A few weeks back I wrote about stepping away from the Republican Party. My thoughts on the subject are directed only as the direction of the given political party, and how the “leaders” of that party chose to formulate their platform to either a true conservative one or to a radical “Republican” platform. Since then, this topic has been all over the news, from CNN and MSNBC to Fox, everyone is talking about the “death” of the Republican Party and the “seismic shift” of the country to a more liberal mindset.
What I find amazing… is that no “media” outlet besides “fair and balanced ” (ha ha) has picked up or really reported how we came to this wonderful place in history. We are here because our elected officials that said they were “conservatives” were really spending the last eight years spending like a teenage girl with her dads credit card. Is that conservative? Ask dad about his credit card bill and see how he’d fill in this blank with “conservative” or “liberal”: “Oh she was being _________with it”.
I’ll even put aside that for the last two years the congress was ruled by the other party, because aside from the special interest of that party they were loving the projects that were being approved for their home states. It was practically a free for all to which we’ve carried over into the new administration.
That little nugget of fact will go unreported by any “real” news networks. However, our nearly dead newspapers have decided to start picking up a few conservative columns and letting these true conservatives (NOT: Rush Limbaugh, Dick Chaney, Sarah Palin, etc) lay out some logical thoughts and explain where the true conservative party lies and where they should (fingers crossed) be heading.
Our Talking Heads:
Time Magazine : Joe Scarborough - How the Republicans Can Come Back – Is it shocking that the article is posted on Time.com where it’s banner reads “partners with CNN”? Mr. Scarborough discusses the over zealous media attempts to declare the Republican party dead, just like they did to the Democratic Party after Bush won in 2004. He also touches on what being a conservative is suppose to mean and how the Republican party can come home to it’s conservative values.
Wall Street Journal: Colin Powell’s Bad Advice - The WSJ talks about why the GOP shouldn’t heed the advice of Mr. Powell (DUH). Has anyone that considers themselves an ultra liberal or republican ever thought that the majority of Americans might have voted for Obama because they didn’t like how Bush shoved everything down their throat from the war on terror to to his bully approach to foreign policy? Not because they didn’t like his “failed” policies? So now were going to shove more government down our throats because we “want it”? Wait… what?
LA Times – Micky Edwards – The Nation Needs A Better GOP: Mr. Edwards spells out the rough road ahead for the GOP, but also discusses what it was and what the party should be.
The reality of life is that we will always have opposing forces in this country. History has seen the names of these parties change along with their platforms and ideals. As the nation changes so does it political outlook. I for one will always have my conservative fiscal beliefs and my leftest leaning social beliefs. I think I am representative of a majority of the populous and one day my party will better suit my needs. No matter what, don’t let any talking head or radical tell you that you’re wasting your time being a conservative, because they aren’t trusting history, they are just repeating what they heard Wolf Blitzer say. Of course there is nothing wrong with basking in the glory of victory… just look where that arrogance took the Republican Party.
That’s all.
