A note from the Publisher

Written by David DiCrescenzo on . Posted in Op-Ed

Mitt Romney!  Where do I begin?  Except that maybe the current president, his machine, and the democrats wind up doing a better job of cheating than the republicans and their machine do of real dogged campaigning; Mitt Romney will almost certainly become the next POTUS.  Here's why I say that. 

Do I think that cheating only happens on the democrat/left side?  Of course not.  But ask me if I think the democrats/leftists will stop at nothing and cheat harder than ever to get their man re-elected.  Now I recognize that a lot of democrats will take exception to that, but please let me point out that some of the biggest cheater groups on the planet are aligned with the democrats; seiu, new black panthers, the president himself, and a host of others that time and space do not permit mentioning here.  A whole of dead democrats seem to come back to life on election days and continue to vote.

Back to Governor Romney and why I think he'll win as long as he makes a few of the right moves between now and the convention in August.  First and foremost, I believe that Obama is losing ground very fast among his base, which is why he is so desperately trying to push through the 'dream act' before the election.  Anyone that doesn't think he sees those 20 million illegal, trespassing, criminals simply as 'undocumented democrats' is kidding his/her self; talk about cheating!  Failing that, the numbers don't otherwise work, and nor does somewhere between 11-16% of America.  Oh my! 

If nothing else, that sort of un-employment rate, coupled with the Governor's proven business track record and job creating ability should be sufficient to see him clinch a victory.  However, travelling in conservative circles as I do, and being a very pro Tea Party/grassroots guy, I have some issues with him. 

Within and without the party, the Governor is mostly thought of as a 'moderate.'  Due to the ambiguous nature of terms, moderate is a term that has always been cause for alarm with me.  Ask 20 people in the street what that word means, and you're likely to get 20 completely different answers. 

So here's my take on the word.  I define a 'moderate' as someone that doesn't like the term 'conservative' because maybe it somehow has harsh meaning associated with it to them; however, they don't want to be thought of as a 'liberal' due to the wishy-washy, milquetoast feelings that word conjures up.  Even the term 'progressive,' which is of course code for liberal, is mostly shunned by any candidate or politician these days.  Essentially, I consider the term 'moderate' as the new 'progressive.'  Liberal is as liberal does.

Now that I've briefly explained that there 'is' a difference in terms that boils down to two; conservative or liberal, let me bring out some important issues that depending upon which way you think of them defines one's political leaning, and all one has left to do is compare a candidate's voting record to decide if that candidate swings right or left.

Depending upon which way one falls in line with most of the following very partial list which is in no particular order, I think it is a good litmus test of contrast between the CONSERVATIVE/LIBERAL tags.

Pro-gun; which means one supports the 2nd Amendment and the right of the people to keep and bear arms without restrictions.  Massachusetts is a poster for anti-2nd Amendment rules.  
PRO-GUN; CONSERVATIVE.  ANTI-GUN; LIBERAL.

Pro-life; which means one supports the rights of the unborn and the absolute sanctity of life from conception.
PRO-LIFE; CONSERVATIVE.  PRO-CHOICE OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN PRO-LIFE; LIBERAL.

Pro-natural marriage/pro-family (DOMA); which means supporting marriage between one man and one woman.  Society has fallen to a place where civil unions need to be recognized to the degree that 'partners' can make life decisions for each other, but the re-definition of marriage should never be tolerated.  It's a slippery slope with no end in sight; people will want and be allowed to marry more than one spouse at a time, we will be forced to accept marriages between siblings, parent/child, pets and farm animals.  Mark my words. 
PRO-DOMA; CONSERVATIVE.  ANTI-DOMA; LIBERAL.

Pro-US Constitutional Law in all cases; which means that no sharia compliant law shall ever be allowed to grab a foothold in this country.
PRO-US LAW; CONSERVATIVE.  FLEXIBILITY OF ANY KIND ON THIS ISSUE; LIBERAL.
 
Pro-Israel; which means that we need to support our only friends in the mid-east unequivocally, no matter what.
PRO-ISRAEL; CONSERVATIVE.  ANTI-ISRAEL; LIBERAL.

Non-nuclear/wmd proliferation by Iran and terror states.  We must be very clear that we will never allow terror sponsoring nations such as Iran to acquire WMD, and we will bring the entire weight of our military to bear to enforce this.
SUPPORT NON-NUCLEAR/WMD BY TERROR SUPPORTERS; CONSERVATIVE.  THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW TERROR SUPPORTERS TO HAVE NUCLEAR/WMD; LIBERAL AND STUPID.

Profiling at border crossings and airports; which means, We the People are sick and tired of seeing grandmothers and little children from the heartland of America being molested by the TSA in the name of political correctness.  This needs to stop, and we need to begin profiling, and I don't care if it offends our enemies. 
SUPPORT PROFILING TO STOP TERROR; CONSERVATIVE.  THINK GROPING GRANDMOTHERS IS OKAY; LIBERAL.
 
Pro-business; which means one is supportive of keeping a fertile climate for business including the elimination of countless outrageous regulations, we need keep corporate and capital gains taxation low enough to attract investment, entrepreneurship, and job creation, repeal of obama care, etc.
PRO-BUSINESS AS STATED; CONSERVATIVE.  RAISE TAXES ON WEALTHY; LIBERAL.

Flat tax; which means we need to simplify the federal tax structure, and eliminate the IRS and the IRS code.
FLAT TAX; CONSERVATIVE.  RAISE TAXES ON WEALTHY; LIBERAL.

Federal Spending must be curbed; which means the government must operate within its means such as we all do at home.  There are countless wasteful Federal Agencies that have never accomplished their stated purposes.  Among them are the Department of Energy, Education Department, and dozens more.  We need to eliminate waste wherever it is found, and we need to do this now.
STOP SPENDING; CONSERVATIVE.  CONTINUE WASTEFUL SPENDING, BORROWING, AND TAXATION; LIBERAL.

Congressional limitations; which means we must have TERM LIMITS so as to do away with the 'Dynasty Syndrome.'  Egregious legislative salaries and golden parachutes must be brought in line with the private sector. 
TERM LIMITS; CONSERVATIVE.  CAREER POLITICIANS; LIBERAL.

Social Security must be revamped and taken out of the general fund, returned to being voluntary, and it must be turned over to an established, accountable, private sector firm.
FIX SOCIAL SECURITY; CONSERVATIVE.  CONTINUE TO PLUNDER IT; LIBERAL.

The Federal Reserve is a private corporation with a fancy sounding name.  This needs to change.
CHANGE/ELIMINATE THE FED; CONSERVATIVE.  ALLOW IT TO FLOURISH; LIBERAL.

Gold Standard.  Our currency is a house of cards essentially held captive by OPEC.  They currently trade strictly in USD, but can change that tomorrow, effectively making our money worthless.  
RETURN TO GOLD STANDARD; CONSERVATIVE.  CONTINUE TO PRINT MORE MONEY; LIBERAL.

Anti-illegal immigration; which means among other things, securing our borders with a wall, (not a fence).  Removing the loopholes within the 14th Amendment which allows babies born to illegals citizenship status, (that is simply not what it was designed to do).  Take serious steps to eliminate the egregious spending on illegal trespassers for housing, schooling, medical care, etc.  Returning illegal trespassers to their home countries.  Make English the official language of the USA.  Essentially, protect our borders, language, and culture.  This is an economic and National Security Issue.  Before anyone accuses me of being xenophobic, which I'm not, let's not forget about the OTM's, (which for you liberal fools means 'Other Than Mexicans').  By the way, the OTM's aren't coming here to pick produce.....they are coming to KILL us!
SECURE OUR BORDERS; CONSERVATIVE.  KEEP BORDERS POROUS WITH MILLIONS ON US DOLE; LIBERAL.

Pro-drilling and energy independence; which means, among other things, lift all moratoriums on drilling our own resources wherever they are found.  We possess limitless quantities of oil in places like ANWR in Alaska, the Dakotas, and multiple places around the nation, we should be drilling it and build a half dozen or more new refineries at strategic locations around the country so that weather in one localized area does not shut down the entire system.  We need an inter-connecting pipeline to move said oil, and we need to do what the Department of Energy has dismally failed to do, and that is removing our dependency on foreign oil.  To be clear, we need to continue to allow research into alternative energy, but not  at the expense of oil and coal.  We shouldn't need to pay more than $.50 a gallon for fuel.  This is also an economic and National Security Issue.
PRO-ENERGY INDEPENDENCE; CONSERVATIVE.  PRO-SOLAR/WIND/AND NO FOSSIL FUEL; LIBERAL.

Strong National Defense; which includes border and energy issues stated above.  As a culture, we have been systematically neutering our military; we need to change ROE's so that our troops are protected and we are not pandering to our enemies.  We need to let our generals prosecute our wars without having their hands tied by politicians and unelected civilians relying on political correctness.  We need to stop allowing the media to report on every move our military makes in the name of 'Freedom of Speech.'  War sucks, people die, and things get destroyed....and we only win when more of them die and more of their stuff gets destroyed.  We need to stop sharing intelligence with our enemies, and we NEED to name our enemies.  We are not at war with terrorism, that is a tactic; whether some people like it or not, radical islam declared war on us long ago when they took over our embassy in Iran and have been stepping it up ever since.  We need to recognize and admit that our enemy is radical islam, and we must do everything we can to destroy and crush that enemy.  We need to STOP incarcerating our troops like Lt. Michael Behenna for doing their jobs, get our POW's like Bowe Bergdahl out of captivity, try all captured enemy via military tribunal before we summarily execute them, and never should any of our troops take orders from anyone other than US commanders.  And pardon me, but allowing gay flags to be flown at any military outpost does not show the enemy we are 'tolerant,' it shows weakness, and this practice must be stopped.
PRO-STRONG DEFENSE; CONSERVATIVE.  PRO-PANDERING TO OUR ENEMIES; LIBERAL.

Anti-agenda 21; which means a candidate recognizes that this UN mandate is designed so that all of us ultimately give up all property rights to everything we own.  Any candidate for any office that supports any part of Agenda 21 should be scrutinized and run out of town.
ANTI-AGENDA 21; CONSERVATIVE.   PRO-AGENDA 21; LIBERAL.

Back to Mitt again.  I bet he's a really nice guy personally, and I know he's a very astute businessman; however, these other issues above trouble me, as they should you.  I don't get the sense that a lot of this is important to him.  Having lived in Massachusetts when he was Governor, I can tell you he's no friend of the 2nd Amendment.  If you don't think so, just try to get a Concealed Carry Permit up there, and could someone please explain a trigger lock on a donated Revolutionary War Musket that hangs in the Senate Chamber?  Not only that; it is a known fact that he has given his inheritance away, worked for his dad for free, ran the Olympics free, and took no salary when Governor of Massachusetts.  Now I recognize that he is a self-made man and could afford to do that, and I have no problem whatsoever with being charitable; I just hope he recognizes that charity is a personal choice and not to be imposed by the government, as the current administration believes it should be. 

And let's think about the names that keep coming up as a potential running mate.  Chris Christie; liberal...among other things, appointed a muslim to the bench recently and defends that position vehemently.  Marco Rubio; liberal...check his voting record. 

Here's my open question to the governor.  Mr. Romney, when you get to the convention in August, would you mind naming a real conservative such as Bobby Jindal as your veep?  And while you're at it, would you mind terribly offering a list of names for critical cabinet positions?  As a conservative, I'd really like to see some names like John Bolton as Secretary of State, Allen West or Norman Schwarzkopf as Defense Secretary, Sarah Palin as Secretary of Energy, Joe Arpaio as Secretary of Homeland Security, and a host of others.  Also, while you're at it, would you make a pledge to not name any 'czars?'  

The bottom line is our nation is on a collision course with socialism at best and communism at worst, and we need a conservative leader that will put us back on the course our Founding Fathers had in mind.  I know that Barack Hussein Obama likes the course he has us on, I just hope that Mitt Romney proves me wrong and doesn't wind up being more of the same.  Time will tell.