Posted on 01/08/2014 4:52:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
There are moments in American political history when dissatisfaction with the old order and suspicion—even fear—of its ways presents the opportunity for monumental change.
It happened in 1932 as the nation sank into Depression and voted out the “business of America is business” crowd, installing a leftist plutocrat in the White House instead.
It happened in 1980 when high taxes and inept leadership demanded a steady hand committed to unfettering American entrepreneurship.
And in 2016, it can happen again—as long as Republicans nominate an ideological conservative, ideally with a good dose of charisma—someone who can vividly explain conservative principles to a public that is ready to hear all about it. Ready, because with Obamacare, the left has finally gone too far, and exposed the unworkability and injustice of its program.
Liberals believe their ideology has been vindicated after having finally realized the dream of universal health care under President Barack Obama. But they are like Napoleon in Moscow, sitting atop imaginary spoils while enjoying the mirage of victory. If Republicans do the right thing, they can send their adversaries limping back to Paris, picking off remnants of the defeated battalions along the way.
Obamacare is not just going to be a failure. It will be a grotesque carcass fit for exhibition in a political museum of morbid curiosities, elucidating every single fault that lies with liberalism. It contains every hallmark of failed liberal programs.
Obamacare is an unaffordable government expenditure whose costs will run amok as time progresses; it’s a grand scheme concocted by our intellectual superiors who know what’s best for us but unfortunately can’t quite make the pieces of their intricate creation fit together; it’s a wealth redistribution scheme that reaches even into the pockets of the middle class; it replaces the efficiency of the market with the plodding redundancies of government; it puts determinations about our fates in the merciless hands of government bureaucrats; it coerces individuals to act against their interests and desires; it inflicts collateral damage on businesses large and small and reduces hiring; its regulations, fees and new taxes raise costs for most consumers; it ultimately will harm even those it was designed to help by increasing dependency and destroying the practice of medicine in this country.
As Americans recoil in horror over the next few years, they will simultaneously behold the untenable expansion of the nation’s debt, the looming peril of bankruptcy for Medicare and Social Security and the failure of the economy to expand robustly.
It will be, for Republicans, a most perfect storm.
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Keith Koffler, who covered the White House as a reporter for CongressDaily and Roll Call, is editor of the website White House Dossier.
Then vote for hillary or christie and see where that gets you .
They need to throw out all the wannabes and egomaniacs that are popping up and will make another mess out of the primaries( McCain again??? Huntsman???).
They need to represent the whole country including the heartland not just the beltway.
They need a candidate who sees the future of our country, not the Republican party as the first priority
It won’t matter who they run if the GOP gets the amnesty it’s been so ardently and irrationally trying to shove down America’s throat. If amnesty passes you can turn out the lights at the RNC forever. America will become a socialist, third-world country overnight, at least in terms of voting behavior. I’m really scraping to find somewhere to go if the worst happens. The Chileans lost their minds this past election, and Belize and Costa Rica may be getting a little crowded.
Cruz.
There are NO ‘True Conservative’ candidates existing anywhere on this side of the horizon.
All ‘candidates’ identifying with the Republican Party are, by definition and irretrievably, outside the scope of ‘True Conservative’-ness.
No Republican ‘candidate’ will be presented, for election to National Office by the GOPe, that is capable of fulfilling the ideological, philosophical, ethical, moral or political Goals of ‘True Conservatives’.
The GOPe apparatchiks MUST — in self-interest and self-defense — cripple, maim, neuter, discredit or otherwise ‘eat’ any ‘True Conservatives’ who offer themselves up as fodder in the Primary Phase of the election process.
The MSM need not lift a finger, breathe a word or otherwise ‘act’ to facilitate the GOPe program to destroy or simply ‘dismiss’ any ‘True Conservative’ aspiring to ANY National Office under the auspices of the ‘national’ Republican Party.
There is NO Republican Party ‘solution’ leading out of the existing national political malaise.
Anyone still holding opinions contrary to ANY of the above is IMONSHO still ‘Stuck on Stupid’, lost in a fog of wishful thinking or simply hasn’t been paying attention since 1988.
One Man’s Opinion
21stCenturion
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Opposition to Amnesty and Gun Control.
Repeal of Obamacare.
Curtailment the National Surveillance State.
Re-establish fiscal responsibility.
This is a minimum. Anything less and I skip the president line of the ballot altogether (no, I won’t vote Losertarian - they support Amnesty). The Democrats can preside over the destruction of the USA. I don’t want to vote for ‘Pubbie who just throttles back a little as we approach the cliff.
There will be Cruz/ Paul or nothing.
lol. If Rand isnt’ conservative enough for me, you suggest Hillarity or Christina?
Unfortunately for Cruz is is not Natural born and is a Canadian citizen . SO ITS PAUL!!! PALIN
But why?
No sh*t.
Is Ted Cruz a natural-born citizen eligible to serve as president? [Yes! And I support him! JimRob]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3084490/posts
Mike Pence has the best experience (Congressman, Governor AND talk show host). He doesn’t even need a teleprompter!
Rand Paul on Amnesty
http://topconservativenews.com/2014/01/rand-paul-endorses-mass-amnesty-for-illegal-aliens/
Opposition to Amnesty and Gun Control.
Repeal of Obamacare.
Curtailment the National Surveillance State.
Re-establish fiscal responsibility.
This is a minimum. Anything less and I skip the president line of the ballot altogether (no, I won’t vote Losertarian - they support Amnesty). The Democrats can preside over the destruction of the USA. I don’t want to vote for ‘Pubbie who just throttles back a little as we approach the cliff.
All good reasons...and pretty much my requirements.
Palin would be crushed like an ant under the heel of a jackboot . Get real .
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