Posted on 03/23/2014 5:34:26 AM PDT by Moseley
The danger is this: In the USA’s upcoming 2014 elections, Republican elites assume that everyone all now agrees that conservatives ‘must’ support non-conservative candidates to win more elections. The GOP is operating on the belief that everyone is on board, simply because insiders have officially decreed it to be so.
However, the grassroots in the USA remains unconvinced. Worse, the Republican establishment has no plan for truly healing the actual wounds. Elites want to avoid change more fervently than they do want to win elections. Elites violated trust by advancing liberal policies in the U.S. Congress, but they won’t apologize or reform. The GOP will do anything to win elections – except change.
It simply doesn’t matter what you or I think. Activists are going to sit on their hands whether you like it or not, whether I like it or not, unless the GOP fields conservative nominees. Elites can denounce such thinking all day long, but that changes nothing. So the Republican Party is heading into the 2014 elections with the establishment deceiving itself into thinking that grassroots volunteers agree with Party plans.
Also, the grassroots acts independently in the US. Washington insiders suffer from the delusion that the tea party follows tea party “leaders.” But the tea party came first. Self-appointed “leaders” later on tried to rush in front of the parade. Many tea party “leaders” are cooperative this year. But that does not mean grassroots activists, donors, and voters will fall into line with Republican Party strategists.
The crucial debate threatening to tear the GOP apart is this: Ronald Reagan said: “Somebody who agrees with you 80% of the time is an 80% friend not a 20% enemy.” Therefore, conservatives must bite their tongue and support Republican candidates and office-holders who are not conservative. That’s the thesis.
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So would you eat a slice of cake that had in its ingredients 20% dog shit?
It's also helpful to check if they've made the "right" enemies. However, that doesn't guarantee that they won't get sucked in to the good ole boys vortex.
Very well said. Perhaps we should add another rule to the mix: Do not do what the Democrats want you to do.
no amnesty
I am not suggesting amnesty but we’re not going to be sending 20,000,000 back. We’ve got to be real.
Might as well legalize all sin, as we know we can’t stamp it out.
Very well said. Perhaps we should add another rule to the mix: Do not do what the Democrats want you to do.
Democrats should send all those “activists” that sit on their hands “Thank You” letters.
80% of what I want is sure better than 0% (this would be Hussein Obama). I will admit that I would still never vote for a pro-abortion candidate. I will draw the line there.
Might as well legalize all sin, as we know we can’t stamp it out.
80% of what I want still beats the hell out of 0%. Personally, I don’t believe I’ve ever met someone I agree with 100% of the time.
Me either, which is why I won’t support any open-borders shill. Politicians claiming to be conservatives but supporting amnesty know they will NEVER have to deliver on their conservative promises. Other stands are negotiable.
Amnesty or anything remotely like it is a deal-breaker.
IMHO, the more fundamental problem is a population rejecting God. Conservatives who reject God are likely to accept any legalistic alternative to failed consequences.
I’ve started meeting more 30 year conservatives who take the position regarding totalitarianism, communism, and socialism as viable alternatives to democracy. Their attitude is “just get over it”.
Total nonsense. We have deported millions before and we can do it again. Every other country in the world deports illegals. It’s only a matter of increasing the rate of deportations and making it harder to sneak across the border or overstay one’s visa.
If we give amnesty to the illegals who are here now, America is done.
ANYTHING LESS THAN DEPORTATION IS AMNESTY.
The Buckley Rule: Support the rightwardmost viable candidateAs we live in an imperfect world, only God being perfect, that's what I do. And I do it based on what I believe.
Screw that cr@p! I vote as I damn well please and whoever I damn well please and ALL the so called “leaders” can kiss my @ss. “Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.”
I could handle 80%, the problem with recent candidates is they’re 0%.
It’s the same with me.
Another thing I do is never stay home and pout on election day because my perfect candidate is not on the ballot. To do so would be to dishonor all of those Americans who have fought to defend and preserve our liberty and our rights.
Romney cleaned up with Independents.
He not only lost to Jimmy Carter’s second term, he is the first candidate to win hugely with Independents, and lose the election.
Mitt Romney returned to his pro-abortion position after winning the nomination, and came out against the party's pro-life platform, and ran pro-choice ads in Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
A candidate need not be “perfect.” Loyalty to conservative ideals isn’t “perfect” and isn’t too damned much to ask.
Heck, I’d settle for “mediocre.”
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