-Caveat Lector- ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: "Linda Muller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 14:52:19 -0700 Subject: [BRIGADE] The Problem With Buchanan or...When Elections Matter More Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Brigade, "That’s the problem with Buchanan, they say again and again, he stands for something; a lot of somethings! And what kind of imbecile is willing to run the odds of an outspoken principled conservative winning an election anyway? Too many people are bound to get angry...." Another GREAT column from our friend Steve Farrell. GO PAT GO!!!!!!!!!! Linda --------------------------------------------------- WHEN ELECTIONS MATTER MORE by Steve Farrell NEWSMAX - http://www.newsmax.com August 4, 1999 One thing you have to admire about Pat Buchanan, wherever he is, so are the fireworks. This was especially true of his 1992 Republican Convention concession speech which was so filled with flint and fire that Pat almost burned the Republican Party down and left it for dead. He didn’t. Given more time, however, he may yet finish the job. At least that’s the opinion of anti-Buchanan Republicans following Buchanan’s recent threat to bolt from the party and lead a glorious and holy charge under the banner of the Reform Party. All of a sudden establishment Republicans are shaking in their boots and manning the fire hoses against little ol’ Pat . . . again. Better yet, their two chief cheerleaders, Mike Reagan and Rush Limbaugh, feverishly have taken to the airwaves to forewarn their disciples of the impending doom - ironically endeavoring to convince their audiences that victory for the party, not for principle, is what really matters and that a third party Pat would cost Republicans dearly. Their theory? It is better to elect irresistible candidates who refuse to vocalize their positions and then hope for them to become champions of liberty by way of association. That’s the problem with Buchanan, they say again and again, he stands for something; a lot of somethings! And what kind of imbecile is willing to run the odds of an outspoken principled conservative winning an election anyway? Too many people are bound to get angry. It is an interesting theory. But here’s another theory; call it the common sense theory. It goes like this: Zealously focusing on election results and evening news reviews to the exclusion of principle produces a party which pleases the media, and the media is pleased by liberals. Thus: We get a Republican dominated Congress which fails to do a darn thing (except go through the motions) in its “opposition” to the most corrupt, liberty destroying and dangerous administration in the history of this nation, and will no doubt close its eyes to continued corruption in the next presidency. It means that “conservatives” join the President in calling record tax increases – in the guise of tax cuts and borrowing money from social security - a balanced budget, and call stripping the right of citizens to protect their families anti-crime legislation. It means that the IRS will be “reformed” by Republicans rather than abolished and that talk of a national sales tax will always be talk. It means that Clinton’s “failed” attempt to socialize American medicine will move forward, quietly, without resistance, thanks to unnecessary, after the fact, Republican led compromise packages. It means that, since Republicans outlawed the right to sue HMOs and outlawed the right to sue slackers in industry regarding Y2K, that Americans can expect this “conservative” trend to continue until they are left powerless against the edicts, recklessness, and raw power of the state and its “private” partners. It means that President Bush’s scheme, which included the fascist idea of government/private partnerships and mandatory national service will be given new life by his converted-to-Christianity, “compassionate conservatism” son. A move that threatens to undermine all of Christianity via the controls which follow subsidies. It means that ordinary Republican’s will continue to be misled by their own party into believing that decentralization and federalism are one and the same, until their state rights are subtly and finally subverted. It means that thanks to an all-talk-but-no-action Republican-led Congress, the UN and its regional subsidiary NATO will continue to be used to advance the cause of terrorist groups like the KLA, will continue to be used to undermine the sovereignty of nations, and yet will continue to protect the sovereignty of two favored nations, Russian and China, categorizing their dirty business of crushing freedom movements in Chechnya and Taiwan as an “internal affair” It means that the Republican led Congress will continue to grant most favored nation trade status to China, the most brutal regime in history, in order to preserve “free” trade, even while they enthusiastically slap 120 percent tariffs on goods sold from the freer nations of the European Union. And it means that a President of the United States will continue to go to war at his own whim, without the consent of Congress, American boys will continue to die in meaningless wars, and America’s enemies will multiply. With such noteworthy achievements as these and countless others the product of the Republican Party’s propensity to win elections and win the favor of the media, it just makes plain sense for all of us to deify another establishment candidate who “they” say can win, and damn the one who “they” say can’t. Doesn’t it? Steve Farrell is the former Managing Editor of Right Magazine and Newmax.com’s newest staff writer. Please email your comments to Steve at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------ end ----------------------- Help Pat and the Brigade in our Battle for the White House... Go to: http://www.gopatgo2000.org/000-v-helppat.html Spread the word -- forward this email across the USA! *********************************************** Don't Miss Out - Join the BRIGADE Email List! To subscribe/unsubscribe go to: http://www.gopatgo2000.org/000-p-brigade-list-subscribe.html Official WebSite for Patrick J. Buchanan for President Web: http://www.gopatgo2000.org *** BUCHANAN 2000 *** P.O. 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