As this article is being written, the consensus among American political pundits across the political spectrum is that the Democrat party is in deep trouble as the midterm elections approach. The delight of Republicans and the gloom of Democrats are both a direct result of the breathtaking incompetence and overt anti-Americanism on daily display in Washington, DC. However, the delight in the GOP may soon turn to deep disappointment if the national leadership does not show some boldness and political courage.
Almost 12 years ago the GOP solicited its members asking for their support to unseat Barack Obama in the 2012. I wrote back that I would gladly contribute if they would explain to me what the GOP wanted to accomplish if they successfully ousted President Obama. They were informed I would not donate another dime to the GOP until that information was available and that they should not send me another solicitation until it was. Sadly, no list of GOP policy commitments, proposed legislation, legislative priorities, or any other statement of a coherent approach to governing has ever arrived. In return, they have received not one dime of Buckley cash. This year, the question remains: if the GOP defeats the Democrat Party, what are they going to do to reverse the debacles Biden has inflicted on this nation? What are they going to fight for? To what are they committed? If those questions remain unanswered, their projected November landslide may end up being more than a little underwhelming.
The strange thing about the Republican Party is that they have a recent history that shows how effective being bold and forthright can be. Trump is an obvious example, and the 2016 platform was on target. It had specific concrete steps that Republican voters embraced: reduce taxes; build the wall (you know which one); support energy independence; pull out of the Paris accords and the Iran treaty; move the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem; etc. (That platform remains the official GOP position, but who would know it? The GOP leadership never talks about it!) Like those policies or hate them, voters knew what the were going to get with Donald Trump and he delivered on many of his very specific promises. Trump also proved to be one of the most popular Republican Presidents ever despite a 24/7/365 war on him by the mainstream media and even his own party leaders. The GOP leadership presently looks askance at a Trump Presidential run in 2024, but STILL refuses to do the only thing that can give them the kind of credibility that they lack, and Trump has in spades: announce a specific platform of policies and legislative proposals that can galvanize widespread public support. The completely craven stances of the likes of Mitch McConnell, who would not know a commitment if it slapped him in the face, only ensures that any victory in November will be far less than what it could be.
By now, even zealous Democrat partisans know that Biden’s Presidency is an epic train wreck. They also know, but refuse to admit, that Biden is physically and mentally incapable of performing his duties competently. Despite their best efforts to cover it up, evidence continues to mount showing the Biden and his family were criminally corrupt, and the election that put him in the White House was, at best, marred by fraud in key states. At worst, it was a stolen election. With that kind of compromised leadership on the Democrat side, it stands to reason that November will be a GOP landslide. Any conservative or libertarian American citizen would be thrilled by that outcome if they knew that the GOP candidates, they were asked to vote for were truly committed to an agenda that would undo much of the damage that Biden and his destructively left wing administration have done. How can they have that confidence? Where is the GOP leadership espousing their plans for radically altering the course of this nation if they take control? They should be shouting it from the mountain tops!
Trump may have been denied the Presidency by fraud, but even if Biden’s official 81 million vote total was a fraudulent joke, a LOT of people did vote for Joe Biden. They made the vote total close enough so that Joe could stumble into the White House from his basement. One thing is certain about the Biden platform, he took a page from Trump’s playbook and is doing his darndest to implement all the loony promises he made. He opened the border with a vengeance. He also devastated the energy industry; rejoined the Paris Accords; nominated a SCOTUS justice using race and gender as his primary criteria (so much for MLK’s aspiration about the content of their character); advocated for coddling criminals; is spending vast sums of money; turned the evacuation of Afghanistan into a national humiliation; appointed left wing loons to his cabinet; etc. Inarguably, Biden is giving his supporters what they voted for. America is suffering greatly as a result, but the GOP would be wise to learn from his example and give people who want what is best for this country a reason to run to the polls in November and pull a GOP lever. Tell them what a Republican vote means!
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Agreed. Why the GOP is not adopting Sen. Rick Scott’s 11 point Rescue America plan is beyond belief. This is a good start. https://rescueamerica.com/11-point-plan/ It makes total sense. But establishment Republicans like the Turtle are running from it. RINO’s disgust me. Each of them should be primaried and many are this cycle. We need to continue that trend.
Because if they FIX things they can’t keep the “send us more money and we’ll get ’em next time” grift going; also, because Ivy League Progressivism is just as much a noxious weed infesting the R Establishment as it is the D’s.
There are a LOT of lefties under the R banner solely because D’s don’t win elections where they live, and that’s not even getting into the rot and cancer of the Left Coast where the entire State Party apparatus has been captured by Dem symps to be “puppet opposition” in a kabuki show that makes pro wrestling look like an honest contest.
You are right, but that happens because “red blooded” Republicans do not get involved in sufficient numbers and Democrats control local politics and government.
I agree. GOP candidates need to be dedicated to conservatives policies. If not, say goodbye.
Completely agree. I believe it’s because they are cowards.
Leadership change is essential for the Republican Party to move forward. We have many good candidates for leadership roles. McCarthy and McConnell are good examples of who to replace, right off the bat. Given the change, “Ultra MAGA” would put the Democrats steeply back on their heels.
One good reason, I think, to end the way the leadership is chosen, is that it looks too much like some seniority graft. There is nothing that make seniority a good trait of a leader, because leaders come from all walks of life. Ours needs new blood.