First, we have to stop our opposition to abortion. This will make women join us.
Second, we need to stop our opposition to race-based discrimination, AKA "equal outcomes, not equal opportunity." This will make blacks join us.
Third, we need to stop our opposition to illegal immigration. This will make hispanics join us.
Fourth, we need to stop our support of socially conservative morality. This will make homosexuals, young people and alternative religion folks join us.
Fifth, we need to stop supporting gun rights. This will make criminals and Hollywood join us.
Sixth, we need to stop talking about being fiscally conservative. If we give poor people money, they will join us.
Seventh, we need to stop considering the US military as a military unit, and focus on making it social works with awesome outfits. Then everyone will join us!
It's fool proof!
(Sadly, only #6 and #7 have I not seriously heard a variation of among 'solid' conservatives-- and both of those I've hear from moderates.)
UPDATE:
I can't believe I forgot education, public sector unions and environmental power grabs!
Federal level education because that will help America be strong, public sector unions because they are powerful, and anything that's labeled as for the environment either to be on the safe side, or for the children!
6 comments:
thats one of the myriad problems the GOP faces. there is always one set of ideals that belong to another that others think need to be tossed.
conservatism, as a real philosophy, is a hard sell because there is alsways some issue that is so important to you that you think the govt should have a role in it.
the GOP needs to rely on the inanity of democrats to get elected. fortunatley for them, there doesnt seem to be a shortage of it.
Never underestimate the ability of the GOP to snatch defeat from the very jaws of victory, and then brag about how they knew it wouldn't work and it just wasn't sensible to be to the right of the Dems.
Conservatism, as a philosophy, is incoherent-- it would be entirely location based.
Conservatism in the US isn't exactly a philosophy so much as trying to keep the tradition of sensible freedom.
i see it as a reaction to forces already in play, and by then, too big to control.
always playing catch up, it will never win because its not intended to, by design.
i say it only exists to provide lifetsyles and paychecks for the political class, and not to actually advance anything.
Isn't it something, and amusing, that the way to "save" the GOP *always* resolves to "turn Republicans into me-too Democrats and banish into the outer darkness the people who actually vote for the GOP"?
This plan worked so well for McCain, I don't see why every Republican doesn't follow it. What's wrong with standing on conservative principles, instead of trying to appease the opposition?
Good Post
I'm a new follower, glad I found you.
Thank you very much; I fear you may be disappointed at most of my writing, though!
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