If you believe Gallup, America is a center-right nation. Of course, they aren’t the only ones that have come to this conclusion, and if November 2010 was any indicator, a poll wasn’t even necessary. But there was a poll, and if there are still any doubters, then they can look at the results on paper and come to the conclusion that those results are pretty accurate. It begs the question though, if America is indeed a center-right nation, how did the likes of Barack Obama and until recently, a far-left super majority end up in Washington?
The Gallup poll shows that 40% of Americans see themselves as conservative, 35% moderate, and 21% as liberal. Apparently, there are some people that have no political persuasion at all. This is the third year running that more Americans have called themselves conservative, and even before that, moderates still outnumbered liberals by far.
No surprise that conservatism rose in the three years since Obama has taken office. What was lost in moderates was gained with conservatives. Liberalism has increased as well, but still lags well behind both moderates and conservatives. So how did Obama end up in the White House?
Let’s do the math. 40% + 35% = center-right. Libs make up 21%, nowhere near the kinds of numbers that could propel the likes of Obama to victory. So how then?
Rarely is there a single reason for a situation such as this. Let’s look at a few factors that at least contributed to this debacle. First off, George Bush was no conservative per se, he was a crony capitalist. Cheap labor from open borders and selling off every piece of America he could get his hands on was in diametric opposition to the will of the American people. The Republicans in Congress were no better, and they were punished by America, either by emboldening the liberals to come out and vote or by dis-inspiring conservative voters. The last straw may have been John McCain as the best they could offer. Then there was the ACORN factor. We can’t discount that. They were caught red-handed engaging in voter fraud in multiple states. How many states went to Obama as a result of ACORN chicanery can only be estimated.
If you really want to dig deep, we know that there were voting anomalies across the nation via electronic voting machines, and those machines remain in place today. Doug Hoffman in New York can tell you what a real issue that is. Then we have the voters that shouldn’t be voting. We go back to open borders. We know illegal aliens are voting, but like ACORN fraud, we can only estimate the impact.
I’m sure that anybody reading this can come up with even more reasons that contributed to an Obama victory. But that’s how fast it can happen In 75% center-right country, a guy who still hasn’t come up with a legitimate birth certificate, has sealed his academic records, his passport information, and thus his citizenship info when he was a student, was a disciple of a racist, and vehement anti-American in the form of Jeremiah Wright, started his political career in the home of terrorist Bill Ayers, and no executive experience whatsoever, became President of the United States. Conservatives had become complacent, but like the open borders crowd, the Saul Alinsky, socialist/commie/nanny state crowd was laser focused on their goal. That’s it, they have a goal. If you have a goal, and you’re focused on that goal, you’ll probably succeed. The good news is that although the Obama contingent still have their goal of turning this country into a third world socialist nightmare, conservatives-and moderates for that matter now have their own goal: Getting rid of Obama and his liberal minority, and restoring the values that made this country great. We just need to focus that goal with more than just a general idea though. If you need some ideas of where to focus, check out this blog or any of the others on the blogroll.
With 75% of the population, we have the numbers easily by far. Sure, Obama is going to lie, cheat and connive to get himself another four years, but the reality is, he can’t take us all. November 2010 showed us that. We have an idea of how an imposter like Barack Obama got into the White House. To make sure that doesn’t happen again, all we have to do is show up. But we do have to show up. So when you see the Republican candidates slapping each other around, keep in mind, in the end, it’s anybody but Obama. We’ll start there and move forward.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
Thomas Jefferson
Good analysis of our State of affairs. My concern is with the coming third party, “Americans Elect”. They just got on the ballot in CA. Now in 10 pivotal States. It has been documented that Obama’s henchmen are behind this. That is my worry.
Any so-called conservative that gets involved with them will destroy themselves, knowing it would guarantee Obama another four years. EVERYBODY knows that, so it’s hard to believe that anyone on the right-or the left for that matter would risk splitting the vote and handing victory to the opposition. I don’t what Obama seeks to gain. What if Hillary was the candidate? He’d lose.
Obama was able to get elected because many people didn’t listen to what he was actually saying. People were so upset with Bush that they longed for change and they saw it in Obama. Those of us who listened to what Obama was saying knew he was a socialist but too many people didn’t want to believe it so they gave him a shot.Hopefully people have awakened and will not make this mistake again.
I think us bloggers had a little something to do with waking people up. This will be our biggest test.
I like to think we played a role in waking people up. You are right about this being the biggest test, we have to do whatever it takes to make sure Barack Obama does not win reelection.
I’m not really looking for converts; I just want the people that have had it with Obama to get up and do something about it.
I could not vote for a person for this reason, I have not seen anyone running against the president that would be better. Congress has soured my opinion. With all their just say no to comprimise. The candidates themselves have so many flaws and act like junior high school kids. Of all the people in this great country this is what we have to choose from. It shows how out of line the system has become. Money controls elections and in this case you don`t get what you pay for. I see these candidates as whores that have sold their souls to the devil for fame and power. They will answer to God someday, and we know God will punish accordingly.
ACORN, attacks on Arizona, Joe Arpaio, Georgia, Alabama, Utah, South Carolina, and anybody else that dares pass an immigration law, the justice department, project gunrunner, anti Israel, pro muslim brotherhood, violator of the war powers act, racking up more debt than all presidents combined, Jeremiah Wright for 20 years, Obamacare-which has always, and still is not wanted by the majority, PERSONALLY handing jobs to Hu Jin Tao of China, taking credit for George Bush’s brokered Iraq pullout (yes, that was already agreed upon before Bush even left office), nominating a known racist to the Supreme Court, the TSA, homeland security that gives security briefings to muslim terror groups, the “green” scam (think Solyndra-and there are more), the global warming scam (even the UN admits their data is bogus), and I’m just getting warmed up. You don’t see anyone that can top that? We are in real trouble then.