Archive for June 2009
Poll Asks: Who Represents Conservatism More?
Tom Ridge Throws Down Gauntlet On Rush Limbaugh
Washington—Having had enough of Limbaugh’s criticism of Colin Powell, Tom Ridge laid down the gauntlet on Rush Limbaugh, evicting him from the Republican Party. The event took place after the interview on CSPAN’s Washington Journal where Ridge took a strong stance, supporting Colin Powell and blaming Limbaugh and Dick Cheney for having “a mindset,” that doesn’t foster unity.
Rush Limbaugh responded in like kind, saying, “I must have missed something, because I remember that Colin Powell endorsed the Democrat, Barack Obama, at a strategic point in the campaign in 2008. And then he went out later and said, ‘Americans want more spending, bigger government, and higher taxes,’ before California threw that one in the trash.”
So this morning, Ridge went back on Washington Journal, responding to Limbaugh’s rhetoric. “I’m so sick of Rush Limbaugh. He’s the reason we lose elections. He needs to get the hell out of the Republican Party. As far as I’m concerned, he isn’t a Republican anymore. The man’s running. The man’s hiding. He’s too scared to face me!”
Ridge continued his rant, threatening Limbaugh. “Meanwhile, he sits there in his ‘Southern Command Post,’ and destroys the Republican Party! I’d like to just have three rounds in a boxing ring with that guy so I could shut him up! I’m caling you out, Limbaugh. Let’s see if you have a big enough set of marbles to back up your crap!”
Poll Asks: Should Governor Mark Sanford Resign?
Should Governor Mark Sanford resign? We want to know what the people think here at Elective Decisions. When voting, consider whether this affair has any basis on his job as governor, or is it so reprehensible that his job just doesn’t matter? Did he use taxpayer money during his rendezvous? We ask. You decide.
Poll Asks: Is Barack Obama Suppressing Liberty In Iran?
Happy Father’s Day: Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh
Father’s Day is here! A day when dear old dad will receive another tie, pair of socks or if he’s lucky, that gift he really wants. But other than the commercial aspects of the day, what is a father? Is he just a man that is to receive a gift on his special day? Or is he something far more?
It seems as though Americans are bombarded with commercial after commercial on the appropriate gift for dad. They are free to choose to select a card, a gift, or celebrate Father’s Day in whatever manner they deem appropriate. Having no children or father—who passed away four years ago—I am therefore free to celebrate that day the way I choose to celebrate it. And I do.
But I don’t celebrate Father’s Day in a traditional way; rather, I pay tribute to those men that I have respect and admiration for—those that have contributed to my growth as a conservative man. My father and the U.S. Army were the two largest contributors to my growth as a man.
Between the two, I was taught everything I needed to know about being a man in America. However, there were many things I needed to learn when it came to my growth as a conservative. And specifically, there were two individuals that would teach me just those principles: Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin.
I first encountered Rush Limbaugh while working at the Texas Department of Transportation in the fall of 1992. There, I performed security work, walking through the three buildings that they owned at the time to make sure they were secure. The buildings were made up of engineers, and there were always plans strewed about, as if they were desperately searching for something lost.
I happened to work the second shift from 4 p.m. – 12 a.m. It was tedious work, frequently finding myself bored from the routine, and the lack of anything remotely eventful happening. One night I turned one of the televisions on, flipping the channels to find something to break the monotony.
I did find something—a man I’d never seen making fun of the Clinton administration, and making sense while doing it. That man was none other than Rush Hudson Limbaugh III. He was performing another flawless episode of Rush Limbaugh The Television Show. He was espousing conservative principles. This, of course, was in direct conflict to everything I’d known growing up.
He was funny and educating, and in a few shows, I began to question the liberal concepts I’d been raised to believe. Before long, I was listening to his daily radio program and learning even more. Eventually, all remaining liberalism was removed, as if a doctor had removed a cancerous tumor. Rush had indeed brought me “home,” and for that I am forever grateful.
Over the years, he has continued to educate me in conservative thought, keeping me optimistic through the Clinton administration, and even today during Obama’s soft, oppressive tyranny. Even more remarkably, Rush introduced me to Mark R. Levin—a gift for which I can never repay.
The introduction came when Rush had mention “F. Lee Levin,” on his radio. He had done so many times on his show before, but this time, he noted that Mark had his own radio show on 77WABC out of New York. It was in the winter of 2003 that I was able to start streaming Mark online. And since, I have been given an education on the U.S. Constitution unequaled among his peers.
Now that Mark is nationally syndicated, he can reach people online, driving home or eating dinner while listening to his daily program that exhibits his own special brand of broadcast excellence. From Men In Black to Liberty & Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto, Mark Levin offers me a look at the U.S. Constitution as if it were taken directly from the Founding Fathers.
When it comes to Constitutional law, there is Mark Levin, and there is every one else. He is, in essence, one of the finest minds that America has to offer. He inspires, educates and promotes liberty on his daily radio program. Through his articles, he points out flaws in liberal thinking, and in Liberty & Tyranny, he defines conservatism and attacks the “Statist” mentality.
Where would conservatism be without Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin? Are there two greater thinkers in America today? Or as Mark Levin writes on page 10 of Liberty & Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto, “The Conservative does not despise government. He despises tyranny. This is precisely why the Conservative reveres the Constitution and insists on adherence to it.”
Over the last four years, I have chosen to celebrate Father’s Day by paying tribute to our Founding Fathers. And in a sense, this year, I am paying tribute to men just as great, and just as devoted to American liberty, its cause and its people. So, I choose to pay tribute to Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin.
In simple terms, I think of the efforts of these two men as equal to the efforts of those men that stood so boldly in Philadelphia. They may not be in fear of King George’s tyranny, but they face an equal threat in the soft tyranny of Barack Obama and today’s Democratic Party.
Yet, they remain ever vigilant in the cause of this Republic. Much like John Hancock, Rush Limbaugh is a leader of conservatives and talk radio. He uses every resource at his disposal to further liberty in America, and he has unanimously been elected this leader by the American people year after year.
In Mark Levin’s case, his gallant nature, and fiery commentary can only be equaled by Patrick Henry. His daily show attacks the tyranny that liberals spread; his enthusiasm and love of America have been exhibited in his books, and his promotion of liberty can be heard on his radio program as if to say, “Give me liberty or give me death!”
I have no doubt that if the Founding Fathers were to listen to these conservatives on the air they would undoubtedly be proud—proud that their principles had not been forgotten, and sickened by the mantra of today’s left. Where in deed would America be if not for these two?
So, I want to wish Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin a Happy Father’s Day. And I would also like to wish Sean Hannity a Happy Father’s Day as well, for he is just as responsible as the other two. Thank you for all that you do for the great American cause.
For Father’s Day, Poll Asks Who Is Your Favorite Founding Father?
FOX News Becoming Anti-Obama Network
New York—As the healthcare debate rages, FOX News continues to run stories that oppose Barack Obama and the White House’s position on a national healthcare. Since ABC announced their incestuous relationship with the White House, FOX has been criticized by Obama for their attacks on him, his administration and their policies.
And now, FOX has run a story quoting GOP Chairman Michael Steele, and Rick Scott, chairman of Conservatives for Patients Rights. The story—“Critics Attack ABC News for Refusing to Air Opposing Ads During Obama’s Health Care Special”—is just another in a long line of stories that have aired on FOX that take Obama to task.
“It is unfortunate—and unusual—that ABC is refusing to accept paid advertising that would present an alternative viewpoint for the White House health care program,” Rick Scott said in a statement, noting estimates that potential legislation costs at least $1 trillion of taxpayer money.”
It is exactly these kinds of stories—with reporters doing their job—that has the White House up in arms. And in the White House’s point of view, FOX News might as well be broadcasting from Rush Limbaugh’s house. It is exactly this kind of thought that has many the White House claiming that FOX News is the anti-Obama network.
Elective Decisions certainly appreciates it when reporters actually do their job instead of being political partisan hacks. So we salute FOX News for doing just that. Their job and nothing more.
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Wall Street Journal Reports Public Wary Of Deficit
Washington—A new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll shows that the public is growing wearing of the deficits and government intervention. The current poll shows that 58% of Americans say that the president and Congress should focus on keeping the budget down, even if it takes longer for the economy to recover.
This result—fifty-eight percent—is larger than the amount of Americans that actually voted for Obama. So, despite his assumed mandate, Americans are getting tired of the incessant spending, and deficits that are running amuck.
However, far too many Americans still think that government is the solution to problems with 60% saying that Obama is working on so many issues because the country has so many problems. And even more Americans still have no understanding of healthcare with three in four, saying that a public plan is quite important, despite the fact that they noted their employer would likely drop their current health plan.
What is clear here is that far too many people have no idea exactly what socialized medicine will get them, and how their individual care will be rationed and reduced. Even worse, they have no concept of how much the plan will really cost, or how to go about paying for the plan.
One thing is clear. Opposing Obama and healthcare needs to continue.
To read the entire Wall Street Journal article, click the link below:
Poll Asks: Will Obamacare Revitalize The Healthcare Industry Or Destroy It?
Since our last poll on Who Is The Worst U.S. President Ever? Eighty-one percent of Americans said that Barack Obama was the worst President of the United States ever, when choosing between Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter and Franklin Roosevelt.
That poll is curretly still open, but now Elective Decisions wishes to know what Americans think about a national healthcare. So, we ask you to decide the issue at hand. Will Obamacare revitalize, destroy it or supplement the healthcare industry in America? Before voting, please note the current healthcare you have now, what it will be like under Obamacare, and whether Mark Levin is right or not.
So, vote early, often and with passion! And don’t forget about your dead relatives. After all, it’s the Chicago way!
Poll Asks: Who Is Worst U.S. President Ever?
At Elective Decisions, we wish to know who is the worst U.S. President ever. Is it Barack Obama? We hesitated to mention it, but since taking office just under 180 days ago, he has done nothing but attack the greatest country in the world. When voting, please remember the nationalizing of banks, the thuggish takeover of General Motors and Chrysler, and utter incompetence in foreign policy. So vote early, often and with passion!
