Nor can WE win without them. I like the idea of a third party, but in REAL LIFE/practical terms what we need to do is overrun the Republican party and use it, not allow them to chase us out.
The GOP is just going to block them. It’s time to move around them.
This is what Ann Coulter was saying on Glenns program yesterday.. sort of.
She didn’t like the idea of a third party. But she also didn’t like the idea of challenging GOP-e Senators head on.
Which I think you HAVE to do. Can’t let guys like Cornyn hold office.
I have been a reliable Republican voter for my entire life. If this is the way it goes down then I will continue to vote in the primaries for real conservatives but if they are defeated I will sit out the general election. Yes the Dems will get to run things if conservatives do this - let them - let them tax and spend us over the edge and after the collapse we can pick up the pieces. I won’t have a compliant hand in this charade anymore.
what we need to do is overrun the Republican party and use it
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Understand your objective but respectfully disagree this can ever be done. The pathetic culture in the GOP is much too deeply ingrained. It will fight reform at every turn.
The GOP can’t successfully fight Democrats but it definitely knows how to tamp down internal insurrections. It will ues every means at its disposal to do this. Don’t underestimate these people. The WILL fight to preserve their own interests.
>>> I like the idea of a third party, but in REAL LIFE/practical terms what we need to do is overrun the Republican party and use it, not allow them to chase us out.
Unfortunately, not enough people (uninformed or not) realize this. Too many well informed people see the 3rd party route as their only last option. It also represents a primary goal of the democrat party... to split the base of it’s opposition. Regardless of whether or not a third party can overtake the republican party in numbers, the political system has been engineered over the last 20-30 years to shut out any third party from gaining any significant level of control in congress.
Divide and conquer works every time.
There is simply not enough time left for the third party to overtake both the republicans AND the democrats before the communists have their way... making all political parties irrelevant.
State intervention (constitutional convention) to wipe the slate clean in DC is the only option I see that is viable.
I’m at the point where I’ll vote for a democrat who will look me in the eyes and say “I’m telling you the truth. I’m going to screw you.” rather than vote for a republican who will look me in the eyes, lie and say “Trust me. I really will vote conservative this time.”