Silent Majority Makes Itself Heard

By Semperpapa

Granted, the silent majority has been a lot less silent in the last few years, mostly thanks to the explosion of communication venues like talk radio and social media.

But yet, the silent majority is still pretty much silent as a political block, making itself heard in different ways than liberal activists, a definite minority, usually do.

A typical example is the saga of Chick-Fil-A, the fast food chain.

It was not a masterful activist organization that brought millions to the chicken fast food restaurants, but it was a simple suggestion on the part of some conservative talk show host that rung a wake up bell for some of the largest crowds that ever congregated at a restaurant chain in history.

The point that the majority of the people made was very clear: there is still a First Amendment right in America and a minority group will not bully the majority into submission. Those who patronized the restaurant as a sign of protest were not all opposed to same sex marriage, but mostly they were supporters of the right of the CEO of Chick-Fil-A to have an opinion and to express it if asked. Pure and simple.

To make things even clearer, the only acts of bullying and intolerance were perpetrated by the minority of gay activists who engaged in employee berating and vandalism.

So why was the turnout so overwhelming? Again, because the silent majority does not engage in demonstrations and violence like the left does, but they just show up en masse like the TEA Party congregations showed in the past.

Once again, we witness the common American just show up and send a very clear message to those who may believe they have an upper hand due to the noise and intimidation they engage in.

After the decision to pick Congressman Paul Ryan as running mate, Gov. Romney has been able to see what the silent majority opinion is. Thousands of folks showed up to listen to him and Ryan during the last bus tour. Finally, we feel, there is someone running for president who is truly speaking the conservative values that have been so lost in the last few elections and that have been rekindled by the 2010 mid-term elections.

Yes, we are tired of the garbage coming out of politicians’ mouths, garbage spewed for the simple purpose of getting your vote. No more flowery speeches about values and fiscal responsibility, while our money is wasted on failed government programs.

The reason for Ryan’s popularity, and Romney’s energized campaign, is that the people feel refreshed by the fact that the Wisconsin Congressman is directly addressing issues that are of the utmost importance to the people.

There is an underlined necessity to address our spending and budget, not just for the health of our economy, but also for matters of national security.

Many in the Pentagon have chided into the deficit issue by stating that the current condition and direction of our deficit is a great threat to our national security, especially considering the debt we have with China. Everyone should clearly understand that China is NOT our friend and that having such a great debt with one of our fiercest enemies is a clear and present danger to our national security.

And this should be also the answer about the reported foreign policy ignorance of Ryan.

The VP is not directly engaged in foreign policy anyway (which is a blessing considering the current VP).

In final analysis, as much as the Romney/Ryan ticket is not as conservative as I would like it, it is a definite improvement on the garbage we have in the White House right now. Moreover, even though the left is going absolutely berserk on the Republican candidates, including the expected unhinged media establishment and even some RINOs in the Republican establishment, the final word will be spoken by the electorate in November. If the conservative silent majority will show up in force, as it did for Chick-Fil-A, to finally express its disgust with the conditions and direction our beloved country is going, the victory of at least an acceptable level of Conservatism will be such that even the Democrat ever present voters' fraud will not make a difference in the outcome.   And our country will survive, because I am convinced that if Obama is re-elected, the United States of America is finished as a Constitutional Republic.   Just my thoughts!