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Here is a post I saved by Common Tator from a couple of weeks ago. It dove tails and extrapolates on the common sense of your post.

To: Jim Robinson
There are two basic rolls for political activists.
The first is to elect the people most in tune with their views. Nothing happens until someone is elected. That means effective activists have to support candidates the voters will elect. Voting for losers to send a message sends the message that your vote and support is of no consequence.

The other and most important thing to recognize is that this is a nation of the people, for the people, and by the people. Thus to effect change one must get the support of the people.

The reason to run for office is to win. Running for office with the intent to lose has no meaning. So viable candidates will always try to appeal to a majority to voters. If a majority of the voters share your positions politicians will fight to do your will. IF they do not, politicians will fight to deny your will.

Activists in a minority position, as conservatives are, must first move enough voters to their position to effect a majority at the polls. When that is done candidates who agree with you in nearly all particulars will come out to the woodwork to run win and enact your agenda.

Winning candidates in the US always learn the views of the public first, and then adopt them to gain support.

As long as conservatives long for a leader who will buck public opinion to do "what is right" they will only endure defeat.

The key is to not try to run for office or even influence those that run for office. The key is to change public opinion.

While the right was putting its faith in the words in the constitution, the left was gaining control of the media, education, and the courts. They were able to do this because they gained majority support among the voters. Once they control the media, the schools and the courts the constitution is a worthless document. If you don't believe me ask Sandra Day O'Conner how that works in the case of CFR. She understands it perfectly.

The only way to reverse that is to gain public support, then take back the media, the schools and the courts. There have been just two oportunties in the last 20 years. The good news is we are using them both.

The first was the total decline in AM radio, such that those who control the media thought it was not worth anything. The right gained control of that medium and used it to garner millions to the cause. The second was the advent of the internet finally taking the monopoly of information control away from the left.

As these two media are used to change public opinions, things will change. No government can stand without public support. The absolute power fo the Soviet Union could not stand up to its weak, poor, and unarmed citizens when they refused to accept its authority. It fell. You would not think the Soviet Union's power would have collapsed when it lost the support of its lowly citizens, but it did. All nations governments exist and exercise power at the pleasure of its citizens. Goverments try very hard to hide that fact. But it is true. All governemnts get their power from the governed. When the governed take their power back, the goverment falls.

Here in the United states we have a representative republic. We can change the way our government rules with votes. Until we convert a majority of voters to our views, we will only fail.

So the goal must be two fold. First ELECT the best candidate we can ELECT. Not the one we like best... The best we can elect. But that is just a secondary goal. The primary goal is to change the minds of the bosses of this nation. The real rulers of this nation are the voters. Once we have a majority of them in our corner the fight is won.... until someone changes their minds again.

559 posted on 12/12/2003 6:07:53 AM PST by Common Tator (I support Billybob. www.ArmorforCongress.com)
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Interesting theory set forth in that post. By electing Republicans, we'll take back the media... I think there's a missing link in there that needs explaining.

While the right was putting its faith in the words in the constitution, the left was gaining control of the media, education, and the courts.

Another good reason to vote for the most conservative candidate available, to get the courts, especially the supreme court back from Clintoon nominees like Bader-gingsberg.

Good post, if I interpret it right, it looks at the long-term strategy for getting the country back from liberals. This is what proponents of the gay agenda and other libs have been doing for years.