How’s it worked for you so far? Every year America is a more lefty nation. God forbid SoCons light’n up a bit and work with ECons that have been the last few years doing all the populist work.
Very well then, I'll take my contributions and my votes someplace else.
Great article that makes a great point. Conservatives are their own worst enemy. They cannot agree on any one candidate or any set of values. I am personally pessimistic about any chance of conservatives getting back into political control. They all will shoot themselvs in the foot.
Generally, I agree. But it’s a tall order and will be more difficult than when Reagan accomplished uniting all factions of the Republican Party and taking some Dems with him - given what has transpired in the last 20 or so years.
That is, corporate America no longer puts America/amercians first. The elites who govern have opened the door to millions and millions of immigrants - both legal and illegal permanently changing the face of the electorate in favor of the left. They are not required to assimilate and, in fact, are encouraged not to do so and retain their previous culture.
We need one like Reagan with that leadership and communication gift able to conquor a condescending media. So far, I don’t see a person like this on our conservative horizon...
The links I included in my column didn’t make it to this post, but here’s Mr. Gaffney’s piece, which is linked in my article: http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/p18644.xml
The national defense conservatives (NEOCONS) can get us into all kinds of misadventures, with enormous price tags, and dubious purpose, but that's ok. We just have to do the best we can.
The one group that NEVER gets its way is the fiscal cons. Makes sense. Gubmint loves spending money. So they buy off the socons with morality talk, they buy off the neocons with interventionism, and the fiscal cons? They get told that as a percentage of GDP, the deficit really isn't that bad.
The Tea Party should use it’s grass roots strength to it’s advantage buy focusing it’s energy on what it does best:
Local-State Elections.
1) Retake the US senate and shoot for a sixty plus GOP advantage with DeMint as leader. This guy is born to be a Senate Majority leader.
2) Hold congress while weeding out more RINO’s
3) Strengthen gains many of the GOP dominated state assemblies. The little reported fact was just how HUGE the GOP majority has become in many states Ex Texas, Alabama.
4) Not to be pessimistic but Obama has a billion dollar war-chest and the media in his back pocket. That along with a GOP that will most likely nominate Huckabee or Romney type candidate, will keep many of the base at home. Obama will be difficult to beat.
JMO..
Wait a minute. I thought we were to be warned about the danger of emphasizing purely SOCIAL issues.
Tell you what. Why don't all you prophets, soothsayers and hand-wringers get together and just have a few margaritas and enjoy life for a while.
We're grownups. We'll figure it out as we go along.
Gaffney has spent years examining first hand the muslim/illegal alien promoting of CPAC’s Grover Norquist.
This is what we get when we don’t listen!
Latino Arab American Advisory Committee civil rights training, on Feb. 19
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2674877/posts
If you watch one speech (cpac 2011) in its entirety, this may be the one to choose.