Romney Can Save Us From Ourselves!

Women, Moderates, and Independents
will Choose Next POTUS

Justice Dakota

03/12/2012

Despite the yelping from the "Real Conservative Movement's (RCM)" self-proclaimed "Real Conservative (RC)" King-Makers (Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Sarah Palin, and a boat-load of other self-anointed Tea-Party leaders), the fact is that the 2012 Presidential Election will be decided by women, moderates, and independents.

How many Republicans are tired of hearing about the precious so-called "Republican Base"? Has it gotten to the point where the RCM King-Makers are making the rest of us sick with their idolization and worship of the almighty "Social Conservative (SC)"?

Has anyone considered that there may be no such thing as a true SC as the RCM has defined that term? What does the SC do when they have a child or grandchild who is "alternative"?

What happens when an SC loses his/her job and subsequently sincerely appreciates President Obama's extension of unemployment benefits? Does the SC really want their son with his "boots on the ground" in Iran?

How many people do you actually know who really care about what people are doing in the privacy of their own homes? How many Republicans do you know who are truly and totally freaked-out by porn, "alternative" life-styles, marijuana, boobies, same-sex marriage, sexual content on TV, the Spanish language, or by people of non-Christian faiths? Seriously, what percentage of Republicans are that uptight about those issues?

Answer: One Republican out of 10 harbors resentment toward people who choose different life-styles! That is my anecdotal conclusion.

I have asked my Republican friends if they are freaked out by the social issues listed above. About 10-percent of them think those social issues matter. The other 90-percent tend to say, "Who cares about that stuff!?" That 90-percent knows that Playboy and Penthouse magazines did not destroy America (deficit spending and constant wars might -- but, they intuit the reality that -- as a nation -- we somehow survived pornography).

The 90-percent also, somehow, know that mandating a Christian prayer in a public facility (such as a public school) is potentially offensive to people who are not Christian -- and they would not tolerate a mandated Muslim prayer in their public schools.

The 90-percent is very fair. They can walk in other people's shoes ...

The 90-percent knows that they want a smaller federal government -- but, they also know they like their government benefits.

The 90-percent is willing to kick our enemies' ass, but they also don't want their sons and daughters killed in regime-change and nation-building endeavors.

The 90-percent is uncomfortable when we attack people who have not attacked us -- they may support the mission -- but they are uncomfortable because they can walk in other people's shoes ...

Our "National Swagger" came from the following collective American mindset: Don't mess with us, and we will not mess with you! Hit us, and we will go Ape-Poop on your ass! That made us cool! That made us wise! That made us strong!

So why do 90-percent of Republicans have to suck up to the 10-percent that no one likes? The Republican Party needs the votes of women, moderates, and independents to win the White House. That is simply a fact. We also need their votes to keep the 10-percent from turning us all into monsters!

As my mother is fond of saying, "Everything in moderation." Why does the 10-percent hate my mother as well?

Truth be told, only Governor Mitt Romney is following my mom's advice. And, only Romney can get the votes needed to win ... Romney can prevent the 10-percent from turning us all into monster-enablers!

Romney Most Like Reagan!

& Reagan Resembled Romney

Justice Dakota

03/11/2012

As has been documented in previous blog posts, the contemporary "Real Conservative Movement (RCM)," which has been promoted by national talk-show hosts and conservative pundits, have worked tirelessly to construct a mythical "Real Conservative (RC)" Republican candidate who can defeat President Obama and return America to the era of "Reagan Conservatism."
The RCM has loudly proclaimed Romney as anti-RCM. Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and many other "Real Conservative Candidate" myth-makers love to disseminate propaganda designed to convince the American public that President Ronald Reagan was a real conservative -- and that Governor Romney is a moderate-to-liberal Yankee son-of-a-bitch with too much education and brains.

After all, Romney does not cut wood on a high-country ranch or drive a truck through the tumble-weeds of a Texas Dude Ranch.

Without really knowing, I suspect Romney reads and studies a lot. He probably has a nice library filled with a lot of books (no cigars or alcohol). And, the RCM may hate him for such habits.

I imagine the RCM is really pissed off because it appears that Romney does not ride horses (not yet, anyhow). And, Romney seems as if he does not like killing animals with a gun as much as the RCM would prefer.

Does the RCM believe Big Valley, the TV show, was a documentary? Do they want their Presidential nominee to role-play a character from the Bonanza TV show? Do they realize that President Ronald W. Reagan, in 2012, would not fit their hyped-up "Real Conservative" template?

If the RCM knows they are myth-creators, then they disrespect us all and don't deserve Republican support -- because they are nothing more than propagandists. If they believe their own myths -- well, then, Wow! Whatever happened to reading and reality?

Reagan, who is objectively considered one of our greatest Presidents, would fail the RCM "Social Conservative" test. He was married twice, estranged from certain family members, earned his money, and achieved stardom in Hollywood, had flip-flopped his party identification, ballooned our federal deficit and national debt, and was in the White House while the First Lady non-apologetically turned to astrology for guidance and comfort.

And, with respect to national deficits and debts, did Reagan "kick the can" down the road?

By Alex Seitz-Wald on Feb 5, 2011:

Reagan nearly tripled the federal budget deficit. During the Reagan years, the debt increased to nearly $3 trillion, “roughly three times as much as the first 80 years of the century had done altogether.”

Reagan enacted a major tax cut his first year in office and government revenue dropped off precipitously. Despite the conservative myth that tax cuts somehow increase revenue, the government went deeper into debt and Reagan had to raise taxes just a year after he enacted his tax cut. Despite ten more tax hikes on everything from gasoline to corporate income, Reagan was never able to get the deficit under control.

As governor of California, Reagan reportedly “signed into law the largest tax increase in the history of any state up till then” and state spending nearly doubled. As former GOP Senator Alan Simpson, who called Reagan “a dear friend,” told NPR, “Ronald Reagan raised taxes 11 times in his administration — I was there.” “Reagan was never afraid to raise taxes,” said historian Douglas Brinkley, who edited Reagan’s memoir. Reagan the anti-tax zealot is “false mythology,” Brinkley said.
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So, as a Reaganite, I believe the RCM has disrespected Conservative Republicans. They have given us a choice of perpetuating mythology versus defending a Real, Rational, Conservative (Reagan).

Reagan had to govern! He had to compromise! Romney will have to govern. And good government can not be mythologized. Reality matters.

God Bless President Ronald Reagan! A Rational, Real, Conservative Republican!! May the Spirit of Reagan's rationality be with the next Republican Nominee (Romney). Maybe the RCM can forgive Romney for not riding horses, driving trucks along dirt roads, and shooting animals. I bet he likes to ski!? What's the big deal?

By the way, for the contemporary RCM: Ben Cartwright was not real. Cartwright was a character played by the actor Lorne Green in the Bonanza TV series.

Numbers Don't Lie!

Pundits Do!

Justice Dakota

03/10/2012

Governor Mitt Romney, thankfully for the future of the Republican Party, and for the future of America, will be the Republican Nominee for President of the United States. And, Romney will defeat Obama and become President of the United States. This is such a forgone conclusion that Social Conservative Talking-Heads and Radio-Heads are freaking out about how they will fill the dead-air. They will have nothing to do other than blab about their hatred -- hatred of Obama and hatred of Romney.

I'm no psychologist, but where does all the hatred come from? Is it a move for ratings? Or, are these "Real Conservatives" just mean people? So much hate coming from the Radical Right! Why? It's offensive to the majority of Republicans -- and to the majority of Americans.

It would be nice if the Real Conservatives who fabricated a mythical "Real Conservative Movement" (in the hope of having a mythical "Real Conservative" candidate) just bottled up their hate and put it in a lock-box and buried the box in a deep hole somewhere in a cave -- so deep that our most sophisticated bunker-buster bombs could not even shake the box upon repeated bombardment.

By the way, the Real Conservative, Radical, Social Right-Wing of the Republican Party (to the extent they are not largely a mythological creation in terms of their influence) should grow up just a little bit. Newsflash to those Peeps: No one cares about President Obama's previous "radical" associations.

A video-tape of Obama hugging a radical college professor is about as powerful as knowing that TV Evangelist Pat Robertson had extensive business dealings with Liberian president Charles Taylor. Taylor reportedly gave Robertson the rights to mine for diamonds in Liberia's mineral-rich countryside. SNORE on both stories!

Guess what, during my Ph.D program I went to a party at my Marxist professor's house where we all enjoyed his swimming pool and Argentinian wine. He was my professor. I think I was hoping for a good grade, a fun time, and a decent wine-buzz. That did not make me a Communist!

So, again, I feel the need to quote Mr. Conservative, Governor Barry Goldwater (may he rest in peace): "The oldest philosophy in the world is conservatism, and I go clear back to the first Greeks. ... When you say 'radical right' today, I think of these moneymaking ventures by fellows like Pat Robertson and others who are trying to take the Republican Party away from the Republican Party, and make a religious organization out of it. If that ever happens, kiss politics goodbye."

Kiss politics goodbye if the Republican Party becomes a religious organization! Wow! Barry, can you and Ronald Reagan come back and kick these "condemnationophiles" in the ass?

Is it possible the Radical Right, Social Conservative, self-described Real Conservatives who have a national platform are child-like in their political analysis? Or, is it simply that they talk dumb to improve their ratings and make more money?

But, back to the point: Mitt Romney will face President Obama in the 2012 Presidential election. And, we at JusticeDakota.blogspot.com are predicting a Romney victory. Romney will be the next President of the United States.

The fact that Newt says he will not get out of the race does not bode well for his mental health (and we are seriously, compassionately, concerned about this).

Senator Rick Santorum is doing what a failed Senator must do -- become famous to obliterate the notion that he was a Big Loser when he ran for re-election -- and, increase his national profile so he can make more money to support his large family (all very rational decisions). We wish him the best of luck. He is a good man, and he deserves, as much as anyone, the opportunity to potentially cash-in on his national celebrity.

But, for the serious people out there -- it is Romney Vs. Obama in 2012! Sorry if that hurts the ratings of the main-and-lame-stream media, and sorry it may put a dent in the alternative media. It is what it is!

The South May Favor Romney over "Mean"

Did Barry Goldwater Endorse Mitt Romney?

Justice Dakota

03/09/2012

In his later years, Goldwater warned about "Social, Religious, Conservatives" Destroying the Republican Party:

In 1994, Goldwater said: "The oldest philosophy in the world is conservatism, and I go clear back to the first Greeks. ... When you say 'radical right' today, I think of these moneymaking ventures by fellows like Pat Robertson and others who are trying to take the Republican Party away from the Republican Party, and make a religious organization out of it. If that ever happens, kiss politics goodbye."

Governor Mitt Romney is currently doing better in the South than anyone expected. Is the spirit of Goldwater speaking to the "Social Conservatives"? Is Goldwater saying, "Be cool, freedom and liberty for everyone -- that's the Real Conservative Movement. Don't be so uptight on social issues."

(I don't think Goldwater would have liked Governor Sarah Palin ...)


By Lloyd Grove
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 28, 1994; Page C01

"At 85, after a life in politics spanning five decades (he retired from the Senate in 1987), Mr. Conservative has found himself an unlikely new career: as a gay rights activist."

This month he signed on as honorary co-chairman of a drive to pass a federal law preventing job discrimination against homosexuals. The effort, dubbed Americans Against Discrimination, is being spearheaded by the Human Rights Campaign Fund, the influential gay lobbying organization."

"The big thing is to make this country, along with every other country in the world with a few exceptions, quit discriminating against people just because they're gay," Goldwater asserts. "You don't have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. And that's what brings me into it."

Could it be true that the right-wing social conservative agenda has always been somewhat of a turn-off for the majority of Republicans -- let alone the majority of Americans?

Do these historical facts explain Romney's strength and staying-power? Is there a chance that the Right-Wing, Social Conservative, Republican Primary Voter is becoming more socially moderate? Just a tiny chance?

(Would Goldwater have done better with his sincere 1994 social views as opposed to his potentially "Republican establishment-forced" radical social views of 1964?)

Pat Robertson & Pot; Goldwater & Gays

Why Do "Social Conservatives" Wait So Long to Moderate Their Views?

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PAT_ROBERTSON_MARIJUANA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-03-08-13-11-19

Justice Dakota

03/08/2012

On March 8, 2012, Pat Robertson, the charismatic Evangelical Christian host of The 700 Club television show, and the founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network, called for the legalization of marijuana.

In 2010, Robertson, the 81-year-old TV Evangelist called for an end to mandatory prison sentences for possession of marijuana. WTF!?

In a 1994 interview with the Washington Post, Barry Goldwater -- Arizona Governor, Right-Wing Christian Conservative, Republican candidate for President of the United States in 1964 (he lost to President Lyndon Johnson by a massive landslide while the GOP lost many seats in the House and Senate) -- Goldwater said (at around age 85):

"When you say "radical right" today, I think of these moneymaking ventures by fellows like Pat Robertson and others who are trying to take the Republican party and make a religious organization out of it. If that ever happens, kiss politics goodbye."

In response to Christian Fundamentalist Jerry Falwell's opposition to the nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court (Falwell had said: "Every good Christian should be concerned"), Goldwater stated: "Every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass."

In 1996, Goldwater is reported to have told Bob Dole, "We're the new liberals of the Republican party ..."  In that same year, Goldwater endorsed an Arizona initiative to legalize medical marijuana -- further pissing off social conservatives.

Goldwater also disagreed with the military's ban on homosexuals ("Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.")

Just prior to his death, it is reported that Goldwater told the republican establishment, "You are extremists, and you've hurt the Republican party much more than the Democrats have."

Why do "Social Conservative" pundits not learn from history? Where is it written that social conservatives have to wait until their final years to become less judgmental and more humane?

Santorum should study Goldwater -- the man after ambition did not contaminate his motives --
Oh, and props to Robertson! Sad that all these guys wait so long to become HUMANE, kind, and generous (from a political policy perspective).

Could this be Governor Mitt Romney's gift to American politics? He does not have to go through the "Hate" and "Mean" process ... ?

Could Romney be the wise, conservative Sage already? (And, why do the self-described "Real Conservatives" continue to enjoy the "hate and mean" phase of the process?)

Why Southern Women Won't Vote Newt!

Newt: The Political Cartoon

(Back by Request and Reluctantly Re-Published)

Justice Dakota

03/07/2012

http://www.photoshow.com/watch/Qa5VM3qf

Is Romney the True Conservative?

(Minus the Hatred, Contradictions, and Anger of a "Social Conservative"?)

Justice Dakota

03/06/2012

It is unknown when the "Real Conservative Movement (RCM)" began. However, we do know that the Social Conservative element of the Republican Party has been around for some time.

In 1976, Robertson announced that the end of the world was coming in October or November 1982. In September 1986, Pat Robertson announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for President of the United States.

After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America, Robertson agreed with Jerry Falwell that the terrorist attacks were partly a result of pagans, gays, and feminists. Oh, and the ACLU. Robertson and Falwell also suggested that lesbians played a critical role in the attacks. George W. Bush asked both men to reconsider their analysis. Falwell subsequently apologized.

So, did the Real Conservative Movement begin September 1986 with Robertson's presidential bid? Who knows? We do know that many RCM leaders love to dip into that religious well for political purposes. We also know they are attempting to re-make the Tea Party into their own image.

Many RCMs misinterpreted the Tea Party success in 2010 as a revival of the Social Conservative Movement in America. Their reasoning for such a revival was -- and is -- critically flawed and damaging to the larger universe of Conservative Republicans and Conservative political and economic theory in general.

Interestingly, what was unique about the success of the Tea Party in 2010 was its almost exclusive emphasis on free-market economic principles and a smaller federal government. In general, Tea Party voters wanted less taxation and less spending -- knowing that those two things would result in greater freedom and prosperity.

In 2010, the Tea Party, at its core, was a Constitutional movement.  Its supporters mostly avoided social issues. As a result, they were successful.

Unfortunately, the original rationality of the Tea Party was hijacked by the religious interventionist. The "old" (emphasis on "old") Social Conservatives moved in to exploit, manipulate, and mold the Tea Party into something akin to Pat Robertson's 700 club in an effort to promote their social, "moral," and religious agenda. These "Body Snatchers" consider themselves "Real Conservatives (RCs)." They have been promoted and supported by Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and numerous other social conservative reactionaries. How many times have you heard well-known conservative pundits talk about finding a "real conservative"?

When they say, "real" do they mean Evangelical or Christian Fundamentalist? When Rush Limbaugh focused on the sex-life of a college student, and called her a slut and a prostitute on his nationally syndicated radio show -- was he morally condemning her personal, legal, life-style choices?

I listened to Rush obsess over how to calculate the number of times per week this student has sex. Granted, Rush was addressing the issue of government subsidized birth-control. Still, is it interesting that RCs appear to be irrationally focused on peering into the private, "social" lives of Americans?

Must the RCM continue to reinforce the stereo-type that Social Conservatives are focused on what people are doing in their bedrooms? Rush even said he wanted the student to post videos of her sex acts so he and other RCs could watch! Creepy Alert!! (I wonder if Cotton Mather suffered from these types of internal contradictions?)

We all know that Senator Rick Santorum is not reluctant to talk about sex (and Satan). We know that Speaker Newt Gingrich loves to talk about his salvation, redemption, conversion, etc ... (I forget all the various terms he uses to to avoid the reality of his previous non-socially conservative lifestyle: affairs, divorces, support of open marriages?) Despite his "socially hot" background, Newt came up with a way to say, "I am now a true social conservative!" Luckily for Newt, he changed his ways just in time for his 2012 presidential bid ...

What is interesting about the 2012 Republican Presidential Primary is that Governor Mitt Romney and Congressman Ron Paul have avoided exploiting religion for political purposes. Romney's strong, sincere religious convictions have never been questioned. He is universally considered a man of faith; a moral and ethical family man; and a man who lives a socially conservative life-style. Is Romney the epitome of a socially conservative, family-values guy? How does Romney manage to do this without telling the rest of us how to live our private lives?

How can Romney be so non-judgmental given his strongly held religious views? How can he so easily delineate the roles of church and state? And, why is it so difficult for other candidates to separate their personal religious convictions from their public policy pronouncements?

Could it be that because Romney is confident and secure in his faith he does not feel the need to lecture people about their own religious or non-religious world-views? Could that skill make him the ideal conservative candidate for President of the United States?