Posted on 01/29/2008 9:52:21 PM PST by pissant
I like FALCON, but I love Phoenix. It is very relevant.
The Dems, in modern times, have had something like 5 major factions. The Republicans, in contrast, have had only 2 major factions, and one very small faction important only because of its wealth ~ not its numbers.
The Dems LOST A FACTION to the Republicans ~ the white Southern Conservative Democrats ~ but that faction had a counterpart in the existing Evangelical Republican base, so it was absorbed and disappeared as a separate faction.
The Dems also LOST PART OF A FACTION, the Catholics, who were absorbed into the Republican party within the framework of the existing factions ~ the rank and file gravitating to the same part of the base occupied by their near ideological twins, the Conservative Evangelicals.
At the moment the Republican party resembles the typical Christian Democrat type party found in Europe ~ reliably Conservative on most issues. It also contains the RINOs (Democrats or minor party candidates elected as Republicans), and the Country Clubbers (who are not all wealthy) who focus on party organization and funraising.
Although there are quite a few Countryclubbers out there, there really aren't enough of them to kick out ~ and the Conservative base would have to work harder at raising funds ~
The Republican party, by itself, does not look like anything a smaller faction could take over and refocus to its own interests.
The Dems, on the other hand, still have several factions. They may be open for subversion.
Any Conservatives out there who want to pursue [absolute] Conservatism within the Democratic party are free to do so of course ~ but I doubt they'll let you get away with it.
Alvy Moore for president! :-)
This can be accomplished. it will take men with big balls and big guns.
Guaranteed, the controllers will fight with every underhanded action possible to remain in power.
So who will the party leader be?
My wife suggests we sell everything and move to the Caribbean or New Zealand.
With Sarkozy, France looks better than Obamillary
The author.
“No need for a new party. The RNC will be conservative again in 2010, midterm.”
So Washington DC is going to be born again and change their ways?
Theres better chance winning the Powerball jackpot.
99.9999% it ain’t going to happen.
The math is definitely against us. But that is where determination and smarts will come into play.
The MSM manipulators, in cahoots with their government moutnpieces would do everything possible to discredit a 3rd party.
Propaganda is difficult to overcome. It takes physical control of the sources. By force.
So the big question.
Is a Free America worth fighting for to regain control?
Face it , Klinton or Obama will be president and the USA will be on a long slide DOWN DOWN DOWN!
United Kingdom once had three major parties, but two of them were geographically based and didn't overlap much.
The US Congress once had to deal with the Dixiecrats who caucused with the Dems but voted with the Republicans ~ a similar situation.
The math is against a third party.
The math is very much against 3rd parties. But Falcon will win the war of ideas and attract the conservatives over time. GOPers will not have to give up their party affiliation to belong. The fight needs to be on all fronts all the time.
No, I’d rather avoid the kook fringes to start with and attract the good folks from the Patriot and Constitution and the Libertarian and Republican parties. The idea is to build a better mousetrap than any of them.
Hey hey. I think the Falcon party will be just the ticket. I’ll ping everyone when I see they have their website up and running.
I will create a modified version of the list for those that have interest in FALCON.
That is glaringly obvious at this point.
Al baby,
You mistake the unambiguous failure of big government programs to deliver on all it’s promises (which is about a decade away, give or take) with the collapse of America.
I think the period after the failure of big government will be one of opportunity and freedom, after (of course) the inevitable social upheaval of throngs of citizens realizing that check isn’t coming anymore.
Once Americans again look at government with the jaded eye it deserves, and as our founders intended, it will be an exciting time to be an American.
There apparently aren’t enough conservatives left to make a viable voting block. There are enough socialists in each party to elect one from either party without the support of conservatives. So who cares about us. Politicians pander to us as much as they would the albino disabled homosexual dwarf voters. Actually, they probably have much more of a voice.
McCain is weak on life, and I do not want a global warming alarmist in power.
You lost me. Right. There.
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