I am a conservative working within the republican party. What I am doing is what Beck should be telling people to do, not telling them there is no difference between the two parties, pushing a third party, and generally making Ron Paul nutjobs seem interesting to get behind.FOR CRYIN OUT LOUD—AND I’M NOT WRONG. Perhaps the reason your conservative candidates are abandoned is because you are not out there raising a fuss for conservatives.
But...he isn’t telling people there is “no difference” between the parties. Have you ever even watched Beck? The theme of his show is all about people working within the system to change it, either by leaking information to him so he can publicize it or whatever. The refounding of America initiative. He’s NOT pushing for a third party. He’s said that on many occasions.
He is saying that there are progressives in the Republican party now, just as there were in the early part of the 20th Century. McCain happens to be one of them. The Party Establishment are only interested in maintaining their own personal power. They *need* to be called out. They are like the Scottish lords who could be bought off with token tracts of land to abandon their fight for independence from the English. By not confronting the Ron-Paulians, and by not pushing true conservatism, the GOP old-boys network is only ENCOURAGING him. They need to remove the reasons that Ron Paul is gaining traction—because the GOP offers nothing even *close* to a conservative message at times. They are too busy wanting to be liked and trying to get all they can in handouts.
Uh, conservative candidates are “abandoned” because of the short-sightedness of the party elites. They are still lost in the old paradigm of having to get the MSM to like them, and it never works for Republicans. I worked my butt off for the conservative guy here in Oregon and he won. Now he’s the most talented Republican in the Oregon Senate, unfortunately, the party still can’t see the light and run the right kind of candidates.