Posted on 11/12/2008 7:02:27 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
I would like to suggest to those who are discouraged by the results of the Republican Primary, and the Presidential Election outcome, that you join your local Republican Party as soon as possible.
That you actually attend the meetings, take on the jobs, do the work, not for your own political gain, but to support your conservative priniples and conservative candidates who will have mass appeal( like Sarah Palin).
Four years will be here before you know it, and we can not take another setback of this magnitude.
It is time to start promoting NEW CONSERVATIVE TALENT ,not just promote the same old codgers who run year after year. You can not wait til the year of the Presidential Election, it should start immediately, so you can see how the process works, if you are not already involved. Our Republican politicians are not getting any younger, and we need candidates who can stand up to the rigors of campaigning.
I know four years is a long time to work without pay for the Republican Party, as officers, and footsoliders, and attend meetings that might not be your cup of tea. But SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT!
I remember sitting in a local Republican meeting over a year ago, when the state campaigner for McCain attended our meeting and starting his promotion of John McCain, even before Obama was the nominee he would be running against. I grilled him over and over on McCain's age issue, and told him I was not ready for another failure in a Presidential Election because the candidate was too old ( remember the Bob Dole vs. Clinton )election. Well of course , my worst fears came true, only Hillary Clinton did not come President, it was worse than that, it was Barack Hussein Obama.
WE HAVE TO START NOW! WE NEED A NEW GENERATION OF CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS TO GROOM FOR HIGHER OFFICE, NO MORE FROM THE GERITOL GENERATION.
You may think you need to start up a third party, but the reality of it is, that the Third Party will not win. When was the last time a Third Party Candidate became President of the United States? Of course no one remembers, because it has not been in our lifetime.
Get out there and reform the Republican Party to fit your conservative principles, and find New Younger Candidates to run for President of the United States in Four Years. We have no one to blame but ourselves.
There might be something to the complaint that conservatives "just want someone else to do the gruntwork."
You know, you are right and this is a very good idea. I will be retiring soon and this is the perfect way for me to help change the party.
Thanks!!
I do, let the Republican party die, or that is, declare it dead because it is, we need a conservative party. Even if that means there are three partys in American and we never win, at least we can feel good about our votes. We’re never going to win another election, if the republicans win it won’t be a conservative ticket. So, go fall for the ruse yet one more time, not me.
We did not even know Sarah Palin existed til John McCain picked her for his nominee.. how many other younger Republican of Sarah's caliber are out there , that we need to run for President or Vice President? The need to be promoted.
Hey, if it makes you feel good, just do it. LOL
You are 100% right, however, like I have posted here before, unless you are in agreement 100% of the time, lock stock and barrel with the party you will not be accepted.
Trust me attending this meeting will not be glamorous, but it will be enlightening as you see how the process works. You wil have to put up with the local political power plays at your grassroot level..but hey mix it up! We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
They kicked me and thousands like me out. They can kiss my desert a$$ with both lips.
Unscientifically, I think this is going to take some amount of pondering and wound-licking time. Enthusiam is great, there’s nothing better. But folks are going to have some very serious economic issues to work on over the next few years and as long as BHO is viewed as the messiah, I see little chance for a conservative groundswell. As long as political life in the US is seen (by both parties) as an open door to raping an economic structure “while the getting’s good”, mere cheerleading ain’t gonna cut it. I think most conservatives have a good idea of what needs to be done, but preaching to the choir isn’t going to win converts as long as we’re in “bailout of the day” mode. Just my .02.
Great post! Thank you.
Thanks for this...NO third party is going to work the way the political system is set up now...I’ll have more time in 2009 and it’s time to put up or shut up for me...magritte
BS like that got us Obama for President. Get off your duff and do something constructive. Face it the GOP and the Democratic Party are constantly changing,help to make the changes or stop complaining. I do not care for your apathy.
There's a lot to the complaint.
I've been a volunteer on campaigns ever since 1988, and while candidates come and go I tend to see the same old faces campaign after campaign. And there are never enough of us -- for example, when we do literature drops many precincts never get the drops because there simply aren't enough of us to reach them all.
Several years ago I tallied up the self-identified FReepers in my county, and found that if just 10% of them volunteered on local & state campaigns, the number of volunteers would double.
So far I have met only one FReeper (excluding my family) volunteering on any campaigns.
That they did. I will re-register as am Independent shortly.
I love to mix it up:) Also, I have learned from being part of a hobby group that the people willing to do the work will have the power.
Gee, and I thought my bleep stirring days were over:)
Who do you know that is in 100% agreement with you all the time? Why should a political party be different. A political party is a collective of individuals. Just another excuse to not be involved , so you can complain later.
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