Does any one really believe a conservative ideology is better than a liberal philosophy? If so, you must be a conservative politician. Their assumed elite status is a fairy tale much like the "Warren Report." I have a good laugh when I hear a politician say I am a conservative, like, hey, look at me I am superior. As for this writer, I am an American who understands the fact that America works best with American solutions and ideas.
It was the American spirit and attitude that won WWI and WWII, turned around the great depression of 1929 and created the greatest generation. And it was three Democratic Presidents who governed during those years and did not associate themselves with being elite. They had an American philosophy that conservatives today call liberal.
It was President Clinton who balanced the federal budget after 28 straight years of federal deficits and he did not accomplish that with a conservative ideology. He had an economic and deficit reduction plan that was passed by the democratic controlled congress in 1993. All republicans in the congress voted against that plan. And now it is another democratic President who is reducing the federal deficit after eight straight years of deficit spending by President George W. Bush. Neither Clinton or Obama adopted an elite status. They just rolled up their sleeves and went to work for the American people with plans and a policy that worked. And they articulated those plans to the people. Conservatives have no such thing and the budget the U.S. House adopted a short time ago does not plan to balance the federal budget for the next 10 years. They still lack arithmetic skills.
President Kennedy once said we all share the same planet, breathe the same air and we are all mortal. It was a statement about unity and working together to accomplish much for humankind. Kennedy was aware that division was an obstacle to progress. The conservative ideology of being elite and all knowing has divided the country and created unnecessary problems at a time when a united stand is required. The conservatives recent talk of impeaching President Obama demonstrates just how unAmerican their ideology has become and one can be sure if they do President Obama will not be the last democrat to be impeached by them. They have nothing else. Their ideology and elite position is a train wreck and their victim is the country, democracy and the American people.
This commentary written by John Lucia.
