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Where Do Republicans Go From Here?

Posted by JayPeriod on Thursday, November 06, 2008 12:27:05 PM
The election is over and the people have spoken; the Republican party is out of touch.  For the second straight national election, Republicans have been handed defeat and a message.  After the last election, they did not get the message, obviously, but will they get it now?  Where does the party go from here?

There has been much speculation since Tuesday night that there was a division within the McCain/Palin camp as to who was to blame for the loss.  It's clear that before he picked Palin, there was very little energy in the Republican campaign.  Palin, for whatever shortfalls she may have had, got the conservative base interested in the election.  She did not support amnesty, did not favor limiting free speech, and did not work to alienate conservatives just to win a few moderates.  The election was as close as it was because of her.

Clearly, the Republican Party must move backward to go forward.  They need to go all the way back to the Reagan era and collect themselves.  They must eagerly embrace conservative values, fiscally and socially, and put candidates up for election who embody these values.  They must remove from office and leadership those individuals who are the furthest from these values.  No more "Log Cabin" Republicans.  No more pork spending Republicans.  No pro-illegal Republicans.  No pro-choice Republicans.  We must be the true conservative party, or it is time to start a new one.

There are many faces on the horizon who can do just that.  Sarah Palin and Bobby Jindal are just a couple that come to mind.  The Party must begin to promote and recognize them.  They must parade them out and give them serious face time.  They must tout their records and accomplishments.  There are others, too, that must be given the spotlight.  These individuals can show the American people that the Party has heard their message, loud and clear.

Finally, they must cast off those who do not fit this mold.  Those in congress who have helped the Left grow government to unimaginable size, those who feed at the pork trough must be left to fend for themselves.  The Party must put up REAL conservatives to battle against them and fund them.  They must invest in the defeat of these closet liberals and let the new crop know that those kinds of actions and votes will not be supported.

If the Republican Party will follow this direction, the country will respond, seeing that the message has been received.  If, though, they feel the need to trot out more middle of the road, big spending fat cats, I can't blame them for voting Democrat.  At least the Democrats let you just who they are.

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Citizenship: Worthless

Posted by JayPeriod on Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:23:54 AM
Thanks to Justice's Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Stevens and Breyer, there is now no difference between citizens of the United States and non-citizens.  These five destroyers of the Constitution have taken that grand old document, lit a fire to it and thrown it in the face of every American.  It's a shame we can't box them up and send them to Europe, where they so long to be.

These five bozos have now granted to enemy combatants of the United States those rights reserved in the Constitution for US citizens.  They have decided that citizenship means nothing by giving them all the rights reserved for citizenship.  While these enemies, the combatants, have done their best to kill our young men and women in uniform, have never set foot on US soil, and hate our very freedoms, these enemies, the justices, feel they should be treated as honest, God-fearing American citizens.

This really should come as no surprise in our country by now.  With the freedom to cross the border, get drunk and kill our citizens on the roads that has been given to illegals for the past 20 years, it only made sense.  The courts and the Left have been trying to prove for years that citizenship means nothing.  They have fought against American sovereignty as hard as they can.  While history and the Right, and most Americans for that matter, consider America a special, wonderful place, the Left hates it and wants to destroy it.  This is just one more instance.

With this latest ruling, the court continues to show its complete irrelevance.  The court has lost its moral authority, its credibility and its mind.  It has become predictable and more liberal by the day.  Even the addition of strong American, conservative men as Roberts and Alito, joining with Thomas and Scalia, cannot ebb the flow to the left.  Hopefully, this will be the incident that leads to some impeachments of out-of-touch justices.  We need them gone from the bench.

At least they will show John McCain the kind of justices not to pick if he is elected.  Unfortunately, we will get more of the same should B. Hussein Obama win the White House.

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With No One Left To Choose From, Bush Endorses McCain

Posted by JayPeriod on Wednesday, March 05, 2008 11:55:46 AM
Apparently President Bush was hoping for a better choice, too, as he is now endorsing Sen. McCain, the only choice left.  While the President has had months to hear what each candidate had to say and put his sway behind the one who would reflect his beliefs and opinions, yet he waited until there was only one choice.  That shows the problem most Conservatives are facing.

Conservatives of all backgrounds have lamented the lack of someone with true Conservative credentials.  Now, we are left with but one choice.  We must now decide to back McCain, stay home, or do the unthinkable, vote for a Liberal.

The only hope we are left with is the hope that McCain will begin to build bridges with us.  We know he can compromise, but he usually does it with people he agrees with, Liberals.  He will still need a majority of Conservatives to vote, so maybe he'll be interested in working with us.

So, as the President throws his weight behind the only man still standing, let's watch and see with this man does and says.  Only time will tell.

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John McCain In Unfamiliar Territory

Posted by JayPeriod on Friday, February 22, 2008 10:22:31 AM
With the New York Times article yesterday, Sen. John McCain entered unfamiliar territory; being a Republican. 

For years, the NY Times, along with the whole of the Mainstream Media (MSM) has referred to Sen. McCain as a "maverick" for his going against traditional Republican positions.  They went so far as to endorse him just weeks ago.  He has been the darling of leftist media and given passes on being attacked for the "R" after his name.

Now, with the nomination in sight, the NY Times and other MSM are gearing up to unleash their full fury on him.  It's just not a position he's familiar with.  He may be somewhat used to the criticism, though, as he has received it for years from the right.

Even though you may be used to getting attacked, it can really catch you by surprise when it comes from your allies.  That must be what he is experiencing now.  He'll have to get his feet, but will they let him have that much time before coming at him again?

One thing he can expect is that as the general election approaches, he can expect these attacks from his friends to increase and intensify.  For that reason alone, he should look to the right for help and reach out, across the aisle, for help from the very Conservatives he has snubbed and shunned for so many years.

Maybe, then, this attack by the NY Times is just what we Conservatives need to get Sen. McCain on board with our principals.

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Marginalizing The Conservative Base

Posted by JayPeriod on Monday, February 18, 2008 11:21:05 AM
As you listen to the news, even on Fox, commentators continuously speak of the idea that John McCain should ignore and write off the Conservative base of the Republican party.  They speak of the idea that there is no pleasing them for McCain, so he might as well forget them.  I'm sure the MSM would love nothing better than that.

The biggest problem with this is that it marginalizes the base.  Rather than McCain having to compromise and actually change his position on issues important to the base, he can just write them off, believing that they would rather have him than either of the Democrats.  This could damage the Republican Party, not just in this election, but in elections to come.

The Conservative base of the Republican Party will not tolerate being marginalized.  It would not take long before the base would determine it in their best interest to form a third party.  In the short term, the Republican losses would be devastating to both the party and the country.  Democratic wins and gains would lead to the loss of personal rights, the redistribution of wealth and economic depression.  Yet, in the long term, this third party would be able to establish itself as the true agent for change and could sweep into offices to rescue the country.  It would only cost the country about half a century of time to recover.

So, while the MSM would like us to believe that marginalizing the Conservatives is the way to go for McCain, the long term damage he could do to this country by such arrogant speculation would be far worse.  My suggestion is that he use his ability to compromise and compromise with his own side this time.

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What McCain Must Do To Win Over The Conservative Base

Posted by JayPeriod on Friday, February 15, 2008 2:50:42 PM
Conservatives are splitting at the sight of McCain like the Red Sea did for Moses.  Many Conservative pundits and bloggers are pointing to his past to show that he is not our guy.  At the same time, some Conservative politicians are endorsing him, claiming the greater good of the movement.  Yet, in spite of these endorsements, he has not convinced or excited the base.  So, what must he do to do that?

Many died-in-the-wool Conservatives will not be easily won.  The remember McCain-Feingold's assault on free speech.  They remember the "Gang of 14" meant to keep Conservative judges off the bench.  They remember the calls to close Guantanamo Bay and bring known terrorists to our shores and open our courts to them.  And, of course, they remember the call to grant citizenship to 20 million people who have broken our laws to get here, stolen identities to work and kill more people every year from drunk driving than the whole of the Iraq war.  He has encouraged compromise, even when he was part of the majority.  Can anyone really blame the base for being skeptical?

With all this history, how can we believe McCain has now had a "change of heart?"  He talks about having a revelation and now supporting the Conservative ideas in each of these issues, but how do we really know he has done so?  Politicians are known to say whatever it takes to get elected.  Can a leopard really change his spots, though?

No, we the base demand something concrete to verify that we are going to be respected.  We need something tangible to hold him to after the election.  He must be made to sign a pledge that he will support the base, over and above his desire to compromise.  Without such a show of reconciliation, there can be no proof.

I highly doubt, though, that McCain would be willing to sign such a pledge.  I don't believe he has any desire to compromise with his base, he saves that for the enemies of his base.

So, while there can be no doubt that McCain is a fiscal conservative, completely rejecting all earmarks in the past, there is more to being a Conservative than just that.  He must respond to our concerns and provide us with the proof we need.  Without such, he should plan for the attacks and criticism to continue, because without said pledge, he does not represent us.

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