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By Greg Kay
A new year is almost upon us – what are you going to do to advance the Cause of Southern Independence?
I know that some of us live in States where the laws are set up to protect the two party system, making it next to impossible to get your State Southern Party on the ballot, and I’m fully aware that the next major election is nearly two years away, but that doesn’t mean that we should sit and do nothing.
Most of the State Southern Parties are actually Political Action Committees, or PACs for short. Don’t moan because you haven’t jumped through enough hoops or greased enough palms to become a registered party; instead, while you’re working on that, take advantage of your PAC status and act like one to make things better for your fellow Southerners, worse for our enemies, and generally pave the way for a return of the Confederacy. We don’t have to wait until your State secedes before making things better for our people. If we do that, it will never happen.
One of any PAC’s main functions is lobbying, and it’s not particularly difficult. Dress neatly and business-like (A tie and jacket with dress pants, or a suit), act like you have both manners and good sense, and take a trip to your State Capitol when your legislators are there. Go from office to office and meet the ones from your district (Research a little first; find out who they are and what they stand for.). The first of the year is when many newly elected legislators take office for the first time, and this is a golden opportunity for you to make inroads of influence while they are still more likely to have ideals, or at least want to make a name for themselves.
Walk in, introduce yourself, and shake hands. If they’ve done something in the past that you approve of, compliment them on it, or if they’re new, congratulate them on winning, then tell them of your particular concern (one subject is best) that may be addressed one way or another during the current session. Be prepared to give intelligent answers as to why you support or oppose the measure, and your reasons as to why it would be beneficial to the district and that particular legislator if it were to pass or fail, as the case may be. Don’t be confrontational; they have the power and you don’t – yet. You stand a much better chance of your mission succeeding if you try to convince them rather than bully them.
They may turn you down; if so, remain polite and thank them for their time anyway. Vengeance is a dish best tasted cold, and you can work on that during their reelection campaign, as long as you’re sure their defeat is in the interests of the Cause rather than simply assuaging your own hurt feelings. In the meantime, by not burning your bridges behind you, you may be able to enlist their aid on other issues.
What I’m going to say next may shock some people, or even offend them; tough. This is the real world, and we’ve got to work with what we’ve got, and we’ve got to work the people now in power to get things done until we get in power ourselves.
When you present your concerns to the politicians in power, unless there is already something to do with it due to come up in this session or vitally pressing, don’t make your first request to them a heritage issue.
That’s what I said: don’t make your first request to them a heritage issue. Our heritage is the foundation of the Southern Nationalist Movement to be sure, but is not the whole of the movement, nor can it be if we ever hope to get anywhere. Ultimately, any thinking person will see that the only way that we will ever preserve our heritage with any degree of safety is as an independent nation, the only way we will ever be an independent nation is to gain political power, and the only way that we will ever gain real political power is to address the vital, living issues that affect our people right now, every day of their lives.
Heritage is, sad to say, not big on the list of subjects of single-issue voters. Items like gun rights, abortion, home schooling, and taxes are, and for that reason there is where we need to be seen making our stand and working for the people who we hope will eventually elect us. Once a certain trust is built up between your PAC and the people, you will find it much easier to get elected. Once that same kind of trust that you are mainly interested in the current world is built up between you and the sitting legislators that you have to work with, you will also find it easier to get them to take seriously your heritage concerns when you bring them up later, particularly if they have served your desires in the past and have found that you reciprocated by helping them get reelected in return.
The real world of politics is not what many of us envisioned when we entered this fray. Unfortunately, that’s the world that we have to work in. Remember this single, overriding principle – if it’s good for your State and good for the South, then it is good. If it’s detrimental to either, then it is bad. Whether it’s good for New York or California is not our concern; to override the influence of those huge Yankee population centers, however, we need to begin making real changes on a State level, improving life for our own people – Southerners – while at the same time greasing the wheels that will eventually turn to put us into the seats of power. That is where Southerners have to be, in control of their own destiny, if we are to survive at all: religiously, racially, or culturally; and the only way we can get there is to do what we have to in order to make it happen.
Gentlemen, this is a new year, and we have to opportunity to use it to start
making a whole new political world. Roll up your sleeves and let’s do it!
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