The War is Not Over

Dueler88

Bush won. I’m pleased. Much of the blogosphere is talking about how this occasion is a major turning point in the country. It may well be that, but I believe it is only the beginning of that turning point.

I was surrounded by depressed and/or angry Democrats today at the office. Here’s what one of them wrote in an email that started with the subject line “I’m so depressed” (edited for PG rating):

About this time four years ago I had a pit in my stomach and looked at my wife and said, “We’re going to war.” Unfortunately it turned out to be true. This time around, I think I’ll try to be a little more upbeat and just buy into it.

HELL YEAH MOTHERF*CKER!!!! LET’S KICK SOME REAL ASS NOW!!! WE CONTROL THE F*CKING HOUSE & THE SENATE….WE GOT IT ALLLLLLL!!! HA HA HA HA!!!!

GO BUY A HUMMER….SH*T, BUY TWO. GET A F*CKING TAX BREAK.
GO BUY A GUN…..YOU’RE GONNA NEED IT FOR PROTECTION FROM OSAMA.
GO TELL YOUR GAY FRIENDS TO GET REAL. WHO ARE THEY TRYING TO FOOL? GOD HATES THEM.
F*CK THE REST OF THE WORLD! WHO NEEDS ‘EM?

Ahhhh. I feel better already.

That’s just the beginning. It only brushes upon what Democrats truly fear about a second Bush 43 administration.

I don’t consider myself to be a hard-core Conservative, but I share more beliefs with Conservatives than I do with Liberals. For me, this election was, as similar to Bill Whittle, all about proactive protection of ourselves from a determined and lethal enemy. My liberal friends somehow believe that having a Supreme Court Justice that have not passed the pro-choice litmus test is a greater threat to the Union than one Islamic Militant setting off a suitcase nuke in front of the Washington Monument. As Mr. Whittle also notes, we have survived all kinds of despots and idiots at the helm of the nation. We have survived depressions and natural disasters of incredible scale. Given our ongoing social Unraveling, however, the Union would not survive the vaporization of the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.

I have to give Sen. Kerry his props, though. The guy actually DOES have some class. In conceeding the election to Bush relatively quickly, he demonstrated that he understands that the Office of the Presidency and its place in our Republic are more important than the individual that occupies the office. Many states were close enough that mass litigation could have, once again, torn at the Union's basic fabric and placed us in social limbo. That was not to be. But that also does not stop the most fervent Leftists from maintaining their deeply-held beliefs of socialist utopia (an oxymoron, according to Marx).

I heard Yoni Tidi on Hugh Hewitt’s show talking about being surrounded by Liberals that were discussing civil war, for Pete’s sake! Yoni further echoed my feelings about that – I would be genuinely afraid if Liberals believed in the right to keep and bear arms.

So be prepared. Speak softly, but carry a big stick. It is much easier to engage in combat (I’m talking verbal discussion of issues, here, my friends, not physical combat) when you occupy the high ground – the high ground gained by occupying the field of battle before your opponent does. And it’s better in the long run to fight from the ethical high ground, as well. Respect your opponent, but never lower your eye from them.