Posted by
Devoteddadof7 on Friday, March 23, 2007 6:07:02 AM
In a word, yes. Just look at Dennis Miller. Now I know he is not a bastion of Conservative thought, but 9/11 changed him. Ever since then, he has been a stalwart in the war against Islamo-fascism, which in his community makes him a man of courage and wisdom, at least when it comes to understanding our enemies without (Terrorists) and within (the LLL...Lunatic Lying Left). It reminds me of a time forty years ago when I was in the first grade and I lived in an urban school district. Being white, I was an extreme minority in my school. For the most part I was treated very well by my peers. I didn't know what a Presidential Election was, but my first grade teacher decided to take a poll to see whom our parents were supporting. It's amazing the vividness of this memory, but I can remember her asking for all of those whose parents were voting for George Wallace, and about 5 hands went up. Then she asked whose parents were voting for Hubert Humphrey...and everyone one else's hand in the room went up...except mine, because I had never heard my grandparents (who raised me) mention their name. Then she said, kind of mockingly, is there ANYONE voting for Nixon? Finally, a name I recognized, so my hand shoots up. Let's just say that was my first experience with public scorn and ridicule. In addition to the humiliation, I honestly thought how could my grandparents be so stupid, Nixon was OBVIOUSLY going to be trounced. Imagine my surprise, when the next arrived and NIXON WAS THE WINNER! I learned a lot in that one experience:
- People have "group think", and punish all who want to get outside the box
- You had better be willing to take the heat if you are a contrarian
- “Group think” is often wrong
Back to Dennis Miller… I know he is not perfect. I listened to his video cast with O'Reilly yesterday and he said he couldn’t say anything to Cindy Sheehan because she paid the ultimate sacrifice. In addition, yes, I know that is foolish on so many levels that we don't have time to discuss it here, but here is my point:
People can change, even at great personal risk to their income and relationships...and Dennis Miller is the object lesson.
At great financial and relational risk he has been like a rock for us concerning the seriousness of the foe from without, while using humor to poke fun at his "friends" on the left. In addition, humor is something we could use more of as conservatives, it makes the medicine go down easier, better, faster.
So today, hats off to Dennis Miller, hope for the American Left! Here is yesterday's 4-minute video of his conversation with O'Reilly
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player06.html?032107/032107_oreilly_miller2&OReilly_Factor&Miller%20Time%21&acc&Politics&-1&News&435&&