Many people believe that the Soviet Revolution took place in October and in a sense it did, according to the calendar that Russia was using at the time… but according to our calendar, the Gregorian calendar, the Soviet Revolution started in early November. So it was not all that surprising to us who follow the spectre of communism throughout history that 91 years later, in November 2008, another supposed “revolution” took place in America, a revolution of “spreading the wealth around.” The difference between Russia of its time and the United States in our time is that the latter country has a long tradition of freedom and we are, by our very nature, believers in the potential of the individual, not the power of the state.

That said, it is a relief to see that the cult of personality and the leftist hijack of America that started in 2008 (some say much earlier than that) began to subside in 2009. By 2010, a string of political defeats and the loss of the most left-leaning of our states to conservatives made it evident that the Imperial Democrats in control of Washington could no longer impose their agenda on their American people without consequences… at least not in the open. They forgot that, for now, we still have a Republican form of government where representatives govern with the consent of the people. So the Leftists shifted their strategy from more direct, accelerated socialism to slower bourgeois socialism (as described by Marx) where they will say that they are not anti-freedom, anti-business, anti-life, but in fact want to make this world better by sharing more of our resources without destroying free markets too much. The difference is mere tone and possibly the understanding that total transformation of American society, away from religion, away from personal responsibility, away from critical thinking, is still some ways off.

The change in strategy became evident during the Chairman’s State of the Union Address, something that, in itself, demonstrated the power of the everyman in America, the fact that our opinions still mattered, and I loved it. But now we fall into another stage of the battle…

People may not be cognizant of the fact that Waterloo did not occur when Napoleon was cornered militarily, he chose that time and place for battle… and he caught the powers of Europe somewhat by surprise (at least before they could mobilize). Obama’s Waterloo seems to be following a similar track. By Waterloo, I refer not to his signature legislative proposal, as did DeMint, the one that will force Americans to surrender yet another percentage of their income for health care coverage they may already have or may not need, but to the general battle being waged today in America between those who believe that overgrown government is the single worst part of “the problem” and those who believe that overgrown government is “the only solution.” The SOTU address gives us the blueprint for the Democrats’ future actions. The Chairman’s recent actions give us further clues. Specifically, I refer to the President’s new-found penchant for bipartisanship, something conspicuously absent during the first 365 days of one-party rule. Not only must we question their motives, we must assume the worst. Why assume the worst? Simple: these guys don’t play fair, from releasing a report that labeled military veterans as potential “right-wing” terrorists, labeling all tea party activists as extremists, brokering deals and bribes behind closed doors on legislation that affects all Americans, ramming bills through Congress without honestly working towards a bipartisan solution, the demonization of the ONE non-liberally biased news network on cable (FOX), and the non-stop barrage of insults hurled against any and every non-leftist personality, specifically Limbaugh, Beck, Palin, Bush, McCain, Hannity, and the list goes on. Like I said, they don’t play fair. Instead of debating ideas, they smear, slander, and ridicule members of the other team, where the “other team” is anyone who is not on their team. Back to the bipartisanship issue…

With the 2010 campaign cycle upon us, Democrats retiring left and right, and a mobilized conservative and independent base, the Democrat party is scared. Now that they have failed to pass their bills in Congress and cannot simply push their agenda forward with the same vigor, they must either retreat or double down and fight. The Chairman seems intent on pursuing a fight rather than retreating. For that fact alone, he should be respected as a formidable opponent (of America?). What this means is that the Democrats may finally be willing to debate policy and not merely spew rhetoric and dismiss opposition. Of course, we expect their form of “debate” to be simply a PR war against opposing viewpoints. This may be their best idea yet, especially considering that the party that is associated with conservatives is the Republican party… and unfortunately, they may not be up to the task of truly leading. Just think back on the Bush years, when he handed out “stimulus” checks across the board like some triumphant guerrilla revolutionary who just toppled some oligarchy, that ain’t conservative. That stimulus, like the current stimulus, was a band-aid that was violently ripped off during the recession. Government only prolongs the pain. Year after year increases in deficit spending under Republican rule wasn’t conservative either (though some of it was absolutely necessary given our life or death struggle against terror). Republicans lost their way and failed to listen to the voters, their conservative base, and committed some major errors. They have not yet fully embraced the Tea Party movement and continue to toe the line on some issues. While today’s Republicans seem united in their opposition to the Democrats’ government takeover agenda, it is unclear if they are simply pandering to an outraged American public or if they truly will turn this country around once given power. Hence the talk of secession. Hence the talk of third parties. Hence the increased disaffection amongst all voters against both parties.

On their own, the Republicans will fail miserably and end up handing the Democrats even more power than before… if the Republicans can wake up for a second, just one second, and turn to the people, the American people, for support by advocating for a more rational approach, for less powerful government, for more empowered people, for a saner tax code, and for a balanced government that listens to the people, then a Republican victory is all but guaranteed in the next 500 elections. The young rebels of today flock to Ron Paul, a seventy-something year old Republican doctor whose message is clear: more freedom and more responsibility in government, but the Republicans have failed to see this. Around the country, minorities and majorities are tired of having to bubble in their race or ethnicity or social status when every citizen of the United States is an American and almost all are proud of it… but the Republicans have failed to see this. Today Americans of all stripes want to return to the sanity of a society where people are both free and responsible for themselves without an overwhelmingly powerful government in charge of everyone’s affairs but Republicans have failed to see this. They still toe the line, they still are afraid to speak truth to power for fear of offending some interest group out there whose existence is based solely on attacking the idea of freedom. Republicans were successful in aligning themselves with the anti-socialist sentiment of America, but that is not enough. Now Republicans must fight for the American people or be cast into the shadows of a Washington more akin to the Kremlin of old than Independence Hall on that fateful summer of 1787. This is the newest challenge that we face and the only way to affect it directly is to support the more conservative candidates of the Republican party. This alone will prompt those moderate Republicans willing to compromise American values and principles for the sake of having their names on shiny new pieces of legislation or in exchange for money, bribes, favors, or any of those corrupting elements ever-so-present in our government today to think twice. For the moderates, I say keep them if they advance the cause of freedom, but throw them out the moment they start to stink of Arlen Benedict Specter. Many of them already need showers.

Waterloo has just begun in earnest and the would-be emperor of our Republic will try to splinter our forces and drive the Republicans back into the sea. All the Republicans need to do is earn the right to be defended by the people, to earn our votes before the Imperial Democrat war machine pummels them into irrelevance. To do this they simply need to embrace the movement across America, fight the good fight for our freedom, and we the people will do the rest to ensure that our star spangled banner yet waves over the land of the free and the home of the brave.

-AG