John McCain’s Arquillian Battle Cruiser Strategy
What a nice speech that John McCain gave at CPAC. I’m still not buying. One speech saying things that appeal to conservatives and we’re all just supposed to jump aboard the the straight talk express because if we don’t it will supposedly be the end of the world as we know it. What I find is that if someone goes around saying they are conservative and tries to convince you through words that they are - then they usually aren’t. If he were conservative, he wouldn’t have to tells us he is, he would have ran as a conservative during this primary and eight years ago. Besides, do you honestly think the NY Times would endorse a conservative? Glenn Beck is right, we must be in a wormhole - it’s the only way to make sense of this year’s election.
I’m not buying. I’m tired of the rhetoric - where are the deeds to back it up? As for the idea that this is the most important election in our lifetime, well sure, since the last presidential election, and the one before that, and the one before that, etc.
I’m tired of the rhetoric. Jack Wheeler wrote a great piece on Jan. 4th which sums up my view. You can read the whole thing here.
It is about the history lesson taught so arrestingly by Tommy Lee Jones as Agent K in Men In Black.
2008 is going to be a stressful year for a lot of folks. The fate of America, the fate of Western Civilization, the fate of mankind, will be decided this year - as far as folks who enjoy being Drama Queens are concerned.
As we plunge forward into the fateful unknown of 2008, let us, then, take a deep, calming breath and listen to the soothing words of Agent K.
His partner, Agent J played by Will Smith, is freaking out as a newbie man-in-black, unglued over the alien threat that will destroy the Earth in the next half-hour.
Agent J: Man, we ain’t got time for this… I don’t know whether or not you’ve forgotten, but there’s an Arquillian Battle Cruiser that’s about to…
Agent K: Kid, there’s always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they… do… not… know about it!
Welcome to the history of the world.
See, the argument is being made that today’s Arquillian Battle Cruiser is the war in Iraq. When Arlen Specter was up for election it was the judges, when Dole ran it was something else, etc. There will never be a perfect time. There will always be some imminent threat in which the establishment tells us that we must be “pragmatic” and accept something or someone below our standards. I’m tired of lowering my standards. What ultimately changes when we do this, over and over and over again? Nothing and who do we have to blame for this - ourselves for buying the rhetoric and the promises - empty promises made that have no intention of being kept.
Success comes to those who refuse to lower their standards, who stay focused, who don’t allow distractions in, who perserver, who understand their “why” for doing something and go after it with an attitude of “failure is not an option.”
So the question becomes, what’s the goal for the conservative movement? Is it to just survive for the next 4 years by slowing down our accent to who knows where? Well, then John McCains the guy if that is the goal. If the goal is a vision of America that looks a certain way, a government that functions a certain way, a people who act a certain way, then he most certainly isn’t the guy - he’s a distraction.
If we lose sight of what the conservative vision is, we have political ADD. We’ll always be in reaction mode and always be complaining. Carrying out the conservative vision is about being proactive, staying focused, understanding our “why” and realizing that “failure is not an option.”