Will The Next Conservative: Please Stand Up
History has shown and Reagan reaffirmed that the best way for a Conservative to win an election is by sticking to his guns. Ronald Reagan's stand on the important issues of the day were not nuanced. He made no bones about being tough with the Soviet Union, he made no bones about his stand against abortion, and he made no bones about his belief in and undying love for this nation and it's people.
Because he was genuine, he won. Because he did what he said he would do he destroyed his opponent in the election for his second term. Gun owners never had to fear that their 2nd Amendment rights would be taken away, Christians never had to fear that he would abandon their belief in the sanctity of life even in an unborn child. Americans and patriots never had to fear that he would negotiate away those things which made America the great nation it was and is.
President Bush had an opportunity to acheive the same in his administration. He started out with good credentials, he is and was an affable sort of fellow that people generally tended to like. He has a strong moral compass which leads him more or less in the right direction. His failing comes from an apparent lack of vision for this nation and its people.
President Bush was unfortunately seduced by the Siren Song of the Left's "Compassion." He even adopted that inane phrase for his presidential campaign. He was going to be the "Compassionate Conservative." The term is predicated on a lie, that to be a true Conservative is to be uncompassionate. It proves a total lack of understanding of what it means to be a Conservative and what Conservatism stands for.
It mistakes the paternalistic, gift-giving, strings attached, dependence on the state principles of socialism and Marxism as being the true form of compassion rather than the ultimate form of dominance and control.
This has always been the flaw in the Bush administration. President Bush expected to be able to deal with his political opponents in good faith. He expected them to be true to their words. What he got as a result of his naivete has been repeated snubs, insults, and hatred for who and what he is.
Republicans will not win an election until they learn the lessons of Ronald Reagan and George Bush. The Republicans need to find an unflinching Conservative. A man of strength and character who will not back down in the face of opposition, but who can do it without looking the fool, and who can still do it with a sense of humor.
Unless Fred Thompson or someone else with similar appeal steps in and has these qualities, I do not see a Republican victory ahead in the 2008 elections.
It takes men of character and principle to make good leaders. The founding fathers were not men who shifted their stands with the shifting winds, they were inflexible as a rock and they won their freedom by standing firm and fighting back.
Had Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Adams, and James Madison triangulated their stands to gain maximum political advantage rather than standing up for what they knew was right, we might just be another Canada.
We are not, we are the original modern era democratic republic. Our nation is the one all others seek to emulate. Those who hate us do so because they envy us our wealth, our power, and our freedom.
Republicans, stand firm, be bold, or be defeated. It really is that simple.
Long Live this American Republic!
Because he was genuine, he won. Because he did what he said he would do he destroyed his opponent in the election for his second term. Gun owners never had to fear that their 2nd Amendment rights would be taken away, Christians never had to fear that he would abandon their belief in the sanctity of life even in an unborn child. Americans and patriots never had to fear that he would negotiate away those things which made America the great nation it was and is.
President Bush had an opportunity to acheive the same in his administration. He started out with good credentials, he is and was an affable sort of fellow that people generally tended to like. He has a strong moral compass which leads him more or less in the right direction. His failing comes from an apparent lack of vision for this nation and its people.
President Bush was unfortunately seduced by the Siren Song of the Left's "Compassion." He even adopted that inane phrase for his presidential campaign. He was going to be the "Compassionate Conservative." The term is predicated on a lie, that to be a true Conservative is to be uncompassionate. It proves a total lack of understanding of what it means to be a Conservative and what Conservatism stands for.
It mistakes the paternalistic, gift-giving, strings attached, dependence on the state principles of socialism and Marxism as being the true form of compassion rather than the ultimate form of dominance and control.
This has always been the flaw in the Bush administration. President Bush expected to be able to deal with his political opponents in good faith. He expected them to be true to their words. What he got as a result of his naivete has been repeated snubs, insults, and hatred for who and what he is.
Republicans will not win an election until they learn the lessons of Ronald Reagan and George Bush. The Republicans need to find an unflinching Conservative. A man of strength and character who will not back down in the face of opposition, but who can do it without looking the fool, and who can still do it with a sense of humor.
Unless Fred Thompson or someone else with similar appeal steps in and has these qualities, I do not see a Republican victory ahead in the 2008 elections.
Candidates Still Take Cues From Their BaseSorry Dan, shifting with the winds of politics may actually be a tactic that will win an election, Bill Clinton pretty much proved that you can be an empty suit with a good personality and a good line of BS and get elected, but that tactic and the men who follow it rarely make a good president.
Independents' Rise Presents Dilemma
By Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 16, 2007; Page A01
Five months after midterm elections that demonstrated the rising power of independent voters, conservative and liberal activists continue to drive the presidential campaign dialogue, deepening the red-blue divisions that have defined national politics for more than a decade.
The huge gulf between the two parties' candidates is most evident on Iraq -- a division reinforced last week by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who excoriated his Democratic rivals on the war. The top Republican contenders uniformly support President Bush's troop buildup strategy; Democrats just as forcefully argue for starting to withdraw U.S. troops and a timetable for eventual removal of virtually all combat forces.
But the war is not the only area in which the candidates are at opposing poles of the debate. On issues such as taxes and spending, health care, and education, candidates are mostly taking their cue from -- or trying to cozy up to -- their respective ideological bases. In doing so, they risk embracing positions that could complicate later efforts to win the support of independent voters, whose votes will be crucial in November 2008.
Right now, that problem appears more acute for Republicans. At this point, polling indicates that independents do not fall at some midpoint between the parties; rather, they are far closer in their views to Democrats than Republicans, particularly on the dominant issue, the Iraq war. Their shift away from Bush was critical in the Democrats' victories in November, and independents give no sign of moving back to the GOP.
It takes men of character and principle to make good leaders. The founding fathers were not men who shifted their stands with the shifting winds, they were inflexible as a rock and they won their freedom by standing firm and fighting back.
Had Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Adams, and James Madison triangulated their stands to gain maximum political advantage rather than standing up for what they knew was right, we might just be another Canada.
We are not, we are the original modern era democratic republic. Our nation is the one all others seek to emulate. Those who hate us do so because they envy us our wealth, our power, and our freedom.
Republicans, stand firm, be bold, or be defeated. It really is that simple.
Long Live this American Republic!
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