Posted by
Rick V. on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:07:55 PM
| Noun |
| wilderness - (politics) a state of disfavor; "he led the Republican party back from the wilderness", see REAGAN, Ronald. |
A State of Disfavor would appear to be a mammoth understatement from my current un-restful residence on the Colorado Front Range. As I write this, I'm represented in the Colorado Legislature by two avowed Leftists, one a former teacher who has done everything in her power to kill charter schools, the other.. well, you get the idea. At the Federal level, I have a Congressman who thinks enriching Fidel Castro's personal wealth by drilling for oil and gas off Cuban shores by American companies is a good idea (even though he doesn't think drilling for oil and gas ANYWHERE in these United States is a good idea), and a Senator whose public statements ooze the medicating drowsiness of "moderation" while he charges head-long into virtual 100% compliance with anything "The Leadership" (and his far-left-of-center-Party) dictates. Last but not least, I have a Governor who, admittedly, is master of the media (gosh, can he talk!!) but is just as wedded to the specials interests of MoveOn.Org, the DNC, trial lawyers, unions of all stripes, teachers, Planned Parenthood, NOW, NEA, ad nauseam, as his colleagues.
As an aside, I can't wait for The Gov to "fix" health care.
It's enough to make a man move to Idaho. How did we Conservatives (note I did not say Republicans) get to this point here in The Centennial State? Having watched Colorado politics for many years, the seeds of this unpleasantness began some time ago, and will likely continue for the foreseeable future. So long as residents in Colorado prefer big government over small government, higher taxes over lower taxes, more regulation versus less regulation, extreme environmental positions versus common sense, unionism and a mandated "living wage" (does that include cable?) over the natural mechanisms of the free labor market, we will be out of power. The list of differences between my counterparts on the Left of the divide (it's no longer in the center, by the way) and Colorado Conservatives (of all stripes) is long and growing, especially as Republicans begin to drift away from the core tenets of Conservatism, as envisioned and practiced by The Great Communicator. Conservatives, to their dismay, are learning that the Republican Party is a huge tent, and that we are no longer the ringmaster. Are we due for a re-birth?