Agreed. As I said in a recent post, for too long conservatives allowed the GOP to front for them and did nothing: now is the time. For my part, I'd call upon all Patriots because we need to expand beyond the ideological base, as Klavan suggests in para one. I define Patriots as follows: "Every American who believes in the goodness and promise of this country, honors the Founding and its principles, and recognizes the unparalleled success of the American experiment, qualifies as a Patriot, regardless of party affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or national origin." I've also suggested a self-identification- fly the flag, wear the flag, drive the flag (on your car). We need to know who the patriots are. FJM
Trying to fix the GOP may be like ice skating uphill. They have been nothing but enablers and abusers for sometime. Many are LARPing others are the same people who give money to addicts so they can buy more drugs. Not all of course, some might just be playing the game to have some sort of influence.
Lots of Americans who have voted Democrat just need some truth. They don’t like the Democrat party but don’t see the GOP as better.
Want to see what’s out there? Drive coast to coast. Stop in the small towns and mid-size. Drive through the heartland. You may be surprised what you see.
Burke was a damn Whig and a constitutional monarchist. In their glory days, Aristotle was the foundational philosopher of monarchists and the internationalist Catholic Church
So, just how, or what, do you think can be salvaged from the existing GOP? Mitch McConnell has been very, very successful fighting “Red Americans” since 2008 when he went to war with the Tea Party. His GOP ain’t gonna attract anyone it hasn’t already attracted.
If you haven’t got a party to offer, there is no place for these Red Americans you speak of to go.
Agreed. As I said in a recent post, for too long conservatives allowed the GOP to front for them and did nothing: now is the time. For my part, I'd call upon all Patriots because we need to expand beyond the ideological base, as Klavan suggests in para one. I define Patriots as follows: "Every American who believes in the goodness and promise of this country, honors the Founding and its principles, and recognizes the unparalleled success of the American experiment, qualifies as a Patriot, regardless of party affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or national origin." I've also suggested a self-identification- fly the flag, wear the flag, drive the flag (on your car). We need to know who the patriots are. FJM
Trying to fix the GOP may be like ice skating uphill. They have been nothing but enablers and abusers for sometime. Many are LARPing others are the same people who give money to addicts so they can buy more drugs. Not all of course, some might just be playing the game to have some sort of influence.
Lots of Americans who have voted Democrat just need some truth. They don’t like the Democrat party but don’t see the GOP as better.
Want to see what’s out there? Drive coast to coast. Stop in the small towns and mid-size. Drive through the heartland. You may be surprised what you see.
Burke was a damn Whig and a constitutional monarchist. In their glory days, Aristotle was the foundational philosopher of monarchists and the internationalist Catholic Church
So, just how, or what, do you think can be salvaged from the existing GOP? Mitch McConnell has been very, very successful fighting “Red Americans” since 2008 when he went to war with the Tea Party. His GOP ain’t gonna attract anyone it hasn’t already attracted.
If you haven’t got a party to offer, there is no place for these Red Americans you speak of to go.
So the new conservatives are just old democrats.