The Republican Party is dead. I have been preaching this message to my friend John for a number of months now and though he originally agreed with me only halfheartedly, he has now come to see things as I have. The reason I say this is because the GOP has no principles upon which it stands and is willing to fight. Most Republicans, if asked, will tell you that theirs is the party of Reagan, of smaller government and lower taxes. This is the GOP that I have rallied around for years because these are the principles which form the foundation of my personal political views. These are not the views of the Party today however. I cannot align myself with the governing philosophy that George W. Bush used when he was in power for 8 years. That philosophy is not the foundation of what the GOP used to be. The size of government exploded under W. Some will declare that the reason for this was 9/11. I respect that opinion, but those actions do not align with GOP principles. I have regretted casting away my vote on him, but have made peace with myself in pointing out the the alternative was just as bad or even worse. He was the lesser of two evils.
Look at the Tea Parties. It is my understanding that the Tea Parties are rooted on the principles of smaller government and lower taxes. If the GOP held these as core values, then why the need for these new organizations? They are essentially fighting for the same exact things. Numerous Republican candidates ran in this past primary season backed by the support of the Tea Parties. The Tea Parties were fighting against the very group which supposedly hold the same values. The Tea Parties are, to a degree, could have brought the Republican Party back to where it belongs. Instead of rallying behind these candidates, the GOP has in some cases disowned Tea Party candidates, supporting them grudgingly and only in an effort to quell the protesting voices from within. In many cases though, the Republican party continues to support their entrenched candidates by encouraging them to run as Independents or write-ins. This tactic makes no sense to me, especially when the Republicans the members of the Tea Party are supposedly on the same side. The actions of the GOP will do nothing more than split the conservative vote, thus creating a great opportunity for Democrats to at the very least retain their power. Look at what the Democrats are doing in comparison to the Republicans Go to Organizing for America (http://www.barackobama.com/index.php) and you will see a marked difference to what you hear about Republicans. The Democrats are organizing and building momentum as the Republicans tear each other apart.
It is more than 2010 though. We are rapidly coming up on the two year mark for the next presidential election and who is the front runner candidate for the Republican Party? No one, which means they are already too late. Because of this, 2012 will prove to be the final, crushing defeat of the GOP. After that, the party will prove to be little more than a whimper as the final nails are hammered into the coffin of Capitalism and the American Way. Once that happens, there will be no further need for the Republicans as all of the socialistic machinery will already be firmly in place and there will be no going back. At that point there will be no saving the Constitution as none of it will be left to save. By then, the government will be telling you what you can and cannot eat and drink. It will be telling you what kinds of cars you can drive, what kinds of household appliances you can buy, what kinds of information you have access to. It will be be the nightmare America that scared so many of us when we were growing up under the specter of the Soviet Union. People will stand, dazed and confused wondering how and when all of this happened. And though I will not be able to give a specific day, I will be able to say it was the day that the GOP drifted from its charter principles of smaller government and less taxes.
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