“The GOP isn’t about expanding freedom and shrinking government, they think they can “manage” it better. “
I’ve been GOP and now GOPe my whole life. And, there is about 50% truth in this comment.
The GOP is mainly a party that are center right which means not all that conservative but even more than that, we have been the resume party. Our candidates had to have a decent resume, have an adult viewpoint on life and the third qualification was to restrain and/or limit govt.
Reagan did not reduce govt., he reduced the rate of growth. Oh and he also had a decent resume and was an adult as opposed to the children who run as democrats.
Bush was the same except he increased taxes, but had a great resume, and was an adult.
Me too and I'd like to see them become more conservative. I don't want a third party.
It will be a long hard slog but as Rush used to say, conservatives need to be teaching. It's easy to be a progressive, just suspend all logic and accountability , that and give away other people's stuff and you're in. As conservatives we're stuck playing the role of Scrooge running against Santa Claus , but that's where education comes in. We need to keep stressing the importance of freedom and choice. I don't know how we do this but we need to.