Game Face

November 6, 2006

Game Face
Filed under: News and politics, 'War on Terrorism', Election 2006, Homeland Security!

It'€™s been a long and difficult campaign season, full of negativity, manipulation, and downright dishonesty on the part of the opposition party.
The war in Iraq, despite unreported progress, and despite the fact that
the President has often repeated that "€œdifficult times lie ahead"€, has
become difficult to watch
as our own casualties mount. As the violence and destruction, and the
golden opportunity for independence and liberty is seemingly slipping
through the fingers of the Iraqi people like so many grains of desert
sand, even the intelligence and bravery of our military men and women has become fair political game.

Our political opponents want victory so badly
they can taste it, and if you believe the polling, they are well on
their way to a victory the size of Gingrich'€™s victory in ˜94. I well
remember Peter Jennings'€™ "€œangry white male"€, "€œtemper tantrum"€
explanations for the '€˜94 results, and I'€™m sure that the talking heads
have their talking points memorized and teleprompters ready to explain
the ins and outs of the Democrat victory in tomorrow'€™s election. That
is, of course, if you believe the polling.
Captain Ed at CQ Blog has a look at some internal numbers by Pew
Research that should make conservatives more than cautiously
optimistic. I'€™ll post a link below.

Pew Research
actually confirms much of what I'€™ve thought regarding the overall mood
of the electorate. It'€™s going to be an interesting night.

Evangelicals (which includes me) are pretty tired of being told
that Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and whats-his-name Dobson from Focus
on the Family are the exclusive faces and voices of Christian
Republicans. I don'€™t give a hoot about their political opinions. Their
job is to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus, and anything else they'€™re
saying or doing is on their own time.

The latest round of €œPreachers Gone Wild€
is no different now than when Jimmy Swaggart, and Jim Bakker got
theirs. They'€™re just men who are subject to the same temptations that
all of us are, and when they fail, it makes a much larger and louder
crash. Of course, our opponents on the left like to hold them up as
shining examples of Christian hypocrisy, as if we need another reason
to accept the fact that absent the grace of God, we are all a pathetic
bunch. And, the fact that we remember the times in our lives that we
thought we were invincible, infallible men of our own creation, doesn'€™t
give us any greater pleasure to see people in charge of churches fail
miserably. Instead it simply reminds us of where we were and what we
were doing when God got our attention, even if He had to use a 2X4 as
the tool of choice. And, frankly, we'€™re tired of being held up for
ridicule by the talking heads of the secular media because of our
faith. Despite their best efforts to depress the Christian vote with
gay-bashing, outings, and scandal mongering, Evangelicals are going to
vote, and vote Republican by a large majority.

Another group of Republicans that will be there at the polls are the ones I call "€œ9-11 Republicans."€
They see quite clearly that their normal proclivity to vote Democrat
would only ensure that the power of governance would be granted to the
political party that just doesn'€™t "€œget it"€ with regards to National
Security. They are concerned about social issues, but they rightly
believe that staying free from the threat of islamic supremacism takes precedence over social concerns. They'€™ll be there, and vote Republican by a large majority.

Military families, Check. Michael Steele Republicans, Check. Ronald Reagan Republicans, Check.

As a matter of fact, the only ones that I'€™m not too sure of are the moderate Republicans,
which, unless there is a scandal involved, are the only ones that seem
to get any press. They are more likely to have a defeatist BDS attitude,
and more likely than others to either stay home, or not
enthusiastically support conservative candidates. But, they'€™ll be at
the polls, if it doesn'€™t rain.

I could be totally wrong about this, and may even have to eat a little crow. I'€™m told it tastes like chicken. I don'€™t believe so. I believe instead, that I will be doing some crowing.

Here'€™s the link to the CQ analysis that I was talking about. Read it. Have faith. And trust that whatever the outcome, God will continue to bless this nation.

See you at the polls.

>>>Nuke