I will state this also. Conservatives are a minority in this country now, there is no way we will win another election, sad but true.
I disagree...
I think the majority of the 50% who no longer vote in this country are conservatives who have already given up on the process.
50% of those who do vote are discussing giving up on the process now too, because the process is currently designed to keep any real pro-American Republican from getting to Super Tuesday.
Your comment is based on the results we have today. But 99 percent of conservatives and Republicans have yet to cast a vote...
By the time they get a chance to under the current system, there’s nobody left for them to vote for...
Think about it!
So are liberals.
We will never take back over once amnesty is invoked as well. We are a species going extinct.
I don't think that is the case.
The majority of people in this country are hard working patriotic Americans that may never think in terms of liberal or conservative.
They are too busy making a living and struggling because of the massive spending of their tax dollars by politicians.
I think if you were to talk to them about their beliefs they would come off as conservative.
Just my observations.
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there is no way we will win another election, sad but true.
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It will just take another Jimmy Carter.
False. When we put forth a good candidate, we win. It works just about 100% of the time it is tried. The only time the GOP loses the White House is when we moderate too much. Conservative values - strong defense, smaller government, less intrusive governments, strong values - is a winning formula. There is simply not a viable candidate that carries message this year. Some have part of it down. None fully demonstrate all of the above.
Thorough-going movement conservatives are a minority but so what. We always have been. The key is to remember that Ronald Reagan put together a coalition of disparate groups who together swelled into a majority: A patriotic assembly of social conservatives, defense hawks, and small-government fiscal conservatives. Those elements of the electorate are all still out there but we lack a leader with the skill and vision to call them together.
McCain has no credibility with social conservatives. Romney has little or none, and has no obvious credibility on national defense. Huckabee has little of anything but god-talk and wisecracks. Giuliani was a security hawk but little else. Thompson could have been the man but he dithered until long after the train left the station.
Where is the leader who can evoke patriotic images of a limited, domestically mild government which yet maintains a fierce commitment to national security while nurturing the eternal values which made America the "last best hope?" Find this man and stand back, because you will have a bandwagon and a president for the next eight years.