By Selwyn Duke

Among the responses to my recent article on Democrat
vote fraud were those of liberals who were happy to hear no evil, see no
evil — and be the evil. Their rationalization-aided attitudes ranged from
accusing traditionalists of being sore winners to equating 2012 with Bush-Gore
in 2000 to simply denying hard evidence. Does it matter at all to you,
liberals, that Democrats were actually caught on video facilitating and
promising to engage in vote fraud? Rhetorical question, I know. And the denial
much reminds of what ex-KGB Soviet defector Yuri Bezmenov said about people born
of the process of “demoralization”: even if you took them to the USSR so they
could see the gulags with their own eyes, they would not believe it.

But what you can believe is that, increasingly, Barack Obama
is trading the rule of law for the law of the ruler. Not only has his machine
engaged in vote fraud, but he has relied heavily on governance by executive
fiat; for instance, on immigration.  

Clearly, many liberals aren’t bothered by this because their
guy won and is doing their bidding (or so they think). They don’t realize that while
the kind of politicians elected or policies instituted is significant, it is
secondary to how they are elected or
instituted.

For instance, let’s assume for argument’s sake that Barack
Obama and his agenda really are sweetness and light, God’s gift to American
governance. Accepting this, it would follow that anyone standing in his way is
harming our nation. But does this mean that getting him into office and his
policies instituted by any means necessary is justified? What of means that do
more harm than the frustration of your desired end?

The point is that you may trust Obama, but he won’t be
around forever. And once vote fraud becomes the norm, can you really be sure
that the future candidate with the slickest “ground game” won’t be a vile
demagogue you fear? Will you want this person to be able to rule by executive
fiat? Because he will. That toothpaste can’t be put back in the tube, yet you
liberals insist on squeezing it empty. 

The problem with you progressives is that you never
progressed beyond childhood; you think only of what you want in the moment and
are oblivious to long-term implications. Our Founding Fathers gave us three
branches of government for the same reason ancient Sparta once had two kings:
man has long recognized the perils of placing too much power in one leader’s
hands. So forget Obama. Do you really want the presidency to become a dictatorial institution? And, of course, effective
vote fraud empowers an ambitious leader more than most anything else. For a
politician can act contrary to the people’s will with impunity if they don’t
have the capacity to vote him out of office.

And once a government is afforded new powers, not only does
their exercise soon become habitual, but future leaders will be loath to
relinquish them. Freedom is not an Aspidistra; it dies easily and grows again
only under ideal conditions. Tyranny, on the other hand, is like nuclear waste:
it can have an interminable half-life.

Liberals’ attitude regarding the Obama machine’s vote fraud
is reminiscent of their defense of the Wizard of Is’ (Bill Clinton’s)
infidelity. They didn’t condemn his behavior but say that, because he was still
the lesser of two evils, they’d have to hold their nose and vote for him
regardless; rather, they were willing to lower the whole nation morally to
elevate one man politically. Likewise, liberals are now willing to downgrade
our electoral integrity to upgrade one ideological class to hegemonic
prominence.    

Leaders come and go, but a degraded moral fabric and
undermined rule of law — and the former begets the latter — can be forever. Forever?
“Whatever,” the liberals say. The future means nothing to juveniles governed by
what feels right in the present.

As for conservatives, they need to learn something about
child-rearing: you don’t negotiate with unruly children.

You discipline them.

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