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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia Victory! Victory, oh, victory; how sweet, how fleeting. Yes, the Scott Brown victory last night in the Massachusetts senatorial race was a victory; no, make that an astounding victory for conservative America. It remains to be seen just how conservative he is, but it remains that he is certainly a step in [...]
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<h1>Victory!</h1>
<p>Victory, oh, victory; how sweet, how fleeting.</p>
<p>Yes, the Scott Brown victory last night in the Massachusetts senatorial race was a victory; no, make that an astounding victory for conservative America. It remains to be seen just how conservative he is, but it remains that he is certainly a step in the right direction. He was by all means the right man at the right time in the right place to pull off this astounding victory for the conservative cause.</p>
<p>The swift and growing pull to the left in American politics of recent times has been halted for the moment. Now we must make sure we follow through and build on the base of that astounding victory, along with the other recent victories we have had in Virginia and New Jersey, for a true broad-based return to the American ideals of the founding fathers of our ongoing American Revolution against the tyranny of elitism in government.</p>
<p>We have won a few battles lately, but the war is far from won. If we let down our guard for even a minute, we will find that we must win that lost minute a second time at a far greater cost than when first we won it.</p>
<p>Let all now pull even more strongly for the conservative cause of our revitalized, ongoing <a id="aptureLink_q710mpw2ZE" title="American Revolution" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Revolution" target="_blank">American Revolution</a> for  &#8220;<a id="aptureLink_i9nA3DNquX" title="Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%2C%20liberty%20and%20the%20pursuit%20of%20happiness" target="_blank">Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness</a>.&#8221;</p>
<p>Let us join together as a part or a partner of the <a title="Tea Party protests" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_protests" target="_blank">Tea Party movement</a> to fight against the left elitist agenda of the Obama government and the cause of the ultra-liberals. It is easy to see what is next on the agenda in their fight to turn our country into another European-style, failed socialist country. We must do everything in our power to stop the bailouts, cap and trade, out-of-control spending, government-run healthcare, and ever higher taxes.</p>
<p>Together let us fight to fulfill the cravings of every American heart for a return of the better economic times of the last generation, the generation of our fathers and mothers. Let those times be not merely a goal but a steppingstone to a greater tomorrow for America and for the whole world.</p>
<p>We have been given the freedoms we enjoy by our Creator. Now we are called upon to share them with those of our fellowman who crave them as we do.</p>
<p>Interestingly, as I write this, I am hearing on the radio that some of our nation&#8217;s prominent Democrat legislators are already publicly backing away from not only the proposed ObamaCare legislation, but from other parts of the ultra-liberal agenda of Obama and the other liberals who have stolen the Democrat Party. I said last year that the election of Obama as president of these United States would be the best antidote for our rush to socialism (see my comment<a title="here" href="http://mpidirect.com/will-the-united-states-of-america-become-a-socialist-country-in-2010/" target="_blank"> here </a>.</p>
<p>We have made it happen. Now we must stop basking in the glory of this victory and start preparing the next one. It is as I stated at the beginning of this article. Victory, oh, victory; how sweet, how fleeting.</p>
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<p>We can hope for a Democratic loss in <a id="aptureLink_JohyWNP2vY" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIyJr2m2c88">Massachusetts</a> tomorrow, but we cannot afford to expect it. An unfulfilled hope is bad enough; an unfulfilled expectation can be devastating.</p>
<p>A win by <a id="aptureLink_Dnxg9jPAWM" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKMkfn-kCRk">Scott Brown will be a vote against ObamaCare</a> and that is wonderful, but don’t be too disappointed later when you discover Scott Brown is a &#8220;RINO&#8221; (Republican In Name Only). A win in Massachusetts for the <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/republican_party" title="Republican Party (United States)" rel="homepage" href="http://www.gop.com">Republican Party</a> is a win for better government. Be happy with that for now.</p>
<p>We must take what we can get in Massachusetts; after all, <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/politics" title="Politics" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics">politics</a> in that state has been off-the-chart <a title="Left-wing politics" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_politics" target="_blank">leftist</a> politics for a long, long time. Change comes one step at a time.</p>
<p>Make no mistake about it; what is happening in Massachusetts has and will continue to affect the whole country. That fact stands whether the Republicans win or lose at the ballot box tomorrow.</p>
<p>The shift that has already taken place there would have been unthinkable just a few months back.</p>
<p>It is time to shout for joy at the great strides Massachusetts has taken toward <a class="zem_slink freebase/en/conservatism" title="Conservatism" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism">conservatism</a>. It was the home of the original tea party, don’t forget. Good things can happen there and they are in the throws of happening now: today.</p>
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