Posted by
Dave on Friday, November 14, 2008 12:57:59 PM
So where do I go now?
The way I see it the Republican leadership needs to go for the GOP has done it again. They tried to be Democrats and lost again. When Ronald Reagan ran as a conservative on conservative values; he won and when he won twice, the pundits were surprised and shocked. Not the American people though, they knew what they wanted. They wanted a strong confidant leader who had their values and portrayed a positive out look. If you look you will find over and over again when Republicans run as conservatives and stay true to their core values they win and when they run as liberals and forget their core values they then loose. Why is that? Maybe it is because most of America is basically Conservatives in their thinking. When I was working the outside the polls trying to get McCain and Palin elected I had the opportunity to talk to more then a few Democrats and what I found was surprising at lest to me anyway. Many had the same values as I did, strong family values, lower taxes, less government interference in private lives, school choice, strong military, Christian Values, and even abortion. They were actually conservative in their thinking. Yes there were a couple wacko’s out there but the other Democrats kept their distance from them for as they said they did not want to be seen with them. There was one in particular that was there and I was told that she gave them (the Democrats) a bad name. So my question really is why are they Democrats? Then I have to ask myself why I a Libertarian on most issues remain a Republican. Ronald Reagan once said that he did not leave the Demarcated Party that they left him. I feel the same way about the Republican Party, but I do believe the Republicans Party is worth saving at lest for now. For I believe if they return to their core values they can bring these Conservative Democrats to at lest vote form them, just as Reagan did. The GOP is holding their Governor’s conference in Miami and will then be electing new leadership shortly, so all I can do now is wait and hope. But, if the Republicans do not get rid of the National Leadership and start going back to their core values well this could be the end of the Grand Old Party as we know it.