Posted on 06/30/2013 8:35:36 AM PDT by Absolutely Nobama
Ping!
Get more votes.
Ah, but how does a party do that ? By keeping its base happy.
I’d be hard pressed to say the Republican Party has done a blessed thing to keep us Conservative activists happy.
I doubt I will be voting again until 2018, isn’t that when Cruz is up for reelection again? There is nothing in the Republican party for me, except Cruz and maybe Rand Paul.
And why should they? The Republican Party does not consider Conservative activists to be part of it's base (at least, not currently). That's why they're not trying to make us happy.
But the Republican Party keeps asking its base to fill out faux “send us money” surveys with questions they themselves have crafted. They don’t seem to care what their base really thinks.
Then here’s the 100 trillion dollar question: What do we do about it ?
I don’t have the answer, nor will I pretend to have the answer.
Is now the time for a third party ?
I can’t fault your logic on this. I simply can’t.
It’s been time for a third party for decades. The problem is that the big money would either stay with the GOP and marginalize it, or just co-opt the new party. You need money to win elections, and thus the Roves and RINOs of the world will always have the most influence.
They want our votes, they want our money, but none of our input.
As long as this situation keeps up, the Republican Party will be in the minority and out of the White House.
And that situation will be fatal to the Republic.
And this situation could do the Republic in. I don’t think he country will survive an other “Progressive Era”.
Actually, We The People have not survived this one. This is no longer a We The People sovereignty Constitutional Republic, as evidenced by the nation being run by dictate from little barry bastard and his henchgoons and czars and regulators.
The GOP base is just beyond the horizon, crossing the Rio Grande. All they need is “immigration reform” to set their people free to vote R. Meanwhile, unicorns prance among rainbows sprinkling skittles.
You’re right. I stand corrected.
I don’t know what to do anymore. Calling my senators, CONgress critters, legislature backbenchers, etc. doesn’t work. Protests don’t work.
It may very well be time for a third party, but that sort of thing takes decades and may doom us to continual progressivik rule.
LOL!
A third party to win? The Republican Party is incapable of winning a national election so flee from that create a smaller third party and that is the answer. If it wasn’t so idiotic it might be funny.
It’s the demographics! Romney 60% of white vote 200 EV’s. GHW Bush 60% of white vote 400 EV’s. So one of three things have to happen to win nationally.
First the Republican Party has to get a larger share of a decreasing demographic. White voters. This is normally a bad business model and takes you towards bankruptcy. Second get an increased share of the minority vote. Not likely when the outreach has been comically bad. Not a day goes by when someone somewhere says something stupid. Third the Dems put up such a bad candidate they are unelectable. You know live boy dead girl scenario.
I do not see many other options. Maybe I am to depressed to see the light. If I see the light I am prestty sure it’s a train!
We're supposed to have a representative government. The Republicans are no longer representing us, and the Democrats sure as hell aren't about to start. Do we have any other choice?
Prepare for the coming collapse. The global oligarchs ALWAYS use the reset button when the global economic conditions reach where they are now. Most of the time they use a large war to do it, while they finance both sides. This time they may have too much ownership in properties at risk in a large war, so look for a regional conflagration, like Syria, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, and Iran. Such a war will collapse the US economy due to our dependency upon Middle Easter oil to keep the trucks and cars running. The collapse will be ‘managed’ but will be very bloody and will eliminate a large number of welfare liabilities in the process of starvation and gang wars and neighborhood devastations in suburbia. The globalists are dead souls. Death and mayhem, disease and pestilence have been their tools for generations. They will use the usual ... and it is coming soon, so use your energies to prepare for the collapse. There is nothing we the people as a ruled gob can do to stop it now.
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