“You cannot effect any change on social issues if you don’t WIN.”
Fine, this is true.
But what also is true is if you purposely avoid social issues for fear of upsetting people, you are spineless and are purposely hiding what you believe from voters in order to get them to vote for you, and you will ultimately wind up disappointing a large bunch of people either way when you HAVE WON and HAVE TO MAKE REAL LIFE DECISIONS on the issues you had hoped to duck.
Ducking issues by just ignoring them because you’re afraid it will mess up your ‘unity’ - well, then there wasn’t much ‘unity’ there in the first place.
The Tea Party would be better off then if it just focused on one or two related issues as an advocacy group, like for people just focused on cutting all non-essential government spending and waste.
I didn’t read it as ‘ducking issues’. I read it more as refusing to be defined ONLY by those issues in lieu of fiscal issues.
“Ducking issues by just ignoring them because you’re afraid it will mess up your ‘unity’ - well, then there wasn’t much ‘unity’ there in the first place.
The Tea Party would be better off then if it just focused on one or two related issues as an advocacy group, like for people just focused on cutting all non-essential government spending and waste.”
I don’t advocate ‘ducking’ issues. I see this as almost life or death for this country and we must take it a step at a time.
First we must get that progressive liberal congress quashed. I am sure you have noticed that in spite of public uproar indicated by the polls, the MAJORITY of the ‘people’ (conservatives, independents, et al) are against the health care bill, bail outs, illegal immigration, trying terrorist in civilian courts, the ground zero mosque,..... ad infinitum.
Public opinion has no effect on the progressive liberal...they know what is good for us and they know where they want to take us. And we are going to go there whether we like it or not.
THAT trend at this time is the most important factor. We have to stop this train.
Everyone has a right to practice their choice of religion and people have a choice not to practice or not to believe.
Too many so called Christians preach just another form of hate. Too many are of the mind set that they know what is best and what is good for you. Too many rant and rave about hell and damnation. That type of Christianity does not engender a true spiritual belief in Christ. That is not the way of Christ.
To engender a deep spiritual change in the liberal progressive (the narcissistic, self loving persona) the above approach will NEVER work.
We must work against big government. We must work to effect a more ethical, moral society by example, not by ranting. We must use the constitution as our strength and imprimatur...not any specific religion.
We can individually live our lives according to the tenets of our individual faith, using the wonder of that faith and love to influence the lost....not mandates or ravings.
Otherwise we will lose this nation.