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DEAN'S LIST - 2/17/2008
(by Dean Naddeo - OpEd Columnist - February 17, 2008)
The big left turn
Like it or not, the results of the recent presidential primaries and caucuses have painted a very clear picture of the nation's political pedigree: After decades of driving in the proverbial center lane with the blinker occasionally signaling one way or another, the nation has officially taken a decidedly hard turn to the left.
The two enduring Democrat candidates - Senators Obama and Clinton - are not just your run of the mill, middle of the road politicians. According to "National Journal Magazine," they are, in fact the "Most Liberal Senator" and "16th Most Liberal Senator" respectively, and one of them is guaranteed to be their party's nominee.
With Governor Romney calling it quits, Senator John McCain will unquestionably be the Republican nominee. Although McCain is working diligently to court the conservative base of his party, the Senator is being repeatedly lambasted for what his adversaries consider liberal positions on issues such as illegal immigration, campaign finance reform, and the Bush tax cuts.
When you tally up the Democrats' landslide victories in the 2006 midterm elections, toss in the current pre-election results, then measure the general ideological pulse of the country with a couple of opinion polls, there is no denying it: liberalism is in.
So how has a nation, historically built on traditional values and principles, come to change its philosophical direction in such a relatively short time? The liberals had a plan.
Let's call it a multi-pronged approach by the left, brilliantly designed to indoctrinate, condition, and legislate this country into accepting liberalism as its own. And it's worked.
Phase one was an effort to commandeer the universities and learning institutions across the nation, where many a young mind could be tactically altered into adhering to the same belief systems as their liberal professors. This step has been accomplished with relative ease – traditional minded students could easily be persuaded to abandon their convictions by intellectually superior instructors that can appear infallible to them. And when the occasional conservative thinker happens along, no problem for the institution-simply recondition his conventional thinking with a couple of poor grades that serve to "adjust" his positions.
Next, engineer a take over of the news media, and thus control what people hear, see, and eventually come to accept. A very basic strategy that has led to the successful conditioning of the general public, save for a few conservative media outlets that have somehow endured.
Finally, legislate liberalism, and employ activist judges in the process.
Affirmative action, Roe v. Wade, school prayer, and more recently, the expansion of the use eminent domain are just a couple of mainstream examples to ponder. By creating laws to support their philosophies, liberals have in many cases, deemed it practically illegal to be a conservative.
Clearly, liberals have won the battle for the collective mindset of the nation. Yet, as self-proclaimed proponents of change, liberal leaders will now have to experience what it is like to operate under the daily scrutiny of a new conservative minority, themselves seeking empowerment.
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