I agree also - for the Tea Party. And that it should eschew a leadership hierarchy. I hope that it remains focused on small government and economic freedom.
At the same time I believe a political party and politicians have to state their positions on all issues in the political arena.
Political parties and the Tea Party may overlap. But I agree with the general point of the article. To win we should focus on the issue that unites the greatest number in opposing our common enemy.
I don’t care if someone is a flaming whatever that supports abortion and gay marriage, if they will vote against big government and throw the bums out in November, I welcome their vote.
Without social conservatives, the Republican will lose by default.
I don’t care if someone is a flaming whatever that supports abortion and gay marriage, if they will vote against big government and throw the bums out in November, I welcome their vote.
We've tried the fiscal conservative/social liberal Republican (See RINOLD in CA) before. It has failed miserably. At the least, I will accept a Governor McDonnell of Virginia campaign strategy of proudly stating his social conservatism but focused on taxes and spending. However, any Republican that de-emphasizes abortion and homosexual marriage might as well concede before the votes are counted.
“I don’t care if someone is a flaming whatever that supports abortion and gay marriage, if they will vote against big government and throw the bums out in November, I welcome their vote.”
I agree in principle, much as Reagan felt when he said that he could be friends with anyone who agreed with him on 70% of the issues (bad paraphrasing on my part).
But your examples of abortion and gay marriage aren’t likely to be championed by anyone who’d vote against big government, as most (if not all) supporters of those policies WANT big government, to mandate their legality nationally rather than letting the individual states decide.
To win we should focus on the issue that unites the greatest number in opposing our common enemy.
Yep , that’s how it works. If we loos this time we TOTALLY loose the country. We better get together on a few main issues and stick together. They will do ANYTHING to stay in power. Starting in fighting between Tea Party groups is on the agenda , I can assure you of that.
Dangerous times are coming . The radical left will stop at nothing , even creating a national crisis to implement marshal law and postpone elections. If we start to bicker over 2nd tier issues we’ll loose everything