Real Conservatives are a Dying Breed

I voted for Ron Paul. I would have like to have voted for John McCain, but he made so many stupid decisions during the last month of the campaign that I couldn't fill in his circle on that ballot. Ron Paul didn't have a chance, but he is pro-life, anti-preemptive war and more of a true conservative than any other candidate. And he has won elections, which is more than could be said of any of the third party candidates on the ballot.

American Vision had a piece on their website that has come closer to my political views than any other political writing as of late. Certain parts of this article also ring true with my husband, who has endured scorn from conservatives and liberals alike for not swallowing the respective Kool-aid. This AV article, written by Joel McDurmon, can be found at http://www.americanvision.org/articlearchive2008/11-06b-08PRINT.html.

We have sent some of our older kids to the public school, with our eyes wide open and our mouths also open every evening when they start their homework. We have taken advantage of Wisconsin's Healthy Start program and have many conservative friends who are on Badger Care. I for one do not think the church in America is ready to take on the education of our young people or the health care costs of so many sick people. We have let the government start these programs, and I am not convinced that the church is supposed to take on the care of any and all who find themselves in dire circumstances. Marvin Olasky talks about the "worthy poor," and the church's responsibility to sort out who they are and care for them. My mother-in-law believes that local private organizations are partial, and that federal programs don't know the circumstances of each poor family so the resulting handout is more fair. I do believe that the church should offer options for those who do not want to be part of our socialist system, but do we have what it takes to offer solutions for all those involved in government education, welfare, and health care? Even if we try to be available to help with health needs, the church will soon be bankrupt if we have to pay current medical costs.

Something I would like to do is educate our young people about true Chrisitan conservatism. They need to know what the Constitution says, what the Founding Fathers had in mind, and the tremendous opportunity that comes with self-governing freedom. But I have trouble finding young people with the attention span to really want to learn this stuff. Our citizenry has been so dumbed down and so convinced that the federal government is here to provide for our needs that it will take a revival on a national scale to even start to bring things back to more of a government that looks like a republic. Even many conservatives don't know what our government was in the beginning - they just know liberal bad and Republican good. AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Please think.