Agreed!! I can understand that the Congressional Makeup is such that no significant conservative legislation will be allowed to escape various Senate committees; however, those of us on the Right who are increasingly-dismayed by this Milquetoast Moderate tendency towards Federal Expansionism--albeit arguably less-rapid--need something to hang our hats on if we are to fight tooth and nail to get more GOPers into Congressional seats. Dubyuh has muddied the differences between the Right and the Left with his horrific Education Bill, his proposal for increased federalized Volunteerism, and other Big Guv'ment spending schemes, to the point that I'm finding it increasingly difficult to make the case to potentially-sympathetic acquaintances that the GOP is much different than the RATS in their Worldview as to how big the Federal Leviathan should get!! Therefore, I'm thinking We need to start a grassroots push towards Nationalizing the MidTerm elections with something akin to the '94 Contract With America. GOPers need to tell us how they plan to decrease the Size and Scope of the Federal Leviathan if we exert the effort to put them more solidly in Power; otherwise, why work so hard?!
Educational Vouchers (optional), Medical Savings Accounts (optional), Capital Gains Tax Cuts and an acceleration of the already-passed Income Tax Cuts, Social Security Personal Accounts (optional), etc. need to be spelled out so that the Sheeple can understand the clear-cut benefits of getting the Federal Guv'ent outta our lives, and the whole Party needs to be speaking in unison on these specific issues so that the voting populace can achieve a comfort level with the earnestness of accomplishing this devolvement of Power outta DeeCee. With Bush riding record approval numbers--and Senator D'asshole proving infinitely LOATHEable--Dubyuh can help spearhead the discussion from his Bully Pulpit, but the actual Party goals need to bubble up from the grassroots!! Who better than FReepers to start setting the legislative agenda?!!
This November has the potential for Major Gains for the Right in both the House and Senate, but we need to start differentiating ourselves from the RATS now by running on an Agenda that goes beyond saying, "Well, we're not as bad as the RATS!!"
FReegards...MUD
OK. Here's the strategy:
1. FReepers will identify from all the possible seats in the congress and senate that are now occupied by 'Rats, but are possibly winnable by a conservative this Fall and present to the Board (All FReepers) their list of nominees for support.
2. Each of these races must have a provable conservative candidate selected to run against the 'Rat.
3. The FReeper that is nominating to the Board will submit a bio on their candidate for the Board's review.
4. The Board will whittle the potential candidates down to the best 10 or 12 in the country. That means the candidate must have outstanding conservative credentials, and must in the Board's estimate, have real potential to actually win the 'Rat-held seat.
5. We have a FReepaton to raise money and support for "our" candidates.
6. Those FReepers living in those districts will work extra hard with special local FReep activities and campaigning and GOTV efforts.
7. We win up to 8 of these seats!!
8. And we are well on our way for the next election, because our methodology will be in place.
It's a "strawman" so kick at it to improve it.
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You present several excellent & solid suggestions, my friend; as usual.
Be honest: think anyone would listen?
One thing I've noticed about the Right; they *prize* their individualism; so they say.
The emphasis on individualism is precisely why I converted, along with millions of others; the thought of being one of a pack completely unacceptable making the Right mighty appealing.
So?
Given this fierce struggle by nearly the entire Right to assert all this individualism on behalf of themselves?
Not much gets accomplished.
Just getting our side's vastly differing factions to sit down at the same table, will take nothing short of a miracle.
Personally?
I feel as-if I'm wasting my time.
Since I am not going to change?
Perhaps I could change a few within the other party?
That's a mighty powerful incentive to go over the Left for me, y'know.
I mean; they can't very well throw me outa their party -- "inclusion" & all that, right? {g}
Even so; there'd be infinite opportunities to open subtle dialog -- whereby, a crafty & skilled person could easily reflect back to some of the more astute Leftists the absurdity they embrace?
Insanity which holds them captive so tightly, they're seemingly in a trance.
Such an endevor just might be a good deal more satisfying than most of the experiences I've had with people who're calling themselves, "conservative."
A real no-lose proposition, actually; infiltrate them.
...which some here are doing already; whatwith their periodic jaunts over to DU?
in the long run however, the answer is dixie LIBERTY.
for FREEDOM,sw
in the long run however, the answer is dixie LIBERTY.
for FREEDOM,sw
"...the political Right has deliberately gone outta their way to make it as difficult as possible for a lot of us to support them."
Agreed!! I can understand that the Congressional Makeup is such that no significant conservative legislation will be allowed to escape various Senate committees; however, those of us on the Right who are increasingly-dismayed by this Milquetoast Moderate tendency towards Federal Expansionism--albeit arguably less-rapid--need something to hang our hats on if we are to fight tooth and nail to get more GOPers into Congressional seats. Dubyuh has muddied the differences between the Right and the Left with his horrific Education Bill, his proposal for increased federalized Volunteerism, and other Big Guv'ment spending schemes, to the point that I'm finding it increasingly difficult to make the case to potentially-sympathetic acquaintances that the GOP is much different than the RATS in their Worldview as to how big the Federal Leviathan should get!! Therefore, I'm thinking We need to start a grassroots push towards Nationalizing the MidTerm elections with something akin to the '94 Contract With America. GOPers need to tell us how they plan to decrease the Size and Scope of the Federal Leviathan if we exert the effort to put them more solidly in Power; otherwise, why work so hard?!
Educational Vouchers (optional), Medical Savings Accounts (optional), Capital Gains Tax Cuts and an acceleration of the already-passed Income Tax Cuts, Social Security Personal Accounts (optional), etc. need to be spelled out so that the Sheeple can understand the clear-cut benefits of getting the Federal Guv'ent outta our lives, and the whole Party needs to be speaking in unison on these specific issues so that the voting populace can achieve a comfort level with the earnestness of accomplishing this devolvement of Power outta DeeCee. With Bush riding record approval numbers--and Senator D'asshole proving infinitely LOATHEable--Dubyuh can help spearhead the discussion from his Bully Pulpit, but the actual Party goals need to bubble up from the grassroots!! Who better than FReepers to start setting the legislative agenda?!!
This November has the potential for Major Gains for the Right in both the House and Senate, but we need to start differentiating ourselves from the RATS now by running on an Agenda that goes beyond saying, "Well, we're not as bad as the RATS!!"
FReegards...MUD