... the same Cheshire Conservatives wanting us to be more like democrats electing their preferred RINOs. It is tiring to see stupidity repeat so often. And it is tiring to watch the same people repeat the same nonsense. We all have access to the same info. Conservatism isn’t rocket surgery. It is very basic.
So true that Reagan in this speech boils down those basics and they are absolutely as timely and current today as they were nearly 40 years ago. IT IS THAT BASIC.
We had BETTER ANTICIPATE NOW being in the same position as we were in Nov, 2012, because it's totally unrealistic to think that the GOP won't end up fielding a leftist "moderate" Republican ala Romney in 2016. That's two years away. Only a miracle would turn the GOP power players around in that short of time. I think all of us, including Rush, Levin, and any other self-defined conservative, should be seeing that one coming a mile away and considering strategies now to make the best of it.
We need a 2nd Party. Americans are yearning for a 2nd Party. Reagan nails it so gently, so sweetly -- Americans see the two major parties as being one and the same, and are voting OR NOT accordingly.
Personally, I think the term SECOND PARTY is doubly apropos because the support for the 2nd Amendment is probably the most shared issue between left and right-thinking folks; a lot of Democrats are as pro-gun as so many conservatives and Republicans.
I like Black Elk's philosophy. God loves us yet.
Back when I still identified as Republican I cannot tell you how many people I talked to that refused to listen simply because they did not trust “Republicans”. And that was before this crew of closeted Democrats was on the scene. they have good reason not to trust them. We see how quickly they turned on us as do they. For one glaring example.
Many indys and as you say, even Dems are still marginally conservative by our standards and flat out Right wingers by lib standards. Those people do indeed stay where they are for lack of anything better.
Conservatism is better. We know that. They know that. But as long as we have the albatross legacy of the post Reagan republicans, we will never get them no matter what we say or Obama does. And as long as we let the lesser evil/no matter what types continue to run rampant, that ain’t changing. Because that is part of what they see as the problem.
Hello, Finny, my friend .. glad you came here. You know I value your opinion.
And as for BlackElk, all I can say is that one of the most eloquent writers on FR strikes again.