Posted on 08/07/2013 5:06:25 AM PDT by Absolutely Nobama
As a Conservative, I hold these truths to be self evident: (in no particular order)
* Life begins at the moment of conception. Abortion, for any reason, real or imagined, is murder.
* The Right to Bear Arms is an unalienable right that the government cannot infringe on in any way. Background checks, "assault weapon" bans, magazine capacity rules, and the like are completely unconstitutional.
*Global warming is as much of a fraud as the "Next Ice Age" scare was in the 1970's.
*Illegal aliens are criminals and should be treated as such. There should be no amnesty for illegal aliens whatsoever. All illegal aliens should be deported without exception.
* The Constitution should be interpreted exactly as it's written without exception.
*Marriage is between a man and a woman only.
*Capitalism is the only economic system that works.
*Radical Islam is just as dangerous as the Axis Powers and the Soviet Union.
Basic stuff, right ?
For We the Conservatives, absolutely. This is our meat and drink. This is who we are. The above self evident truths are in our souls. The vast majority of us are not willing to compromise one iota on any of them for a variety of heartfelt reasons. (Memo to arrogant and lazy media: Yeah, yeah, it's because we're all a bunch of racists, blah, blah, blah. Got it.)
So here's the Hundred Trillion Dollar Question: Why do we, as Conservatives, keep voting for the Sit-Down-When-They-G-O-Pee ? (Say it fast, you'll get it.)
For every truth I've listed above, there is a Republican, either in political office or as a useless talking head on cable snooze doing their best to fight against them. The laughable (and FOX News favorite) Mitt Trotsky was all for abortion as long as the "mother's life was in danger". TEA Party traitor Pat Toomey allied himself with the radical far left and tried to obliterate the Second Amendment. During the 2008 Popularity Contest, court jester John McLame made cap and trade part of his platform. Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan have decided that illegal alien criminals should be granted amnesty. John McLame (like a bad penny, isn't he ?) teamed up with the horrid Pus Feingold and declared war on the First Amendment. Michele Bachmann thinks it's Constitutional and perfectly A-OK to have the NSA spy on American citizens. Rob Portman and Ileana Ros-Lethinen are cheering for homosexual "marriage". Tokyo Rove and Charles Krauthammer are doing their level headed best to make sure that the socialist scam known as Obamacareless is funded. The rotund Chris Christie has never met an Islamonazi that he didn't want to make a judge. I could go on and on about the Weeper of the House and Mitch McConman, but this paragraph is long enough and depressing enough already.
I'm not exactly sold on the idea of a third party, but I'm becoming more and more open to it every day. Sure, there are some rock solid Conservatives in the party and in the media (Mike Lee, Rand Paul, Louie Gohmert, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, and Rush Limbaugh to name a few), but let's face it, they are becoming marginalized in today's Sit-Down-When-They-G-O-Pee. They're derided as "hobbits" and relegated to the nether regions of the party, despite the fact that the vast majority of the base agrees with them. As their influence wanes, so does our liberty. I don't have all the answers and I'm not going to pretend that I do, but I at least know what question to ask:
Why should I vote GOP ?
“Maybe the threat of a third party will open some eyes.”
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Only if it is another leftist party, and that is not going to happen.
Actually, it is pretty easy.
We’re no longer voting for the ‘Pubbie, we’re voting against the commie/pinko/liberal fellow traveler.
“Big Tent” my arse.
Given what you say about the viability of a third party (and what Rush was speaking about the other day), Conservatives must wrest the party from the its RINO leaders. To do that, and we’d better hurry, some serious, SERIOUS grassroots movements need to spring up in all 50 states.
To leave any RINO incumbents standing in ‘14 (especially leadership) is to perpetuate the machine that swallows whole the few in number Tea Party-types that would be sent up to the Hill.
I couldn’t agree with you more. Excellent post.
Good point.
In other words, we’re in real trouble as a nation.
Like I stated earlier, I’m not married to the idea of a third party. But I do know the current GOP stands for nothing and is completely helpless.
Yup.
When he loses the N.Y. Mayors election, i expect Weiner to claim Florida residency and challenge Scott.
And the stupids of Florida elect WEINER.
Don’t....just vote for conservatives.
I never really understood how the republican came up with the idea to be the Grand Old Party, when they are a younger party than the RATS.
I personally hate the moniker of GOP - there is nothing grand about them, or what they stand for. They are only there to line their own pockets while screwing the rest of us
Seriously, for the first time in a long time I am optimistic about the *future* of the Republican party. Why? Because there is a slow and methodical purge being done of the old RINO/Country Club Republicans. It’s not easy and it’s not quick, but it is determined.
Granted, the “old guard” are entrenched, but they are being attacked across a broad front, and are often losing.
This is because the same, failed tactics that they use and lose against the Democrats, called a “static defense”, is the same tactic they use against conservatives. And, as Napoleon Bonaparte observed, a static defense is slow suicide.
And yes, as meeching and humble as the RINOs are to Democrats, and as vicious and cheating they are to conservatives, they are still losing.
At this point, there are few left in the senate, and their days are numbered, except for those who buy their seats, and even they are scared. And in the house, they are counting their last days.
Importantly, at the same time, conservative senators are rising up, and showing their own power. It is far riskier to do so in the house, where punishment can be swift and devastating.
Finally, and this is a trump card, at the state level, conservative Republicans are crushing liberal Democrats in the red and purple states. And once in power, this puts pressure on the state party organizations to purge its own liberal Republicans. Then they put pressure on their congressmen and senators as well.
With the removal of the Voting Rights handicap against Republicans, which basically allowed the Democrats to cheat in elections, the Democrats are going to be devastated in the next elections. Without being able to cheat the truth emerges: that they have been a small, radical minority party, pushing around the majority, for decades.
And it is time for it to end.
So do not despair, hold on for a while longer, and keep the feet of your congressmen and senators to the fire. Either they vote conservative, no matter what they say, or they had better prepare their resume.
That was probably just because the sandwiches at the party weren't very good.
Perhaps you shouldn't.
Perhaps you should strongly consider voting for candidates who offer a chance of honoring their oath to the Constitution regardless of political affiliation.
If you usually vote Republican, I suggest you contact with your local Tea Party group for candidates who favor the government called for in our Constitution.
If you usually vote Democrat, I suggest you contact your local Tea Party group or form a Liberal Tea Party group and find candidates who favor a constitutional government.
In either case, support an effort to remove incumbent Representatives who have not honored their oath to the Constitution. The grass roots Tea Party Patriots’ strategy is to replace corrupted incumbent Republicans via the primary process. That same strategy could also serve to replace corrupted incumbent Democrats.
The Republican party ceased to exist decades ago by merging with Democrats to become socialist Republicrats. They give the appearance of two distinct parties in public but unite behind closed doors under what they term “bipartisanship” for the purpose of centralizing their power to usurp the people’s Constitutional rights.
No good reason.
And we won’t.
*Marriage is between a man and a woman only
As a Conservative I know that marriage is not the business of the Federal Government.
Abortion, for any reason, real or imagined, is murder
As a Conservative I know that abortion is not the business of the Federal Government.
Capitalism is the only economic system that works
As a Conservative, I know that capitalism exist in all forms of governing. The difference between capitalism under socialism and capitalism under America's Constitution is that the Constitution allows, nay, encourages, private ownership of the capital.
“Our Constitution was made for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”John Adams
Yep. Just another corrupt politician, who promised to cut taxes, only to put in the single largest tax increase in the history of the Commonwealth of Virginia. “For the roads and the children”. . .
I don't disagree, but how do we build a viable third party?
So far, the only thing a candidate running for a third party has done is take votes away from one or other of the candidates running for the Rats or GOP.
If we want a third party to be viable, it's going to take a plan and a whole lot of work.
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