Posted on 07/01/2013 4:01:36 PM PDT by drewh
For the first time since the mid 1800s we hear today liberty voices rising from elected state officials including governors. But they're not in D.C.; instead they're in Kansas, Georgia, Michigan, Missouri and dozens of other states, making their own decisions on abortion, guns, constitutional law, ObamaCare, and practically everything.
But no leader yet emerges, and no center. It is, like Pirandellos play, with actors in search of a theater and a leader.
Actually a leader is emerging: Sarah Palin. But new ideas need new forms to start again the conversation and bring in a new generation. For a fresh start, it should be distanced away from New York, D.C. and Los Angeles, which are all connected to a singular purpose. And it should leave out the decadent establishment press, described recently as Versailles. There is little journalism left, only the endless meanderings of adolescent irony, the wink, the nudge and knowing asides of insider jokes and caustic laughter.
There are more than 30 states culturally and politically related today in the center of the country speaking with a single voice. This is American heartland. A conference might be held to look toward a better and more representative future, because this is not about 2016 specifically, but the greater American future.
And regarding 2016, the big Eastern establishment money and influence will all line up behind New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) , and this time, they will not let go. But at every event, Palin brings the crowd to its feet. As a constitutional conservative, she could flip the establishment. Sen. Rand Pauls (R-Ky.) filibuster suggests it is ripe for change. The Bob Dole dont-trust-anyone-under-70 crowd and the insular Weekly Standard group, which talks so disagreeably to itself, would stay away. But Palin could take the day.
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GO SARAH!
Might as well. The communist did the same type thing inside the Democrat party and took that beast over. It would be great to oust the pansy prancing rinos in our party. Just kick these bums out if they don’t support and vote at least 90% of the time with the platform.
lay down some basics; secure double fence border before anything on immigration, an unborn baby is an individual and has constitutional rights, fiscal spending (force zero line budgeting and have departments justify every damn dime of spending two times a year), reduce government by at least 25%, require bills that have yes vote to be read on the floor one at the time by those voting yes, require bills to be less than a half page, cut congressional pay in half, have congress WFH (work from home via teleconference), set the number of days a president can travel and can vacation (enough of this perpetual vacay BS), etc. etc.
See post 86.
Why? In the HOR the "conservatives" let Boehner keep his position. They keep funding Obamacare. So no, it isn't going to work with the social issues argument. Justice Roberts put an end to that.
I don’t like Rand Paul on amnesty either, though his rhetoric has improved. It’s just that I’m not in a mood to vote for ‘pubs if the invasion of the US isn’t stopped. So, I’ll go with the new kids on the block for fresh thinking, the ones who really don’t care about what McCain and Lindsey etc think of them.
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