Posted on 11/08/2012 6:33:38 AM PST by brother_humility
For the last two days I've been hearing conservatives decry "the death of the conservative movement" or "the end of the Republican Party," as well as a lot of other hyperbolic nonsense. Believe me: this happens every time a Democrat gets elected. And it happens every time a Republican gets elected on the other side. Passion is a great thing, but don't buy into all the crap. You lost an election; it happens and it's part of politics.
What you should be thinking about is *how* you lost the election and how to win the next one. To figure that out, I suggest looking at all of the successful campaigns by Republicans.
People on the left love to demonize Bush, just like they did Reagan. It's understandable; conservatives do the same thing to Obama and Clinton. That doesn't mean you should buy into the idea that Bush was a bad Republican. On the contrary, he won two terms for the Republican party!
How did Bush win two terms? In my opinion, he won them with the two most important qualities that Romney lacks: empathy and humility.
Empathy! There's that word again. Ever since Obama said it, the Republicans have been jumping on it. And while I agree that empathy is not a necessary quality of a judge, it is certainly vital to a president. Every successful president of my lifetime (Reagan, Clinton, Bush and Obama) had it. Clinton said, "I feel your pain." Bush made a point of being a "compassionate conservative." And Obama never makes a speech without saying, "I know how hard it is."
Same goes for humility. Bush made a point that he wanted America to be a "humble nation" with a "humble foreign policy." He applied this to all aspects of his life. You would never in a million years hear Bush, a man of *considerable* faith, say a word against Islam-- let alone go around "Muslim-baiting" his opponent. He knew that if he were arrogant, and saw himself as better than a Muslim, it would turn people away from a message that, honestly, speaks for itself in the way one acts, not what one says.
That's why white, Christian Republicans need to take another look at the political drawing board. Don't be so god damn cynical. You don't need to change your policies to appeal to blacks and Latinos. You just need to change your POLITICS.
If you want what you believe to be the ideals of America to endure, you've got to be okay with them enduring in a minority white country. And if you don't think they could, then while I do not name-call, you are, by definition, a racist person. Black people today have a considerable deal more in common with the Republican Party today than they have in a long time. They're moving out of the cities and into affluent, traditionally-white suburban communities. The proof of the American Dream lives in black America. Not only that, but they are Christians who tend to be much more socially conservative than the Democratic base.
So why can't the GOP reach them? Because there are a lot of extremists in your party and you haven't done a good enough job of distancing them. There are still too many Republicans who believe black people are "addicted to entitlements" and have no problem saying that. Bush was very good at distancing himself from those people, while Romney's people have fueled that kind of discourse.
So how does the GOP win in 2016? With compassion, humility and respect-- values that are universal and do not conflict with GOP policies, only GOP politics. I know they might be tough pills to swallow right now, but they'll sure be easier than that humble pie.
Are you saying Mitt was cocky? I didn’t get that.
We know how we lost the election. GOP RINO’s chose our Candidate.
It was Romney’s turn. Same as it was McCains turn.
Same as it was Doles turn.
We have to stop taking turns and get a candidate we can get behind. One wecan all get behind. We need to unload any RINO in te Congress and in the party leadership.
And it won’t happen and that is why the Republican party sucks.
Your arms aren’t broken, you can make some form of response, right?
There are still too many Republicans who believe black people are “addicted to entitlements” and have no problem saying that
Because it’s mostly true. Name any Democrat that ran for federal office in the past twnety years that got less than 90% of the black vote. Name any Republican (black or white) that got more than 10% of the black vote regardless of their “compassionate” nature. It’s clear that much of the black vote is geared towards the party of entitlement.
morning Darksheare. Thanks for the ping!
Perhaps the Mods are breaking them as we speak?
Or perhaps they are making him... making him... undead?
LOL ... at Number 10. Has Laz seen this?
Welcome!
And good morning!
Welfare is a drug, and America is addicted, plain and simple.
The mods put him through the excrutiations.
He’ll talk, when he’s ready to, and then only to them.
Dole - rino - Lost
McCain - rino - Lost
Romney - rino - Lost.
In the past 20 year the DUMBASS republican party has given us rino after rino. Does anyone see a pattern here, but me?
Rino's are losers nationally, conservatives are winners. Conservatives need to either form a party or take over the republican party.
Those are awesome! So glad I read this thread!
Missed the IBTZ again. Rats
Yet he lost.
I suspect a combination of high-tech voter fraud and a higher turnout among minorities than projected.
Ohion was definitely lost to voter fraud.
Dearest brother_humility:
Are you suggesting Americans mimic moslems (proper spelling btw - old spelling, look it up) and behave like they (the moslems) did on 911? Should Americans behave (as moslems) in this land, as they (the moslems) behave in theirs? FRiend, you have a heap of explaining to do.
Sincerely,
nti
Authoritay. Had to look it up in the Urban Dictionary. Tells me what I needed to know about your post.
It's those new electronic voting machines. Sure, they were all "certified" before the election as working properly.
But three points:
1. In the last year, numerous computer experts have shown how very easy it is to tamper with these machines.
2. A machine can go "out of calibration." When that happens, a vote for one candidate is recorded as a vote for another. Calibration errors are thought to be quite rare, but who knows? 3. These machines do not generate a backup paper trail. So in suspicious cases there is no way to do a hand recount.
I'm not buying into any conspiracy at this point, because not a shred of evidence has surfaced. But I still don't like the whole electronic idea. As you said, it's too easy to manipulate things.
Title changed by mods due to poster being a troll.
I cannot believe that I am the 10th Commandment.
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