An Election Based on Clarity

The last election has been debated at length. The change of power from Republican to Democrat has been labeled many things. One of the most important things that happened is that the ruling elites (Democrat elites) now feel increasingly comfortable telling us what they believe.

For years the leftists in the leadership of the Democratic party, were socialistic in their beliefs but were a little shy about telling the country how they believed. Their pronouncements were usually to friendly crowds. When the spotlight of national cameras was on them the message was decidedly centrist.

This year the message from the Presidential hopefuls is decidedly left. Part of this is because that is where their money comes from. MoveOn.org, and the Michael Moore crowd seem to be a major part of the Democrats funding now and are demanding action. The money men are already edgy that Congress is still funding the war.

All of the candidates are openly advocating for national health care of some kind. All are pushing hard to pull out of Iraq. All are explaining some sort of 'leveling of the playing field' which equates to bringing the middle class and wealthy down to the level of the poor. All of these are decidedly left wing ideas. Call it socialistic. None of these people are socialists, they don't advocate for taking of private property or other Marxist ideas, but they certainly see government as the white knight. I have never seen them so bold.

What this means is that the Republicans should have an easy sell. Explaining why socialism is a bad thing is not that difficult. The problem here is that I'm not sure how many Republicans believe that any more. A good percentage do to be sure, but they are not vocal enough. This is why it makes for an interesting election. I have believed for all of my years following politics that if capitalism is run against socialism it is a no-brainer. Now that it seems to be happening, I am a little concerned. We need a few capitalists to even it out. What lies in the balance is our Republic. Another bad loss can put us drastically in the area of a European socialists Republic. That is not exactly the end of the Republic, but take it from me, what I saw in Canada last week, I don't want to live under.