Four Years of Obama to get the next Reagan?

Well, conservatives who supported Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney, who subscribe to the ideals of the Reagan Revolution now have a dilemma: Do we support John McCain? In the past twenty-four hours since the suspension of the Romney campaign there has been much talk about conservatives staying home, conceding the election to the Democrats and letting them screw up.

I have heard conservative callers talk with pride about how they conceded the 1976 election to Jimmy Carter, and as a result we were able to get Reagan. There are many who say that it was worth four years of Carter to get Reagan.

But did we really have to make that sacrifice? Was it really worth it?

There were two MONUMENTAL blunders of the Carter administration: Panama and Iran.

Carter and his merry band of men gave the Panama Canal to an international drug trafficker. That strategic piece of real estate was developed by the Americans, and was long one of the keys to hemispheric security. But no, Carter had his own ideas about how to protect America He ceded the canal to Panama. General Noriega, you will recall, was the iron-fisted dictator of Panama. He was later indicted as an international drug trafficker. President Bush the elder had to resort to military action to retrieve Noriega. Things didn't get much better. Panama many years back contracted with the Chinese Communists to operate the canal. Thank you very little President Carter.

Panama was nothing next to the mistake made when the visionary peanut farmer threw our foreign policy future in with a little-known ayatollah in exile in Paris. Iran was once a very solid American ally. Yes, that's right, Iran was one of our best friends. But Carter didn't like our friend. He withdrew his support from the Shah of Iran, and helped pave the way for the Islamic Revolution that followed. Iran was plunged into the dark ages and became one pole of the Axis of Evil, and one of the most strident enemies of American freedom.

These remarkable achievements all happened within the span of three years.

Now we could sit on our hands and allow the Dems to win this one. One of those Dems was a State Senator only three years ago. I know a lot of state senators. They are mostly good guys and gals, but there is not one of them that I would want running the foreign policy of the Arsenal of Democracy. They are mostly qualified to get their families jobs at the local community colleges and to dispense grants to liberal community groups.

A lot of damage can happen in just four years.

And not only that, the next Reagan will come when he or she comes. My money is on Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. He needs time. He has served in Congress. He was just sworn in as governor. Four years may be too soon for Bobby Jindal, but then again . . .

It is not worth conceding the election to the Democrats. Too much can go wrong.