“They talk about principles but they’re completely lacking in conviction. Not coincidentally, this is what Democrats take advantage of when they want to manipulate Republicans.”
Right. Also, the distinction needs to be made between Democrat leaders and Democrat voters. The Democrat leaders are far from stupid - they are extremely smart in fact - it’s the Democrat voters that are stupid.
Republican Party it’s often the opposite - the voters are often smarter than those who represent us.
I think the reason is that people on the right mostly want to mind their business and be left alone. Seeking political office is more like minding everyone else’s business - completely against our nature.
So real conservatives usually hate the idea of going into journalism or show business or politics. That’s why those industries are dominated by Leftists.
Even in my small town, I get so annoyed by the pin-head busybodies who are on the town council. I complain about them and my dear wife says “If you don’t like the way things are being run, why don’t you speak up and get involved - run for town council or even mayor?”
My answer is that I can’t stand those people - why wood I want to become one?
“I think the reason is that people on the right mostly want to mind their business and be left alone. Seeking political office is more like minding everyone else’s business - completely against our nature.”
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Agree. I would like for the people we vote for to simply focus on cutting government down to size. Defund everything that’s wasteful, duplicative, and unnecessarily bureaucratic basically.
One thing that Republicans don’t seem to get is that Democrats use government as a cudgel. They weaponize everything they can to increase their control over people. We simply have to start electing people who are committed to taking this weapon away from them. There’s no sense in voting for anyone who isn’t committed to doing this IMO.