ON THE STATE OF OUR DETERMINATION - We Need To Change Our Political Battle Habits

I have to say, with the larger Newt collection of supporters  and other conservatives whom the media hates, with things so desperate for the country and time so short to get Newt the nomination/discredit Santorum (must be done, he's a pawn for the left now) and yes, advertise Arpaio's investigation conclusion that Obama's birth certificate is a criminal fraud (that's right, a criminal fraud, and Arpaio has a long federal enforcement history, he's not just some backwater Sheriff, this guy knows what he's talking about), that people would be anxious to immediately try anything for a short time.

It's frightening to think we may not be doing enough. But the fact is that as long as Santorum beats Newt and Obama beats Santorum in the polls, we are doing much of this very wrongly because the poll numbers are exactly the reverse of what they should be. If we don't act now to change things those numbers will be exactly what the election results will be in November. Now is the time to take more and stronger action.

It's too frustrating to look, right now, but I must assume large numbers of people on Facebook are simply allowing themselves to be drawn in by the leftist trolls - who are being paid - to argue endlessly instead of doing what we must do to win: sticking to a couple of solid, repeated messages there and elsewhere. While we chatter like monkeys on Facebook and message boards, other arms of the opposition's operation are hitting the larger population - and all the while we are not. It happens this way every election cycle; the opposition scurry on the ground fast and nimble and coordinated with the media covering for them and most on our side sit like pompous asses on message boards spouting like forth-rate Limbaughs waiting for Hannity to save us and the conclusion is almost always the same: we lose and wind up listening to people bitch about how terrible the mainstream media is, when those same people should be pointing the finger at themselves. The mainstream media has no duty to let us win - we have to earn those victories for ourselves, and doing the same thing over and over and losing is the classic and overused definition of insanity.

If we had half the determination we need to get off our collective asses and work outside our comfort zone, as ourselves or under internet aliases, as the opposition does, Obama would never have been approved to tour the White House, let alone live in it.

I say the following every 2 years - WE MUST CHANGE OUR HABITS - and watch as every 2 years the same thing happens: we creep closer to losing our status as a truly free nation. But like a hopeless gambling addict I will keep trying; maybe THIS time.... WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR HABITS. THIS MEANS YOU.

Thank God for the Tea Party and the fact that some people did get up and moving - but it took the threat of a literal slow death by governmental intrusion and neglect in the form of Obamacare to make it happen, and now that people have some hope that it will be defeated, eventually, they are falling back into casual old habits that cause us to lose. Hannity, Rush and their guests like Palin are actually terrible for our side; they give us a false sense of security when the reality is that they can do nothing - we have to do what need to be done.

The Tea Party saved us - literally in many ways -  in 2010. But the poll numbers show Obama, with his horrible and disastrous record, is still doing well. That means we're failing, again - with his record he should be shown as being hopeless - that shows how poor we are at getting our messages out to the larger population, instead allowing ourselves to be suckered by manipulating leftists who successfully waste our time by saying outrageous things and draw us into meaningless arguments while others among their ranks get the the larger job done without opposition or competition. We need to be those 'others" for our side and get the job done, because arguing on Facebook is not enough. It never is.

The problem is, of course, the painful feeling that if you are not "holding down the fort" on FB 24/7, things will get worse there. My own feeling is that if the situation gets bad there, there are enough people there to fill in for you on those hours or days when you are doing something else. And we need to do something else because we are failing and that is not opinion, that is statistical fact.

WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR HABITS. We have to learn how to win. Taking a cue from the leftists is a good start. They win, and the reason is that they work hard at it. Get  truly active in ways not currently being used - out-maneuver the opposition, put them in checkmate - God knows with Obama's record that should be easy enough if we only but put in the effort. There are enough talk show hosts. We need people getting the message out to the larger population.  Out-maneuvering the opposition is what this board is about. If you subscribe (free) and qualify yourself (real name or alias, doesn't matter) as a long-time Newt supporter on Facebook, we can do it on a private board linked to this one where the opposition cannot see what we are doing and cannot counter our efforts at influence. But time is short, action here is slow and we need more people. Hurry. We're running out of time.

So I will say it again: when it comes to fighting our political battles WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR HABITS TO WIN.  Is anyone else here confident enough in this reality to say it with me? Or do we just start believing in magic: if we do the same things that cause us to lose, only do them with  little more effort, we will win, instead? The decision is up to you.