Can common sense prevail in a political culture that won't "stir the pot?" I wonder.
That seems to be the driving force behind one side's strategy to remain influential in Maine politics. I'm, of course. referring to the Maine Republican Party. And many times over the years I have been confronted with this challenge.
On one side you have a political media and party (Democrats) who stir the pot continuously. They do so, however, only in order to advance collectivist ideas. They require that power concentrate in their institutions -- either the Democrat party or in their profession (journalism).
On the other side you have the Republicans who have developed an allergy to confrontation and winning. We (I'm now a registered Republican) have decided to make nice until Maine is reabsorbed into Massachusetts. Republicans caucus in the phone booth on Beacon Hill.
Here is why the Republicans have decided to make nice.
The media makes fun of them whenever they choose to fight to the death for any conservative political principle. I'll give you two examples.
- Charlie Webster shut down the government a few years ago. Republicans haven't stopped apologizing. They should stop now. It's getting old.
- The media spun up an email I sent out in 2004. I threatened to force all our public servants to stop pretending marriage is important. I said that it is now obvious that "sexual orientation" is what really matters to our political elites. All the Republicans in the Senate signed a letter condemning me. I don't think some of them have stopped. It's time to stop.
Look, the League is non-partisan. For years I felt that meant that I needed to be non-partisan as an individual. I obviously no longer feel that way. I'm going to do everything I can, and everything the League allows me to do as an individual, to help the Republican Party get back on its feet.
I'll be thrilled to publicly support candidates in other parties, as I did this week in my personal endorsement of Paul Madore, a Democrat. They are, however, going to have to get the sex thing right. Sexual morality matters. Marriage and civil unions aren't gay. And Christianity will never wear a pink triangle. If a politician can't get that right then none of the other issues are going to matter before long.
It's gotten to the point where I'd endorse a marxist if they promised to stop the sexual immorality cabal. For goodness sakes, we're giving the pill to eleven year olds and flying the "gay" flag in a public school lobby? If that isn't insanity, I don't know what is.
While the Republicans won't fight for what they know is true, they at least grudgingly admit to what is true. The Democrats, on the other hand, are sold out to the sexual immorality cabal. They can't fiind enough political and legal mischief to do to produce gleeful sensations in the nerve center of the so-called "gay" lobby. We can only imagine what delightful sensations they all have in mind for us after they've persuaded a majority of us to think that sodomy a marriage makes.
As far as taxes and the economy go, I'm as concerned as the next guy. However, I can't even become the expert that I think God would have me be on just one social issue. There's no way I can expect to focus effectively on every issue out there.
Priorities.
If money and taxes are your thing, good for you. Maybe we can agree that the prospects for our economy are better with a state full of intact families headed by men who aren't wearing dresses? Maybe we can agree that politics is a contact sport where the sex designed to wear pants has the advantage if they will choose to wear them? I'm just not getting the transgender thing. Are you?
I don't know. Maybe I've got it all wrong.
Right or wrong, you're never going to find me wearing a dress.
