tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post6824815315192624267..comments2024-03-26T12:44:30.308-07:00Comments on Blue Heron Blast: Red bluesBlue Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-41179129640684544452016-10-27T14:40:03.163-07:002016-10-27T14:40:03.163-07:00Robert,
I feel it is time for us to differentiate...Robert,<br /><br />I feel it is time for us to differentiate between the current lot of Republicans and the "Conservatives". (read Freedom Caucus and friends) The two are not synonymous.<br /><br />In my mind, Republicans advocate for a representative form of government that is limited in its powers and limited in the scope of it's responsibility. Government lives within its means, avoids borrowing unless in time of national emergency, conducts a forthright and muscular foreign policy and fields a well equipped and strong military; and serves as the guarantor of our citizenship rights as articulated in the Constitution. That Government must resist the temptation to engage in social engineering or manipulation through the tax code and must present to all citizens a level and fair playing field. It must be trusted and it must be utterly transparent. That is the Republican view as cast in ages past.<br /><br />"Conservatives" believe government exists to impose their "world view" and their "values" on the nation through force of law. They believe in the Divine inspiration of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. They refuse to acknowledge our nation's "original sin" and they are possessed with a kind of self-righteous fever that convinces them that "they" are more American than anyone else. They also seem to hate their political opponents more than they love their country and they are willing to literally wreck the nation if they can't have their way. They believe compromise at any level is betrayal. They deny facts that don't affirm their prejudices and eschew science in favor of fanciful theories and rumors. They cannot be reasoned with which makes them too dangerous to govern.<br /><br />It is time that Republicans divorce themselves from the "Conservative" movement, spin them off into the Alt-Right universe where they are a far better fit, and begin to make their case anew to what is left of the thinking people in America. It may cost them a few election cycles as they hone and craft their positions and messaging, but their integrity as a party (and our nation's welfare) is well worth their temporary sacrifice.<br /><br />I still firmly believe that a healthy, sane, two party system benefits our nation and continues the healthy discussions of opinion and goals as was practiced so many years ago in Colonial Williamsburg by the forefathers and led to our forming of a more perfect union.<br /><br />Of course the democrats need a little work as well but that is for another day and another writer to explore.<br /><br />RH<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com