It should not surprise that Mitt Romney is not my
flavor politically. He’s too
establishment for me. But my
respect for him has increased after reading that he gets it how bad a shape
this country is in. His thoughts
on Election Night 2012 stand out in that regard:
As defeat settled in, Romney discussed
what to say in a concession speech — which, for all his natural pessimism,
Romney had not considered ahead of time. And it was in that moment that some of
Romney's passion about the race finally came out, far from the view of voters
and television cameras. Stevens suggested that the losing candidate should play
an almost "pastoral" role, "soothing" the American people
after a long and divisive campaign.
"I don't think it is a time for
soothing and everything's fine," said Romney. "I think this is a time
for [saying], 'This is really serious, guys. This is really serious.'"
"To get up and soothe is not my
inclination," an obviously anguished Romney continued. "I cannot
believe that [Obama] is an aberration in the country. I believe we're following
the same path of every other great nation, which is we're following greater government, tax rich people, promise more stuff to everybody, borrow until you
go over a cliff. And I think we have a very high risk of reaching the tipping
point sometime in the next five years. And the idea of saying 'it's just fine,
don't worry about it' -- no, it's really not."
Romney was right. It is not fine.
I fear a coalition of those who loot and/or prefer Latin or
European political culture to American has plunged the United States into
permanent decline.
I hope I am wrong. I do see the possibility of a backlash so strong in the 2014
and 2016 elections that it will, like the 1980 election, stop America’s decline
for a generation. In my more optimistic
moments, I expect it. (Hence, my Downfall series.) But if the next
two elections fail to do that, my view of the future is dark indeed. Moreover, if after the abysmal
performance of the Obama Administration, there isn’t the great repudiation of
the Democrat Party they have earned so well, it will confirm my pessimism.
And if the establishment Republicans and Democrats
succeed in importing more un-American voters and cheap labor with immigration
“reform”, not unlike what the UK Labour Party did with immigration there, then
America’s decline will be hastened all the more.
Legalization and importation of those who should not be here in the
first place must be stopped.
More unhappy thoughts on Romney’s justified
pessimism may be found over at Ace of Spades.
But my trust is in a different kingdom. And prophecies concerning that kingdom, contrary
to a few bizarre interpretations, do not seem to say much about the United States
of America. We are not as great as
we think we are in God’s purposes.
And we are proving that all too well at the moment.
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A trivial but happier note to offset the
gloom above:
Yes, I am very happy about the NFL football results
this past weekend. This earlier post will tell you why.
Unless the refs manage to ruin it, this will be a
Super Bowl I enjoy.
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I think we may be in a time similar to the period of the Roman Empire called The Five Good Emperors. A good president can at least arrest the decline, but the fundamental problems remain. When we get a bad president, the decline accelerates. Given how deeply the rot has penetrated our schools, media, and even many churches, a renaissance is hard to imagine.
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