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Al Benson, Jr.

2004 - Year Of The Liar

Well, the presidential primary season is once again upon us, like a slow form of political cancer, spreading its tentacles over the country from state to state. I've tried mightily to avoid reading the usual media rehashes of these events, but it's next to impossible to avoid seeing all the headlines.

What we have right now is a scurvy batch of jackleg Democrats all seeming locked in a political death struggle with one another so that the one that managed the political demise of the rest gets to attempt to try to manage the political demise of that jacklet president, George 2nd. None of these people, Republicrats or Republicrats, one either side, inspires any confidence or hope for the future of this country in me. One almost wonders, looking at the Democratic charade, which one of these turkeys is supposed to be the stalking horse for St. Hillary when she decides she has a "mandate" [or should that be persondate] from the American people that will justify her announcing her candidacy.

At least, though, when it comes to our Southern symbols and heritage, the Democrats are honest enough to admit they hate all Southern flags and symbols and would relegate them to the cellars of the unreconstructed if ever they had the chance. And these are the people that want Southern votes! Oh well, Kruschev used to say "we spit in their faces and they call it dew." These Democratic "candidates" are doing the same thing - spitting in our faces and on our symbols. And, actually, George the 2nd feels the same way. He just doesn't talk about it much, and his silence, unfortunately, leads many Southern folks into believing that he's really on their side and is really "conservative." He may well be if "conservative" is spelled with a K. A look at his record in office and what he spends our money on should give the lie to the idea of his being conservative, but, for many folks, good Christians included, it doesn't seem to. They have been thoroughly bemused by this pied-piper of "compassionate conservatism" [socialism.]

Professor Clyde Wilson, in his excellent book From Union to Empire - Essays In the Jeffersonian Tradition, has made a few astute political observations as to the present state of our political understanding in this apostate age: "Among the many things which our Founding Fathers took for granted but which we have lost was a social fabric in which people knew the character, at least the public character, of their leaders in depth. Public esteem was a reward of real, remembered services to the Commonwealth, not of media celebrity or promise of payoffs."

Speaking of George Bush Sr., Professor Wilson noted that: "Thus, in a healthy society ... People would have understood that Bush was in the habit of lying on the hustings to obtain office, and no one over the age of 13 would have believed him in 1988 when he promised not to raise taxes and to bear down on thugs. Had we anything but the shortest memory, we should have known that he would likely do the opposite - raise taxes and persecute policemen for violating the "rights" of thugs." And he continues: "Of course it was not in the interest of either his opponents or the media to point out this lie, because as mutual members of the ruling class they were even more committed than Bush to raising taxes and coddling criminals." Unfortunately, the average "conservative" American voter never seems to grasp such facts. I can remember one conservative Christian lady in Indiana being exultant in 1988 that Bush had won the White House. I told her at that time "You wait and see, this man is no friend to conservatives, homeschoolers, or to anyone on our side of the fence." I doubt if she believed me at that time. Thanks to our government [mis]education system and a lying media, our people have no grasp of history, nor the ability to do any thinking or looking anywhere past the last election.

One disturbing trend Dr. Wilson noted in our "unconsciousness of history" is the effect that our voting patterns will have on our posterity. He says that: "American public discourse, which suffers from terminal infantilism, is carried on as if posterity did not exist. It does not matter if we pile up an unpayable debt [which our descendants will have every moral right and practical incentive to repudiate,] nor do we even consider whether it will really be a good thing if those descendants have to live in a society dominated by Mexicans or Chinese."

Professor Wilson has accurately noted our political mindset [or lack thereof] today. We have terribly short political memories, and those running for office realize that fact. They know they can lie to us with impunity if they do it 120 days before the next election because the average voter today can't remember much of what he saw or heard before the last Doritos commercial.

And so we have all these political toadies running around telling us all that they are going to do for us when they really should be telling us what they plan to do TO us. But then, the truth wouldn't get them elected unless they couched it in language no human being could understand. What I see in either party this year doesn't encourage me to go out and vote for any of them. One group of elitists controls both major political parties and so no matter what the name of the current flunky in the White House might end up being, you will get the same socialist programs.

If anything, I will pick a third party candidate and cast a conscience vote there. I can not, in good conscience, vote for any of the Republicrat candidates that are or will be off around the country telling us how great they are and what a wonderful plan they have for our lives if we elect them. They are all political prostitutes!

P.O. Box 55

Sterlington, LA 71280

Al Benson, Jr. is also the Editor of the Copperhead Chronicle,

and may be reached at albenson@patriotist.com



	Al Benson, Jr. 2004 - Year Of The Liar Well, the presidential primary season is once again upon us, like a slow form of political cancer, spreading its tentacles over the country from state to state. I've tried mightily to avoid reading the usual media rehashes of these events, but it's next to impossible to avoid seeing all the headlines. What we have right now is a scurvy batch of jackleg Democrats all seeming locked in a political death struggle with one another so that the one that managed the political demise of the rest gets to attempt to try to manage the political demise of that jacklet president, George 2nd. None of these people, Republicrats or Republicrats, one either side, inspires any confidence or hope for the future of this country in me. One almost wonders, looking at the Democratic charade, which one of these turkeys is supposed to be the stalking horse for St. Hillary when she decides she has a "mandate" [or should that be persondate] from the American people that will justify her announcing her candidacy. At least, though, when it comes to our Southern symbols and heritage, the Democrats are honest enough to admit they hate all Southern flags and symbols and would relegate them to the cellars of the unreconstructed if ever they had the chance. And these are the people that want Southern votes! Oh well, Kruschev used to say "we spit in their faces and they call it dew." These Democratic "candidates" are doing the same thing - spitting in our faces and on our symbols. And, actually, George the 2nd feels the same way. He just doesn't talk about it much, and his silence, unfortunately, leads many Southern folks into believing that he's really on their side and is really "conservative." He may well be if "conservative" is spelled with a K. A look at his record in office and what he spends our money on should give the lie to the idea of his being conservative, but, for many folks, good Christians included, it doesn't seem to. They have been thoroughly bemused by this pied-piper of "compassionate conservatism" [socialism.] Professor Clyde Wilson, in his excellent book From Union to Empire - Essays In the Jeffersonian Tradition, has made a few astute political observations as to the present state of our political understanding in this apostate age: "Among the many things which our Founding Fathers took for granted but which we have lost was a social fabric in which people knew the character, at least the public character, of their leaders in depth. Public esteem was a reward of real, remembered services to the Commonwealth, not of media celebrity or promise of payoffs." Speaking of George Bush Sr., Professor Wilson noted that: "Thus, in a healthy society ... People would have understood that Bush was in the habit of lying on the hustings to obtain office, and no one over the age of 13 would have believed him in 1988 when he promised not to raise taxes and to bear down on thugs. Had we anything but the shortest memory, we should have known that he would likely do the opposite - raise taxes and persecute policemen for violating the "rights" of thugs." And he continues: "Of course it was not in the interest of either his opponents or the media to point out this lie, because as mutual members of the ruling class they were even more committed than Bush to raising taxes and coddling criminals." Unfortunately, the average "conservative" American voter never seems to grasp such facts. I can remember one conservative Christian lady in Indiana being exultant in 1988 that Bush had won the White House. I told her at that time "You wait and see, this man is no friend to conservatives, homeschoolers, or to anyone on our side of the fence." I doubt if she believed me at that time. Thanks to our government [mis]education system and a lying media, our people have no grasp of history, nor the ability to do any thinking or looking anywhere past the last election. One disturbing trend Dr. Wilson noted in our "unconsciousness of history" is the effect that our voting patterns will have on our posterity. He says that: "American public discourse, which suffers from terminal infantilism, is carried on as if posterity did not exist. It does not matter if we pile up an unpayable debt [which our descendants will have every moral right and practical incentive to repudiate,] nor do we even consider whether it will really be a good thing if those descendants have to live in a society dominated by Mexicans or Chinese." Professor Wilson has accurately noted our political mindset [or lack thereof] today. We have terribly short political memories, and those running for office realize that fact. They know they can lie to us with impunity if they do it 120 days before the next election because the average voter today can't remember much of what he saw or heard before the last Doritos commercial. And so we have all these political toadies running around telling us all that they are going to do for us when they really should be telling us what they plan to do TO us. But then, the truth wouldn't get them elected unless they couched it in language no human being could understand. What I see in either party this year doesn't encourage me to go out and vote for any of them. One group of elitists controls both major political parties and so no matter what the name of the current flunky in the White House might end up being, you will get the same socialist programs. If anything, I will pick a third party candidate and cast a conscience vote there. I can not, in good conscience, vote for any of the Republicrat candidates that are or will be off around the country telling us how great they are and what a wonderful plan they have for our lives if we elect them. They are all political prostitutes! Copyright ©, 2004 Al Benson Jr. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED P.O. Box 55 Sterlington, LA 71280 Al Benson, Jr. is also the Editor of the Copperhead Chronicle, and may be reached at albenson@patriotist.com