Fred Barnes: Be the Party of No ( "It's the route to Republican landslides." )

The Weekly Standard ^ | 05/18/2009, Volume 014, Issue 33 | Fred Barnes

[SendShaqtoIraq]

“Then also tell the public what you are for....better paychecks”

yes, i got to tell some young idiot at work who voted for odumbo that the “extra” money he’s giving her in her check right now isn’t really hers and she’s going to have to give it back next year at tax time.
loved it.

[Cacique]

All this assumes we will have anything resembling legitimate elections in 2010. The Bolsheviks are not into democracy and we underestimate them at our peril.

[neverdem]

BTTT!!!

[ExSoldier]

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[ROCKLOBSTER]

Being the party of no is not the answer. Having principles...

In the face of this Marxist juggernaut which is our government, having conservative principles would absolutely make them "the party of no"

[Impy]

I like your advice Fred. I like it a lot.

[Bernard]

One more thought; the other principle should involve the national interest.

For example, there is a compelling national interest to provide marital benefits to a spouse who is the primary care giver in a monogamous relationship, even after the children are raised and out on their own. On the other hand, there is no compelling national interest to provide marital benefits to an unemployed homosexual waiter who spends years not raising children. (There are numerous other examples of that, but I don't want to spend too much time writing an entire philosophy.)

Just as there is no compelling national interest to continue to spend money that we don't have. Eventually, somebody has to produce a budget and spending plan that at least levels off the national debt, even if there is no realistic way to reduce it significantly.

Just as there is no compelling national interest in providing benefits to illegal aliens who come to this country in violation of our laws. And so on.

This is not intended to lower the value of religious or moral objections to homosexual marriage, but to provide another vantage point. Logic may not produce the best sound bite, but it can provide a solid basis for arguments. We need to avoid demonization of people we don't agree with, and speak from the mind as well as the heart.