On today’s show, Ari and Andrew examine the Republican tsunami of 2010 and its implications. Will the overwhelming rejection of Obama’s agenda force him to moderate? Why do moderate Republicans hate conservatives? Those questions and more answered on this hour of Strictly Right.
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A stirring post-election monologue from America’s Anchorman:
And Glenn Beck’s sentimental look at election returns::
The narrative being perpetuated by the Left and the media from last night’s resounding GOP victory is that it was a referendum on incumbency. According to the Left, the thumpin’ Obama’s party took is in no way a reflection on the policies the Democrats have passed over the last two years. Rather, the Left claims that the pressing issue this election was an overriding dislike of incumbents. The ‘anti-incumbent’ canard is essentially the same storyline that was used to delegitimize the 1994 Republican Revolution. The logical follow-up question to that theory is: why were voters angry at incumbents, specifically Democrat incumbents?
The fact that last night’s election was a referendum on Obamunism is so obvious only the mainstream media could miss it. In 2008, Americans were duped into voting for someone who claimed to be a centrist. Candidate Obama promised to end the partisan divide (remember “no red-state America, no blue-state America, only a United States of America?”) Since his ascension to the Presidency, Barack Obama has been the most bitterly partisan president in American history. In his first two years in office, President Obama passed his failed Stimulus bill and Obamacare. Both bills were passed on a near strict party line vote.
Last night was the first opportunity the American people had to vote on the real, deeply partisan, socialist, Barack Obama and the voters overwhelmingly rejected Barack Obama’s radically partisan socialistic agenda. The GOP was elected to stand athwart Obama and yell “stop!” Republicans picked up over 60 seats in the House yesterday. That is the single biggest gain any party has achieved in over half a century. Obama’s socialism has been rebuked. People did not elect the GOP to get along with the President. Voters do not want the GOP to offer the lite version of Obamunsim; they want the complete and total opposite of out-of-control spending and a metastasizing federal leviathan.
The Republican Party has been given chance; a chance to stop Obama’s radical agenda. Regardless of what the media says, this election was a referendum on the policies of the last two years. The worst thing the GOP could do is moderate and compromise. Republicans have been given a mandate by the American people to obstruct Obama’s radical socialist agenda.
Projections now put the GOP House totals at a net +65. Additionally, the forces of light have picked-up 6 seats in the Senate (waiting on WA and CO), from the forces of darkness. With tonight’s historic GOP tsunami in mind, Strictly Right presents our usual, dignified farewell to the dearly departed Dems:
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 3RD, 2010
Live from Calgary at 7:00pm Eastern (5:00pm Mountain,) Strictly Right will be running the sole live internet stream for a post-election wrap-up with Howard Dean, Fred Thompson and Mark Steyn at the University of Calgary. Only Strictly Right brings you this kind of action!
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Election day is a few short hours away. At this time, Franklin Roosevelt’s D-Day address seems entirely appropriate:
I ask you to join with me in prayer:
Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.
Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith.
They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph.
On this Strictly Right Ari looks at the liberal media’s disdain for you, the conservative wave that is coming next Tuesday, encroachments on your liberty by the nanny state, the latest enviro-fraud and more.
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Rob Ford’s election puts to rest the myth that conservatives have to compromise their principles to win.
When Rob Ford announced his intention run for mayor of Toronto you would not have been blamed for laughing at the proposition. Toronto is quite possibly the most liberal city in North America. The current mayor, who was elected for two consecutive terms, is a shade to the left of Fidel Castro. No way would Toronto elect an unapologetic, uncompromising conservative, or so the thinking went. However, Rob Ford ran a campaign grounded in common sense conservatism. And he won an overwhelming victory.
If conservatism can win in Toronto in can win anywhere. Rob Ford being elected Mayor of Toronto would be like Sarah Palin being elected Governor of New York. The lesson is, conservatism wins. The ‘experts’ incessantly tell us that the only way conservatives can win is by moderating, and becoming leftist-lite. In reality, milquetoast conservatives lose. If the only option is between a principled big spender and an unprincipled big spender, why would voters ever go for the unprincipled option?
Instead of trying to appease the pseudo-conservative intelligentsia, conservatives should focus on first principles. Common sense ideas like low taxes and limited government are sure winners. Whenever conservatism is on the ballot, it wins. The most difficult challenge is getting conservatism on the ballot.
Establishment party officials do their best to smear, defame and defeat conservatives within their own party. Remember, this year’s batch of Tea Party backed candidates had to take on their own party, often in hotly contested primaries. In fact, many in the establishment refused to endorse victorious Tea Party candidates (see: Crist, Charlie). The ruling class fears citizen legislators who are inspired by a belief in limited government.
Despite the best efforts of the elites and their toadies in the media, conservatism wins. Rob Ford’s victory should embolden conservatives everywhere.
On this Strictly Right, Ari and Andrew rejoice over Rob Ford’s brilliant victory, look at the midterm elections, discuss the disgraceful Omar Khadr situation, a new It Must Be A Liberal and more.
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On this episode of Strictly Right, Ari and Andrew chat about censorship in the great white north after a convention facility caved to Islamic pressure and attempted to have Mark Steyn barred from speaking. Also, a great interview with author Jonah Goldberg.
Check out Mark Steyn’s upcoming appearances in London and Toronto, Ontario.
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