 7, 1789 the United States, having recently adopted it’s Constitution, held its first presidential election. George Washington was elected unanimously and took office on April 30, 1789. The dates for elections have changed. The two parties that are dominant in American politics have changed. What has also changed is the character and the motivation for becoming an elected leader.

The differences in the two parties are now immense. In Washington’s time, we knew who was best to hold office. In Washington’s time, we knew the character of the man. In Washington’s time, one political party was not aligned with socialists, Marxists, Communists and progressives. Bill Clinton is out campaigning against Michele Bachman, (Republican Congress woman Minnesota) and saying that she is the most dangerous woman in America, because “she is the Tea Party.”

Men like the President and men like Bill Clinton would have the nation go down the road that a man like Washington knew was the wrong turn. We are at a crossroad in America. The Democratic Party is campaigning to give illegal aliens voting privileges. The Democratic Party is campaigning on a progressive platform.

One reason to stop the Democrats is immigration. Why should an illegal alien have the privilege to vote, possibly changing the country from the mainstream view of legal citizens? Why should George Soros be given the right to dictate the outcome of elections when he says: “What America needs is stimulus instead of virtue.” Why should we put up with Democrats robbing election after election by committing voter fraud? Why should we put up with Democrats who do not allow the absentee ballots of our service men and women to be counted fairly and on time in the legal election cycle? Why should we put up with Democrats who are controlling the media with like minded cronies? Why should we put up with any of this?

There is no reason to put up with it. The politicians today have a lock on power and that is not only the problem, but it is wrong. November 2, 2010 is just one day. January 7, 1789 was just one day. The difference is not over days, it is over the people we put into office time after time. Some of the Congressional Candidates that are running for office have been in office since 1955. One such Congressional Representative is Democrat John Dingell Jr., from Michigan. There have been seven Presidents since he took office. He was responsible for writing the first healthcare bill over 40 years ago. One reason healthcare passed was because he is part of the progressive movement that has controlled Washington for all of my adult life. One of the reasons that we have taken the road that Dingell put us on is that we were willing to put up with the notion that maybe the road he wanted to take was the right one. We now know the road of the progressive has been the wrong road. We know the road of liberty and freedom is a wide boulevard compared to the rut filled narrow path that a progressive government creates.
In six days, we will face just another day and yet another election. Let us renew ourselves by renewing the privilege that Washington fought for. Let us renew the “Spirit of 76”, by replacing the elected officials who have taken us down the road to what the revolutionaries of 1776 rejected before they adjourned for the first time!

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: There is no greater privilege than the vote. There is no greater privilege than to honor our history with exercising your right to vote to renew the spirit of “76.” There is nothing wrong with going down that road because the alternative should not be the option!