Don't miss the tea party!

As I wrote when I kicked off this blog before the election, and reiterated immediately after Obama won, today's conservatives must learn to be activists. Obama's people came around my neighborhood before the election (not once, but twice) while the Republicans and third parties never showed themselves. Conservatives need to be seen and heard--in the streets, with rallies, marches, signs, and slogans. But I was afraid they would never get moving sufficiently to hope of rescuing this nation.

Well, my dream is starting to come true. Obama's communist agenda has stirred up the long-dormant activist spirit in America's conservatives (and some liberals) and they are getting out in their cities to take a stand.

If you haven't heard about it yet, the old melting pot is bubbling with new protests, especially tea parties. There's nothing like an unprecedentedly huge, drunken, debt-fueled socialist spending spree by the government to wake up citizens.

But hearing about other people taking to the streets to save the nation is not enough. No, not by a long shot. This is no time for complacency. Your freedom, values, and way of life are at stake. They need you out there too.

Knowing the mainstream media, if they play by the usual rules they may be seeking to either avoid mentioning these events altogether or portray these peaceful, patriotic, pro-America rallies in a negative light. (The media is understandably afraid of losing their grip on American minds and politics.) But if enough of us show up at the rallies, we can't be ignored or slandered.

Thanks to many local tea party groups and a big recent boost from the American Family Association, there will be a tea party near you. Be there!

You can find lists of rallies at Tea Party Day and WorldNetDaily. Patriot Depot and other conservative vendors have gear for the occasion.



Finally, don't consider this a one-time effort. We'll need more tea party days throughout the year, and we'll also need other types of activist demonstrations to promote life, liberty, and the freedom to pursue happiness in our nation. It will be exciting, but it isn't going to be easy.

Conservatives don't really understand elections

It was a painful week, wasn't it?

The pundits are all yakking about what went wrong--funny how hindsight does that--but here's something I was honestly thinking before election night, because it was hammered in by what I saw daily during the time running up to the vote.

Conservatives are brilliant on the issues. But I think they just don't "get it" when it comes to winning elections, pursuing activism, and getting out the vote.

The Obama people knocked on my door--twice. They were hanging around everywhere. Posters, flyers, signs, you name it.

I said before the election that the conservatives could win if we got out the vote. We made up 48% of the popular tally, so this wasn't a small minority by any means. It was about even--but the liberal half got the word out and got everyone off the couch (and some out of the grave, etc.) to get out there and vote. And they won.

Yes, Obama had a ton of money, but there's more to it. Liberals are making ideas mainstream today that represented only a small fringe radical minority in the past. A small activist portion of the population keeps guiding our culture and our country in their extreme direction, and as they do so, they make sure that their beliefs are adopted by a larger part of the people. Then they repeat the process.

Meanwhile, those with conservative values tend to be a marginalized majority, with various issues gradually shifting to minority status as liberals create culture change with their effective and ruthless tactics. We've had many advantages over the years, but too often we've let them slip by, as have our elected officials. There's no excuse for this, people!

If conservatives want to win in the current environment, they must learn to be activists.

(Of course, there's much more to learn from this election. Such as: the Republican Party leadership doesn't really understand conservatives.)