It's Time for Another Waterloo

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portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte | NewsBusters.orgNearly 200 years ago, emperor Napoleon came back from exile and re-conquered France without firing a shot. His conquest of Europe failed when Napoleon, in proper English terms, was soundly thrashed at Waterloo by the Duke of Wellington.

Napoleon might be long gone, but President Obama is doing his best to fill his boots. Sure, he's taller. And instead of hiding his hand in his shirt, it's either in our pockets or signing bills and spending money. But his aims are very similar -- power and control. Just as the French army was Napoleon's personal guard, Obama's followers resemble more of a personality cult than a political party. If he wins, ordinary citizens lose and government grows ever larger.

In the years since Napoleon lost at Waterloo, that battle has become the metaphor for epic defeat. Today, conservatives avoid the same kind of major confrontation with the popular Obama for fear of being crushed and sent into political exile. Rather than risk losing, phony conservatives are helping Obama by voting for his massive increases in government.

That's entirely the wrong strategy. If Waterloo was a major defeat, it was also a major victory. That battle should have taught us that even a man who conquered much of Europe can be defeated. For every Napoleon, there is a Wellington who goes down in history as an epic winner.

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This isn't just one battle. The modern battlefield is really three political fronts -- it's health care or cap-and-tax or immigration. The issues change rapidly as the president tries to keep his opponents off balance, but the tactics remain the same. Every new campaign overlaps the last, dividing Obama's enemies and their resources. Stimulus. Cap-and-tax. Healthcare. Attack, attack, attack.

For more of this column and to see the media role in this battle, click here.

—Dan Gainor is vice president for Business and Culture at the Media Research Center.


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Conservatives

Let's not confuse Republicans with Conservatives. There are the McCain's who would rather be poplular than right.

I second that.

I second that.

I'll third that. Doubling

I'll third that.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Correction....

..."would rather be popular INSIDE THE BELTWAY AND AMONG THE MSM than right".

Thank you, thank you very much.

 

"The Truth is Treason in the Empire of Lies"

www.campaignforliberty.com

Let's not forget about

Let's not forget about Sonia Sotomayor.

  -- Lostone.

Obama's Waterloo

One of the best things about Waterloo (the battle, not the Abba song) is that England named a station after the battle...

Waterloo Station, just over the river from the Houses of Parliament on the south bank of the Thames.

The next great thing is that when the Channel Tunnel was constructed, the final destination for the Frenchies visiting London on the Eurostar was .... Waterloo Station!

Neat huh?

How many liberals does it take to screw up a country?
Not as many as you'd think.

Jack...

In the vernacular of modern day Brits (as heard on Britain's Got Talent)...

B R I L L I A N T !

More Brit Speak

Sutton Hoo.

I just ran across this today....cool stuff.

Jack...have you been there?

 

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

strat -- you can shorten

strat -- you can shorten that to BRILL, means the same thing: Damn good, excellent, awesome dude, et al.

I'm bilingual. I speak and write British English and American English.

How many liberals does it take to screw up a country?
Not as many as you'd think.

We try to speak the King's

We try to speak the King's English here in the colonies but it doesn't seem quite the same.

Speaking of British, my brother once had an Austen Healy.  Wicked fun auto.

Nearby is the 2nd oldest shopping center in the States called Shaker Square.  They put on a great auto show in summer called British Car Days.  Only British cars.  This years is in August.  Some pics for you.  Looks like the Square, actually a circle and located in Cleveland (not Shaker), has added a Morrocan restaurant and a wine and tapas bar.  Will have to check them out.

You're invited.  I'll take care of the pints, mate.

Here is a Visual to help...

BH Napoleon   http://tinyurl.com/lak6bt

www.ScottOnCapeCod.com

"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation"... until they get fed-up enough to finally say something about it!

Re Kopechne

Are you Cape Cons planning any memorial ceremony for the fortieth anniversary of Chappaquiddick, on the 18th?

Shhh slick...neither Teddy

Shhh slick...neither Teddy and party nor the rest of the msm wants to be reminded if this...after-all, it's mean-spirited.

They SEE Nothing...when need be.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Bonaparte, like most all

Bonaparte, like most all othert tyrants, defeated himself.

Waterloo wasn't a particularly epic or important battle in of itself.  Napoleon was already defeated when his army stepped onto the field.  Remember, the Emperor had been exiled to Elbe earlier.

The fall of Napoleon began on the steppes of Russia.  It amassed with the dead piled before the Great Redoubt at Borodino.  And it was sealed by the long retreat back to France.  Bonaparte had bitten off more than he could chew.

I do not believe we will stop Obama unless he stops himself. We are leaderless.  The MSM attacks and destroys any authentic conservative that begins to garner national attention.  Witness Sarah Palin. It is completely in the tank for Obama and firewalls him from all his questionable actions and associations of which there are many and none of which hurt him.  We need the other side to make a mistake.