Posted on 11/06/2004 8:15:44 AM PST by CHARLITE
Here is the letter I just sent to David Limbaugh on the subject of "Where do we go from here?"
I'll let you know how/if he responds. Chris
Dear Mr. Limbaugh,
I don't want to seem like one of those people who don't know how to win, but I see a major effort going on by liberal Democrats in both parties to mischaracterize the real significance of last Tuesday.
I suspect that Hillary is dancing for joy, anticipating a run against a "moderate" Republican in 2008. If Guiliani runs, the Republican Party insiders will have a harder time trying to remake his image as a "conservative" than the Democrats had with Kerry.
Guiliani was great as Mayor of NY right after the attacks. But that won't motivate the Evangelical base to completely abandon their principles on the core issues of the culture war. And nothing less would be required to get them to vote for an adamantly pro-abortion/pro-gay "Republican." Among Christian conservatives, the culture war is inextricably tied to America's ability to ultimately prevail in the war on terror.
Too often, party insiders overlook the fact that, among Christian Conservatives, electoral support _never_ results from personality, but from principle. Ralph Reed underestimated this in '95-'96 when he was at the height of popularity as Christian Coalition president. He attempted to use his "political capital" to persuade America's Evangelicals to compromise on abortion, believing that such a move would ensure him a seat at Dole's table. The reaction was instant and absolute. Christians abandoned Reed enmasse, and he has never been able to recover his crediblity among them.
We had better come up with an electable _conservative_ candidate before the "Bob Dole/business as usual" crowd completely undoes everything that was accomplished on Tuesday.
Another situation that requires immediate attention is the possible apppointment of Specter as Judiciary chairman. The likely backlash of this fiasco cannot be minimized. Among the chief reasons that Christians turned out in the numbers that they did, and accomplished amazing feats such as defeating Daschle, was their concern for the courts and ultimately the integrity of the Constitution. The encroaching tyranny of judicial activism holds far more potential to destroy America than any futile act on the part of Bin Laden. As judiciary chairman, Specter's effect on the situation would be worse than anything Ted Kennedy could dream of accomplishing.
While we've all been celebratory since Tuesday, we still have an enormous task ahead of us. After finally rousing grassroots Christian/Conservatives in such a big way, the Republican Party dare not deliver "business as usual" once again. That would be a blunder from which it might never recover.
I don't mean to sound so calamatous, especially at this jubilant juncture, but simply put the stakes are truly this high.
Comments: cadamo@wyoming.com
On a more substantive note, you write "We had better come up with an electable _conservative_ candidate ".
Do you know how that's done? I saw part of the process of convincing Ronald Reagan to run for President. You must have enough key people from enough states willing to guarantee their 100% support. By "key" people I mean those who have a track record of delivering both votes and money.
Specter tried to complicate Santorum's first Senate primary by recruiting a pro-abortion woman to run against him. His first choice was Teresa Heinz, widow of the late Republican senator John Heinz (and now the wife of John Kerry).
What an a$$!
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