I’m a little irked at the Republicans.
Actually, it’s more than a little.
People (aka pop news media) are continually making comments about “will the GOP rally again?” “Who is going to be the leader of the party?” “Are they going to change their message?”
Do any of these questions count for anything? I am starting to think they do not. The problem with the GOP is not leadership. It’s whether they have the ability to rise from the ashes. It’s not even the message.
The problem with the GOP is action.
They say one thing and do another. They aren’t actually conservatives. And I’m not talking about their hot button issues of abortion and gay marriage. If we tossed those two things out of the equation, Conservatives still fail to be conservative. They are bleeding us dry with taxes while they give themselves multiple raises a year. They actually consider voting for cockamamie legislation like Cap & Trade, the current version of the healthcare bill, multi-billion dollar bailouts without a fight!
This might not be so bothersome if I hadn’t become a Conservative in the last six months and then found myself in the “extreme right wing” of the playing field. If I were to write up everything I thought about politics and what they should look like, no one would pay any attention to me – I’d be labeled an extremist. (They can’t rightly call me a racist towards half-black president, can they?)
And it wouldn’t just be the Democrats who would be calling me names. Meghan McCain would probably think I was just as much of a freak as Rachel Maddow. Call me what you will, I’m somewhat biased towards the Constitution. I thought that was what made this country great? That we aren’t just a fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants Democracy. That we’re a Republic for a reason: to avoid the tyranny of the majority.
Speculate if you must. If the GOP doesn’t start acting like the defenders of the Constitution and small government that they claim to be, we’re just going to find ourselves in an even bigger mess in 2016. God help us then.
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I don't know if it's worth even trying to save the GOP anymore. It might be time for another Party. I actually voted 3rd party in the last election (and I didn't really care for that guy either, but I agreed with him waaaaay more than Obama and McCain) because I was disgusted with both of the candidates.
I think the only way to save the GOP at this point would be to somehow get term limits passed. That way you would remove the temptation/desire to become a lifelong politician and whomever you vote in would only have few years to get stuff done.
Also, either ban lobbying altogether or set up some severe restrictions on how much access they have to the politicians. There are too many things enacted for the benefit of the lobbyists and the individual Congressman and not for his or her constituents.
Good post and I agree with you 100% (just found you on Booker Rising)
The GOP failed to provide America with leadership when we needed it most, which is why Dear Leader and his coterie of communists, utopian socialists and misfits swept into power.
The GOP claimed IN ERROR that the 9/12 march was about them. It wasn't. There were Democrats and Republicans marching and most of them were aligning themselves with a philosophy that doesn't have a party or a voice in the American Political Structure.
I think your blog is spot on and you're calling it precisely the way it is.
There was no leader of the 9/12 march. It was a spontaneous reaction to BAD GOVERNMENT and BIG GOVERNMENT and the political hacks can't understand that.
P. S. The current definition of "racist" is one who disagrees with Dear Leader. So you're either a racist or a traitor to your race...
And you're in good company.
You took the words right out of my mouth. I am getting ready to write a post about do Conservatives really need the Republican party.
I feel oppressed from this blog...
Bravo, Victoria..I couldn't agree more.. Even our liberal doctor who voted for Obama and now's totally freaked out by his bad choice is asking us WHERE ARE THE CONSERVATIVES?
Good question.
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