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The True American Maverick

When American voters think of the term “maverick,” they often think of Senator John McCain because McCain has spent decades associating himself with that term. To some degree, McCain is right to call himself a “maverick,” having independently departed the company of both his party and his constituents on many issues over the years.

The fact is, not so long ago every Republican was a “maverick,” an independent thinker prone to placing the long-term interests of freedom and liberty far ahead of partisan politics aimed at only serving the party interests at the expense of national interests.

Every Republican should be a maverick, bucking an overtly corrupt system and representing the true will of the American majority which still believes in an “unalienable” right to life, individual liberty and the economic freedom to define and pursue individual happiness without fear of government intrusion or penalty.

Instead, too many Republicans have sold out the basic party principles of individual freedom and liberty for the same greater communal good offered by Democratic Socialists and as a result, Republicans find themselves in a free-fall from power, losing election after election to Democrat candidates smart enough to run to the right of Republicans on the issues, even though they will caucus with Democrats after the election.

The Wrong Kind of Maverick

John McCain has indeed been a maverick in the senate. But he has been the wrong kind of maverick.

When he has departed from his party and his constituents, he has also departed from conservative principles and values, siding with Democratic Socialists on issues such as amnesty for illegal aliens, open boards for illegal migrants, the global warming scam, and his refusal to ask known terrorists when and where the next 9/11 might be, in a serious way.

Even now, as the presumptive RNC presidential nominee, he continues to pander to the left while thumbing his nose at the right, as if he’s more interested in solidifying his maverick image among liberals, than his Republican credentials among conservatives.

This is No Way to become President…

John McCain and the Republican Party leadership are clearly ignoring the lessons of the past.

Bill Clinton became President in 1992 with only 43% of the popular vote. That’s because Bush Sr. drove conservatives away from the party by appeasing leftists during his first term, just as Bush Jr. has done during his second term, and in 1992 conservatives revolted in anger. 19% of the popular vote went to 3rd Party candidate Ross Perot, most of them protest conservatives, and Bill Clinton spent the next eight years destroying America from the Oval Office with the support of only 43% of the nation.

A reality the nation has never recovered from…

Early Republican Losses, a Sign of the Times

The New York Times writes Republican Election Losses Stir Fall Fears and USA Today leads with Republicans fear public has lost confidence.

You’re damn right the people have lost confidence in Republican leadership. That’s because the people have not seen any Republican leadership since then Speaker Newt Gingrich came up with his Contract with America brainchild some 14 years ago, which opened with, “As Republican Members of the House of Representatives and as citizens seeking to join that body we propose not just to change its policies, but even more important, to restore the bonds of trust between the people and their elected representatives.”

What a great concept, conservative policies from the conservative party, representing the people not just blind political ambition - and it worked too, gaining Republicans control of congress for the first time in 40 years and returning the party to its founding conservative principles and values, albeit only temporarily.

The new Republican congress made quick work of keeping those promises too. But then they stopped doing what worked and returned to the moderate (compassionate) appeasement policies of the past once Newt left Washington, and they have remained in a tailspin with their noses aimed at the dirt ever since.

The bond Gingrich restored with the American people has since been broken again and today, one of the men most responsible for that reality is the Republican nominee for President, wannabe Maverick-in-Chief, John McCain.

Preserving American Values in That Environment

It’s time for a trip down Reality Lane here. I can’t speak for all conservatives, who seem unable even to agree on what the term “conservative” means today, but as for me, I knew George W. Bush was not a “JB Williams” kind of conservative before I voted for him in 2000 and again in 2004.

I knew he was just what he reported himself to be, a “compassionate conservative,” which any true conservative knew meant, compassionate towards some leftist ideas. He has proven to be just that.

But I also knew that Al Gore was a very dangerous substitute for George W. Bush, just as I knew that John Kerry was by no means a valid alternative to Bush in ’04. If he were running against Obama or Clinton, I’d vote for him again today, even though I disagree with many of his decisions. I would have disagreed with ALL of Gore or Kerry’s decisions.

Today, I know that both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are entirely unacceptable substitutes even for the Maverick McCain. John is indeed liberal on some 35% of his campaign platform. But both of his opponents are 1000% Socialist in their platforms. So, to pretend as though there isn’t a dimes worth of difference between them is not only false, it’s suicidal.

True Conservatives Conserve

Self-styled conservatives who refuse to conserve that which can be conserved, are either outright frauds or emotion driven loud-mouth pretenders. The basis for being “conservative” is the perpetual act of “conserving” the principles and values we hold dear.

In a perfect world, we would have a perfect conservative candidate to cast a vote for this fall. But we failed to nominate any such candidate. I know all of the reasons and all of the excuses offered for why we failed to nominate such a candidate, none of which change the fact that we failed. In the future, we will have to do a better job of making certain we have the kind of nominee we really want.

Today, conservatives must act to conserve that which can be conserved.

That’s how it is in every election…as there are no perfect candidates because there are no perfect people. (Myself and Ron Paul excluded, of course.)

Electing McCain (or anyone else) is not a silver bullet that will automatically conserve all principles and values we would like to conserve. It will protect only about 65% of the principles and values conservatives claim to revere. That’s a far cry from what will happen to those principles and values under Obama, Clinton or any other Democratic Socialist and that’s a reality that must be drummed into the head of every angry suicidal conservative.

The other 35%, we will have to protect and preserve through other means, standing at odds with the Maverick McCain and his leftist buddies across the aisle.

To do this, conservatives need control of at least one of the two houses of congress. In my opinion, the easiest one to grab control of is the Senate, which is more powerful anyway; due to its oversight of many Executive branch decisions, not the least of which is judicial appointments. Conservatives not directly engaged in sending conservatives to Washington in their home districts are pretending to be something they are not, conservative.

Socialists are counting on Conservatives in 2008

Democrats are equally divided over Clinton and Obama. Democrats are on the verge of causing the greatest racially charged culture war since the American Civil War. However, they also know that they can only win in November (with either candidate), the same way Bill won in 1992 and 1996, with less than 50% of the popular vote.

So, they are counting on conservatives to help them by staying out of the booth for McCain on Election Day. Nothing will guarantee a victory for Democratic Socialism like a divided conservative electorate will, as Democrats learned in ’92, ’96 and ’06. Some conservatives seem to have missed this history lesson…but all Democrats caught it.

Conservatives must remain intelligent and focused enough to conserve that which they can conserve, or they will lose it all in one broad sweep. Making emotional decisions while under fire is a liberal thing to do, not a conservative trait.

I trust that most conservatives know this, and that you will forward this column to those who might have momentarily forgotten in their moment of righteous indignation… please.

The Art of Buying Politicians

The 2008 Presidential election promises to make history no matter who wins. It will cost more than $1 Billion dollars to fill a $400,000 a year job and not one of the three remaining candidates is qualified for that job. Now that’s a history making event worthy of comment!

Every dollar is spent in an effort to buy a politician and every politician is for sale. There are only four types of political contributions.

The individual attempt to buy gifts from the public trough via Democratic Socialism

The individual effort to buy freedom and liberty and reverse Democratic Socialism

The institutional effort to buy commercial advantage in an increasingly over-regulated economy

The international effort to buy access to American assets for global use

Every penny spent on national campaigns represents an investment in one or more of these four categories. At the base, there are two opposing agendas. On one side are those seeking the rights to the earnings of others for personal gifts from and treasury and/or commercial advantage by way of government secured and protected monopolies for profit.

On the other side are those seeking the old American right to Life, Liberty and Happiness in a free-market of ideas, enterprise and individual earnings. These two concepts are always at war with each other and in modern politics, politicians pander to one side or the other, sometimes both, in pursuit of personal political power and wealth.

Despite campaign rhetoric, every candidate is for sale. The question is, - who is buying them and for which agenda? This is a study of the top 20 institutional political investors for each of the three remaining presidential candidates in the 2008 race - and you might be surprised to learn who is buying whom and why. Believe it - EVERY last penny is intended to “lobby” the recipient for future favor!

As you will see, the notion that “fat cat” corporate investors are not influencing every campaign is an outright lie. These are America ’s smartest investors. This money is not being spent for nothing.

Meet the Pros The most professional political investors are those smart enough to buy favor from all candidates so that no matter who wins the election, their favors are covered. In the top 20 institutional investors list, we find five such investors and to no surprise, all five are masters of investment strategy and they have only one political ideology, win no matter what. In order of contribution, they are…

These five institutional givers appear on the top 20 donors list for each of the three presidential candidates. And again, contrary to campaign rhetoric, you can see that these “fat cat” institutional investors favor Democrats Obama and Clinton, not capitalist Republican pig John McCain. So, one can conclude that these five companies belong in categories 1 and 3 above, but are hedging their bets to cover their favors no matter who wins the election. Obama is the big winner in this category.Meet the Democratic Socialist Ideologues These investors are driven by political ideologies and they invest only in those politicians who see things as they see them. They too hedge their bets a bit by funding all candidates who represent their ideology, in hopes that at least one of them will win. They do not fund across ideological lines to any degree. The following seven institutional givers appear only on Democrats Obama and Clinton top 20 donor lists.

This group firmly belongs to groups 1, 3 and 4 above and in their quest for commercial favor from Democratic Socialists in Washington , they clearly favor Obama. Obama wins this category.Meet the Anti-Obama Investors These four institutional investors support both Clinton and McCain, indicating some level of discomfort with Barack Obama, though the cause of that discomfort is not investigated here.

In the anti-Obama camp, Clinton wins this category.

So far, we can see that capitalist Republican pig John McCain is not doing so well with “fat cat” corporate investors attempting to buy a politician. When we take a look at the top 20 for each candidate, here’s who is winning the race for “fat cat” corporate “lobby” campaign funds.

1st Place goes to Barack Obama - $5,716,902 (43.3%) 2^nd Place goes to Hillary Clinton - $5,121,632 (38.8%)

3^rd Place goes to John McCain – 2,376,705 (18%) Barack Obama is the clear winner among the top 20 political “fat cats.” But if we study the campaign totals from all institutional givers, Obama’s margin of victory is much larger than it appears here. Obama is by far the best funded political campaign of the season and as you can see, it isn’t all coming from poor little government dependent voters in $10.00 contributions as his campaign claims.To look even closer at the money in search of favor, we will look at the donors who have given exclusively to each campaign.

Obama’s Strongest Supporters These corporate donors support Obama exclusively… groups 1, 3 and 4.

Clinton’s Strongest Supporters These corporate donors are exclusively funding Clinton … groups 1, 3 and 4.

McCain’s Strongest Supporters These corporate donors appear exclusively on McCain’s top 20 list… groups 2 and 3.

This group of political investors belongs to groups 2 and 3 above, seeking free open markets, capitalism and individual freedom to make individual choices. This is the only group McCain is winning.The Agendas are clear in the Donors Lists Obama’s support is coming largely from the “elitist” crowd of international lawyers, powerbrokers and ethnic organizations hoping to seat the second black president.

Clinton’s support is coming from the “elitist” crowd of international lawyers, powerbrokers, and pro-abortion women’s groups hoping to seat the former First Lady behind the Oval Office desk and turn Bill loose in his playpen again. McCain’s support is coming mostly from U.S. corporations seeking to protect free-market conditions. Though I can’t let the Spanish Language Media Group or the International asset manage company go without note, due to McCain’s ongoing support for open immigration laws and some form of amnesty for illegal migrants already living in America .Having said that, the stark differences in the donors list of top 20 for each candidate make the agenda’s behind each candidate glaringly obvious. Two candidates are raising money from elitist sources interested in global socialist international initiatives and one is funded largely by U.S. organizations interested in U.S. interests.

Again, a look at all of the institutional investors for these three candidates galvanizes this picture even further. Much more detail is available at www.OpenSecrets.org

An even Finer Point on Topic The ill-advised passage of McCain-Feingold resulted in the advent of the 527 organization, where millions more are poured into the election process in a completely unregulated and often untraceable form.

Democrats invented and lead the 527 fund-raising race by wide margin as well, money above and beyond all the direct campaign money reported here. The agendas of the three candidates come into crystal clear focus when you research the agenda’s of the 527 organization behind each candidate.

The Inescapable Conclusion All politicians are for sale. Every penny invested in any campaign has a purpose to it and an expected return attached to it. Rich “fat cats” are NOT leaning towards Republican McCain, but rather towards Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Rupert Murdoch and News Corp are not part of some “right-wing” propaganda machine since they are supporting Hillary Clinton for President.

And when it comes to “fat cat” elitist powerbrokers buying politicians, Barack Obama is hands down the clear favorite!

Keep these facts in mind as you listen to each candidate blame the other for selling out to corporate contributions, international interests and “fat cat” elitists….

The facts really do matter! If we continue to ignore them, we get what we deserve because as Forest Gump’s momma said, “stupid is as stupid does!”