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Posted on 01/08/2014 4:52:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
There are moments in American political history when dissatisfaction with the old order and suspicion—even fear—of its ways presents the opportunity for monumental change.
It happened in 1932 as the nation sank into Depression and voted out the “business of America is business” crowd, installing a leftist plutocrat in the White House instead.
It happened in 1980 when high taxes and inept leadership demanded a steady hand committed to unfettering American entrepreneurship.
And in 2016, it can happen again—as long as Republicans nominate an ideological conservative, ideally with a good dose of charisma—someone who can vividly explain conservative principles to a public that is ready to hear all about it. Ready, because with Obamacare, the left has finally gone too far, and exposed the unworkability and injustice of its program.
Liberals believe their ideology has been vindicated after having finally realized the dream of universal health care under President Barack Obama. But they are like Napoleon in Moscow, sitting atop imaginary spoils while enjoying the mirage of victory. If Republicans do the right thing, they can send their adversaries limping back to Paris, picking off remnants of the defeated battalions along the way.
Obamacare is not just going to be a failure. It will be a grotesque carcass fit for exhibition in a political museum of morbid curiosities, elucidating every single fault that lies with liberalism. It contains every hallmark of failed liberal programs.
Obamacare is an unaffordable government expenditure whose costs will run amok as time progresses; it’s a grand scheme concocted by our intellectual superiors who know what’s best for us but unfortunately can’t quite make the pieces of their intricate creation fit together; it’s a wealth redistribution scheme that reaches even into the pockets of the middle class; it replaces the efficiency of the market with the plodding redundancies of government; it puts determinations about our fates in the merciless hands of government bureaucrats; it coerces individuals to act against their interests and desires; it inflicts collateral damage on businesses large and small and reduces hiring; its regulations, fees and new taxes raise costs for most consumers; it ultimately will harm even those it was designed to help by increasing dependency and destroying the practice of medicine in this country.
As Americans recoil in horror over the next few years, they will simultaneously behold the untenable expansion of the nation’s debt, the looming peril of bankruptcy for Medicare and Social Security and the failure of the economy to expand robustly.
It will be, for Republicans, a most perfect storm.
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Keith Koffler, who covered the White House as a reporter for CongressDaily and Roll Call, is editor of the website White House Dossier.
I sure won’t be voting for a Romney this go-round. I’m not holding my nose any longer, I’ll do a write in if it comes to that.
Do you really think there will be 3-4 conservatives to select from in 2016?If anyone is lucky there may be only one.
I don't think there is a snow ball's chance of that happening. I am sure I will be a long time a molderin in the grave, before another conservative gets the nomination. I hope I am wrong, but the RINOs have priors.
Alan West for President
Ben Carson for Vice President
Ted Cruz for Senate Majority Leader
Mike Lee for Majority Whip
Trey Gowdey for Speaker of The House
Gomert for House Majority Leader.
Yep. Like my tagline says, “Conservative 2016!! The Dole, H.W. Bush, McCain, Romney experiment has failed.”
I don’t have a hard and fast favorite right now, but I think that Mike Pence might be both conservative enough and electable enough.
We’ve run moderates, and lost.
It is time to run the real thing.
Palin would win.
She needs to think about running this time.
Scott Walker seems like he’d be a good candidate.
I like that ticket the other way around. I love Ted, but we need a solid conservative with executive experience to top the next ticket.
What in the world are you telling me for.That was what my post was about.Cruz or Rand!Geez!
I don’t trust Paul.
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I don’t either. Bring on Ted Cruz; he’s ready to fight.
Palin / Cruz.
then keep your liberal Willard at home
and don’t bad mouth the Conservatives
Not going to happen.
yep, but the RINO’s have already picked Christie.. which means we have already lost, and that also means we will lose our majority on the supreme court, which means we are screwed.
Cruz isn’t a natural born citizen.
Sure he is.
Besides, that’s why I suggested two candidates.
That way, one even in a worst case, is in office.
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Palin / Cruz 2016
No he’s not in the least.
You are dreaming!The press will eat these 2 for lunch.
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