Guy Smith: Is Anyone Out There?

I think we all feel a sense of frustration and hopelessness based on Friday's health care vote in the House of Representatives (and I use that term loosely).

I'm not sure attacking the troops is necessarily the right tack. I believe we have made a great deal of progress despite Friday's final results. Let's look at where we were and compare it to where we are today.

Last November, America elected what will arguably be remembered the single worst president we've ever had and with him, a large majority of democrats. Since then, we of like mind have banned together in solidarity and have reached out to independents to increase our number and our strenght. We have rallied on significant holidays, marched on DC and have had a huge impact on 3 elections.

This is not a sprint. It is a marathon. We cannot expect to win every fight, but we must learn to find victory even in defeat. We will not be able to turn this country around overnight, We should not expect or want to. Anything worth fighting for is worth slogging through the muck and mire for years to obtain.

Strategically, I view Friday's vote as a win of sorts. If we had won the vote, it would have stopped the bill in its tracks and the fight would be over. Many would put down their arms and return back to their comfortable lives thinking, wrongly, that the war had been won when it was merely 1 skirmish in a much broader fight.

I would like for us all to frame this larger war in terms of a fight for the hearts and minds of those who may agree with us on fundamental principles of freedom, of limited government, individual excellence, and for the protection of and return to our constitution and the values contained therein. In short, we must change people's minds and strengthen them with the truth. With that in mind, so what if Pelosi has won this not altogether significant battle? She knows her time is at hand and that her power is fleeting. All of America watched her desperate manuevering. She has shown herslef to be more corrupt than the politicians who caucus with her and by participation, they are guilty as well. Their days are numbered so long as we keep vigilent to the fight ahead.

The question of whether HR 1392 will pass the House is now academic and the only people to blame are those who wrote and voted for it. Our fight must now move to the senate where Health Care faces a much hihger hurdle. We must prevail in that fight, or delay it until the campaign season returns. If the Senate drags its feet, as it historically does, 1/3 of the Senate will be up for re-election. 33 seats will be up for grabs. Should they go to conservatives, Health Care will be defeated.

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Comment by Louise Barnes on November 9, 2009 at 1:27pm: I have suggested this before, but in case any of you did not see my suggestion- to help win people over to opposing the healthcare reform bill, I have been passing out flyers explaining some of the bill's provisions. Wendy who run the Healthcare Watchdog group was kind enough to make a pdf file you can print out to use it if you like- and you can copy it and pass it out to people at shopping centers, sidewalks (I like to choose wide sidewalks so I am not blocking foot traffic ) I just politely ask people as they pass by "Are you interested in a flyer with information about what is in the health care bill?" some don't want it, but others will take it.
You can find it by going to the main page of resistnet, scroll down until you see the Watchdog on Healthcare banner on the left hand side of the page, click on that, then scroll down until you see the banner #2 Our Strategy Visual Protests Visual Impact then clicl on that, scroll down a little way , under the share symbol you will see a small banner that says LibertyBrokArmHealthcarepdf click on that and you will see my flyer. This action could help you feel like you are making a difference- which you are! It is often hard to try to convince our Obama liking friends or family, but it is easier- less emotional - to approach a stranger. Just be polite- if they aren't interested, just smile and go on to the next person.

Also- I saw on cns news that 2 of the dem congressmen who voted against the bill- Dan Boren Oklahoma- voted against because he believed it would lead to single payer system. Rick Boucher Virginia- voted no because he saw it would put local hospitals out of business.

Comment by Judith L Keiner on November 9, 2009 at 1:11pm: No one could ever put this any better than you did! We all need to be thankful for the opportunity to come together and pool the resources of our loving conservative population who really care about our great country! If we all reach out and educate as you have that's how wars are won! Thank you.

Comment by Dr. Thomas Giberson on November 9, 2009 at 12:18pm: There are a few states where there are democrat senators with republican governors. Senator Paul Coverdell was a superb republican senator from Georgia who died of an acute intracranial bleed about 10 years ago. The republican senator was replaced with a democrat because we had a democrat governor. That was a tragic loss for conservatives.
Tom

Comment by Conservatives United - H. Thiele on November 9, 2009 at 11:49am: We must do everything we can to delay this vote in the senate until next year. Election years are good for inaction in congress, and inaction in this case is what we need.

Comment by Carol on November 9, 2009 at 11:40am: Thanks for this commentary. I to feel that it was a victory of sort, simply because it will keep us fighting.

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