Conservative Liberal: Conservative purists

There are many Conservatives who plan to sit out the election in November. Even now, when it is very likely that the Democratic nominee will be the Socialist Defeatocrat Obama, with all his racist and anti-American ties, rather than pragmatic leftist Hillary Clinton, even now those people are willing to risk handing the Presidency to the Democrats. The damage that Obama's Presidency will do to this country, even if it is only 4 years, will be so huge that Jimmy Carter will look like Reagan Republican in comparison to this guy. But those purists on the Right keep hoping that after all the damage a new Reagan will come along and somehow will rescue us all. But we still live with Carter's damage (Iran). And what about Reagan himself? About a month ago there was this great article by Burt Prelutsky on World Net Daily, that only now I got around to posting about:

...But we don't live in a perfect world so, several months ago, I came out in favor of Rudy Giuliani. My main reason for doing so was that I trusted him to deal in a serious way with our Islamic enemies. Unlike, say, George Bush, who couldn't say enough nice things about Muhammad's religion, Rudy didn't seem to think he had to pussyfoot around the subject for fear of being politically incorrect. In other words, Giuliani made it clear that he was running to become president of the United States, and not the mayor of Dearborn, Mich. Perhaps he made it too clear.

I would have voted for him if he hadn't bowed out, but that doesn't mean that if Huckabee or John McCain gets the nomination, I plan to stay home and sulk on Election Day.

I happen to think that people who support Clinton or Obama have a screw loose, but they strike me as being far more rational than my fellow Republicans who are threatening to boycott the election. I can't tell you how many people have written to me insisting that they're sick and tired of voting for the lesser of two evils. I understand that they're trying to convey their frustration, but I can't help sniffing the undeniable stench of self-righteousness.

It's as if they're unaware that politicians are human beings, and not God. They're people just like the rest of us, I point out, comprised in part of ambition, greed, arrogance and vanity, not to mention, on occasion, integrity, courage and even altruism. Let's face the facts, ladies and gentlemen – even those politicians we agree with also want to ride in well-guarded limousines and fly on Air Force One, have everybody stand up when they enter a room, be able to give tongue-lashings to senators and congressmen, have "Hail to the Chief" as their theme song, and never ever have to press one for English.
If there's a single thread that runs through the e-mails I receive from peevish Republicans, it's that none of the current candidates possesses the conservative purity of Ronald Reagan. One could almost get the idea that Dutch was betrayed by Pontius Pilate and crucified on Calvary. But that wasn't exactly the case. The fact of the matter is that Gov. Reagan gave Gov. Jerry Brown a run for his money – or should I say our money? – when it came to raising taxes here in California. But, in spite of the additional revenue, he was responsible in large part for the streets of our cities being turned into public latrines by the unwashed, the unwanted and the insane when, to save a few bucks, he oversaw the closing of California's mental hospitals. He also signed the nation's most liberal abortion bill. Although he had a change of heart a scant six months later, one never hears him condemned for flip-flopping on the issue.
And, lest we forget, as president, he opened the floodgates to illegal aliens by signing an amnesty bill in the mid-'80s and, for good measure, appointed Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court, neither of whom was the answer to a conservative's prayer. Frankly, as admirable as Reagan was in so many ways, I suspect that if he were seeking the GOP nomination this year, he'd be dismissed as a RINO by many of the party's zealots.

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These are the nine men and women who have the final word on everything from abortion to eminent domain, and you're going to let some left-winger make the call because you don't like John McCain as much as you do Mitt Romney, or Mike Huckabee as much as Fred Thompson, Rudy Giuliani, Ron Paul or Duncan Hunter? If so, you really ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

The way I see it, before boycotting the general election, you owe it to your country just to suit up, play your heart out and win this one for the Gipper.

Read it all. I happen to agree with Mr. Prelutsky 100%.