Posted by
BrianR on Friday, January 18, 2008 12:42:14 AM
I, and many conservatives, take a constant drubbing for placing our principles of conservatism above the idea of winning individual elections. I know I went through this during both of Arnold “Governator RINO” Schwarzenegger’s elections because I refused to vote for him. Now we’re seeing the same scenario played out on the national stage as the GOP continues to field and promote candidates who are neo- or faux-cons while abandoning true conservatives, all while chasing a non-existent uncommitted independent demographic. “A vote for Candidate X is the only vote that will defeat Hillary/Obamarama/Edwards”. “Your stupid fixation on the outdated Second Amendment is going to cost us the election and losses on (Larger Issue Y)”. “You inflexible drones are actually Democrat agents/trolls/provocateurs/enablers in disguise”. Etcetera, ad nauseum. You get the picture.
I have to laugh at this, and wonder what today’s politicos, and indeed tomorrow’s historians, would think had the same mentality taken place at some key junctures in our history.
In that vein, here are some quotes that took place in an alternate Universe. I’ll leave it to you, the Gentle Reader, to make your own judgments as to how the world would be better or worse if today’s political “pragmatism” was followed at those junctures in our history.
For better or worse – and laugh or don’t, as you see fit – here we go.