I have had my radio on most of the day, and I have learned a few things and reached a few conclusions. Here are some:
1. The oldest political trick in the book is to repeat personal attacks from 'anonymous sources'. You never have to prove they are true, and if the charges are repeated often enough, they will be believed. Think back to your younger years when you heard some juicy bit of gossip about someone you knew--did you believe it? Apply whatever you learned from that experience to what has been done to Sarah Palin since John McCain lost. The trashing of Sarah Palin is cruel, stupid, and unnecessary. None of the rumors have names or actual information around them, and the attacks are personal--not political. I voted for John McCain because of his choice of Sarah Palin. I would like to see her on the presidential ballot in 2012, and I believe the attacks on her are from more liberal republicans trying to prevent that from happening.
2. This is the chance for the republicans and conservatives to show that we have more class than the opposition had after the 2000 election. We have different ideas than Barack Obama, and there is nothing wrong with expressing those ideas, but we need to remember to fight ideas--personal attacks are tacky. There is no reason or excuse to attack Barack Obama personally, but we will probably need to debate his policies on a regular basis.
3. We are a nation at war. We need to remember that. We need to pray for and support our troops in every way we can. If there is any move to cut or limit funding to our armed forces, we need to oppose it with everything we have.
4. What we do now matters. We can learn from our mistakes. What are our policies that are successful and what pollicies do we need to get rid of? There are things in this country that need to be fixed or improved, it is up to conservatives to be part of the dialogue that fixes or improves them.
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