From Folly To Follow Up

The Republican Party is (if you believe the MSM) in a state of disarray. Senator Arlen Specter's recent declaration that he was finally switching parties is (the wags proclaim) proof that the Republican Party was on the downslope. While there is some reason to believe that, I don't think that the MSM has a clue as to the WHY and the HOW. I am not going to get into that necessarily here, but I would like to get into what Republicans can and should do to move the Party forward. This column was sent to me by a friend and I think it is a very good place to start. Put aside the militaristic language of "enemies" and "battle" and instead....

Just think what would happen, if we could harness the power of all the individuals that belong to all the freedom groups in America and then some, and focus that power on one national, burning issue? Or better yet, what if we could get all the people who voted conservative in the last election (over 60,000,000 Americans) to focus like a laser beam on one, agreed-upon issue? We would be unstoppable and the reality is, we can!

President Reagan is said to have taken the following position on legislation. He supposedly said that if the legislation did not make the country safer, more prosperous or more free then it was not worthy of his support. THAT is what Republicans should be focusing on!

We need to take a page out of the MoveOn.org playbook - we are not "pro-life" or "pro-2nd Amendment" or "pro-homeschooling" or pro WHATEVER Republicans - we are Republicans and we need to come together to GET REPUBLICANS ELECTED! Yes we should make sure that we nominate principled Republicans but if we do not send more than one or two principled Republicans to DC, we are not going to be able to change a thing.

To my friends in the Libertarian and Constitutional and Republican Parties - we need to quit isolating ourselves and come together FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY! It really is not optional now.