Posted on 11/25/2012 8:54:02 AM PST by drewh
The battle lines are being drawn. The fight for the GOP is on. The seemingly eternal struggle between the right and the Republican establishment has entered its newest phase. In the wake of Mitt Romney being end-run by Barack Obama, GOP get-alongs want to double-down on failure. Moderation -- the odor of it -- is in DC's air like cheap, fetid perfume.
The point being: why would establishment Republicans want to move left (to the center, in their vernacular) precisely at the time when the America created by Woodrow Wilson and FDR is faltering -- groaning under its own enormous weight and falsity? Because polling and focus groups tell the GOP to do so? Because a bare majority of voters are able to be bought off by a political party that never outgrew Tammany Hall or the Pendergast Machine? Or because portions of President Obama's majority coalition persists in the delusion that the nation's troubles are exaggerated? We've seen the woeful result of willful denial throughout human history.
Conservatives can't count on the Republican establishment to have the boldness to push for an American renaissance. Establishment Republicans have too much invested in the "game," and that includes livelihoods, careers, and stature. The push for conservatives is to assume full control of the GOP.
Like Martin Luther, conservatives' first step is to nail their equivalent of the 95 Theses to the door of the Republican National Committee -- and then to the door of the White House... and then to the doors of colleges and universities and to every mainstream media outlet around.
The time has come for conservatives to proclaim, confidently, truthfully, and fearlessly. Dire times call to conservatives to do so; it falls to conservatives to be the instigators of a great American renaissance.
If not conservatives, then who
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Romney lost because he was soooooooo conservative. Riiiiiiiiiiiight.
In fact, Romney's position on immigration was the closest to the tea party position, and farthest away from the establishment RINO position.
It is possible to be moderate while retaining conservative values.
Reagan did it.
He would have been shunned if he ran in the past election, just as JFK would be seen as a radical right leaning fellow had he ran in Obamas place.
The country has become to polarized.
The GOP shares a lot of unfortunate traits with the demonRAT party. Establishment republicans want nothing so much as to maintain power and will flop around however they must to maintain it. They have as much respect for First Principles as the ‘RATs do.
I have every intention of changing my registration this year, and will do my utmost to see our two incumbent, establishment, republicans kicked out of office. But no one should make the mistake of imagining that I would EVER vote demonRAT, even with a loaded gun to my head.
I am a proud supporter of Tea Party principles and if the “main stream” GOP doesn’t like that, I invite them to go pound sand.
This premise is exactly correct. Rush isn’t the leader of the RNC, but instead, articulates our beliefs to a large audience which the RNC, does not believe for their insulated, limited by the Beltway, arrogance.
We will win when we have consultants who are willing to stealthily re-educate the electorate in what it means to be American, that is, Hispanics and Blacks as well. This means do it with boldness, not avoiding dictators like 0bama in the national election...Mitt, with all his faults and past liberal Rebuplican tendencies would have won had he had a staff who would have “gone with boldness” as Rush mentions almost daily.
How do we get a candidate who will be bold? Who acatually runs the RNC? Who “elects” Reince Preibus? While what I am saying sounds like we need a Third Party, I am in no way saying this...that is Perot all over again. Convincing those in charge to do the bold, re-education route and have Palin& West as your ticket is the way to go.
It’s kinda like sending a letter to the RNC that says, I will promise to send X$ to you if Palin&West are the ticket, but will boycott otherwise...
Here’s an example of my frustration. I have been married 17 yrs interracially. My wife’s family upper scale black with 100% voting record D. 0bamma would have had to kill someone personally - and even then - they’d still vote for him.
I called the Columbus RNC and volunteered as well as the Cincinnati/Hamilton County RNC to volunteer...that is, as a consultant to help understand what it would take to convince blacks...what language, what triggers, etc....
I have a huge plethora or cornucopia of what would and would not work...inside info if you will...did they listen to me? Nope. Were they interested? They didn’t know where to file it. I won’t give up, however. I’ll approach them again in a different way and talk to the right people.
You see, we are dealing with old school RNC; we have to be smarter...the DNC wants us to start a 3rd party; they know that is a civil war amongst ourselves...we need to takeover the RNC...that is the way.
That is correct. Too polarized. Translation: Left wing Marxists and so called Right Wing Conservatives. I don't read anything about moderation. Moderates will lose every time. They stand for nothing.
“Like Martin Luther, conservatives’ first step is to nail their equivalent of the 95 Theses to the door of the Republican National Committee”
Let’s hope whatever conservative takes on the challenge will have more knowledge and integrity than a drunkard German monk who for some reason thought he had the right to call into question the scriptures and indeed change the Holy Bible into what he thought it should say.
Not good enough! His daddy was a beaner! /s I heard that he ate a taco once! And that damn Rick Perry just loves illegals /s
Romney was right. We have to end the entitlement gravy train. That would work better than a fence. For all the talk that Mitt was squishy, he took it to Obama and juxtaposed himself well, but the people just would not hear what he was saying. They were dazzled by the sparkly things Obama offered. Rush is right, "it's hard to beat Santa Claus"
with a bad, and worsening, economy, won’t many hispanics be heading to their native lands? what they receive from our gravy train is still better then what they have @ home?
The Tea Party and most other conservatives grudgingly accepted Romney as nominee and actively supported him in the Presidential election, even though Romney was lukewarm in his opposition to Obamacare and completely distanced himself from conservative social positions. They were good little soldiers and now they’re getting the blame from the Rats in the GOP-e. Does anyone believe that if a conservative had won the nomination that the Karl Roves of the GOP would have been so supportive? He’d have spent the entire election campaign deriding the choice and telling everyone the GOP was doomed.
Jim robinson was RIGHT about Romney.
Just say NO to bland Republicans who steer completely clear of cultural matters and fail to speak out against high spending.
Jim robinson was RIGHT about Romney.
Just say NO to bland Republicans who steer completely clear of cultural matters and fail to speak out against high spending.
That's a bit of a wasted gesture, if your state has closed Primaries. How do you get rid of the RINOs if you lock yourself out of the party? If you have open Primaries, never mind.
Amen!!!!
And who are they gonna shove down our throats in 2016? J. Bush. Count on it.
The GOP Establishment track record is horrid. They got lucky in 2010 when so many OIdiot voters sat home. (29 million actually). If they pick our 2016 nominee, well . . .we are truly done.
The Republican Party spends most of its effort promoting the Democrats and their agenda. That’s crazy! Crazy but true. Republicans effectively, if unwittingly, advance the Democrat’s leftist agenda. No matter who is in power, the federal government, its power and expenditures, continue to grow with little chance of reversal.
The Democrats propose a “generous” increase in the minimum wage. The Republicans either oppose an increase and opt for staying at the current level or counter with a more modest increase. The Democrats say that we need to increase the school lunch program by x million dollars. The Republicans answer by offering an increase of one third x. Democrats say that the government needs to spend a lot more subsidizing housing and Republicans say that the current level is adequate. Democrats say that more people should be made eligible and Republicans defend the status quo.
So the predictable dynamic is that the Democrats fight for an increase in spending for some government program and the Republicans either oppose any increase or counter with a proposal for more modest growth. What impression of the Republican Party does this give? What is the one principle that people are able to discern from Republicans’ policies as stated above? That the Republicans are cheap and uncaring. Some may manage to construe it as fiscal responsibility but what it comes down to is withholding funds from “worthwhile” programs. Thus ultimately withholding help from those who are “entitled” to it
If the Republicans agree to spend two billion dollars on a program they are inherently saying that it is good and just and worthwhile. Why else would they agree to spend such a massive amount of money on it? If people who position themselves as fiscally responsible spend that kind of money, it has to be for something good. Something right. Something necessary. And here they cede the moral high ground to Democrats, liberals, leftists by validating their policies, programs and agenda. It’s Democrats who are fighting for all of these good and righteous schemes and the Republicans who are dragging their feet.
Every time Republicans say yes, but not so much. They are saying that the Democrats are right and they, the Republicans, are cheap. The Democrats are looking out for the needy and the Republicans are looking out for the cheap and stingy. We are cheap! Hardly an inspiring philosophy. Hardly a winning strategy.
We all know that the best defense is a good offense. The GOP has turned that truism on its head. Their only offense is a pathetic defense. And no matter how good your defense if you have no offense you will eventually lose. It’s inevitable. After the 1994 elections swept the Republicans t control of Congress, many anticipated the extinction of a few federal agencies. Many even a department or two. Dare to dream. Then we were told that Rome was not built in a day so don’t expect it to be dismantled in a day. Well we are still waiting for those first few bricks to be knocked loose.
Sure the left has moved us to a gargantuan and ever-growing welfare state on step at a time, or make that one billion a time. That is the only way it could have happened. Anyone who one hundred years ago tried to propose what we have now would have been run out of town. Any American town. As per the above it may be impossible to move in the opposite direction by increments. When you propose to spend less than the left wants the only principle that you are standing on and promoting is cheapness. Not a very compelling platform. Rather a recipe for long term defeat.
Being second-rate Democrats has been a disaster. Even when Republicans win elections. Agreeing to spend a fortune on Democrat social programs and wealth transfer schemes only validates those schemes. And makes conservatives-or what passes for conservatives these days-look bad. So virtually everything the Republicans do validates Democrats and make themselves look bad. A guaranteed formula for disaster.
So what’s the alternative? How about taking a stand. How about acting on principle? A principle other than cheapness. Will it be easy? The question is what are your principles and what do you want to achieve. If you want to be liked by the establishment intelligentsia then you definitely need to keep up with leftists. Just keep in mind that you will have to go further and further year after year. They keep raising the bar, moving the goal line. What “moderates’ are advocating and supporting now would have been radical a few decades ago. Trying to keep up will always mean that you will always be second-rate and always fall short.
The only was to go, which makes it the easy way, is to stand on principle. Without compromise. Truly become the party of NO. Rather than the party of not quite so much.
They were heading home till Obama told them he has goodies for them.
If I were president,I would lean so hard on Mexico for reform it would hurt.
And I would knock off incentives to come here.
There is no reason for Mexico to be so poor and there is no reason for us to absorb their poverty.
I think most of SA loves Marxism because they have never known freedom.
Rather than import Marxism, we should export freedom.
Romney failed to address fiscal matters?
The Establishment will win...they have the money and the backing...Romney spent millions using the Karl Roves and all he got was his butt handed to him on a sling.
I think its high time to not nail our theses to the wall but take our thesis out and start a third conservative party...
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The Republicans loved the two-party system. Voters consist of only two factions: Liberals and Conservatives and they know that.
As a conservative the Republicans don’t believe they have to “earn” your vote.....they expect it. For as long as there are only two parties that matter, they don’t have to do anything to earn it. The result...nothing changes and the same old tired Republicans (or whoever they groom for the positions elected) goes on year after year after year with no fear that conservatives will vote for any other party.
However, something has started to happen. Conservatives faced with no choice of a Republican candidate simply did not lower their standards and vote Republican...they didn’t vote for all. Many Democrats did the same.
Our national leadership has become “a right of passage” for those of wealth, power and money on both sides and it will only get worse with time.
Not true? Well explain how the Republican party is considering grooming Jeb Bush to continue the Bush dynasty just like the Democrats supported the Kennedy dynasty.
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