A new Party?

01/26/2021 | 1of10

[1of10]

I find it hard to believe all the "third party" talk around here.
Does your local GOP party support Donald Trump.
Mine does.
If yours doesn't, who are the people that don't? Take the reins away from them.
Yes, we got snookered by a lot of pretend conservatives but the masks are off (so to speak) now is the time to clean house. WE have never had this kind of opportunity to see the true character of candidates like we have now.
A political party is simply an infrastructure, like a road system.
Learn to use it.
Or .. start a new party.
That is it. OK when is the first local meeting to elect officers? Where? Who is going to reserve the meeting hall? Who is going to contact the papers for the press release about the meeting? Under what rules will the meeting be held? Who brings the coffee and doughnuts? Who gets there early to set out the chairs? Who is going to stay to clean up? Who is going to make the calls and go person to person to ensure that more than three people show up?
And if three people are all that show, guess what? They get to be the chairmen, the treasurer and the candidate committee.
OK, now we have our new party. Who do we run for Board of commission, or mayor or district rep?
Do we wait for Trump to tell us who would be a good choice. I've got news, he doesn't know. That is the job of the local party.
Now we have to go state wide, we have our party set up all over the state. Who is going to go to capitol city for the state convention?.
It will cost YOU about $1000 and 3 days of your time. Take off work Friday, drive all day, get there just in time to register.
Spend all day Saturday in break-out groups and listening to potential candidates for state committee posts.
Great, have we got our state candidates yet? Not really, because the only people that have decided to attend are the folks who know that billy bob will approve the highway that goes through their farm and make them rich. So billy bob gets the nod.

But wait this is our new party, how did this happen?
The same way it happens today.
All the conservatives stayed home. They were to busy to get involved.
Yes, they may complain about voting for billy bob, but at least he's not a "full blown commie".
Now, how is mitch mcConnell still in office?
His LOCAL constituents let him stay.
And let me say this, the GOP doesn't decide who runs on the ticket. Anyone can walk in and pay the qualifying fee and get in a primary as a republican or a demoncrat. But the party can solicit people to run.The party generally supports the winner of a primary.

I just can't believe people would really think it's better to start building a new road system then to just get on the pavement and drive.

Own the road.

[BenLurkin]

Welcome to FreeRepublic.

[Texas Eagle]

How did you find FR?

[SERKIT]

Trump doesn’t want this. The GOP needs to be rebuilt to reflect conservative and traditional principles, and have the disrupter swagger to continue to drain the swamp. It needs a commitment to clean house of RINOs and maintain Trump legacy. No more Bushes, Cheneys, Romneys, Flakes, McNoNames, or Turdles.

[Diogenesis]

if the GOP was not a coven of conservative-backstabbing,
MSM-preening, pedophile-defending, treasonous and seditious
overspending, uncaring, non-responsive, liars, then
your idea might be worth considering.

[1of10]

Trump doesn’t want this.

This is exactly what Trump wants.

[maddog55]

There is no plans for a new party.. Trump already shot that down so all those bitching will fall in line accordingly.

Best way is with a lot like you said but clearing out the rino scum needs to be done. Once that’s done and you actually gain not only local and state governments but the house and hopefully the senate, they you can “rename your party” but only once you have power back.

Doing so before that you put yourself in a forever 3rd place or worse.

[1of10]

if the GOP was not a coven of conservative-backstabbing, MSM-preening, pedophile-defending,

So the last meeting that you attended of your local gop had these kind of folks running it and you did nothing to stop them.
wow

[mrsmith]

A very, very rare great post from a newbie.
Congrats!

[1of10]

How did you find FR?

I found it on the inter webs... ;-)

[Texas Eagle]

Hm.

[Diogenesis]

The GOP is evil BY THEIR CHOICE every day.

EVERY DAY.

[Boogieman]

“We already own the old one.”

Owning the GOP is like owning a 200 pound weight chained to your neck while you’re trying to swim.

[Olog-hai]

Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.

— Goal #15 of the 45 communist goals for the USA, listed in The Naked Communist (1958), chapter 12

You must have missed what was going on for the last 62 years.

And that old saying “All politics is local” was undermined by the Seventeenth Amendment even before that. Centralized power stays centralized until it’s taken back, not by elections but by other means.

[mrsmith]

I consider those flippant remarks (not criticizing I make such remarks myself!).

But if any of you care to exposit that you tried the OP’s suggestion and had problems with it I’ll donate an extra ten bucks to Jim for your effort.

[CFW]

If people became involved in their local party, they could make a change in how the party operates and who they send to their state GOP meetings and thus who they send to their state capitol.

Then, they can find like-minded people in the county next door and do the same.

You are not going to put someone on the state ballot that has no name recognition (even Trump had that), and acquiring name recognition starts with someone local who promotes conservative values and freedom. So, find those people (or be one of them yourself) and become involved in your city's GOP party.

[familyop]

Trump Ends Patriot Party Talk, Will Primary Never-Trumpers
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/patriot-party-third-party-primary-never-trump/2021/01/25/id/1007048/

[Lurkinanloomin]

The GOP just cooperated with Democrats to cheat Trump out of office.

They have previously cooperated with Democrats to defeat GOP Senate candidates that Mitch did not approve of in IN, MO, NV, DE, MS, AL.

If Donald Trump could not take over the GOP, it can’t be done.

[1of10]

“All politics is local” was undermined

Well all the county commissioners of my county live within 20 miles of me, that's pretty local.
Probate judge
Tax commissioner
yup all within about 20 miles.
Pretty local.

[Uncle Miltie]

Sluice the RINO cucks and OWN the party.