Paul Ryan Brilliantly Evokes Clueless Conservatism

Forbes ^ | 01/10/2013 | Louis Woodhill

[SeekAndFind]

The 2012 elections showed that the American people don’t like clueless conservatism any better now than when they were getting it in massive doses from George W. Bush.

If the electorate really favored progressivism, they would have given the Democrats control of the House of Representatives, and they did not. Instead, the voters used the election to deliver the biggest jolt to the Republicans that they could without giving the Democrats complete control of government.

The 2012 election amounted to a desperate attempt by the electorate to purge the Republican Party of clueless conservatism. Clearly, the people are trying to force the GOP to come up with new candidates with new ideas. Actually, what the voters really want are new Republican candidates with old ideas—the ideas that produced two landslides for Ronald Reagan.

When choosing a presidential candidate, Republicans have a tradition of nominating whoever is “next in line”. In 2016, this will be Paul Ryan, who was the Republican candidate for vice president in 2012.

Paul Ryan is a brilliant, hard-working, and very nice man. And, he is the very model of a modern clueless conservative.

In his interview on Hugh Hewitt’s show on January 2, Ryan touched upon all of the core principles and beliefs of clueless conservatism. Now, all the Republicans have to do if they want to lose the House of Representatives and 60+ seats in the Senate in 2014 is to follow the precepts that Ryan so earnestly laid out in his conversation with Hewitt.

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The Democrats didn’t get control of the House, because they didn’t want it....they want the Republicans to control the House so they could be their useful scapegoat when the crap hits the fan.

[Longbow1969]

We are at or near that same situation today, in the federal government. The Republican/conservative voice is still there (we hung onto the House), but it’s grip is tenuous.

Good points, I agree with you.

If that happens, expect the nation to go in the same direction as has gone California.

Sadly, I think that is the direction we are going. It isn't necessarily that Republicans aren't fighting hard enough (though I'd certainly like to see them do a much better job of that), it's that what passes for 'the American public' these days have simply bought into secular socialism. We ceded the education and entertainment culture to the left for far too long, and this is the result.

My guess is this nation will keep moving in the same direction as California, until eventually the entire rotten socialist system implodes. I just don't know if we have 2 years or 30 before that happens. I don't know if we can kick the debt can down the road for a handful of years or generations. Eventually this house of cards will implode though.