rfenst wrote:That is so true it's sad. Political freedom of expression has been all but crippled. I don't see this ever changing absent a war that unites all Americans (like WWII) or a viable third party, the existence of which requires compromise.
I have been entertaining an idea, but lack any idea of how to execute it. It's too late to make any difference in THIS election, but starting the day after the election, form a new political party. Take a page from the Brits and call it the Conservative Party. There would be some significant differences between the Conservatives and the other two. First, you would not only have to be approved, but each election cycle, you would not only have to possibly face a challenger from within your own party, but you would have to be recertified by a party committee and if you voted against conservative issues too many times, your upstart challenger would run in the primary unopposed, because your Partyu credentials would be pulled, and you would be legally enjoined from claiming any affiliation to the Conservative Party in the general election. This would prevent the infiltration of liberal elements from taking over the party leadership, which is essentially what we see today with the GOP.
Now, for the interim, what lessons can be learned from the quite recent history?
Well, we have JUST once again had an object lesson that 80% of an electorate can want "anybody but ______" (Romney) and he still gets elected easily, because nobody can agree on who anybody but is going to be. If a candidate is going to say, If I can't be the nominee for my party, I'll just run third party and let the worst guy in (again), and we fall for it and don't stand united.... we will never be united as a country again, because if we as a party can't put forth a unified front, what hope is there of ever getting liberals and conservatives to cooperate?
There ARE valuable lessons to be learned from liberals.
1)Stand together, the liberals embrace the Muslims in the name of 'diversity' in spit of condeming the Christians for their refusal to accept homosexuality as 'normal' and in SPITE of the fact that the Muslims only problem with gays is whether they should be burned, hanged, stoned, or thrown off of buildings.
2)Stand together, the EPA regulations on greenhouse gasses (what a JOKE, but that's fodder for it's whole other, own thread) are causing the closure of numerous coal fired electric power plants, which is having a trickle down effect and causing the shut down of some coal mines that supply those plants due to decreased demand. Some locals in the UMW have started to crack a bit on this, but Richard Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO who cooincidentally came UP through the UMW is still staunchly in the Liberal Democrat corner. Furthermore, I would not hold my breath waiting to see if the UMW endorses Mittens.
3)STAND TOGETHER!, if you can keep from falling apart like a bunch of children in a schoolyard arguing over who get's the first at bat, then every time someone proposes a game everone's going to take their bat and their ball and go home, and you will never win! Repeat after me George H.W. Bush, Ross Perot...... Bob Dole, and somebody even more forgettable...... John McCain, and the base, who decided to freakin' stay home that day.
If we don't get Obama OUT at any cost, what do you think the 450 million rounds of .40 S&W JHP ammo was for? They say it's for the Border Patrol, and ICE agents, but THEY have been ordered to avoid engaging illegals, so why the need for large amounts of ammo? Why the 147,000 rounds for the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION???? 46,000 rounds for the National weather service?????? ANOTHER 750 MILLION rounds on RFP for DHS???? No, if we can't get him out now, IF we have an opportunity to have a free and fair election in 2016, all that'll be left will be deciding the seating arrangements on the Titanic. To be upfront and honest, I was working for a major defense contractor. I got laid off ahead of the looming defense cuts back in January. My State unemployment benefits have run out, and now I'm on Emergency Unemployment Compensation. My family recieves 9for the first time in my life) foodstamps, and is on medical assistance. So before you smug liberal thinkers out there accuse me of being heartless and wanting to throw the unfortunates under the freakin' bus.... I AM one! I don't want continued federal handouts, I want my $30/hr. job back! YES! George Bush SUCKED! But at least I had a job! Would McCain have sucked? ABSOLUTELY, but I would likely still have a job. we have two choices, we can either take the GOP back from the RINO's, or we can start over again, but you change horses BEFORE you cross the stream, not in the middle! If a candidate ran as a Republican in the Primary, and now wants to be a spoiler, then the electorate (that's us, unless you're one of the liberal weenies trolling on this thread) needs to reject them, and 'dance with the one who brung ya'. Then we can find a new dance partner for the next prom!