Make no mistake.  These people hate patriots.  They hate those who love and support America.  They claim that we are haters, bigots and a fearful people possessed of phobias for anyone or anything different from us. 

We do fear some things.  Those of us at the heart of America have a fear and reverence for God.  We fear the destruction of our country, not through force, but by the slow and insidious machinations of those who hate us from within and without.  We fear indifference and apathy for these are the enemies of the republic and will, if they persist, sound the death knell for America.  We fear the spread of weakness that permeates our pop culture and inundates the lives of our young.  We fear the loss of our liberty to the unceasing drum beat of globalism, socialism, communism, statism and elitism.

We do not fear what we do not know.  We do not fear what is different.  We do not fear the weak or the downtrodden but rather embrace them to our own betterment.  We accept with open arms the people who long to be free and desire to become part of our culture and heritage.  We do not spurn the immigrant.  We do expect assimilation but we will not accept the invader.  If the law is insufficient to deal with immigration in its current state then we have mechanisms for changing it.

We’re no longer willing to accept the status quo.  We will no longer accept unfettered invasion, dilution or destruction of our culture and our country.  If you do not agree with this we support your right to disagree but we will no longer tolerate your subversion of our way of life.  If you don’t like the American culture then you should seek citizenship elsewhere.  If you prefer socialism then emigrate to a socialist country.  If you prefer fascism then establish your abode elsewhere.  If you are uncomfortable with the American way of life, capitalism, moral values founded in Judeo-Christian values, our support of freedom and liberty, our friendship with Israel or any of the other traits and characteristics that make us uniquely American then you should opt to become uniquely something else.  We applaud your active involvement in the system but we will no longer permit you to take from us the ideals, heritage and values that we hold dear as Americans.

Are we crystal clear on this point?

I want to make certain that everyone knows right off the bat that I voted for George W. Bush twice.  I voted for him in 2000 because I truly believed he was a far superior option to Albert Gore.  I feel vindicated in that choice following the past eight years of en-VIRAL-MENTAL rants from senor Gore.  I voted for “W” in 2004 because A) I fully believed he was responsible for policies that prevented another attack on American soil and B) I would have voted for a goat that claimed to be a conservative if it had been running against Senator John “purple heart” Kerry.

Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way let’s clear the air on some very important issues.  We, the Republican Party, are out of power for a plethora of issues but the main reasons revolve around a very simple premise.  We have sold our souls, as a party, to pollsters, pundits and conventional wisdom.  I know that many on the conservative side of the aisle have beaten the idea of the Reagan revolution until they are blue in the face but it is a truth that needs repeating.  In the intervening years since Reagan left office we have forgotten every rule he taught us about politics in America.  We have succumbed to the lie, told ad nauseum by the liberal left and the spineless, blue-blood moderates in our own party, that the path to victory and governing authority is in the middle of the spectrum where we can best appeal to our opponents, moderates and the “sacred” undecideds.

Reagan put the lie to that entire postulation of political ignorance and did so in what should have been a resoundingly permanent fashion for our party.  What Reagan did not do, however, was eliminate the members of our party who harbored those views despite his success and the overwhelming success of his policies.

Reagan never shied away from traditional values; never compromised his principles or core values and he never feared the media or his opponents.  In short, Ronald Reagan never feared being a conservative and never lost his faith in the principles that make this country what it is.  Our current leadership in congress and the white house have involved themselves in policies and discussions with the opposition that can only benefit our opponents and absolutely cannot benefit our country.  Policies like no child left behind, the Medicare prescription drug benefit and the most recent venture of the federal government into the free market via the 750 billion dollar bailout are clearly policies designed to compromise with and garner favor with the left and buy votes.  The ill-advised immigration policy touted by this administration and those like John McCain have absolutely guaranteed that we will not regain power in the current climate of our society.

We lost in the most recent election despite the cries of those who warned us that we must curry favor with the left and the middle.  Those groups voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama despite our moderate and sometimes liberal overtures to garner their vote.

We must cease to compromise our principles.  The Republican Party in general and conservatives in particular must support candidates who are representative of our views.  If the incumbent is a RINO a moderate or a liberal then we need to find an opposing candidate who supports and pledges to work at implementing conservative, American policies.  We must stop shying away from the inevitable arguments that will come when we outright oppose the left.  We need more than anything to STOP sacrificing our principles on the altar of the pundits in order to win elections.

Ladies and gentlemen.  Conservative principles and policies are a winning issue.  The constitution is a winning issue.  Opposing gun bans, opposing abortion, supporting freedom and liberty, cheerleading for the greatest country ever conceived on the face of the earth, supporting traditional families, capitalism and smaller government are all winning issues that we must support.  In short, being an American is a winning issue and we need to get back to that truth.  Don’t buy the line that America needs to change to be more like Europe or some other part of the world.  Don’t fall prey to the falsehood that we need to be more conciliatory with the UN and the world’s dictators in order to succeed in the global economy.  We succeed there as we have for over two hundred years by being Americans and doing everything we do bigger, better and more efficiently than the competition.  We win by getting the government out of the way of the American people, unshackling our industry by sweeping away the constantly growing list of restrictive regulations and telling government bureaucrats to sit down, shut up and stay out of our way.

Stand up Common Patriots.  Tell your senator and representative that change is coming.  Let them know that they either get on board the conservative express or go home and get a new job in the environment that they are helping to wreck and we’ll get someone else to do the job they’re afraid to do.

The Common Patriot