The Radical Right? Which One?

I couldn’t help but notice the Democrats, when Sam Alto was chosen by President Bush to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. They continually referred to the “Radical Right”. It was Bush pandering to the “Radical Right”.

Did you ever wonder who, exactly, the “Radical Right is???

The broad definition, by the Democrats, of a person from the “Radical Right” is a "Conservative" not of the Democrat Party.

To a Southerner, their error is glaring! Democrats from the North, and Northeast, and West, don’t seem to have a grasp of how this country is still politically divided dating back to the Civil War.

For those of you reading this, who do not hail from Dixie, let me spell it out. To those of you in Dixie, I’m preaching to the choir… just bare with me.

In the American South there are Conservative Democrats. These folks have been Democrats since the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, in Charleston, SC. When the Republican President Lincoln sent his troops to invade the South the one thing, which outlasted the war, in the South, intact, was the South’s hate for Republicans.

Then along about the mid-1960’s something happened. The Democrat Party turned on Southerners. They went liberal… adopting much of the American Socialist Party’s platform and began preaching to the South about the way it lived, and had lived, since the mid 1600’s.

Again there was an uprising in the South, and by that time the Republican Party had seen the error of it’s ways and had adopted much of the platform of the former Democrat Party.

When Richard Nixon came along, and invited the South to join his party, which by now, looked a lot like the Democrat Party used to look, many Southerners flocked to the Republican Party. As a result, those staunch conservatives, from the Democrat Party, began to flesh out the ranks of the Republican Party, the Republican Party became even more conservative.

However, there were, and are, many Democrats in the South who remain registered as Democrats but vote with the Republicans every election. Those are, by and large Democrats whose families have been traditionally Democrat for as far back in their history as the eye can see. As Southerners are nothing, if not traditionalists, they cannot bring them selves to turn their back on the Democrat Party. It is considered akin to treason. But, they vote Republican… every election. Here in NC they were, and are, called "Jessecrats" after the much beloved former Senator from NC, Senator Jesse Helms.

Then there are the "Reagan Democrats". They are, for all intents and purposes, the same group, except that the Reagan Democrats are found all over the South and not just in North Carolina.

Let me see if I can make it even clearer for you.

I belong to an international organization (based in the South), which, in this country, is populated by a strong majority of Democrats. I am among those Republicans in the organization. What holds us together? Our conservatism. We may be Democrat and Republican... but we are conservatives first. A first time visitor to one of our meetings would swear we are all of the same political party, but I assure you, we are not.

Southern churches are, by and large, the same. Conservative.

Now, having taken the long way around let me come back to the point.

The Democrat Party does not understand what I have just explained to you. They actually believe there is a “Radical Right”. They have yet to understand the Radical Right they rail about is the Republican Party and a huge segment of their own Party, the Democrat Party. As a result, they are slamming not just Republicans when they denigrate us; they are also alienating a vast segment of Democrats, as well.

Republicans, especially “Southern” Republicans have known this since the 1960’s. As a result we sorta egg them on. The more irate Southern Democrats they create, the more potential members of the Republican Party they create. It’s a simple equation, really.

So when I see, and hear, Howard Dean, Ted Kennedy, Chuck Schumer, John Kerry, Ms. Barbara Boxer, Ms. Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Dick Durban, and other leading liberal Democrats, railing against the “Radical Right”, I smile and whisper a “Thank You” to a benevolent God for their efforts. They have done more to further the cause of the Republicans, the “Radical Right”, as they call us than, well, frankly, I can’t think of anyone, or any organization, which has done more for Republicans and the Conservative Cause.

The Mainstream Media in the US is so completely in the pockets of the Democrat Party that we often refer to them as “Mediacrats”. Basically a Mediacrat is a Democrat with a microphone, printing press, or TV Camera.

As we watch the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito in the weeks and months ahead, we will make use of their rantings to draw recruits to our "Cause". And when Thanksgiving rolls around, later this month, we will thank God for their efforts.

“Longstreet”