Is It Time for Conservatives to Dump the GOP?

Townhall.com ^ | August 28, 2005 | Mark Tapscott

[Khepera]

AND THEN WHAT?

Sheesh!

[FlipWilson]

Dump it for what? Sadly, the choices are 1)Socialism; or 2) Socialism Light. Dividing the GOP at the this point would lead to choice 1. We just have to wait out the completion of the collapse of the democrat party, then I say, "abandon ship!!"

[rhombus]

Got any suggestions?

Vote for Ross Perot!! Hillary will love you for it.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

And Hillary would be better?

[dts32041]

For the bush bots who will read this, they are going to ask where are going to go, "Nowhere, no money, no votes."

If you are going to be screwed by demo rat lite might as well have it done for real.

[Constitution Day]

Best of luck with all that.

[EagleUSA]

Washington leaves us with a tragic set of choices. It is sickening.

[cripplecreek]

Doesn't matter at this point.

[upchuck]

Thank you for NOT unnecessarily excerpting this article.

[Preachin']

"Others predict conservatives will stay at home in droves in the 2006 elections, possibly handing the Democrats a bunch of new seats in Congress and revived hopes of taking back the White House in 2008."

They'll stay home in 2008 if a pro-choicer is on the ticket for the presidency.

If a pro-lifer is on the GOP ticket, Hillary (or any other democrat nominee) will be defeated.

[Biker Pat]

I agree, but the spendthrift Republicans in office know this, too, which is why they continue to spend money like drunken sailors. I don't know the answer, either, but what good is the GOP if they're just going to be fiscal Democrats?
I feel the author's pain and share his concern.

[Coop]

Welcome to the forum

[68 grunt]

AND THEN WHAT? ...

Then it should bed easy to criminalize the Republican Party ...

[shiva]

Biker Pat....since 2005-08-03

[Brilliant]

What are the options?

A better move would be to vote out the RINOs.

This $289 billion highway bill is a good example. Hardly a conservative complained about that. When the GOP reduces taxes by even a single percent, the liberals go bananas. When Congress spends $289 billion on unneeded roads, hardly a peep from the conservatives.

[kevkrom]

Is It Time for Conservatives to Dump the GOP?

No, but it might not be too far off (maybe in another 10-20 years). The Democrat party is at a point where it may be pushed into total collapse, leaving essentially a one-party system in its wake. That would be the time for the GOP to split, with the conservatives forming a new party. Jumping the gun, however, may allow the Democrats to survive, keeping the debate between left and center-left rather than center-left to right.

[Rodney King]

Got any suggestions?

It's a short run vs. long run perspective. If we dump the GOP, it will be bad in the short run. The question is, in the long run, will it bring the GOP back to some semblence of conservatism? Mind you, I am not upset that the GOP doesn't slash all federal spending, make owning tanks legal, and make killing abortion doctors the number one priortiy. However, I am not sure why we can't demand even a tiny bit of conservatism. That is, to make government "smaller" in the long run, can't we at least just hold its growth to the rate of inflation? Ultimately, such a policy would yield a balanced budget and a government that is "smaller" as a percentage of GDP. That is a reasonable demand by conservatives. However, instead, we have the biggest spenders in history in charge of Washington. What a joke the GOP has become.

[atomicpossum]

What's your view on it, Biker Pat?