This Genie's Not Going Back In The Bottle

by Christopher G. Adamo

Among those vigilant Americans who cherish their freedoms, 1993 was a pivotal year. Not only had William Jefferson Clinton been inaugurated as President, but his wife Hillary had seized the reigns of power within the government as had no other First Lady since Herodias. And upon doing so, Hillary's primary goal was to confiscate one seventh of the U.S. economy (the entire healthcare industry) and “nationalize” it. Concern swept through the ranks of freedom loving Americans who saw their culture, and in essence their entire country, being wrested from them.

But something happened in short order that the Clinton power brokers did not anticipate. The seemingly unstoppable public relations machine, that had served them so well during the ‘92 campaign, began running into roadblocks. A repeat of their campaign bus tour, modified to generate momentum for socialized medicine and dubbed the “Healthcare Express”, regularly met with protests throughout the country, beginning with the tour's kickoff in Seattle. Hillary's less than inspiring send-off speech was drowned out by shouting protesters. When local authorities attempted to shut them out by turning on a nearby water fountain, the crowds began shouting “Whitewater! Whitewater!” in reference to the then burgeoning Clinton scandal. Later, a “rally” in Lexington, Kentucky was rendered a complete fiasco by local activists who tailed the bus in a tow-truck, itself towing a dilapidated ambulance labeled as “Hillary Care.” It was reported that the vaunted “Healthcare Express” tried desperately to escape its mocking tormentor, and in the end, the Lexington “rally” had to be held at a secret location.

The rest is history. Medical socialism failed, and Hillary was furious. The primary object of her anger being “conservative talk radio” in general, and the powerhouse of that realm, Rush Limbaugh, in particular. Subsequent to that humiliating defeat, she attempted to enact a bit of legislation known as the “Fairness in Broadcasting Act”, by which local radio stations could be intimidated into dropping Limbaugh from their daily line up. Once again however, grassroots response to Congress doomed the measure. In 1994, the groundswell of conservatism manifested itself in the mid-term elections by gaining Republican control of both houses of Congress.

Since that time, liberalism has only been able to advance by stealth, or as a result of ineptitude and cowardice on the part of “moderate” Republicans. But in case after crucial case, an informed, motivated and overwhelmingly conservative grassroots has gathered and disseminated pertinent information, confronted its liberal opponents, and defeated them. Perhaps the most memorable of such events was the Florida election fiasco of 2000. Throughout the five weeks of electoral turmoil, talk radio, Fox News (which distinguishes itself from other cable and network broadcasting by simply reporting the facts), and massive grassroots exchanges of information through the Internet kept the deceivers and Democratic con men at bay. On numerous occasions, Democrats brought out their biggest “guns”, seeking to steal the election through fraud and deception, only to be met with an unexpectedly intense Republican/Conservative backlash that effectively drove the Democrats away in humiliating defeat, eventually resulting in George W. Bush's rightful ascendancy to the White House.

In the 2002 election cycle, this sequence of events repeated itself, resulting in an even greater degree of negative exposure for unscrupulous liberal/Democrat ploys. The Paul Wellstone memorial/pep rally for example, was covered in a manner that showed the true character of all those who sought to shamelessly exploit the Wellstone tragedy. The liberal “spin” machine was effectively neutralized, and Republicans, in the name of Conservatism, won almost unprecedented mid-term electoral gains, leading Senate Democrat Tom Daschle to complain of a vast media conspiracy, spearheaded by Rush Limbaugh, that ostensibly gave conservatives an unfair advantage. Despite such repeated statements, Daschle's wailing served neither to discredit Limbaugh nor produce a liberal antidote (How does one counteract truth with lies?).

But those on the “left” have analyzed the situation, and now believe they understand the problem and know how to “fix” things. There's only one difficulty with their strategy. As with everything else in liberalism, from beginning to end they are totally wrong.

The problem, from their perspective, is not their morally and intellectually bankrupt ideology that never could have gained a toehold in American culture without an absolute media monopoly. No, the problem is that liberals are not equally represented on talk radio. Somehow their numerous attempts at forcing liberal talk radio on America have failed only because of some mysterious diabolical force working against them. And it is Limbaugh's style, not the substance of his show or the wisdom he dispenses, to which they attribute his success.

This time however, things are different. Big time liberal political donors Sheldon and Anita Drobny are putting up as much as fifteen million dollars to establish a liberal radio network to combat conservative talk radio and its principal icon. Isn't this an absolutely telling example of just what's wrong with liberalism, and why it is doomed to eventual defeat? Liberals don't understand their problem. Therefore, they can't find a workable solution. And when they meet with failure, they resort to their standard response of dumping more money on their failed efforts. At least in this case they are using their own money, and not the confiscated earnings of hard-working Americans.

Growing up during the turbulent decades of the ‘60's and ‘70's, Christopher  Adamo saw, to his dismay, the nation's moral foundations being destroyed  before his very eyes. But even then he was a staunch Conservative at heart,  and rejected outright the tenets of America's counterculture revolution.

 After a hitch in the Air Force, where he specialized in airborne  electro- optical systems, he pursued a career in the field of aerospace,  working for major defense contractors in California, Florida, and Colorado. But his career plans abruptly changed during the industry-wide downsizing that followed the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

Presently he is working in the field of industrial instrumentation in the state of Wyoming. Concurrently, he has become involved in that state's political process, attending state GOP conventions as a delegate, and serving as a member of the Wyoming Republican Central Committee. He has also aided in the candidacies of local legislators and state senators, as well as a U.S. Senator and Congresswoman.

From 1993 to 1996, he edited and wrote for “The Wyoming Christian”, the state newsletter for Christian Coalition of Wyoming. During that period, he developed an acute awareness of the harm being done to Conservatism by liberal activists within the Republican Party as well as the Democrats. This remains a favorite theme of his articles, which now appear as a regular feature on GOPUSA.