Bill Whittle, I just adore you!

Really, I do. We don't agree on everything, but the love and regard we have for our nation and for conservative/libertarian ideals is spot on:

It has been a source of delight for me these past few days to see nothing but evidence of this, all across our defeated lines. Nowhere have I heard a shred of defeatism or despair. On the contrary. In point of fact, the magnanimity and graciousness I have seen in defeat in so many places on the right tells me that this is a eager and seasoned army, one able to look defeat in the face and own up to the errors in tactics and strategy that got us there. And nowhere do I see a call to abandon our core principles and sue for terms, but rather that our loss was caused precisely by our abandonment of the issues we which hold dear and which have served us so well on battlefields past.

So consider this, my fellows in arms:

On Tuesday, the Left – armed with the most attractive, eloquent, young, hip and charismatic candidate I have seen with my adult eyes, a candidate shielded by a media so overtly that it can never be such a shield again, who appeared after eight years of a historically unpopular President, in the midst of two undefended wars and at the time of the worst financial crisis since the Depression and whose praises were sung by every movie, television and musical icon without pause or challenge for 20 months… who ran against the oldest nominee in the country’s history, against a campaign rent with internal disarray and determined not to attack in the one area where attack could have succeeded and who was out-spent no less than seven-to-one in a cycle where not a single debate question was unfavorable to his opponent – that historic victory, that perfect storm of opportunity…

Yielded a result of 53%

Folks, we are going to lick these people out of their boots.

Go read his whole post; it's short (particularly for him; he writes WONDERFUL essays!), and very much worth your time.

*sigh* Yup. Just ADORE the man...! And, he's just earned the right to have the label "Hero" applied to him in my categories - this has previously been reserved for our wonderful, brave military, and a few other folks who have also displayed courageous patriotism. Welcome to their ranks, Bill - you've earned it!

Comments

[K T Cat]

1.

Thanks for posting that link. I hadn't seen that one yet.

However, I would suggest that the Republicans lost because they were incompetent and corrupt. The deficit went wild under them, they spent money like water and there were plenty of people like Ted Stevens getting full-on party support in their elections.

That's not good at all.

[Kat]

2.

Oh, I agree KT - as a matter of fact, I keep seeing "rebuild the party" stuff from conservative/right-leaning bloggers, and I think that's just hogwash. The party does not need to be rebuilt, it needs to be purged of RINOs and returned to its foundations of small government, strong national defense, low taxes, and personal responsibility and integrity at all levels.

I'm not saying that we have to have "perfect people" (only one Man was perfect, and He hasn't come back yet), but I am saying that anyone who wants to be a leader in the party ought to have a life of transparency and honesty which cannot be denied.

People like Stevens (among others) have no place whatsoever in leadership or elected office.