Friday, March 29, 2024

Encouragement to a Staunch Conservative

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What is a staunch conservative to do? A perusal of the usual-suspects media would lead one to believe that Socialism has infiltrated our Eastern Washington stronghold of Republican conservatism. Shocking, yet true. Where is the outrage?!
The evidence is obvious daily. The Farm Bureau wants the Feds to provide healthcare and high speed Internet in farm country. High tech workers want the Feds to subsidize direct airline service from Pangborn to Silicon Valley. Yakima River basin farmers want the Feds to spend billions of dollars for water storage to guarantee their economic future. None of this is conservative. Yet our dry side of the state depends on Federal pork spending. Imagine this area without the liberal public power and ag support. Take away Social Security, Medicare, Amtrak, essential air service subsidy, welfare, Food Stamps, and Federal Gas Tax subsidy for our cross-state roads. Only then could true conservatism thrive. Not the Potemkin Village hypocrisy we live in now.
So what is a staunch conservative to do? Get his staunch on that’s what. Write fire and brimstone columns exposing and attacking the perfidious socialism contaminating our dry side economy, lifestyle and bodily fluids.
Apple knocker conservatism is under siege. The times cry out for men of courage to rescue it. Verily, I turn to thee Brother Begin. Into the breach. Alas, know this ye staunch man, I pray you fail. I want to keep my cheap water and electricity, ObamaCare, and toll-free roads.

L.G. Picton
Chelan

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