Posted on 11/09/2008 5:45:35 PM PST by Obushma
Hi All Freepers! I am a new Freeper---been here to just read news and posts for over a year and now am motivated to do something after the disappointing loss on last Tuesday. Below is where I stand politically and my two cents where the GOP needs to move to for success---I do NOT endorse scrapping the GOP for a new party. I endorse gaining control of the GOP from the grass roots with some cosmetic/PR changes:
I voted for McCain-Palin although I’m not a Republican. I'm now strongly considering formally joining the GOP.
As of now I support Sarah Palin to run in 2012.
My thoughts on some Public Relation changes (Not Necessarily Changes in Principles):
1 Drop the formal opposition to Affirmative Action : This mutes the charge of “historical opposition/indifference to civil rights”. The opposition to AA/Quotas can remain in principle.
2 Drop the formal opposition to “Amnesty” for Illegal Immigrants: Focus on securing the borders. The status of the 20 million or so illegal immigrants is now more or less an Obama/Democrat problem and has been essentially a lost issue for the GOP. We in opposition to Obama will need to cut into his Hispanic support in 2012 in order to defeat him.
3 Drop formal opposition to Environmentalism. Yes, I know that environmental extremist are nuts, but the GOP must recognize when a battle is probably lost and not waste precious political capital on what I consider minor issues (especially when there will be major battles to be fought over major issues). Remember this is just a formal dropping of an issue, but not the issue itself in principle.
4 Focus on middle class, middle class, middle class!
5 Focus on domestic/economic/education issues. Less on foreign policy. To be sure there will certainly be new issues of both to tackle in ’12, but I can guarantee with the failed economic policies put in place by The Obama administration---domestic policies will again be front and center.
6 Build bridges to unions/working class. Historically Unions and the GOP have been arch-enemies. But the alliance between big business and the GOP in decline. Big Business seem to have found a new love REDs---“Rich Elite Democrats”. We need to counter this with courting some of there core constituencies. This may have already have begun in West Virginia and among many Hillary Clinton Dems.
7 Continue with strong opposition to Gay “marriage”, Abortion and Adult Euthanasia.
8 Continue with strong opposition to Islamic Extremism, and Socialistic Liberal Extremism.
9 Continue to be strong on crime, the death penalty and gun ownership rights.
Sorry for what you guys call a “Vanity” but these were just some of my post-election observations as a right of center African American. Tell me what all you Freepers think!
Freerpers are excited newbies.
Welcome :)
By all means, please join us in the new super-hyphenated USA. Hyphens are your friends.
make that 1,2,3,4,5
Welcome to FreeRepublic Obushma.
I agree with your points 7-9.
If I agreed with the wording on the rest of your post;
I would:
1. Be called a RINO.
2. Possibly qualify for a job with the Obama administration.
P.S. ALL Americans (even un-hyphenated Americans) are welcome here.
Cripple-Creek.
There.
Happy now?...:)
[and welcome to FR Obushma!]
Those are all irrelevant issues pressed by the democrats and deemed to be critical. So how do you deal with THAT except to FIGHT their stupid allegations?
Welcome!
I agree with you on this point. The official platform of the GOP already represents what most of us here on Free Republic believe. If we form a new party, that party's platform would be essentially identical to the GOP.
The problem has been that individuals within the GOP do not adhere to the platform -- or they are just morons -- or both. So if a new party is started, how are we going to keep the same thing from happening in the new party?
What we need to do is purify the GOP. (hence my handle)
What kind of freebies will becoming a homosexual pedophile necrophiliac Eskimo German transsexual feminist get me?
Welcome!
Drop 1-6.
I will respond after restating your suggestions:
1 Drop the formal opposition to Affirmative Action : This mutes the charge of “historical opposition/indifference to civil rights”. The opposition to AA/Quotas can remain in principle.
* Affirmative Action is de facto raicism. It denies equal protection under the law and is an unintended admission that one race is non-competitive with another, something I doubt you want to say. The problemm is not opportunity, but the attitude to succeed. Waves of immigrants for centuries have proven this to be true.
2 Drop the formal opposition to “Amnesty” for Illegal Immigrants: Focus on securing the borders. The status of the 20 million or so illegal immigrants is now more or less an Obama/Democrat problem and has been essentially a lost issue for the GOP. We in opposition to Obama will need to cut into his Hispanic support in 2012 in order to defeat him.
* So, rule by law is no longer operative?
3 Drop formal opposition to Environmentalism. Yes, I know that environmental extremist are nuts, but the GOP must recognize when a battle is probably lost and not waste precious political capital on what I consider minor issues (especially when there will be major battles to be fought over major issues). Remember this is just a formal dropping of an issue, but not the issue itself in principle.
* I think you might have something here but not for the reasons you offer. While the science of “global warming” is highly suspect, there are many reasons that we should be thinking about better environmentally friendly policies. But not drilling in Alaska makes libs look ultra-stupid.
4 Focus on middle class, middle class, middle class!
* Correct!
5 Focus on domestic/economic/education issues. Less on foreign policy. To be sure there will certainly be new issues of both to tackle in ’12, but I can guarantee with the failed economic policies put in place by The Obama administration-—domestic policies will again be front and center.
* You obviously got bored with WOT. Not over yet. The Cold War is re-emerging. Foreign policy is more crucial now than ever before. We are losing our Super-Power status.
6 Build bridges to unions/working class. Historically Unions and the GOP have been arch-enemies. But the alliance between big business and the GOP in decline. Big Business seem to have found a new love REDs-—“Rich Elite Democrats”. We need to counter this with courting some of there core constituencies. This may have already have begun in West Virginia and among many Hillary Clinton Dems.
* Nixon and Reagan did build some bridges, but they did so without sacrificing philosophical conservatism. They made a case that Teamsters and others saw made sense. Unions are inherently socialistic. Taking steps toward that is NOT what we are about, especially the open ballot legislation.
7 Continue with strong opposition to Gay “marriage”, Abortion and Adult Euthanasia.
* Black babies are disproportionately being killed. Jesse Jackson raised this issue until the “white man” told him to tow the line and take his place among Democrats. Wrong is wrong.
8 Continue with strong opposition to Islamic Extremism, and Socialistic Liberal Extremism.
* Correct!
9 Continue to be strong on crime, the death penalty and gun ownership rights.
* Correct!
If we buy them off with amnesty how will we be different then the dems?
I am opposed to amnesty for any reason. Pandering hasn't gotten us anywhere with hispanics. Nothing will. Bush promised them a 'new America" where everyone hears spanish in the streets and he only got 40% of the vote.
Why should one class of people be given super status? The Constitution already provides them with rights if they are here legally. Why do they need extra rights?
Making one’s first post a vanity is like chilling old claret or beating someone else’s wife. It’s not done in the best circles, old boy.
My idea is alot less complicated. I’m for the GOP standing for individual liberties as guaranteed in our founding documents and the rule of law - regardless of ethnicity, and ALOT less government intrusion. I’m for a party that is formost concerned with defending my country and way of life.
I’m not really much interested in any other ideas on how to reform the GOP anymore.
Welcome aboard, fellow black person.
Welcome to FreeRepublic.
As regards your points, I think we just had a Republican candidate that basically espoused every single one of your points. He got his rear handed to him by the least qualified candidate in American history. Pretty much everything you advocate is contrary to the constitution, conservatism and everything that FreeRepublic stands for.
Either you haven’t understood much of what you have read here of you are a smarter breed of troll. And for the record, hyphenated race titles, just like affirmative action, are tools used to keep Americans divided. Because conservatives are by in large not racist we will always reject these socialist propaganda tools.
Welcome aboard!
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