No Deep Analysis. Just One Conservative's Optimism

Stand on Principle
The 2009 general Presidential election was a depressing one for me. I felt forced to either stand on my conservative principles and write in a dark horse candidate (see Ann Coulter's rant for my exact feelings) or fall in line with the Republicans and get behind John McCain. To a large extent this election was about the difference between Conservatives and Republicans; not Republicans and Democrats.

I think Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh passed the test. Sean Hannity failed.

Chump Change
But now that the election is behind us, it is time to experience what Obama meant when he said his campaign was about "Change." You see, Obama is a lawyer and lawyers are trained to use words that have more than one meaning for a reason. In this case, the word "Change" can mean, among other things, (1) taking the country in a different direction. It can also mean, (2) reinventing oneself to fit a particular situation. Salamanders and other animals do this all the time to avoid detection. Another meaning of change is (3) the money left over after all of the real money has been spent.

I’ll let you decide what Obama meant by “Change.” When our nation is attacked by terrorists again, when he stands up in front of a conservative audience and sounds like Ronald Reagan, when he promises an additional $1,000.00 for working families but refuses to extend the previous administrations tax cuts beyond their current expiration dates, when the same people who were running the show in D.C. during the 90’s are now running the show again, when I have to close the doors to my small business and lay off our 7 employees because of the ever increasing tax burden – when each of these things happen (and they will) then I want you to be honest in your assessment of what Obama means by change.

Optimistic
And now for the optimism. It is very likely that Obama’s presidency will galvanize conservatives and produce and honest to goodness conservative during the next election cycle. John McCain’s “across the aisle politics” would have only served to further dilute the republican party and depress true conservatives. Does anyone else get the feeling McCain would have had just about the same cabinet as Obama?

By McCain losing this election, Conservatives actually won.