Most people don't get it when conservatives talk about freedom. It's a code word for conservatives, but an abstraction because the links haven't been connected for others. I speak from experience, for I am not a long time conservative (nor completely conservative). I voted for Obama in 2008 and really worked to be informed, but wasn't. It was, in part, his position on illegal immigration that got me waking up. It took a LOT of reading to get to conservative, but very little effort to grasp liberal. Liberalism is more concrete: I need help, you help me. And liberal is more emotionally comforting: its the unfair advantage that I am not successful. Liberal doesn't require balancing many morals: conservatism is harder. There is more to consider.

I have to chuckle at posts blaming the Republican party over all this, as if a MORE conservative or hardnosed approach would somehow win. Most people are a mix of viewpoints and would probably be off-put.

So why did we lose? I think the media had the most to do with it. Groups that monitor MSM have said they were more in the tank for Obama than they have seen in prior elections. Remember Washington Post's long negative article on Romney's youth. All the broadcasters mocking him, all the things taken out of context, the failure to ask hard questions and press when they are not answered. Someone said the biggest threat to our country is the media, and I have to agree.

Romney is a decent human being and competent as well. I think we are, however, in a country where too many laud Jersey Wives, Paris Hilton, and sit coms with nasty put down approaches in our politics. Too many care about winning a debate point than that it was done with a lie. We are becoming more and more of a mob--the founders worried about giving the mob too much power, which is why Senators were appointed.

And, we have allowed liberals to take over the classroom, the foundation of citizenship. Text books that talk about our founders as sexists and racists, that tell latinos that California was stolen from Mexico, that forbid wearing a t-shirt with an American flag because you might offend some asshole, and teaching our children not to "judge" any behavior, instead of teaching them sound judgement, but never teach them about our government, the Consititution. How many people even know there are three branches of government or their functions? The results are now in their 20s, 30s, and they vote. And a new crop is coming up. They have no understanding of the times in which the founders lived or the many considerations they struggled through to set up a delicate balance to preserve freedom. Or that many objected to the Constitution, fearing centralized power.

And last, there are the true morons. Some call them low information voters. These are the 1% who pay no attention until the last day, see Obama "helping" the victims in NJ and NY, and then vote based on the last minute impressions. Our country is decided by the undecided, moronic 1%. And 99% of us are their hostages. Occupy got part of it right.

So, that is my rant. Instead of eating our own, remember about half the country was with us, and we have a Republican Congress as a firewall. Unlike politicians who have to go after the morons, we can work on the other 49%. They just need to get the logic of freedom explained. You only need 2% to move over--to cover the morons and to get a win.

On November 7, 2012, go out and enjoy the sky. Hug your loved ones, tell a joke to your friends. Take a week, then get back to the fight.

Warmest wishes to all of you.