A conservative’s perspective of the Republican Party
Unless I am seriously mis-reading the zeitgeist then a Neo-Conservative will NOT win the 2008 election. I think the citizens of this county are sick and tired of the bullshit factory that is the current administration. Would you agree? This is unabashedly an op-ed article and I strongly encourage you yell at me if you think I am being out of line. But I don’t think you will, because I think I am right in line with the climate.
The Republican Party is a joke. And that’s coming from a republican (nee conservative). We are out spending and out fighting our democratic counterparts. We have abandoned habeas corpus (more on that later). And republicans are causing the biggest losses to our civil liberties that this country has ever seen (Read: The Patriot Act).
Does this seem a little too ranty? Is “ranty” a word? MS Word Says “no”.
Historically the Republican Party is about non-intervention. Remember the Vietnam War was started by Lyndon Johnson (a democrat) and effectively ended by Richard Nixon (a republican).
Not to even mention the spending issue.
People are tired of the war. People are tired of the spending. People are tired of the continually weakening dollar. People are tired of this administration.
All these reasons, and more, are why I am supporting Ron Paul in his bid for the Republican Nomination for the 2008 presidential election.
You might not agree with him on all the issues, gun control for instance, but his foreign policy and economic policy should be enough to convince you that he is the man for the job. We need to get our troops out of Iraq. We don’t need to attack Iran. And we need to get our economy back in place. Ron Paul 2008.
For more information about Ron Paul, watch any of the videos that I have been posting on this blog for the past month. Go to www.ronpaul2008.com . And if you want to get involved, then you can get involved.
-Josh
Posted on September 27th, 2007 by schalicto
Filed under: Josh Rants
your view seems in line with the common consertaive, but the problem is that the neo-conservatives have all the power. Their philosophies are deeply entrenched in our military’s leaders and neo-conservatives have been placed hi in non-elected positions. So even though the “common man” maybe more moderate, the neo-conservatives will make sure that only a candidate of their choice makes it through the system.
PS- in terms of human rights, I think what happened in Florida in 2000 is pretty hi on the list. The systematic disenfranchisement of voters, not by the administration, but by a network of individuals whose job was to protect the very process that they had hijacked.
To many words.
Blaming all errors (both spelling and factual) on my phones auto correct.
A-ron: not enough vowels.
I tend to agree with you, I too usually lean Republican, though I rarely brand myself as such exactly because the word is somehow now synonymous with “Conservative Christian.”
I would love to see Ron Paul in the executive branch, despite his views on religion, exactly because we need someone to cut back all the extra pork that this administration has been piling on.
Sadly, I agree with Mr. Popular, Ron would likely not be able to run as a Republican, since he is not a Neo-con, they would likely not give him the party endorsement. As it is he is seen as something of a deserter to the party. If he did end up getting the republican nomination, I’d likely vote for him in a second (unless he were running against Kucinich or Gravel, both of whom are in the same boat that he is, essentially third party candidates).
He’d probably have to run as a Libertarian, and then he would be lucky to get 5% of the popular vote, which would be an incredibly good showing as far as third parties go.