i am so tired of people saying, “Give up, the Republic is lost!” or “Third parties never win,” or similar pessimistic drivel.
The Republicans won’t do what we tell them and the Democrats are all Socialists. Our choice is between forming a third party or watching the country sink further. And as a veteran, I am not willing to surrender.
We should have launched a new party years ago. Right after the 2012 election would have been the ideal time. Yes, we would have lost in 2014 but we would have gained some ground and thus some political capital.
A viable third party needs to attract viable candidates. Anybody think Ted Cruz, Jeff Sessions, Marco Rubio, Allen West, et al wouldn’t love to belong to a party that appreciates them? Get them aboard and we’ve got some “star power” that will attract more voters and more “stars” to the cause.
The Republicans didn’t try for the presidency in 1854 but they made up for that with Abraham Lincoln in 1860. I’m willing to take the risk.
We have to do something. The alternative is the cartridge box and I don’t think many of us want to go there.
I whole heartedly agree. Also a veteran that doesn’t believe in failure. A third party, new party, whatever, we need something different than what we are getting out of the current 2 parties. But it has to based on well founded constitutional principles. In that, it needs to reemphasize the foundation of this country as a union of states and the federal government to serve those states for a common defense. The federal government has no business in social issues.
The Framers’ design didn’t rely on political parties to secure our freedom; neither should we.