35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

  36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

  37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

  38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

  39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

  40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

  41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

  42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

  43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

  44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

  45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

I noticed that one of the complaints against Sarah Palin was that her language and communication skills made her sound uneducated.  She sounded like a folksy backwater mom that couldn't string words together in complete sentences.  At least that is how the elite Washington intellectuals made it sound.  Honestly, I think that a national politician should be able to speak the language well enough to understand and be understood in Washington. However, they are not there to represent Washington they are there to represent us, so I think it is just fine for them to speak like a regular person as well.  Especially when they are out talking to us, and not heads of state or other dignitaries.

One thing that does bother me far more than a candidate speaking in their local vernacular is when their language becomes vulgar and obscene.  I would rather have a civil country bumpkin in office that mispronounces some words, than a foul mouthed intellectual that pronounces obscenities and insults with precision.   We have tossed civility out the door in politics. As long as the insult sounds clever and witty it is ok, but simple kindness and politeness are no longer en vogue.

A conservative change would be for conservative politicians in every level of government to cut back, not just on spending but also on the foul language and rudeness that they bring to the political process. I had a tenth grade English teacher that also happened to be a state representative.  It was rather enlightening when I heard some politicians discussing her performance in the statehouse and the type of language she used. I didn’t have nearly as much respect for her after that, and I can’t say I am too surprised that she lost her bid for re-election this year. She may have been a Republican, but when it comes to her choice of words she was not the least bit conservative.

There are some places were insults, cursing, and other bad language don’t really belong.  Those places include the news media, schools, and government. However, we have let them in anyways, and they now seem commonplace.  It is time to reverse that trend, but lets do it the small government way, not the big government way.  We need to look at our own lives to see the type of language we use personally.  Then we need to look at the language being used in our homes.  Next we need to look at the language used in our workplaces, schools, and places we hang out.  Students don’t need to stop their whole school or university from swearing, but they can ask for better behavior from the people in their classes, especially their teachers. 

If swearing and playground insults are no longer a part of our lives then maybe we will be a little more shocked and outraged when we see those in government or in the news using such language. Maybe we will actually react to it and let our representative know that we don’t want to be represented in that fashion.

   1. Government control

   2. Out of business

When either of those happens the unions won't really be able to do anything for their members.  The unions will help by giving back what they have unjustly taken or they will ultimately loose and so will their members.

1. They need us to vote for them, in order to get the job in the first place.
2. They need our taxes to pay their salaries, as well as to give them something to work with (or play with if we vote in the wrong people) as they do their job.
3. They need us to let them know what we want and don’t want. With out us they have nothing to represent.

Have we made a choice based in reality? Hardly.  

Is it rational?  Not in the least. 

Was it based on emotion? Totally.

Will we regret it?  Will there be buyer’s remorse?  Absolutely.   

At least in the state of Delaware people came to the polls to vote for Obama and then voted down the line for Democrats regardless of how the candidates had performed in office or on the campaign trail. Politics were not local, they were national. 

Is there a solution? Yes.

We need to figure out what principles and ideals we stand for. Then we have to stand up for ourselves.  This was a vote to abdicate the responsibility for upholding our principles, goals, and dreams from our shoulders to Barak’s.  

People voted for Barak because he supposedly represents their Hope for America and the future.  He will not deliver.  He can not deliver on those hopes.  Our nation gave up its hopes and future into the hands of a single man that has no power to deliver unless we give it to him.  However, the people who handed him their future now want to turn their backs on it and go about their business, thinking that Barak will take care of everything. After all they already did their part by voting for him.  The rest of this game belongs to him not us is the attitude.

That attitude will result in a harsh awakening when Barak has to face that test in his first six months. However, for us the living, that attitude doesn’t hold water. This is our America, and We the People will continue to own it, and we will behave like it.  We will have eyes on these newly elected officials 24/7 to the best of our ability to hold them accountable to our will.  We will also continue to be productive in our jobs and involved in our communities.  

I know I will also be present at as many sessions of my state and local legislature as I can. The State of Delaware swung overwhelmingly to the Democrat Party.  I know I will not be represented by them so I will be there when I can to do it myself. It will be tough as I am still a student as well as trying to keep my own business going, however if the paid representatives won’t do the job someone has to. Some of us may even have to run for office in the future if we wish to keep or regain our country.

Barak Obama may be the President for the next four years, however this is my America.  It would be the same if John McCain were elected.  This is my America. It does not belong to the President.  It belongs to us as citizens. We have to own it. 

The problem with this vote is not who will be President for the next four years. It is what this vote says about who we will be as citizens.

Edit:  Yes, by definition leading people towards Obama can't be considered conservative.  It can be considered intellectual, but not conservative.  You can intellectualize your way into a lot of stupid and easily avoidable bad situations.  Many of these intellectuals are the same ones that helped foist McCain on us in the first place.  Now that they got their way they are leaving.  We can't follow people like that.  That is why I advocate following principles not people.   The principle will not change even if the people who once followed it do. Conservatism has to be grounded in something deeper than people who are so easily swayed.  Some of these “conservative intellectuals” that have endorsed Obama have admitted that they hope he is lying about his policies because they won’t be good for America.

Is that the kind of hope and change we want?