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Five resolutions for conservatives in 2012
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 14:08Given that we all usually have room for improvement in our lives, resolutions are always a good idea. They are even more important when there is so much to be gained (or lost) for not bettering ourselves. So it is with this coming election year for conservatives.
With that in mind, the following resolutions are offered up for conservatives everywhere in 2012:
#1) Don't be a cannibal. No matter who you are for in any given race, don’t “go cannibal” on fellow conservatives over who they support. You might win for the moment, but you’ll lose productive relationships in the long run.
As for the presidential race, whoever the Republican nominee is, he will not be perfect and will probably be "high maintenance" from a policy standpoint. But as a movement, conservatives are much better prepared to deal with such politicians than in years past. And remember, ANY Republican president, no matter how squishy they may be, will have absolutely no choice whatsoever but to sign a bill repealing Obamacare. To borrow a phrase, keep your eyes on the prize.
The culture war is still with us
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 15:50Despite the current spotlight on fiscal issues in Washington (and virtually every state capital), the battle over cultural issues has by no means gone away. In fact, even while our government continues to spend itself into bankruptcy, the culture war is still very much with us.
(Actually, it is never really considered a “war” in the media unless conservatives are fighting back, never just when liberals are tearing down traditional cultural norms).
The latest battle in the ongoing war just concluded in New York, where liberals continued their assault on traditional marriage by redefining it to include homosexuality. Thanks to Republican turncoats, the marriage revisionists won by just four votes.
It is important to note that this war is being waged by a distinct minority against several thousand years of human history, and that their agenda has never carried the day when put before the public for a vote. Quite the opposite, actually. Voters in over thirty states have passed marriage amendments to their state constitutions defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Any victories for gay marriage have always been by imposition of a legislature or, more often, via subversion of the political process by the judiciary.
The conservative blame game
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Wed, 11/26/2008 - 11:14It has been said that nature abhors a vacuum, but you can't prove it by the space between the ears of some in the Republican Party today, or in the conservative movement for that matter.
Take columnist Kathleen Parker for example, who in her most recent column lamented the presence of "oogedy-boogedy" religious conservatives within the Republican Party and derisively referred to them as the "low brow" crowd.
She went on to suggest that such people should just keep their faith to themselves; essentially saying they should either cease to have their values informed by their faith, or cease to cast ballots on the basis of their values. Of course, this seems rather selective, as one could just as easily ask her and others in the socially liberal camp to do the same.
Making a difference
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 15:17In the past several weeks I've talked with manyRepublicans that have expressed that they were disheartened with someof our Republican elected officials. With the way some things have gone in recent years, I can certainly see how that would be the case.
But someone once told me that the most important thing to remember when it comes totrying to have
an impact for your values in politics comes down to one simple word - "stay". As in stay involved. Don't let others discourage you from involvement in our party. Don't give your position of leadership in this party over to someone else who might not think like you do. Stay involved and work to keep our party focused on conservative principles, and let those who disagree be the ones who get disheartened, not you.
Don't give up on the chance to have an impact on the things that you care about! Remember, this party stands for what WE say that it stands for. That's what our platform is all about. We set the agenda, not elected officials.
Follow @DrewMcKissickThe GOP Needs a Conservative Revival
Submitted by Drew Mckissick on Fri, 02/24/2006 - 00:00The national Republican Party needs a revival. It needs a renewed focus on its animating objectives. Specifically, the Congressional Republicans have lost much of the revolutionary zeal that brought the party to majority status in Congress and have become too satisfied with simply being a majority. As a result, they have grown afraid to take strong stands for fear of losing power.
They have grown accustomed to bloated budgets and pork-barrel spending. Those within the party that do call for tighter controls are rarely paid any heed. The smaller, leaner government the Congressional GOP campaigned for in 1994 has yet to materialize, and lately is less often fought for. It seems that Bill Clinton's pronouncement during his 1995 State of the Union that the "era of big government is over" was premature.
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