Posted on 01/21/2007 4:36:07 AM PST by Semper
It is becoming painfully obvious and disturbing that our government is not functioning as it was intended. It is taking too much of our money and not doing nearly what it should be doing to keep us safe and free. It is time for another revolution to put us back on track – not a conventionally waged revolution – no one should be killed, at least not in a literal sense. Nothing should be destroyed except wrong ideas and wrongful practices. It should be a political revolution – with a new political party and a new kind of candidate.
We could officially declare the establishment of the FREE REPUBLIC Party – the first internet conceived and based political party. We could start at the top , the presidency. Let the two antiquated parties fight over congress – for now. We can have an internet primary and an internet compaign complete with debates, that is what we do after all. Our candidate would become well known when the media figures out the entertainment value in something like this. And, at the least, Jim would be recognized for the valuable contribution he has made to this country by the establishment of Free Republic.
There is much more to this idea but I am not going to get into those details at this time. I want to see what fellow freepers think about this idea. I am writing this on a plane coming back from a tour in a remote area of Afghanistan. I have been somewhat out of touch for several months so I will need more input before more specific details of this idea are offered. And, I might be a little out of the loop until established back in the states. I will be debriefing in the Washington DC area for the first part of the week and then traveling back home to California; but whatever, I hope this idea holds some value to Freepers.
And of course I would like to be a candidate for the Freeper primary for the Presidency of this great country. I know what a long shot this is but I would love the battle involved – I am a warrior after all. And please do not jump to conclusions regarding my positions on the relevant issues – war, abortion, taxes, imigration, etc. - I am still open to influence on these matters. But I know from first hand experience that we are not winning the war on terror. We need a Commander-in-Chief who knows more about war than the current president and those who appear to be possible candidates for his job. I will be happy to confront this and all other issues in freeper style if that turns out to be what is desired. For an election the ideas are not as important as the qualifications - for doing the job well, ideas are what counts. We need to consider both.
Semper
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The GOP is run by pious passive wimps that are fully Tone Deaf.
If this outlook has been rejected time and again on theis very forum in regard to our Country's enemy, how is domestic war any different?
You make a good case for a new party. Thanks.
Freepers, I am leaving for Church now; I will check back later - keep up the debate.
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Sounds like you've been brainwashed by a liberal.
I don't know about you, but I just don't have the time to keep track of what the scoundrels in Washington are planning to do to me next. So I belong to a several groups of like minded citizens (e.g. NRA, AOPA) which do keep track for me, and (oooooh) lobby on behalf of their members.
You would make this illegal?
ML/NJ
You make a good case for a new party. Thanks.
The activist left has changed their voting affiliation to Republican in order to get liberal Republicans elected. The useful idiots in the Republican party vote for the liberal Republicans just because they have an (R) after their name!
Vote for a liberal, you get liberalism. Get it?
Don't vote (D/L). Don't vote (R/L). Don't vote for a letter of the alphabet.
Vote for a Philosophy. Vote for a Conservative.
The other issue with this idea is that the 2 major parties use emotion and lowest common denominator marketing to sell ideas they will never implement. In our dumbed down society this works for those with a 30 second attention span. The arguments we as conservatives make are intellectually based and require people to shelve their emotional attachments and study. The commies in both parties have seen to it that the voting public won't want to invest that much brain power, it's easier to vote for the pretty candidate. This may get people riled but that is why the GOP focuses on the "evangelical" issues and voters. They are swayed by the highly emotionally charged issues like abortion and gay marriage and the like., These are issues the gov't should not be involved in. I want the limited gov't envisioned by Jefferson. Low taxes, almost no federal intervention in issues like education and energy. I want a President who will push his ideas and if congress balks then veto their bills. If nothing gets done, FINE! I want a gov't that fights wars when needed and fights to win, cost be damned. Our enemies should have the smell of our powder in their nose when we are done. I want a president to actually cust spending, not reduce the projected growth but to carve out the waste and reduce the levels of gov't spending. I would love to run but I fear I am just too annoying to get elected. Besides, I have a real job I can't just blow it off to run.
I'm not sure it is too early because by the time you think it is *time* to "shoot the bastards" then it may be too late.
'Triangulation' is the act of a candidate presenting his or her ideology as being "above" and "between" the left and right sides of the political spectrum. A related term is third way politics.
The GOP have taken 'triangulation' to a new level, which I call 'strangulation'.
'Strangulation' is the act of a GOP candidate presenting his or her idealogy as being "abhorrent" and "baffling" to the right side of the political spectrum. A related term is RINO politics.
Unless you can elect State Reps and Members of Congress, you'll never get anywhere................
Exactly! But you can do both, just organize a third party that will target RINOS in primaries, yet leave an option for a presidential candidate if the current one moves too far to the left.
All kinds of options and tactics available, just need the will to implement.
Party of Reagan?
Next time I'll have to read all the posts so I don't repeat what you both said.
[Mr] T
I have been thinking that it is time to start protesting our media on a regular basis. It may wake up some of those Americans who deserve the media they have.
One last point, if we can't get a candidate I would love to see a huge conservative rally in DC while congress is in session. Libs can mobilize the rent-a-mobs at a moments notice. Imagine 1 or 2 million conservatives encircling the Capitol while the dunderheads are in session. let them try to ignore us. Better yet during a state of the union address. It might get somebody's attention
lol, sounds like a post you would read on DU
What you said.
Conservatives work and have families.
Liberals feed off others and kill their offspring. They have nothing better to do.
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