Those same Socialists, have complete control of the hearts and minds of the younger generations. We are now seeing the results of that control. Many of them hit voting age in the ‘06 elections. They are one of the reasons why the “Independent/swing” category is now outnumbering Republicans.
They are also one of the most politically active young age groups in history. They are labeled, “The Least Republican Generation”. (they pride themselves as being liberal to moderate) It’s a fact. Take a good look around you and research it for yourself. I used to believe the way you do, until our humiliating and sudden loss in ‘06, I was compelled to investigate why. This is what I learned in that research.
Which is why many of us here still believe that only a moderate candidate from either party can win in ‘08.
How come the majority of Dems who won in 2006 didn’t run as “moderates” but as conservatives? Why did they only gain a narrow majority by narrow victories? The election was 50/50. Nothing has changed since 2000.
“Those same Socialists, have complete control of the hearts and minds of the younger generations. We are now seeing the results of that control. Many of them hit voting age in the ‘06 elections. They are one of the reasons why the “Independent/swing” category is now outnumbering Republicans.”
Yup. The socialists have been quite successful in winning on their terms. Why do you think the heavy emphasis and investment in government schools? The socialists aren’t having the children, but they’re being given the responsibility for educating them. The irony is that while generally conservative families have gone through the expense and effort of having kids, it’s the socialists who have come to benefit from it.
“Which is why many of us here still believe that only a moderate candidate from either party can win in ‘08.”
I take a longer term view of things. I’m not a Republican and have few sympathies for the GOP as an organization. I recognize that I’m in the small (but growing) minority in that point of view. I also realize that most individuals view conservatism as being inextricably tied to the GOP. So while I think that one of the best things for conservatives to do in the long run would be to divorce themselves from the GOP and start a second political party, I do not view that as likely.
What is likely to happen is what you suggest. Conservatives will continue to swallow their bile and support the lesser of two evils, while trying hard to ignore the fact that the “lesser” is gettting progressively worse with each electoral cycle. Conservatism in the electoral sphere thus dies not from losing elections, but from a thousand little cuts and compromises. The end result is still the same.
So given that conservatism is not winning through electoral means these days, what are conservatives to do? I suggest looking for other ways to win that don’t directly involve electoral R vs D politics. The gunnies have a political formula that seems to work. I suggest more conservatives start emulating it. There are also some very sucessful models for teaching the next generation that home educators are implementing. I suggest we emulate those as well. And so on.