Vote America First on November 7
Tuesday, November 7 will present us with a great challenge: to elect candidates who place America first. Voters should head to the polls with one thought in mind: which candidates will place American interests and values ahead of all other considerations?
The test is easy. Which candidates stand boldly in support of defending the American borders? Which candidates agree that a border fence is the best possibility for halting the invasion taking place on our southern border that if unstopped will redefine America and annihilate our culture? Which candidates seek to follow the advice of our most underrated president, Calvin Coolidge, who reminded us many years ago that “America must be kept American?”
I am terribly tired of hearing talking heads, open borders apologists, agents of the Mexican government, UN know-nothings, liberal thugs, certain Republicans like John McCain, union bosses, self-appointed immigration experts, and those who seek to destroy America by altering her composition declare that we should not act to defend the border and protect our own country.
Critics charge that America is building a “Berlin Wall,” telling immigrants that they are unwanted, and acting in a racist fashion by pushing for a border fence, immigration restrictions, and measures to do as Coolidge suggested by ensuring that English is the language of choice and that our national values are preserved. These folks aren’t just wrong. Worse, they are dangerously risking the greatness of America by worshiping at the false idol of multiculturalism and trying not to offend our neighbors to the south and the “international community” at our own expense.
Several years ago, I had the opportunity to hear Jack Murtha speak at Ferrante’s Lakeview banquet hall in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. He said long before the present debate over the border fence that it is a testament to the greatness of America that while others had to build a wall to keep their people in, we might consider building one to keep people out. As with many other issues, Congressman Murtha was forecasting reality before it became chic.
The gaggle of idiots who oppose protecting the borders are fond of labeling those of us who wish to save the republic as racists, xenophobes, or worse. Do not believe their hogwash. Patriots support the border fence, immigration control, and the preservation of American culture. Coolidge knew that. Aside from many other wise statements during his presidency, he also noted that “Patriotism is easy to understand in America - it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.”
If we do not construct the fence, halt the invasion, reduce the overflow of illegal immigrants into America, and control the borders, we will run the risk of our grandchildren growing up in a nation much different than the one we have today.
If we do not stop the reconquista of southern California and the southwestern United States that is currently taking place right before our eyes, we run the risk of being the generation that lost America because of our own foolish ways.
If we do not restrict all immigration to manageable levels—not the immense and open levels of present—we will lose America forever.
I am 25 years old. My greatest fear is being known in our nation’s history as part of the generation who lost America—the greatest hope left for all of mankind. It is time to make it known that the majority of us—young and old, rich and poor, black and white—are ready to put aside all else to save the nation from the path that we are currently on.
Jefferson said “How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!” He couldn’t be more right. Our job on that important November day is to make the choices which will best preserve America.
Ignore the scolding know-nothings who seek to make you feel bad about fighting for your country. Ignore the internationalists who care more about the “feelings” of people from countries other than our own. Ignore the warnings about what kind of “message” a border fence and tightened immigration policies will send to Mexico. Ignore those who mock you for believing that English should be our official language and that all social services should be cut off for those who have broken into our national home illegally.
Don’t just vote Democratic or Republican or blindly for one candidate or another. As Pat Buchanan suggests, vote for America first, America second, and America third. We must avoid being the generation that crucifies our nation on the cross of the illegal invasion, and we must turn out the elected officials who already have.
Send the message at the polls that our nation is ours, with all of her greatness and all of her faults.
Nathan Shrader can be reached at nathanrshrader@yahoo.com
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