The time for political correctness is over.  The frauds that run the House of Representatives have just voted to pass the most horrific piece of legislation in the history of the United States of America…and cheered as they did it.

They won the healthcare vote with FIVE votes.  One of them is Joseph Cao – RINO and Junior Congressman.  Step One of shedding Political Correctness is to make sure that the GOP “tent” is no longer welcoming to this Junior Congressman.  Jospeh Cao is Benedict Arnold.  Period.  and his career is over within the GOP.  Period.  We cannot afford mistakes like this in 2010 and either the GOP is on board or they need to be voted out as well.

After a long day and evening of watching C-Span, Lady Libertas allowed a few moments of feeling defeat last night but no more.  We are in the fight for our values, our liberty, our way of life.  The liberal trolls parroted the good cheer of their leadership last night, completely clueless that this will affect them the same as everyone, no matter party affiliation.  Taxes have no care for party affiliation.
As countries around the globe struggle to return right from years of hard left rule, America is sliding towards Socialism at an alarming rate.

This vote was not about healthcare – it was about the takeover of the American government, the expansion of Federal power, the extensive reach of the power brokers in Washington DC and the subjugation of the American people.  Nancy Pelosi and her gang of bully boys do not care about the state of American healthcare; if they did, this would have been an issue much sooner than present day.  What they care about is expansion of their own pork bellies and they have no problem stepping directly on at least half of America to take it.

The vote we witnessed last night was a desperate push by extreme Liberals to inflict their will on this country before they lose control.  FIVE VOTES – certainly not a resounding endorsement for a majority.  Obama has not been the success that they banked on to carry them on waves of victory to a complete takeover of the United States and this country overwhelmingly has no faith in their elected Representatives -  In an October 29, 2009 Rasumussen poll:

Just 15% of voters now give Congress good or excellent ratings, while most (53%) rate the legislature as poor. Those ratings have held relative steady for the past few months but are noticeably worse than those found in May. At that time, 23% gave Congress positive ratings while 44% rated its performance as poor.
Forty-two percent (42%) of voters see most members of Congress as corrupt, the highest level measured in over a year. Thirty-seven percent (37%) say most congressmen are not corrupt, while another 21% are undecided.
Just 15% of voters believe most members of Congress are more interested in helping people than in furthering their own careers. Seventy-six percent (76%) think most congressmen put their own careers first.

As Conservatives, we have been ignored, marginalized or outright derided in the past months.  Obama not only ignores the Conservatives but he and his Administration actively attack Conservative talk show hosts and FOX news and the Tea Party Movement.  There is more divisiveness in this country than ever before.  Obama the Unifier has become the Emperor with No Clothes and we will continue to point that out.  Our rallying points though are strong and we cannot forget New Jersey or Virginia or even New York, where a Conservative running alone only lost by a few points.

The point that Lady Libertas would like to make to Patriots everywhere is WE HAVE ONLY JUST BEGUN.  We have had some  victories and some losses but we cannot lose the will to keep fighting.  The words of James Madison remind us: “The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.”

There were 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence and their commitment to the fight for Liberty was astronomical:

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.

The only question that remains is this:

Are we willing to make the same commitment that our Founding Fathers made?

Lady Libertas is willing to make that commitment…let the Seeds of Revolution be thrown to the winds to gain foothold in all corners of our great country.  Let the Tyrants and those who would see Liberty be laid low or traded for slavery be put on notice – The Will of the American People is not to be ignored.  We commit to the vision of the Founding Fathers and the preservation of the Constitution of the United States of America.  We commit to the values and ideals that have made our Republic the most powerful in the world: less government, low taxes, free markets, strong national defense, individual freedom and personal responsibility.  We commit to American exceptionalism.  We commit to Action.  From one Patriot to Another – I give YOU my commitment.  Let the Revolution begin…

Shortly after the Fort Hood shootings, Obama speaks live on television with all the humanity of a brick.

One could argue that former President George W. Bush’s use of the English language was at times cartoonish, even Geraldo-esque, with such comments as “evil-doers” and “the axis of evil.” He was roundly criticized on a daily basis for what many considered overly-simple thoughts. Simple, as it pertained to Bush, was a negative. Clear, definitive statements were frowned upon by the New York Times and repeated by much of the media.

President Obama on the other hand, has exactly the opposite approach; he is universally praised as being an exceptional orator, able to turn a phrase that melts audiences with emotion and intellect. But can you recall any famous Obama phrases? Do your prefer directness, such as Bush’s “root out terrorists,” or Obama’s decidedly vague, overly-vanilla “overseas contingency operations”?

Bold and unequivocal statements with simple, crisp messages are seldom uttered by Obama. Instead, heavily poll-tested phrases are strategically placed together much like a snappy jingle for a television commercial where you find yourself humming along but cannot recall the message. Was it Coke or Pepsi? Hope or change? Phrases like “economic equality” and “economic justice” contain familiar, even comforting words, but their meaning is loath to the audience even as they nod in lemming-like agreement to what “sounds” correct.

In the anomaly that was this past presidential election, word spread quickly of Obama’s speeches and rallies. People fainted as he spoke of hope and change. But what else did he really say? Was it what he said that moved crowds, or what people thought he said?

During the campaign Obama was able to get away with flowery rhetoric, hyperbole and cleverly-worded phrases. He was a fresh face, a blank canvas, and each listener was able to paint their hope for change upon the words of this new candidate.

Having won election, his words are more closely scrutinized. No longer able to use a lack of a resume, remarkably, as an asset, Obama can now be studied. When he says he does not want to own a car company even as his administration absorbs Chrysler, the words seem familiar, the cadence reminiscent of the campaign. But his actions belie his words.

When Obama says he has no interest in running a bank, even as his administration takes over financial institutions, we see words at odds with deeds. When Obama speaks of his health care reform bill and what it does and does not contain, one does not so easily get distracted, realizing instead that there is no Obama bill, only variations being written by others.

Promises, however colorful, speeches, however well-delivered, must ultimately be less effective when people can see, finally, actions that do not in any way subscribe to promises made.

Shortly before the election, Obama spoke yet again to a large, enthusiastic crowd thirsty for change. He made a remarkably clear, decisive statement that now, upon reflection, one wonders how it was so well received.

“We are just five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”

As the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall approaches, President Obama has chosen not to attend. While I am amazed at this decision, I am angered by his empty reason, stating simply that he is “too busy.”

Too busy? This coming from a President who has time to fly to Copenhagen and personally pitch for the the Olympics? Too busy? This from a man who has endless time to wage war with factions of American media which he deems non-state-approved? This from a man who has played more golf in 10 months than President Bush played in two years?

The fall of the Berlin wall is unequivocally one of the most important events I’ve witnessed during my life, as it is many others. When President Reagan uttered those now famous words, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,” words which almost didn’t make it into the final speech save for Mr. Reagan’s insistence, it marked not only a decisive moment for American liberationism, but an equal denial of Soviet Marxist encroachment that had darkened that corner of the world for so long. For a proud, assertive U.S. President to call out the Soviets in front of the eyes of the world, it was a moment forever embedded in the minds of many, a global scolding by Reagan to Gorbachev, not behind closed doors, but in the open air for the world to witness.

But President Obama is, unfortunately, too busy to attend the anniversary of this monumental day. I suspect that President Obama does have the time. I suspect he isn’t going because it would put him at an event in which the ghost of a bold, proud U.S. President would upstage him, where a famous speech and a historic day would necessarily reduce any Obama-speech to a shallow, pastel-patchwork of generic references that, again, would be upstaged by the memory of a strong leader and what that strong leader did on that day.

President Obama does not want to be upstaged. His speeches require stacked audiences, Styrofoam Greek pillars, ever more numerous teleprompters. A speech from the heart, written on paper, the way many great leaders have done, well, that is simply not the kind of over-produced, micro-managed style to which President Obama demands.

Another reason President Obama will not be attending comes from J.E. Dyer, in a wonderful post at Hot Air, in which he says, “Yet for Obama it seems not to matter much at all.  Oddly enough, he was born only a few days before East Germany began building the wall, on the night of 13 August 1961.  He did spend the 1980s in a different way, dabbling in the Nuclear Freeze movement while he was at Columbia, going to Harvard Law, and becoming a community activist in Chicago.  Perhaps the liberation of Eastern Europe from the Soviet yoke does mean less to him than it does to many of us.”

Dyer continues: “It’s entirely possible, in light of his many criticisms of the United States, that he believes we were at fault for whatever was going wrong in Europe between 1945 and 1989 anyway.  Perhaps his view is, as the more left-leaning of Western leftists argued in the 1970s and ‘80s, that the Berlin Wall was erected because we were too bellicose and threatening, and gave the Communists of East Germany no choice.”

Whatever the reason for President Obama’s decision not to go, he has once again done exactly the opposite of what my gut tells me a U.S. President should do, and in that manner at least, he has not disappointed.

Campaigns are complicated. We are all new at this game that politicos for far too long have been playing without us. As we head into the 2010 election cycle, we need to be smart, shrewd and use the game against the political machines so that we win not just by putting in the “anyone is better than…” candidate. We must consciously place the Constitution-abiding men and women we so desperately need at this hour in American history.

We have all said it before, “anyone is better than (insert corrupt politician’s name here)”. I said it during the CA recall of Governor Gray Davis six years ago in reference to Arnold, when we all threw our support behind him because we thought our conservative candidate didn’t stand a chance. Boy, were we wrong. Arnold doubled the deficit and caused more turmoil on all fronts than even Davis had, then things became worse than we could ever have imagined for California.

In 2010 we need to be smart, level-headed and savvy. We must campaign hard for the right people this time around. The great news is that we have social media to connect, share and pass along information, data, etc. We need to use these various forms of social and new media in conjunction with phone banks, precinct walking and other traditional campaign methods. We must put in the hours, volunteer at local campaign headquarters and donate the money (lots is needed, even for small local elections) to ensure victory in the midterm elections. You may think it is fruitless to use the traditional phone calling and door-to-door campaign tactics and want to “buck the system”. We must, however, use the game itself to win. Get your neighbors, show up at your local offices, drive to other states on the weekends to volunteer and knock on doors for the conservative candidates.

 I know a lot of us think that tweeting and going to Tea Parties is enough to win. It isn’t. Unfortunately senior members as well as incumbents aren’t scared enough of us yet. But, if we show up in droves and campaign against them for a solid year? That will make them shift in their seats and begin to worry.

Every local, state and federal election is incredibly important and needs you; your time and energy are invaluable to all these races. We must show up as often as our schedules allow and show the D.C. Machine that we are now engaged in this process. That is how we will make a huge statement to the elites on both sides in Washington.

We can win in 2010. We need to stand together on one issue: the Constitution. This is about individual rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The left will try to fracture us on social issues. Don’t let them do it. We want lower taxes, economic growth, sound foreign policy and the preservation of individual rights. We all agree on these things and if we remain solidly united, we will surely win.

Be smart. Stand together, and connect via blogs, Facebook, Twitter and other new media. Participate today and every day through 2010 so that we can save what is left and bring back the liberties that have been taken from us. Don’t just support a candidate because you think they are more likely to win; support candidates and fight for them because they are the right people and now, more than ever, we need them.