Political Parties Have Changed

I admit it.  While I was growing up, my parents were died-in-the-wool democrats.  I grew up thinking the Democrat party was what I should believe in.  I liked JFK.  LBJ didn't interest me much.  He was a little too liberal for me then.  But when the Democrat party placed abortion in its platform it lost me.  The party moved where I would not go so I abandoned the Democrat party and attached myself to the Republican party.  I was pretty comfortable there until George W. Bush was elected. 

I began to see that the Republican party was beginning to drift to the position the Democrat party used to be and the Democrat party was becoming more socialist minded than republic minded.  I determined to call the two parties, the Demican party and the Repubicrat party.  I began to look for a 3rd party to which I could attach myself. 

I looked at the Libertarian Party.  Unfortunately their platform is a little goofy.  They have planks that I cannot sustain such as decreminalizing drugs.  They had a plank regarding religion that I couldn't sustain either and there are other segments that I can't support.

I looked at the Constitution Party too.  There are many things that I like in the Constitution Party.  Their planks regarding family, God, and individual are pleasing.  However the Constitution Party has its warts too. 

So now, what to do is the question.  Over the past few years I've thought perhaps I could stay attached to the Republican party and work from within to move it to the right.  However, I believe the leaders of the Republican party are too happy with their perceived power to ever permit the party to move to real conservatism. 

I've worried that there will need to be a revolution to right this listing ship.  I don't want to see an actual war, but I do want to see a political remake to return this nation to it's founding documents, to throw off the cycle of tax and spend, to return independence to the individual and family, to return the family as the basic unit of political power.

I'll bet I'll never see it happen.  There are too many drones in our society.  There are too many takers and not enough producers.  We've let the entrepreneurial spirit escape us. We, as a people, no longer have the unquenchable desire to excell.  I mourn the loss.

Disappointed, but vindicated.

I am pretty disappointed with the outcome of the national elections held last week.  I'd be the first to admit that I hoped that it would turn out differently, but I didn't really expect it.  As I have said many times over the past year, Mr. Romney, in my humble opinion, is a closet progressive.  He pretty much admitted it during the last "debate" where he agreed with most of the things Mr. Obama said.

What happened?

Again in my most humble opinion, a wanna-be conservative doesn't stand a chance.  A campaign can never be won on a sliding rule or on changing stances.  Mr. Obama didn't win because he's such a great president, but rather because the conservative did an about face and returned to his centrist past. 

A staunch conservative would have won.  A candidate that will stand up and be counted to do the following will activate the conservative base, wake up the silent majority, and will definitely win.  It is only when there isn't much obvious difference between the candidates that the challenger will fail. 

1.  Don't use advisors from the past.
2.  Check in with the Tea Party activists.  They have good ideas.
3.  Remember the Title of Liberty, which is:  "In Memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our      peace, our wives and our children".  Proclaim it loudly and proudly.
4.  Stick to the founding documents.  They are not fodder to be destroyed.
5.  Remember that the family unit is the basic unit of society.  It should not be destroyed in the name of progressive liberal politics.
6.  Our nation was created by inspired men.  It should be led by inspired men. Don't promote evil individuals for public office.
7.  Consult leaders of religion, particularly Christian leaders of religion.
8.  Disregard any deviations from righteous principles.
9.  DO NOT spend useless time destroying others.  Present your case in your own terms and learn to speak without notes or teleprompter. 
10. Be honest.  It's easier to remember the truth than it is to remember which fairy tale you told last time.
11. Don't tell us what you think we want to hear.  Tell us how you will govern.  Tell us how you think.  Don't give us "buyer beware" tactics.