There are lots of different kinds of conservatives in the US. Social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, political conservatives, religious conservatives, and the list goes on. That is why it is so difficult to define exactly what a conservative is and who is a true conservative. Me? Well, I am a conservative who can identify with everyone of the categories above… and then some.
As a conservative conservative… I am looking for a leader for America. I don’t mean another limp-wristed suck-up who’ll go, hat in hand, to our fair-weather friends in Europe, and the UN, seeking permission to take care of America’s business, no matter what that business for America happens to be. No! I want a leader who will act –and act without worry — (or more than passing consideration) for what the remainder of the world thinks. See, I don’t care what the rest of the world thinks!
My kind of conservative wants a true leader and not an apologist for Lenin and Marx and all the left wing socialists already in our government
I want a leader who will NOT cross the aisle and “group hug” the democrats and socialists! I want a leader who will run the government in spite of their protestations of gloom and doom and certain apocalypse. I want a leader who will put America first, above all else, and everyone else, and not try to save the planet as some in our government hallucinate about.
For instance, I want a leader that will go bomb the hell out of Iran and be done with it, and, when they recover and begin (again) to build that A-bomb they are hell bent on constructing, bomb them again, and again, until they give up the idea… or die in the rubble of what used to be their country.
As a conservative I am sick to death of the namby-pamby “leaders” who wet themselves when a florescent light bulb "pops" in the capitol building. I have had it with leaders who want to run to the nearest negotiating table when an enemy of this country makes threats against my fellow citizens and me. I am nearly overcome with loathing for the appeasers and the talkers and the whiners and all the bitching and moaning, and hand wringing, and tree hugging, and pagan earth worship, and saving the planet by not using the resources God gave us TO use.
I am nearly overcome by the total disconnect between the American governing families from the “America Aristocracy” who have no idea what the people they purportedly represent want. Since our founding, we have actually created an American nobility to rule America, and we must disassemble that artificial nobility and get them out of the seat of our government and return it to the common man where it should have been all along.
My kind of conservative does not want someone in charge (notice I did not say leader!) who must seek a consensus. Consensus is not leading! Leading from behind is NOT leading! Leading is, well, LEADING... from out FRONT! It means getting the hell out front and staying there while compelling others to follow. Leading is NOT bipartisanship! America was not built by bipartisanship.
My kind of conservative wants a leader who knows, instinctively, that we are at war with the political left in this country
My kind of conservative wants a leader who knows, instinctively, that we are at war with the political left in this country… and… if we are to remain a free country and not a mirror image of the European socialist states we must continue to combat the left at every turn. That leader must realize this is a “no quarter” conflict.
My kind of conservative wants a true leader and not an apologist for Lenin and Marx and all the left wing socialists already in our government.
So, don’t try to convince me that America’s continued greatness depends on how many pipsqueak nations we bribe (like prostitutes!) with foreign aid to love us!
Don’t try to convince me that we have to be part of the United Nations, quite likely the most corrupt organization on the face of the earth, to guarantee peace on earth.
Don’t try to convince me that duplicating the socialist statism of Europe is the road to greatness. Because you will fail!
I have lived through America’s climb to greatness beginning with the Second World War. I have seen the struggles, taken part in the struggles, and I know what it has cost us. And I, as a conservative, will not go quietly, silently, into the night while observing this country commit itself to mediocrity and, eventually, the ash heap of history, as another “has-been” nation that died by its own hand.
America was not built by our American ancestors to be a “second best” nation, an “also ran” nation. The people who built America built her from the ground up to lead the world. Our recent presidents have lost sight of that navigational point, a reference point left for them by those great American leaders who went before them. As American citizens we must refocus our government toward understanding America’s role in the world as “The Leader”. Nothing else is acceptable.
(Editor’s note: J.D. Longstreet passed away in 2014. He will be greatly missed.)
Longstreet is a conservative Southern American (A native sandlapper and an adopted Tar Heel) with a deep passion for the history, heritage, and culture of the southern states of America. At the same time he is a deeply loyal American believing strongly in “America First”.
He is a thirty-year veteran of the broadcasting business, as an “in the field” and “on-air” news reporter (contributing to radio, TV, and newspapers) and a conservative broadcast commentator.
Longstreet is a veteran of the US Army and US Army Reserve. He is a member of the American Legion and the Sons of Confederate Veterans. A lifelong Christian, Longstreet subscribes to “old Lutheranism” to express and exercise his faith.
