For people who are paying attention, party choice happened a
long time ago. The swing voters, the independents—those are the ones who decide
elections. And they’re also the ones who pay the least attention, and make
their decisions later, and possibly with less information. And often they’re
susceptible to whatever the quick and easily available news tells them.
I write here mainly for people who choose freedom,prosperity, and civilization, rather than the alternatives: tyranny, poverty,
and savagery. My effort is to help all of us practice ways of saying things
clearly enough that those as yet undecided—or persuadable—can understand and be
persuaded.
Democrats probably wouldn’t say they seek tyranny, poverty,
and savagery, but since we know what leads in that direction, we can see the
connection between their policies and those negative outcomes.
That is not to say that the Republican Party is always the
champion of freedom, prosperity, and civilization. But it’s what we have to
work with. I am a Republican, a precinct chair. And here in Texas we have
pretty good success at directing the party in the right direction, so it’s
worth the work I put into that.
I think we’d be a lot better off if the two parties were
Republican and Libertarian. Both spend a lot of time above the equator in the
freedom zone. Democrats do not. And they get more entrenched in the tyranny
zone as we become more polarized.
The solution is not to give in and “compromise” to go just a bit less toward tyranny, rather
than run headlong into it. The solution is to be totally clear so that those
with ears to hear will hear, and hearken.
Earlier this week Allie Beth Stuckey, a conservative young
woman commentator, kindly provided a new three-minute election ad for Democrats.
It’s a parody, but as good parody does, it tells a lot of truth about what the
Democrats are for:
In contrast, an Austin, TX, group of Beto O’Rourke for Senate cheerleaders
put out an ad (watch it here) that is not a parody. Really. Why vote for
Hispanic poseur Robert Francis O’Rourke? Because he’s crush-worthy, even though
married with kids? Because he used to play in a rock band, like Bernie, but
with a tan? If you watch this, think seriously about whether this respects
women in any way.
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| candidate comparison found on Facebook, source unknown |
Which brings us to some other claims of Democrats claims that
deny history and reality. Here’s setting some of the record straight:
· All slave owners at the time of the Civil War
were Democrats; no Republicans were ever slave owners. Democrats even in the
North supported slavery.
· Civil Rights legislation was passed by
Republicans, while Democrats resisted; but then Democrats (led at the time by
LBJ, who was a verified racist) took credit, for political opportunism.
· Democrats claim to be compassionate, but they
mean with your money collected in
taxes, to be spent as they see fit.
They fail when it comes to charitable giving.[i]
·
Democrats claim they’re the tolerant ones, but
they’re the ones running people out of restaurants, or out of business, for the
sin of not towing the Democrat line. They treat people of their party this way
as well, if they stray from the script. In other words, “tolerance” to them
means “you have to believe what I believe, or I will destroy you.”
· They proved during the trumped up charges
against Justice Kavanaugh that the rule of law doesn’t matter; only tribalism
matters. And the tribes they hate most are white males, or anyone who disagrees
with them about their hierarchy of intersectionality.
· They’re horrified at capital punishment for the
most heinous serial murderers, but they think murdering the innocent unborn is
a right some essential that should be funded with taxpayer dollars.
The list goes on. Note that if they are accusing Republicans
of something, it’s something they are in fact doing. Their lack of self-awareness
is astounding.
So, there’s a huge contrast between Democrat Party ideology
and civilized people who love freedom and prosperity. This isn’t an election in
which “I vote for the person, not the party” makes sense. Why would you vote
for a person who champions tyranny, poverty, and savagery? You’d only do that
if you choose evil on purpose, or you don’t know better.
There are occasions when the candidate of my party doesn’t
meet my standard either. In those rare cases, I advise a third-party protest
vote, or leaving that race blank.
Here’s some inside information about our local Harris County
races. For years Democrats have gathered up voters, driven them to the polls,
and directed them to vote straight ticket Democrat. That means you press one
button, and the whole ballot (of partisan races, which may exclude school
boards or city council) gets cast by party. It’s quick and easy and requires no
thinking. Straight ticket voting has been ended; but this is the last election
in which it still applies.
We’re close to 50% Republican and 50% Democrat in Harris
County. Two years ago, the county went Democrat. Some of that had to do with a
controversial District Attorney race. While Trump won very red Texas, Hillary
Clinton won Harris County. And because of straight ticket voting, that meant
that every countywide race on the ballot went Democrat.
We have the longest ballot in the country. It’s because we
vote on our judges. There are dozens of them. This county is bigger than
several states, with around five million people. So that’s just how it is. Lots
of civil, family, and criminal courts. Plus other county races.
Not every race comes up every two years; many are four-year
positions. So they alternate. Everything that wasn’t up for election in 2016 is
up for election now—with straight-ticket voting still in play. That means it’s
very important for Republicans—who resist voting blindly—do their research and
vote all the way down the ballot. And get out to vote.
You can vote the easy straight ticket, or vote singly. You
can vote straight ticket and then change individual races. But—unless this has
changed since the last time I tried it—you cannot vote straight ticket and then
change a particular race to blank.
The point is, if you go only partway down the ballot, you
are granting uninformed straight-ticket Democrat voters the right to choose for
you. And, if that happens again, every countywide position will be filled with
a Democrat—someone who believes in legislating from the bench, instead of
following the law. And we will have removed all long-standing experienced
judges and officials.
Voter integrity nationwide has really flowed out of Harris
County. We’ve made great improvements here in efficiency and voter protections.
Some thanks should go to Stan Stanart, our County Clerk, for these
improvements. Democrats have particularly targeted him—because they like to be able
to control voting and counting of votes—for nefarious reasons. His race is way
down at the bottom of the ballot. It’s important to vote the whole ballot.
Back to the broader national discussion, it’s an important
time to vote Republican all over. I cringe at the possibility of Nancy Pelosi returning
to power. Those were not good years. And their plan going forward (backward?)
is to impeach the president and obstruct anything that even hints at lower
taxes or less regulation.
On the Spherical Model website I wrote about the place of
the parties on the sphere. This was in 2010. Still true, but maybe more so.
Here’s how I’d still describe the Democrats:
The Democrats are a symbiotic mix of people demanding that
government provide for their needs—health care, education, housing,
redistribution of wealth, regulating use of resources, even making jobs: the
demanding needy, we could call them—along with the elites who are willing to
pander to the demanding needy in order to increase their personal power: the
would-be dictators.
Republicans tend to think Democrats are uninformed, or
motivated by emotion rather than reason. Democrats think Republicans, or all
others who disagrees with them, are evil.
We need voters who do better than go with their gut—which is
influence by media and academia mischaracterization. Whether you think
Republicans are perfect or not (and they’re not, by the way), they are
certainly not evil as portrayed by Democrats.
[i]
Read Arthur Brooks, Who Really Cares? The
Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism, © 2006.
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