Adamo: The Narrow Path To Reviving Conservatism

[Terri]

By Christopher G. Adamo
November 21, 2008

In their typically duplicitous fashion, Republican "moderates" who orchestrated this latest electoral catastrophe are once again blaming the lingering vestige of conservatism in the McCain campaign as the factor that ultimately doomed its prospects. This forked-tongue political ploy is certainly nothing new, but instead represents the standard tactics of the Republican moderates whenever they assert their presence within the Party. Move to the left, attempt to be as much like the Democrats as possible (ostensibly at a lower cost), and then blame conservatism when voters reject the scam.

To nobody's surprise, liberal Democrats are always eager to assist in the disinformation campaign, especially since those perennially gullible "moderates" are far more willing to embrace the philosophies of the left than anything from the right. Following every election in which RINO thinking dominates, Republican "moderates" join with the Democrats in pointing out who among the party's "extreme right" bears responsibility for the loss.

More

[steve66oh]

The problem wasn't so much about divisions between the wings of our party, instead it was between ALL of us in the base, and the calculating / dealmaking / "inside the Beltway" / out of touch group that calls itself our "leadership". The RNC "leaders" stopped listening to us, and betrayed much of what we sent them to Washington for. Does anyone at the RNC remember the "Contract With America". It was revolutionary BECAUSE IT WAS PRESENTED AS A CONTRACT. Government reform. Limited government. Personal responsibility. Individual liberty. Fiscal sanity. Those were OBLIGATIONS under the Contract. DOUBLING the national debt is NOT fiscal sanity. Expanding government power over marriage is NOT limited government OR individual liberty.

Sidebar: How would a Conservative fix marriage? 1: I'd give it back to the churches. Personally, I will never marry again. I may take a bride to a church and ask to be "betrothed", but I will NEVER AGAIN apply for a state "marriage license". 2: I'd pass constitutional amendments to protect parental rights against state interference absent proof of parental unfitness. Child custody would be decided in Juvenile courts based on evidence of harm, a divorce plaintiff parent with no evidence of harm is choosing to abandon the family and pay support money. This would invert the current divorce incentive system by rewarding the parent who is NOT breaking up the family.

We CAN'T protect marriage WITH government, we must protect marriage FROM government!

The real cause of the RNC defeat was the attitude of "Thanks for the votes, now shut up and let us experts handle things". The middle of the road is a great place to get run over.

[utexas]

All the more reason to abandon the moderates, centrists, and RINO’s in the GOP leadership since they already abandoned us.