“As the leader of the Democrats—the party that carries an historical reputation for expanding government power, higher taxes, and limitless spending—Obama reasserted and rejuvenated his party’s traditional commitment to the statist course. “
“This is the clarity that Obama has brought to the American political scene. To see a president’s clear and principled commitment to an ideology—any ideology—is precisely what America has needed for decades. This sight has helped many people understand the issues at a more fundamental level than they ever have. Obama and his congressional allies have unwittingly launched a grass-roots movement that is actively questioning the role of government in our lives. Although a large portion of the protesters remains confused about the principles at stake, an increasing number are gaining clarity. They are coming to see the Democratic proposals for health-care “reform,” for instance, not as a matter of new programs backed by good intentions, but as an attack on individual rights and an effort to impose a dictatorship—as signs at tea parties attest. And many are beginning to see that the Republicans as well have been guilty of such attacks. “
“Clarity is the first step toward understanding, and understanding is the prerequisite to rational evaluation. For three generations now, America has needed a blunt confrontation with the policies that have been leading the nation toward dictatorship and into bankruptcy. Such confrontations were stillborn in 1940, 1964, and 1980 because in each case Republicans failed to stand up, on principle, for capitalism, liberty, and individual rights. Republicans repeatedly collapsed into the quicksand of compromise and accepted the welfare state principles of their opponents while arguing about the “proper” amount of government coercion they would enact. The trend toward statism continued, because the incremental steps accepted by Republicans obscured the stark difference between America’s founding vision and its statist future.”
These quotes are just small parts directly from and article entitled "Obama’s Atomic Bomb:
The Ideological Clarity of the Democratic Agenda" by John David Lewis
http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/issues/2009-fall/obamas-atomic-bomb.aspI think this article will help clarify issues for anyone finding themselves motivated towards activism opposing our descent into statism. Any successful efforts at activism one must first identify and clarify the issues or principles they oppose and in so doing they must put forth principles they understand as the better alternative.
Backtocrappie I think this article will help you and others to more understand your disappointment with the Republicans and why they haven’t been opposed on principle to the Democratic agenda and underlying principles. Folks in truth they hold the very same principles with the only differences in degree.
Just maybe the discussions now going on will help to get this country back on the course of liberty.
Of course you'll need to read the article to find the meaning with Atomic Bomb and just how it affected the Japanese and the hopeful affect Obama may cause here. Good reading and hope you find it as compelling as I have.
