“Of course it is already dead to the nation, because it does nothing to strengthen it. Why bother?”
You make a very good point that we as conservatives have been served an endless smorgasbord of $hit sandwiches by the the GOPE. And like you, I’ve gotten to that Rubicon which I am likely to cross if the next GOP candidate is another $hit sandwich in the person of a Christie, Bush, Graham, or a half-dozen of the other assorted candidates. For me, it will be an easy decision because the GOP candidate isn’t going to win California anyway. So I’m sitting here trying to figure out what the alternative course of action might be. Or if I should just sit back and enjoy the rest of what’s left of my life and let America go under. I do know that for California, I hope and pray every day that it will go bankrupt, but the catastrophe of a national bankruptcy is a completely different matter. I’m all ears to hear what others think we should do.
I finally stopped giving to the GOP. It took me a while but it finally occurred to me that I could give to Tea Party people or individual candidates. I think that when you donate to the Republican party the way it is your money is being combined with the big donors money but it is the big donors who are making the decisions as to what is being done with your money. They take our money, give it to their stupid, weak candidates and then use our donations to pretend that they have massive support among the people. We should leave them naked with their billionaire donors so that they will be exposed as not having any support with regular people.
I’ll address California for ya. It’s the way I see the state, and I don’t think my thoughts are that far off base. They’re certainly food for thought.
California, despite what everyone seems to think, IS still in play. The reason it doesn’t capitalize on that is that there isn’t a single loud Conservative voice in the state making the case for Conservatism. ZILCH!
What happens when very important high level Leftist drivel is lofted for public support? Same sex marriage is stricken down. Driver’s licenses for illegal is voted down.
The state leaders had to lie viciously to get bullet trains passed. They couldn’t just present it on it’s face and expect to win.
You can probably think of other Leftist policy where the public got it right.
So what does this tell us? It tells us that when there is a high level issue and the pros and cons are argued in the public arena, the public actually gets it.
So what is happening? Why are folks not getting it when it comes to elected officials?
The media is one reason. It’s extremely biased. It gives long air time to guys like Davis and hardly any to Simon.
Then there’s the Republican party that wouldn’t step foot in the state if it couldn’t abscond with tens of millions of dollars from fundraisers it will spend in the other 49 states. California? Not a chance!
When we do loft a decent candidate, he is abandoned financially and socially by the in-state and national RNC GOPe elites.
Simon was outspent by about ten to one. While he was being drive around by bus to engagements, Davis was flown by a corporate jet.
Davis had all sorts of national figures show up on the platform with him. Senators, Congressmen, ex Presidents, other big names were in abundance. Simon had very few minor players show up for him. Bush showed up one day. One!
The GOPe and the RNC would rather spot the Democrats 54 electoral votes than show their face in the state to support taking it back.
The result is a route in the state capital, and a Democrat governor almost perpetually.
There it is in a nutshell.