It’s something thats been burning in my craw. We continue to think of conservatives spread across America as fighting the good fight. Well, yeah, I guess you can see it that way, but I’m thinking of it more in terms of a conservative diaspora. And what we need is a homecoming. So why mot reach out to those in heavily blue states and tell them about the better life awaiting them?
Folks in the red states complain that they’re being “invaded”. They can’t do much about that, but we can in a small way tilt the scales towards whom we would prefer. Ties to my bigger view that in the long run, cultural divorce is coming.
I also think that communication via the net is limited in scope and effectiveness. What’s old is new.
I surmise that your idea is not to convert the minds of the blue in blue states, but to awaken into effective activism those who suffer under their malicious policies and ideologies. I’ve always believed the common citizen to be far more wise and prudent than those who rule over him.
There are 519,682 elected officials in the United States. How is it that so many of them are walking affronts to a constitutional republic? How did they even get on the ballot when, in principle, they would violate their oath of office the first hour they are sworn in?
The best strategy is to identify those who have time, ability, and zeal effectively to counter the left in two fundamental places: the ballot and counting the votes.
The latter could piggyback on True the Vote. Their effort would be to implement policies that guarantee any voter the ability to see *how his vote was counted.* The former should work under True the Ballot (if there were such a thing). These would vet every single candidate for public office by testing their ability to articulate constitutional and civic principles. If they cannot tell the difference btween a right and a privilege, then they have no business running for office, let alone voting.
This information and effort should be coordinated on a national scale, so that any citizen may easily drill down on those he choses, or assents, to have in office.
As of now, if we do not sink our teeth into the vote counts and ballots, we will forever cede rule to those we despise and who despise us, which is very much the case at hand.
The best demographic I can imagine to engage in these efforts are retirees who are active in their local GOP. You only need about 12 in each county who will fully devote time and effort to both of these fundamentals, namely accurate vote counts allowing the individual to audit his own vote, and ballot content that reflects candidates who truly understand what a constitutional republic is all about.
As is stands, we could ask every single one of those 519,682 elected officials, “What is the difference between a right and a privilege?”, give them one hour to think about it and write down their answer, and we’d be fortunate if 10% could respond in accord with historic western jurisprudence.
Having attended one or two meetings of my local GOP, it seems apparent their efforts are largely concentrated on fundraising rather than vetting candidates for principled governance.