Posted on 04/28/2022 5:12:41 AM PDT by Kaslin
Okay, you have every right to expect that, by now, anyone purporting to be a conservative thought leader – ugh, what a lame term – will be conservative woke, sometimes known as “based,” by now. There’s no excuse for still living in a Mitt Romney/Candy Crowley gimp cellar of crippling principles and principled failure. If you presume to lead us, you need to understand that we are in a life-or-death struggle to preserve our lives and liberty against a Marxist offensive unlike anything we’ve ever experienced before, and that we need to fight back and win or go down in defeat. We’ve lost patience with the softcons, the surrendercons, and the sissycons who demonstrate that they do not. Just ask Kristi Noem, who waffled and lost her shot forever.
This is all coming to a head again with the DeSantis-Disney war and the fight in conservatism over tactics and strategy. Let’s be clear before we proceed – we absolutely have to have a real debate about the new aggression that the vast majority of us believe is absolutely necessary to win this cultural war and preserve our liberty. What the combative mode people like me propose has potential downsides and there is a risk of abuse. We are conservatives, not libs, and we can have a debate – thanks to Elon Musk, we can have it in public on Twitter. Everyone who says “Let’s think this through” is not necessarily a simpering Jeb!-like wuss begging people who laugh at him for some claps. We have some good faith critics, and we need not fear an argument. But then, there are also a bunch of losers who never met a liberal they didn’t yearn to surrender to. The entire Bulwark staff and the other cruise ship cons are all deep in the libs’ trick bag, shaking their (former) conservative credentials on MSNBCNN and hoping credulous normies will take them home for the night.
But the good faith critics need to get on the trolley after we pick a path forward. There’s no room for perpetual nags getting in the way of the infantry as we attack. Debates are fine, but debates must end up with a decision, and we expect the guys who lose the debate to fall in and pick up their weapon rather than go AWOL and show up on a panel with noted intern and monogamy aficionado Joe Scarborough explaining how masculine conservatism “is not who we are.”
Well, fighting back hard is not who they are, that’s for sure. And we’re not having them purport to lead us anymore.
After decades of incoming fire by an aggressive left that wants to convert us into impoverished, gender-baffled serfs with no ability to participate in our own governance, we have a right to demand that the people wanting to lead the fight actually understand that we are in a fight. And we are now demanding that. You better not waver, you better not waffle, not if you want a future in this GOP.
Kristi Noem was weighed and found wanting. She sided with the Chamber of Commercecons against a law protecting girls’ sports and then lectured us that we were too dumb to understand how her total surrender was actually a massive victory. That’s when she lost her mojo – the based base was done with her. She’s toast – and if Trump or DeSantis or anyone else thinks about naming her VP (her anticipated presidential campaign is deader than CNN+), he’ll hear about it loud and clear.
You can’t betray us anymore and survive. W did. Mitt did. McCain did. The cons have one thing in common with Felonia Milhous von Pantsuit – they’ve been cheated on a zillion times, but unlike that lumpy harpy (who recently, and utterly predictably, came out foursquare in favor of censorship, as losers often do) modern conservatives are refusing to tolerate adultery, in our case of an ideological nature.
The guys at National Review – some of whom have always been pretty squared away – lost a ton of support by being soft on Trump and, more importantly, the populist Republican project that is now the mainstream of the GOP. Insiders say that the donations bottomed out as people got sick of a mostly united front on its masthead lecturing us on our moral obligation to let ourselves be runover by the leftist freight train. But look at how they, and how other formerly mellow cons, are reacting to Ron DeSantis’s glorious counter attack against woke corporations. Yes, there are still some writers on NR advocating surrender – they don’t call it that, but they are calling for us to keep doing what we’ve been doing for the last decade and we know that leads to defeat, so it is reasonable to extrapolate that they are willing to accept defeat before they dirty their dainty hands with the figurative blood of our enemies. But if you look closer, there are several writers who are not advocating rolling over. That’s good, because there’s no room in the new conservatism for perpetual critics who want to pesters us into the gulag.
We need to debate the issue of how to fight back, but then we need to make a decision. And we all need to get on board once the decision is made. Passive aggression, much less aggressive aggression, of the kind Conservative, Inc., has been practicing ever since we fired them and hired Trump, is a NO-GO at this station.
It’s time to unify and bring it in for the big win.
“Oh my gosh, Kurt is demanding conformity from conservatives!” they will cry.
Well, first of all it is not just me, and second, we are not demanding conformity. We are demanding that the folks on our side not give aid and comfort to an enemy that seeks to disarm, disenfranchise, and destroy us – and that wants to do worse to our kids. And if you can’t get with the program of fighting back against the massive cultural and political assault on us, no, you can’t be one of us.
You get one chance. Blow it, and you’re gone. Choose wisely.
talk is cheap with the GOP.
they installed ObamaCARE,
they installed TREASON,
they ordered Guillotines and fentanyl through
Kentucky’s criminal,
and they stabbed the elected POTUS in the heart,
after they stabbed THEIR VOTERS.
talk is cheap with the GOP.
they must be removed with the DNC or America DIES.
Yeah!!!!!
What he said.
Marking.
The standing ovation for McCarthy after the tapes came out tell you how much the GOP hates constitutionalists.
McConnell has despised our faction of the GOP for decades and has made it clear on numerous occasions.
Until conservatives truly take over the party leadership, we will always be used and discarded soon after the election.
Go Kurt.
GOP is useless at the federal level….Maybe Trump can clean house…all leadership has to go…
And if you can’t get with the program of fighting back against the massive cultural and political assault on us, no, you can’t be one of us.
You get one chance. Blow it, and you’re gone. Choose wisely.
99% of the people on FR here do not understand conservatism.
https://kirkcenter.org/conservatism/ten-conservative-principles/
Read it slowly. Let your lips move and read it again. Post it on your wall.
Same as the old aggression. Which, is to say, will only last until the election. Then we'll return to our barcalounger and FR will be inundated with threads about the last season of Yellowstone.
That's how we roll. And that's why godless atheism/spirit of antiChrist has been able to seize control of the former United States of America.
That’s how we roll. And that’s why godless atheism/spirit of antiChrist has been able to seize control of the former United States of America.
How do you counter lies? You tell the truth. You tell it often. You tell it loudly. You tell it to everyone you meet. You will not be liked.
We are given short swords. Short swords are close in fighting, they are not artillery. We need to engage every person we meet. Find the warriors. If they are not a warrior, shake the dust and move on to the next one.
Wars are won by a few warriors. We have some good leaders lets support them.
I love this guy.
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“Just ask Kristi Noem, who waffled and lost her shot forever”
Yes. She blew it. Very disappointed with her and will never give her another shot. Just like the milquetoast Pence. They are now persona-non-grata.
And as far as GOP women go, I am hitching my wagon to MTG and Lauren Boebert. Some conservatives are turned off by these ladies bombast. I want more of it. More in-your-face rebuttals. No retreat, no surrender.
November 8, 2022 may very well be the last time American citizens decide their fate by elections.
Overall well said by Mr Schlicter but he fails to understand a critical element of why many “conservatives” don’t get on board with things like what DeSantis is doing. It is not that they are spineless. Rather they are against the legislation that Disney objects to. IOW they are not turning tail and running from the battle, THEY ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE. A website- maybe Conservative Treehouse - recently pointed that out.
Very good! Edmund Burkian analysis of historical conservatism.
The democrat party is dedicated to the destruction of America, it’s culture, it’s norms and it’s exceptionalism. They are true to their mission and relentless in their pursuit.
The Republican Party is dedicated to freedom, ethics, individual responsibility and self-determination. They are completely uninterested in these issues and easily dissuaded from success.
Neither party is a valid choice anymore.
Too late. Thune and McCarthy are still on the ballot and will be there in November.
Overall well said by Mr Schlicter but he fails to understand a critical element of why many “conservatives” don’t get on board with things like what DeSantis is doing.
what is the real issue here?
First, the conservative believes that there exists an enduring moral order. That order is made for man, and man is made for it: human nature is a constant, and moral truths are permanent.
This word order signifies harmony. There are two aspects or types of order: the inner order of the soul, and the outer order of the commonwealth. Twenty-five centuries ago, Plato taught this doctrine, but even the educated nowadays find it difficult to understand. The problem of order has been a principal concern of conservatives ever since conservative became a term of politics.
Our twentieth-century world has experienced the hideous consequences of the collapse of belief in a moral order. Like the atrocities and disasters of Greece in the fifth century before Christ, the ruin of great nations in our century shows us the pit into which fall societies that mistake clever self-interest, or ingenious social controls, for pleasing alternatives to an oldfangled moral order.
It has been said by liberal intellectuals that the conservative believes all social questions, at heart, to be questions of private morality. Properly understood, this statement is quite true. A society in which men and women are governed by belief in an enduring moral order, by a strong sense of right and wrong, by personal convictions about justice and honor, will be a good society—whatever political machinery it may utilize; while a society in which men and women are morally adrift, ignorant of norms, and intent chiefly upon gratification of appetites, will be a bad society—no matter how many people vote and no matter how liberal its formal constitution may be.
https://kirkcenter.org/conservatism/ten-conservative-principles/
“Until conservatives truly take over the party leadership, we will always be used and discarded soon after the election.”
The conversation between Scalise and McCarthy made it abundantly, absolutely crystal clear that the top levels of the GOP are assistant Democrats. Scalise wondered if Gaetz criticizing Liz Cheney was illegal?!!?
If the GOP takes the House and McCarthy is speaker, that’s not a win. May as well just give it back to Pelosi.
It is a long read and requires reading thinking skills which are lacking quite often here on FR. I used to be able to find a one page poster version.
This from Reagan works also:
https://www.reagan.com/top-conservative-values-ronald-reagan
Top 10 Conservative Values
While there is no guidebook to the qualities that comprise someone’s political party or ideology, there are a number of top conservative values that many who consider themselves conservative Americans share. This is not to say all conservatives should be painted with the same brush—nor should all liberals be considered exactly alike. However, when it comes to foundational beliefs and views, these top 10 conservative values are often underlining the works of political leaders, and the aspirations and motivations of their followers.
The right to privacy: Conservative values often place emphasis on the need for Americans to be able to live freely, without influence from the government or media. Lately, this has been evidenced in conservative support for privacy on the Internet. For example, Reagan.com offers an email service for conservatives that secures your right to privacy and allows you to communicate freely without being monitored by a massive tech company or the government.
Self-defense: Many right-leaning Americans agree that the nation’s future is contingent upon protecting itself from domestic and foreign threats.
Justice: All Americans deserve to live freely and equally.
Limited government: Most top conservative values are driven by the idea that America functions best when its citizens can govern themselves, with limited influence from the federal government.
Self-help: Conservatives recognize that Americans have the capacity to lift themselves out of negative situations and should invest in self-improvement instead of relying on government or other sources.
Hard work: Each American has an obligation to invest in and contribute to society.
The value of the free market: Competition drives growth and progress, according to top conservative values.
Pride in country: Conservatives believe patriotism should be a natural part of each American’s life.
Opposition to special interests: The government and its leaders should operate independently of pressure from special interest groups.
Sanctity of the Constitution: Our nation’s founding fathers were guided by a core set of principles when they laid down the framework for the country, and those goals should continue to be upheld, according to conservatives.
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