Farewell Fred

Fred, you will be sorely missed! Our prayers are with you and your mother through her illness.

Thank you for your love of country and your devotion to your conservative values. Both of these were evident as you spoke and were a breath of fresh air to many of us who feel abandoned by our representatives in Washington. Personally, I feel better knowing that there are some true conservatives left who will stand on principle without wavering.

Thanks again.

A Sad Day for National Security

After failing to gain traction in his campaign, Congressman Duncan Hunter has dropped out of the GOP Presidential Primary Race. As a true conservative he will be sorely missed, even more so because of his strong stance for securing our borders. My personal belief is that it was his push for the border fence that actually kept him from gaining the momentum he needed to make a showing in the Presidential Primaries.

While border security is a major concern of mine, and definitely one of the factors I have in choosing a candidate, Congressman Hunter seemed to dwell upon that at the expense of other important issues. Every interview I heard with Duncan focused on that single issue, and unfortunately, there are other issues that have to be faced in this campaign as well.

Congressman Hunter, it is my fervent prayer that you will be able to make some real progress in Washington regarding our border security, and that you will start planning now for the 2012 Presidential Campaign. This country needs strong conservative voices like yours!

Captain Obvious Strikes Again

When was it that we lost sight of things that used to be bywords of conservatism? When did the so-called Conservatives in this country start chanting the Liberal mantras instead of standing firm for the values that shaped Conservatism in the first place? How many times in our lives have we heard the saying that

He who stands for nothing will fall for anything.

Our leaders have stopped standing for anything, and the words that emanate from their lips would sound more at home in Hollywood than in any bastion of Conservatism.

We are facing serious problems in the coming years, our baby boomers are beginning to retire, there is recession looming on the horizon, we have soldiers in harm’s way in Afghanistan and Iraq and we have so-called Conservatives spouting rhetoric bemoaning our need for change who offer us nothing concrete that they will do, we don’t know what they stand for (if anything) and somehow we are supposed to be able to differentiate them from the Liberal Democrats they are running against..

So far, there are only two candidates who seem to rise above this miasma, they are Duncan Lee Hunter, and Fred Dalton Thompson. Both of these men have demonstrated a commitment to strong Conservative values and are willing to tell people who they are, and what they stand for leaving it up to the people to decide whether they want to elect someone who shares their values, or someone who will shift with the winds of discontent.

Both of these men deserve a good look, the decision is yours, for the sake of our nation, don’t screw it up!

Takin’ off the Gloves

During the South Carolina Republican Debate on January 10, 2008 Fred Thompson finally stepped out of the shadows and started to shine. It is worth listening to a few minutes of this debate to hear what he has to say about conservative values and how he contrasts them to some of the rhetoric being espoused by some of the other contenders for President.

I think that he said what many feel about the conservative movement, put it succinctly and put Mike Huckabee in his place.