Posted on 11/22/2012 6:35:12 AM PST by possum john
On Christmas Eve of last year, I wrote an article expressing my disgust and frustration with the Republican Party. Now, almost a year later, the GOP has once again proven that it has become a completely ineffective vehicle with which to advance the conservative agenda. The election is over, and now is the time to start the process of choosing a suitable replacement.
This is not a step I take lightly. For more than 30 years I have been a loyal Republican, serving in positions within the party as well as being a vocal supporter of GOP candidates and the party itself. For years I excused the failings of the party and did what I could to bring about change from within. During that time it became increasingly clear that the party organization was more interested in playing political games for the sake of winning elections rather than advancing an agenda. It also became increasingly clear that they were not even very good at playing the game. The fact that the GOP was unable to win an election against the undisputed worst President in modern history is testament to need for new direction.
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Elections aren’t horseshoes or hand grenades. Regardless of the margin, Obama won.
We do have to understand our enemies, and the first step is understanding who they are. The Progressives in the GOP are just as much of an enemy as the Progressives in the DNC.
To be honest, in every election since Reagan left office, the Progressives won. Conservatives haven’t had a genuine victory since 1984.
We have tried to convince black voters to abandon their blind allegience to the DNC because the DNC has done nothing to help them, but we continue the same type of relationship with the RNC. I think it’s time to take our own advice.
That carrot has been dangling from the stick so long that it’s dried up and turning brown. The Prgressives are too well entrenched. We can waste our time fighting it, or we can expend our energy building a new party. We’ve spent so much time fighting the Progressives in our own party that we’ve let the Progressives in the DNC run rampant. I’m less interested in fixing the problems in the GOP than I am with fixing the problems in our country.
Shall I pass around a sign-up sheet?
Well good luck with all that your gonna need it. At best you can elect a lot of democrats before the country is totally in the tank and it won’t matter what you do.
The GOP seems quite adept at electing Democrats. My goal is to try to do something different.
BFL
Thank you, this does look interesting.
I’m afraid to ask, but what does BFL mean?
Rod - I don’t think starting a 3rd party assures our destruction. I think it’s the only path to success. But we have to take a long-term view on the presidency - 12-16 years - instead of supporting more of the same. We can’t continue this short-term thinking. It’s killing us.
The GOP is a damaged brand, as is the “Tea Party” (not the Tea Party philosophy, just the name). There is no point in pursuing either one any more. The media has successfully destroyed them.
Instead, we either join the Constitution party or start another which will take much longer, and start looking for legitimate congressional candidates who can communicate conservatism in a rational and convincing manner. A massive influx of conservatives into the Constitution Party will give it credibility that will attract both legitimate candidates and additional conservatives. One win is all it will take to turn the corner.
We abandon the presidency for the next 2-3 cycles and concentrate our efforts on getting Tea Party-type people into a majority position in the House and Senate - local and state efforts, not national efforts - more under the radar. If we’re able to get a majority of conservative candidates into congress, whoever is President is immaterial. With 60 senators and a majority in the House, we can get anything passed we want to - overriding a presidential veto as required.
I doubt the GOP will ever have another of their candidates elected as President - with our current demographic and a treasonous media, even if the GOP gets a candidate elected he will only be less liberal than the liberal the Dems put up.
I don’t see any other way at this point. I said early this year that the selection of Mitt Romney as the GOP candidate would be the death of the GOP. We can’t change it from within, we can’t continue to support more of the same and I believe that there is no way to convince the mentally-challenged, non-conservatives and non-republicans to join us - the media won’t let it happen. It’s time we recognize this and take some positive action to save the Country.
Count me out when it comes to third parties. You seem to think we have a lot more time that I do.
That’s the beauty of this country - we all have choices and opportunities. If we don’t have the time, it won’t matter whether we’re in the GOP or somewhere else.
Hope you’re having a good Thanksgiving.
The best tool to destroy the republic and concentrate more power in Washington was the repeal of the 17th amendment. If state legislature selected senators the R’s would be at almost 60 right now.
So, you think that if we successfully start the Green Umbrella Party, the media won't destroy that next?
Nonsense. Destroy the media instead.
If you completely destroy the media, you will still be left with a GOP dominated and led by Progressives.
We abandon the presidency for the next 2-3 cycles and concentrate our efforts on getting Tea Party-type people into a majority position in the House and Senate - local and state efforts, not national efforts - more under the radar. If we’re able to get a majority of conservative candidates into congress, whoever is President is immaterial.
More actual conservative Congressmen is good; fat chance on Senators, and to top it all off, with massive election fraud now the Dems SOP plus ruling by Executive Order and Fed agencies by unilateral fiat, we're freaking doomed without serious fightback. Giving up on anything but Dem/thug presidents for 2 or 3 cycles is utter suicide.
Conservatives haven’t won a Presidential election since 1984. We’ve got to take a different approach if we ever want to win another.
I agree we need a different approach. A few thoughts:
1. Actual conservative candidates with courage and a unsurppressable fighting spirit who are willing to fight other Rs on conservative issues and any corruption.
2. Above candidates must be not only ready, willing and able but straining at the leash to attack the leftist MSM and take on election fraud.
3. State Rs need to go after election fraud with guts as someone mentioned above.
Basically no “tactic” will work other than real conservatives, with guts and fighting spirit. It’s a given that the MSM is nothing but the mouthpiece of hardcore leftists/thugs/Dems. So trying to make nice with them or cater to them is a losing tactic.
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