Entrenched Stupidity Part II

by Christopher G. Adamo

Although unprincipled Republican pragmatists are likely to do significant harm to the conservative movement through their morally rudderless philosophies and naiveté, another more sinister force is at work within the party that can immeasurably exceed the damage done by clueless pragmatists.

Certain astute members of the counterculture recognized during the past decade or so that tides were beginning to turn against leftist ideologies of the ‘60's, most of which had long been institutionalized in the Democrat Party. Being well aware that a party-line fight between old-fashioned morality and their “progressive” agenda would merely mean massive losses for the Democrats, countercultural activists recognized that their best hope lay in infiltrating the Republican Party.

During his ascendancy to the White House, Ronald Reagan advocated a concept he termed as “The Republican Big Tent.” His idea was to lead so nobly and powerfully that others would be compelled to fall into line behind him, forsaking their own special interests in service to the worthy cause he advanced. But since Reagan left office, a disturbing counterfeit has been substituted for his leadership philosophy. This phony “big tent” is implemented by inviting disparate groups into the party, and then disingenuously claiming to represent all of them. In truth, however, the more a party attempts to do so the more it ultimately stands for nothing.

In the long run, whenever the party seeks to embrace both high and low standards, only the low standards prevail, eventually to the total exclusion of anything higher. Committed liberals within Republican ranks understand this concept all too well. Consider a few examples.

In January 2001, homosexual supporters of President Bush held an inaugural celebration. A key speaker at that event was retired Senator Alan Simpson (R-Wyoming), who praised the group for their involvement in the President's election. According to Simpson, since their number in Florida (60,000) exceeded the margin of victory, George W. Bush “owes his presidency” to the homosexuals. Using Simpson's logic, President Bush perhaps owes his victory to left-handed cab drivers, being that in Florida, with a population of more than 13 million, their numbers likely exceed the margin of victory as well.

Logical absurdities aside, the significance of the event, and Simpson's involvement in it, should not be underestimated. Among the groups represented at the inaugural gathering, and increasingly among Republican circles, is the homosexual “Log Cabin Coalition.” Though most decent individuals will likely presume its name as a reference to Abraham Lincoln's humble beginnings, in truth it suggests something far different and far too revolting to be described in any detail. These people are not about the business of building bridges of commonality with conservative Republicans. The double entendre of their organization's title bears inarguable proof that they are infiltrating, with the goal of changing the very character of the party.

In August of the same year Simpson co-authored "The Cody Statement" which defines the “Republican Unity Coalition”, a homosexual advocacy group seeking to operate within GOP ranks, reshaping the law in favor of the homosexual agenda. Judging from their mindset, it is clear that “unity” is only possible when every last vestige of morality is purged from the party. According to Simpson, laws restrictive to homosexual activity are “contrary to American values protecting personal liberty and opposing discrimination.”

Hardly a Republican Ralph Nader, Simpson is by no means considered “fringe” among the GOP establishment. On the contrary, he is widely regarded as “mainstream” and even “conservative”, despite once having described Christian Conservatives as “a blight on the Republican Party.” Nor is he alone in the GOP. In recent weeks, RNC chairman and Bush campaign chief Marc Racicot met with homosexual advocates, whom he later celebrated in glowing terms, saving his scorn and derision for Conservative Christian leaders who expressed their dismay at the tenor of his earlier remarks.

White House political “strategist” Karl Rove has also weighed in. On receiving news of the four million Conservative Christian voters who had been expected to support George W. Bush but deserted him on Election Day, Rove postulated that the party might simply have to look elsewhere in order to make up the difference. But a voter deficit of that enormity isn't easily overcome. One does not merely find replacements for four million disillusioned voters at the nearest INS checkpoint. If the influence of Rove, Racicot and Simpson isn't counteracted soon, it may become the cornerstone of a winning political strategy… for the Democrats.

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.