In 2006, the Libertarians were justifiably upset about the lack of fiscal responsibility of the Liberal RINO’s. So they led a walkout. Also, the RINOs campaigned under the banner of “We’re not as pathetic as the other guy.”
Republicans got shellacked.
Did the RINOs listen? Nope.
Now, the Social Conservatives, and the Libertarians, and a fair number of Moderates are leading a walkout. And the R party banner is “We’re not as bad as Hillary/Obama.”
The RINO’s say….
1. It will be different this time. See ‘Def. Insanity: Doing the same thing and expecting a different result.’
2. We can’t afford to let the Dems win because of Iraq. Well, I wonder how many of them were strong in the support as I have been. Two, actually, Iraq is largely won. Vietnam (where a victory was turned into defeat by Liberals) is not going to happen.
A. How do I know? I don’t “Know”. But I can guess from information. And thats what this all is. We roll the dice based on probabilities.
3. We can’t afford to win because the Dems might put in some horrible plan.
A. Like McCain isn’t going to do likewise with his feeble strength as he faces a Liberal senate, and has to horsetrade to keep on in Iraq. (and no, thats not a dichotochomy. Hillary isn’t going to leave Iraq, but the D’s might be willing to leave if they can pin the blame to the R’s.)
B. R’s are loyal and partisan. They would be more likely to fight Hillary on Plan Lib than McCain on the same Plan Lib. Its possible that more liberalism would get through under McCain than under Hillary.
C. Reagan after Carter, not Reagan after Whip Inflation Now Nixon. Sure, Carter’s bad legacy lasts until this present day. But despite Iranian problem, the Soviet problem, which Reagan solved was far greater. I’ll take Carter if I can get Reagan, and count myself lucky.
4. You ‘arch-conservatives’ aka normal conservatives are ideological purists, and you wouldn’t have liked Reagan. The Conservative Movement has moved forward. Back when Reagan was in charge, Conservatism had just started to come in from the cold. Conservative=Nazi was a commonplace. Nowadays “Liberal Fascism” hit no. 1 on Amazon. Nowadays, Conservatism has reclaimed most institutions but publishing, universities, and Hollywood.
Its reasonable to be more conservative nowadays. The country has moved vastly to the right.
We still have to compromise because this is politics. But a danse macabre with McCain is not on the playbill. A real compromise like Romney (who wasn’t very conservative) could have worked.
Which leads us to the final thing Liberals tell us…
5. You’re deranged, crazy, we just don’t care….this is the chorus of desperation. Listen to the tone. Conservatives are angry, and fatalistic. Liberals are biting their fingernails in rising fear as they realize they drastically miscalculated.
These insults are about power. They don’t want to admit they lost because that means they accept a lower place at the table. But, its in the nature of things for this to happen. Status in a party tends to trail actual power, but not forever.
This is a game of chicken. One side is frantically screaming insults, and the other side is coolly listing a bill of particulars, and has blood in its eye.
One has to admire the liberals. They play poker very well. With a pair of two’s they’ve managed to run things for a long time. They did this in part by threats to stay home. Granted, they’ve run things into the ground in the process. But its hard for even the most incompetent player to lose with a full house in his hand. So its time for the Three Legged Conservatives, for the Social Conservatives, for the Libertarians, and for the True Moderates to take the party back from the RINO Establishment.
