Progressivism is Dead – What Next?

Where has the time gone? We are more than a year into the Obama Era, and contrary to what some in media are saying, there is no ambiguity; President Barrack Obama’s first year in office will go down in history as the worse first year of any presidency. Period. This distinction does not rest solely with the President; he has had plenty of help from an inept, Democratically controlled Congress. But also complacent in this great American mistake, was the push into office by an electorate more concerned about “making history,” instead of embracing our historical responsibly.


In late 2008, I wrote extensively about then candidate Barrack Obama (A Rendezvous with Destiny - Obama 2008 Archives), and over this past year I have continued to write about the Obama Administration (A Rendezvous with Destiny - Obama - 2009/2010 Archives). I spent much of the time on my two radio shows (New Hampshire Perspective and Right Here, Right Now ) detailing the disaster that has been the first year of the Obama world. Nothing I wrote or said made any difference. So I have decided to say something I usually avoid when I know I am right….”I told you so…….!” The problem with this “I told you so,” is that it comes at great expense to our country.


Standing before us is tattered country, moving in so many directions, lacking focus and leadership. Go down the list of concerns that many people expressed prior to the election of 2008, and is it any wonder we find ourselves in this collective mess: lack of experience, no real-world accomplishments, governing by theory versus reality, rhetoric over substance, shady associations, sounding moderate - but living/legislating leftist, and demonstrating overwhelming derision beliefs regarding America.


And for those who bought into the hype, and wanted to be part of history……how is that working out for you? When you vote like a “left-winger (caught up in the emotion, ignoring commonsense and a higher intellectual understanding, voting to “make history” instead of voting with an understanding of history, dismissing serious concerns as mere campaigning rhetoric),” than you shouldn’t be surprised when you wake up surrounded by a nightmare of leadership that is currently smothering us.


Have you ever notice that many left-wingers want to talk about “failed” policies, based on their special eyesight, but only if they were Republican initiatives, and based on their inimitable pass/fail system. But left-wingers want to ignore an American landscape littered with their failed policies. And so it goes with our current state of affairs. There is very little truth in media, very little faith in government, and no hope that the two parties can work together. This is the Obama legacy, a failed leader born of failed policies.


Proving once again of their inability to embrace reality, their inherent aptitude for ignoring (and at times, perpetuating outright falsehoods) of our unique American history, and their dogmatic support of anything that ignores our Constitutional foundation, left-wingers have led us to a dark place. Left-wingers have closed their eyes to policies and principals that have been shown to work, choosing to lead by failed theories, and not allowing themselves to be guided by practical realities. Is it any wonder that left-wingers have had to rename their movement several times throughout history (Progressive > Communist > Socialist > Liberals > New Progressives). The left-wingers have managed to destroy another perfectly good word (progressive)…….. again! I have a suggestion to all the left-wingers seeking to rename their delusional movement. Just call it what it is…….Regressivism! I guarantee you that Regressivism rings more true to left-wing propaganda, and will last a lot longer as a moniker for their abortive movement.


Frankly, I do not care what we call those on the left, but I am more concerned with what the left stands for; bigger government and more and more repressive policies. Over time, as government grows bigger and takes on more control over our daily lives, America will undergo a major transformation away from our unique American persona of self-reliance towards a radical change to a self-imposed serfdom. Americans almost seem to be embracing these policies of bondage, where in the past an overwhelming majority would resist the heavy hand of government in our lives with every fiber of their existence. Only time will tell whether Americans wake up from this self induced servitude, or if we fall deeper under the spell of oppressive, leftist policies.


There is one distinction that will be forever part of the Obama legacy. He will be forever known as the most successful underachiever in world history. Ill-prepared for the job he sought, capitulated into that role by a people who forget the consequence that is theirs alone when choosing the leader of the free world.