Washington’s Deliberate Strategy of Non-Solutions

Washington’s Deliberate Strategy of Non-Solutions
Written by Christopher Adamo
Thursday, May 04, 2006

Washington has been shaken by the recent Rasmussen poll indicating that a significant portion of Americans would support a third-party candidate for president in 2008. Perhaps most alarming to Washington’s current “ruling class” is the fact that such rampant discontent with the likely choices of either major party for President Bush’s successor is also reflected in the polling data indicating public disgust with the entrenched members of Congress as well.

Most assessments of the poll attempt too deep (too “nuanced,” if you will) of an analysis, and thus miss the basic point it highlights.

Ultimately, the Rasmussen poll shows that it is conservatism, hated by the Democrat insiders and abandoned by fearful Republicans, that is missing in Washington. Moreover, a truly conservative agenda would most certainly attract grassroots Democrats more than Republicans as it did in the 1980 and 1984 elections of Ronald Reagan.

Then, as now, they are not drawn to the “light-beer” version of liberalism advocated by GOP “moderates,” but to truly conservative alternatives.

Reagan benefited from “crossover” voters, not by presenting himself a cheap imitation of Democrats, but by offering a real alternative to the “business as usual” climate in Washington. Even the presence of John Anderson, the “moderate” third party alternative in the 1980 race, did not take votes from Reagan, but from the perennially insipid incumbent, Jimmy Carter.

Americans are daily confronted by a host of impending crises, and they are aware that those inside the Beltway are fixated on achieving the best looking posture, but have no intention of making the difficult decisions necessary to truly address each situation. Yet like the terror war (the only national emergency about which it can be said that the government acted decisively and effectively), Americans recognize that platitudes and wasted money will not indefinitely delay the grim consequences of inaction.

Alarmingly, the two issues that best illustrate this are reaching “critical mass” at virtually the same time. In the past few weeks, Americans have borne the bitter fruits of both the criminal negligence of those in charge of protecting the nation’s borders, along with the lack of a worthwhile energy policy, and the consequent skyrocketing of gas prices.

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The US has historically always been a Conservative nation. IMO, where the Republican's have missed the boat is by not implementing Conservative policies and ignoring the critics. You have to have the courage of your convictions and if you don't have any convictions you don't belong in Congress. Do what you promised to do and damn the critics.

Much has been made made about Roe v Wade and religious agendas. Religion does not belong in politics and when it is inserted into politics it makes many Americans wary. Leave religion to the churches, temples, priests, ministers, and rabbis the cesspit that is politics is certainty no place for religion.

Real Conservative issues are cutting back on Federal expenditures. Reducing the size of the Federal government. Securing our nation sovereignty. Securing our borders. Full funding for the military and far less pork barrel projects like the bridge in Alaska that goes no where. Reduce Federal taxes and let people keep the money they earned.

The problem is that with professional politicians is that they are always running for office no matter if its election year or not. Congress was never meant to be filled with professional politicians and in fact being a Senator or a Congressman was meant to be only a part time job and not a career.

We will never have the government we should have as long as professional politicians hold sway and their sole purpose in life is getting re-elected time after time.