Yesterday I pointed out that if liberals wanted to commit electoral Hara Kiri, conservatives should allow it, even if deeply held principles need to be temporarily sacrificed on the altar of pragmatism.
In addition to the examples yesterday, gay marriage is also another example where conservatives would do well to let liberals run wild. In 1996, Conan O’Brien did a hilarious skit where a cardboard cutout of Bill Clinton stated that he would seek punitive action against the states that voted for Bob Dole. “Alabama voted for Bob Dole. Last time they tried to secede, this time we’re kicking their @sses out.” Then things got hysterical.
Clinton Character: Forget gays in the military. I’m sending gays to those states.
Conan: Sir?
Clinton Character: Let’s see how they like being called “Oklahomo” for awhile.
Conan: Sir, that’s highly inappropriate.
Clinton Character: Conservative my @ss.
While this was obviously a comedy sketch, what if conservatives put aside their objections to gay marriage in blue states? Gays would flock en masse to these states. Yes, I know, there are gay republicans, but most gays are democrats. This “flight to blue” would absolutely benefit the republican party. Why? Because gay people cannot breed children. Republicans can continue adding more people to the world. Between supporting gay marriage and abortion, this would be the closest thing to sterilizing liberals that would pass constitutional muster.
Republicans should stop letting principles get in their way of trying to regulate blue states. Let these states (at which point I am embarrassed to say I live in one, but only for the weather) destroy themselves with liberal prescriptions. Liberals think their solutions work, despite the fact that modern evidence usually contradicts this. I say conservatives and liberals should reach a truce. Liberals will be allowed to run their cities as they see fit. The only rule is that once things go to pieces, they are not allowed to migrate to red areas.
New Yorkers shall be banned from relocating to South Florida. They can go to California, except for San Diego and Orange County. Relocating to Arizona and Nevada will be forbidden.
One thing liberals do not understand is that the reason they go to these red states is for a better quality of life. The reason why the quality of life is better is because liberal prescriptions are not implemented. For starters, red states such as Florida and Nevada have no state income tax. I think liberals who flee to lower tax states are complete hypocrites. They claim to want higher taxes, and then they leave once they realize the wreckage they created.
If I am wrong, why are people not moving en masse to Massachussetts? The only blue state where people are moving to is California, and those people are coming from Mexico. Yes, comapred to Mexico, even blue states are an improvement. That does not say much.
If liberals truely believe in their solutions, why do they not stay there? Republicans from Idaho and Montana are not packing up and moving to Seattle. This is perhaps because the ideas of the republican party…lower taxes, limited government, and more individual freedom…actually work.
Liberalism is a beautiful idea in the abstract. In real life it just spreads misery. Blue states destroy themselves, and then the people flee to red states. The red states should simply refuse them.
In the meanwhile, liberals will never see how badly their ideas fail until conservatives stop trying to let them fail. Let liberal cities have more abortions, softer crime policies, more gay marriages, higher taxes, and more utopia. Conservatives can live in their law and order towns that are less sexy, but function properly.
When liberals try to escape, they will be turned away at the red state borders with a simple message. “You had your chance. You failed. You ruined your land, and you will not ruin mine.”
One could suggest that they sign a piece of paper renouncing their beliefs and admitting they were wrong in order to gain a safe red state haven, but that would be abused. Democrats from Bill Clinton on down have been pretending to be republicans to win elections for years.
Liberals lose elections when people see what a disaster liberalism is. The only way for this to happen is for republicans and conservatives to allow it. 2006 is proving this. Democrats make speeches, but asking them to govern is the gift that keeps on giving for republicans.
If we can encourage blue states to keep promoting their policies, and encourage as many of their demographic groups to move there, then we can save the remaining parts of America. We cannot save everybody, nor should we. Like removing a cancerous mole to save the rest of the body, lesions such as San Francisco should not be allowed to drag down large swaths of middle…and normal…America.
eric