The Republican party was kidnapped several elections ago by
the rabid religious right, and this current debacle, Election 2012, is the
final result. The party, to exist
in the future, will have to go back to its origins of fiscal conservatism,
state’s rights, and minimum federal government. Oh, my, doesn’t that sound familiar? As if it came straight from the mouth
of Ron Paul.
Yes, most of what Libertarians profess today is straight
from the GOP play book of a couple of decades ago. We need a strong military to defend our shores not change
the leadership of other countries.
We need a federal tax code that can actually be understood by a high
school graduate. We need high
school graduates that can read and write.
And we need a middle class that is not controlled by Homeland Security
measures picked up in some third world dictatorship.
Our small business communities need to be able to operate
efficiently and profitably with as little federal intervention as
possible. Those businesses need to
be able to hire an educated staff, not a staff that knows how to cheat its way
through federal tests.
It’s time for those that still call themselves Republican to
divorce the party from those that have altered what Grand Old Party really
meant. Jefferson wrote about
“Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” He did not write about guaranteed happiness by way of
federally demanded welfare, coupled with food stamps and federally subsidized
housing. To pursue that state of
happiness was the goal, the American Dream, if you will.
Despite what some courts seem to think, our constitution was
written in stone, in particular those first ten amendments, and if Libertarians
had their way, and what the GOP should be striving for, is a federal government
that follows the strictures of that magnificent document. The GOP needs to spend a great deal of
time during this next election cycle remembering what the party was, remembering
names like Ike and Reagan, in the short haul, and do a little research on times
before those Republican giants.
A marriage of Libertarianism and old world Republicanism,
led by some brilliant young minds with elegant speaking abilities, and this old
country just might find its way back to a position where the average Jack and
Jill can hold their heads high.
The Old Guard of the current Republican party, and their
lack of understanding what the party was and should be, led to this
debacle. Shame on you, and now,
please stand aside and let the vigorous young bucks with strong Libertarian
ideals take the podium.
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