There was a time when
being a part of the Grand old Party, (Republican Party) was respectable, after
all, it was the party of Lincoln. This was the man who led the country through
a bloody civil war and helped to end slavery by signing the Emancipation
Proclamation. This was also the party of what many call the father of the
modern conservative movement, Ronald Reagan, and his vision of a country of limited government
and maximum freedom.
So what the heck has happened to the
Republican Party to allow such dismal failures within the last 5 to 8 years? What
happened to the party that had the leadership, foresight and the will bring the
country together and set us on the path of healing? No matter what your party affiliation is or
if you don’t care about either one, there are several reasons why a political
group can fail its constituents. Here are some of the sins the Republican Party
have committed. I will recruit the help of news.yahoo.com to list a few “sins”
that the Republican Party should change, (in my most humble opinion) to attract
more independent and conservative voters.
Do more to attract the
minority members and candidates into the party. It is common knowledge that
many people think of the Republicans to be the party of the “rich, old, white,
guys”, even though there are many who are not. The party needs to put more
Hispanics, women and blacks in the spot light and in their ranks. That has
happened in the past with Sarah Palin, Herman Cain and Marco Rubio, however,
the party did not give these people the political and media support they needed
to survive in the cut-throat political world and they sufferd for it.
Next, do more to
attract the youth vote. Most of the young people get there information from
certain cable TV shows and the internet. The party needs to invest heavily into
young people and prove to them that the next generations of Republicans aren’t just
bunch of out-of-touch, rich, white guys. There are some smart, young people in
the ranks of the Republican Party and the old guys need to step aside and let
the young people get some of the spotlight and show a fresher side of the
party.
A big sin that most
politians commit is the act of being a Politian. Politics breeds corruption and feeds on power,
and as it has been said, absolute power corrupts absolutely. As I understand
it, our founding fathers never meant for a legislator or congressman to use his
office as a career. The job of being a legislator or congressman was meant to
be a part-time gig and not a life-long activity. Unfortunately, too many people
think of this kind of work as “job security” and have never had a real product
job. Simply put, they are out of touch with the “average American”.
One of the biggest
issues the Republicans have been facing for a while is not using the internet
and social media to its fullest potential. As I understand, the tweet, “four
more years” that was sent after Obama realized he had won his second term was
the most re-tweeted phrase in twitter history. The Republicans need to embrace
the internet in the same way and use it to their advantage. John McCain was persecuted
not sending emails during the 2008 election. You see where that got him.
And finally, and
probably one of the biggest sins of the Republican Party today, they are
cowardly, yellow-bellied, wussies!! When Republican congressmen get to
Washington D.C. they find a deep dark evil covers the land much like the evil
that covers the land of Mordor and the evil seduces them in a way that would
make even Senator Palpatine jealous. No matter what letter is ahead of the name
of the inhabitant of the Whitehouse, the evil will flow. Even the congressmen who were sent by Tea
Party members and enthusiasts will almost always fall under the spell of the
evil that dwells there and turn the good intentions of a conservative into a
RINO, (Republican In Name Only) and act like something else.
John Boehner is one of
those people who changed when they got to Washington. So is John McCain and Lisa Murkowski just to
name a few. Too many people who have good conservative values go to Washington
and get seduced by the money, power, and fame and turn into pushovers and
support anything that they think will make them look good to the power in the
oval office and the will of a bias media group.
When the Republican Party
wakes, pulls their head out of the warm, dark place between their legs, and
realizes that what they are doing is not the will of the people of Lincoln,
Reagan and the people who put them into office we may have a Republican Party
with conservative values worthy of combating a very powerful group of people that
has kept the country in an economic, social, and spending choke hold and has
made America the laughing stock of the world.
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