That's right on target, the principal problem is the Conservatives have no nationally elected leader. Bush has done at best a mediocre job of articulating Conservative values, and some would say he has done nothing in this regard. The war has been all consuming, and the reasons for it not very well explained to the voters -- Heck we can't even identify the enemy at times.
However, that having been said, maybe it is a time for an introspective look at how FreeRepublic can be more effective. We tend to thrive on external media and react against that. That is not very proactive by it's nature.
But out pops an opportunity.
Doesn't everybody see what is coming in September, the Petraous report, and how the terrorists in Iraq are aligning themselves with the actions of congressional Democrats and the drive by media in the US to sand bag the report? -- Let me explain further, the Iraq terrorists through their enablers in the Iraq parliament have shut down the Iraq government for vacation -- At a critical time. Why would they do this? Simple is precludes any real progress on the political front in Iraq, at a critical time when it is needed most. Remember those vaunted benchmarks, half military and half political? Equal weight, stop the political progress, yell failure. This plays directly into the waiting arms of the US Democrats and the drive by media -- See it's never going to work out in Iraq, Iraqis are never going to get their act together, without political progress it's never going to work, we must leave now.
So why are we sitting here and letting this happen? And what should we or could we do about it? Now is the time to prepare.
A call to action? Surly we should be thinking about how to respond. Maybe we need inclusive actions oriented blog(s) with marching orders?
At the moment we appear way to passive(tired?) after the AMNESTY win. We have gained political capital from that, maybe we should try to build on it. Shift to strategic instead of reactive? Think about the future, plan, and ...
Just asking, not pointing fingers at anyone...
Build on it indeed. You are exactly right. In some of my previous posts, I’ve asked that people flood Washington DC with letters, faxes, and phone calls: Don’t let this war, like the Vietnam war, be lost due to politics. We ARE winning the war in Iraq, but if we snooze through this critical time, we’ll lost it in Washington DC.
What do you think might help wake people up? Would a new blogging area on FR be helpful? If so, what else?