You are never going to get West or Palin until you convince the GOP-E that they are wasting their money buying nominations for the trash such as McCain, Romney, McConnell, Boehner, etc. One tactic is tro deny the GOP-E the goodies they crave: special interest tax breaks, protection of Muffie's trust fund, special "access," the ability to have K Street actually write the legislation that affects them, etc. Instead of being airheads and being suckered on "free market" grounds (inapplicable in any event), conservatives should strive to absolutely frustrate the unprincipled Wall Street $$$$ trash that regularly purchase control of the GOP and its nominations.
I am not cynical and the last thing I will ever be is pessimistic. I have witnessed two POTUS elections in which Ronald Reagan, allegedly the unelectable "extremist," carry 49 states in one election and 40 in the other. Excellent performance compared to Gerald Ford, George H. W. Bush vs. Billy Jeff, Robert Dole, John McCain and Myth Romney, according to the GOP-E the "electable" moderates. I have also witnessed the fall of the soviet union and the Berlin Wall and the iron curtain. In my Church, I have had thirty-five years of John Paul I, Saint John Paul II and Benedict XVI before the present burden and after too many years of Saint John XXIII and Paul VI.
Don't kid yourself. Romney and McConnell and Boehner are every bit as evil and, worse, they can permanently destroy the GOP as a political vehicle. Then it would take twenty years to establish a new party.
It IS an imperfect world and it will be until its end. That does not mean we may choose to cooperate with evil.
Catherine of Aragon:
I agree with you that the most important thing by far for each of us will be the account that will be demanded of each of us by our Creator and there will be no excuse for coddling abortionists, among other things. God bless you and yours!
A certain itinerant preacher in Galilee said it best, “Be not conformed to this world.”
While this world is imperfect, as you mention that doesn’t mean to go along with it.
Bump.
I appreciate that. God bless you, too.
Like I said, I'm speaking as someone who talked the talk last time around, but gave in after Benghazi and voted for Romney anyway. The spiritual repercussions in my life began the next day.
So, yep, God does discipline us like the Father He is, but it's discipline you tend to remember....I'm not messing around again.