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To: InterceptPoint
I am not trying to pick a fight either.

My goal is to see that a Constitutional Republic can once again flower across America.

Do you see something I’m missing?

Thomas Jefferson was prescient when he stated, "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground."

Year after year we watch as our once great Republic is being destroyed right before our eyes. Since Reagan, there has not been any serious effort to limit the size and scope of government.

The only certainty is that the GOP and the RATs will do nothing to truly restore our Republic. One solution is an Article V convention, as Mark Levin discusses quite frequently.

The other is some unforeseen event that compels millions of citizens for the first time to truly yearn for a new outlet for their political frustrations. People want to feel that their vote matters, people want to feel that there is hope that things can improve.

I feel sometime in 2015 a new movement will arise and cause people's hope to be restored. A true white knight billionaire could kick-start a party and a process that can make a real difference. Time will tell.

Again, I believe the GOP is incapable of any reform or takeover. It is a party that should be politically destroyed and replaced by a true party of Liberty and limited government.

The GOP stands in opposition of our efforts to defeat and politically destroy the evil Left.

126 posted on 12/12/2014 2:17:51 PM PST by sand88 (We can never legislate our way back to Liberty)
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To: sand88
I feel sometime in 2015 a new movement will arise and cause people's hope to be restored. A true white knight billionaire could kick-start a party and a process that can make a real difference. Time will tell.

I don't believe it will take that much. I think people are seriously underestimating the level of discontent, and overestimating the unlikelihood of a new party emerging. I think part of it is normalcy bias, and the rest is deliberate disinformation.

I would go so far as to predict that there is at least a 20% of the following happening. If a couple dozen prominent conservatives were to peel off, and form a new party, that party would grow more rapidly than UKIP. Within a few years, the democrat party would have shrunk (there are large numbers of disaffected democrats, who would flock to a conservative-less Republican party), the Republican party would have shrunk (the gains from democrats more than offset by the grassroots republicans leaving), and the USIP would be within 5-10 points of those two parties (roughly, a 20/20/15 split, nationally). Contrary to the scaremongers, the Democrats would not dominate this new landscape, even over the short run. Nor, unfortunately, would the Republicans just go away. Over the next few years, however, USIP would continue to grow, as they would be able to project a consistent, positive message, and would be able to expose the Republicans and Democrats for what they are (much like UKIP has done). Within 10 years, I predict we would be the dominant political party.

Or we can just vote for the lesser of two evils. Either way is good.
132 posted on 12/12/2014 2:34:56 PM PST by jjsheridan5 (Remember Mississippi -- leave the GOP plantation)
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