Again, well said! The question that all of us must ask. How can we unify for the 2002 election cycle and beyond without eating our own and showing division in public?
President Bush is sitting at 80% to 90% in the polls, yet we know that 40% will never vote Republican... And those are the very voters who would favor the Surrender-leaning immigration iniatives coming from Pennsylvania Ave.
The Swing Voters are with most Americans, who oppose these policies by 70% to 80%.
Seems to me that on this, the President risks eating his own and dividing our unity in public. Better to make noise here in January than to risk folly in November, don't you think?
When you say "unify," I assume that you mean to the maximum extent reasonable and possible, without surrendering sincere conviction. With that assumption, I would suggest that the best way to do that is by a frank, open but courteous discussion of the issues that do sometimes divide us. That does not need to involve an "eating" of our own. It could lead us all to a better understanding of how to appeal to a broader constituency.
Often, an initial analysis of an issue will only prompt one to promote his stand in terms of his own basic assumptions. The frank, but civil exchange, will better prepare each of us to explain our stands in terms that will be understood by a much larger constituency, that may not start with all the same basic assumptions. The free, courteous airing of our differences on the Right is a net plus for the overall cause, so long as we keep the number one priorities in mind: For me, that is restoring the America we love to the ageless values of the Founding Fathers, sustained by the same deep understanding that those men had of human nature, human history, and the proper role of the individual in a confident free society.
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