Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Headlines, the GOP, and the Future

Bad news first: The Republicans are going to lose the next elections.

Good news: This is the best thing that could happen to the Republican party.

The new GOP has lost the vision. They have stopped the revolution, burnt the Contact with America, and even gone yellow. The only story on Capitol Hill is that they can't vote the way they should because of special interests.

To quote a teenager, "OMG!" (Oh my God)

To quote a Senator "A United States Senator has significant tools with which to wield power and influence.......Feigning helplessness is not one of those tools" (Sen. Pat Roberts)

In 1994 the Republicans that led the revolution were equipped with vision, vigor, and a strong belief of the need for reform. The leaders from those days have given up. They have cashed in their chips, and stopped even trying to message for the comeback. They are now happy to sit on their soapbox and talk about the good times. The Staff has gone, and the staffers that took their place do not understand how revolutionary everything was (I wasn't a part of it either). The rank and file member is so busy just trying to keep their job that they forgot they have one to do.

A loss in the next election, a big loss, I mean huge, will make the party remember. Hopefully, after a bad loss, like a cold shower, the party will wake up. For those of you Democrats who say, "I don't want the Republicans to wake up." It is not this party that will wake up. It is the party that wants change. That wants to put an end to government waste, corruption, and inefficiency. A party that cares more about how much the government spends on a door than what you do behind yours. A party that has the will to do what is right, not because it will get them elected, but because it is right. Not the party that is currently losing a generation of voters like me, the sons and daughters of hippies and Vietnam vets.

I hate saying that we need to lose. I hate losing, but in the next election vote libertarian. Send a message that we want the fiscal sense back that once existed, we want the fight back that once existed, we want the leadership back that once existed, we want the vision back that once existed, and send the message that we want the party back that once existed.

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