tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post116309600091074838..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: Using the Center-Right Blogosphere Constructively in the Wake of DefeatK T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-1163197591324673682006-11-10T14:26:00.000-08:002006-11-10T14:26:00.000-08:00Well, the issues Republicans can adopt that will w...Well, the issues Republicans can adopt that will win for them are<BR/><BR/>1. The Fair Tax. Everyone (deep in their hidden thoughts, perhaps) knows that our system of taxation is broken, that Social Security is busted, that we have mortgaged our children and grandchildren for the current largesse of the public trough. The more I larn about the Fair Tax bill, the better I like it as a beginning place to fix those issues and more.<BR/><BR/>2. Fiscal responsibility (see #1)--become THE party of smaller government<BR/><BR/>3. Eliminate Security Theater and get real about Guarding Our Borders! Become the party of law and order and beat the drum loudly and clearly to crack down HARD on employers of illegals, a REAL fence and border security and NO AMNESTY in ANY form.<BR/><BR/>4. Highlight and FIGHT against all forms of anarcho-tyranny—become the chanpions of citizens against government intrusion into pur everyday lives.<BR/><BR/>5. Clean up the house... throw the bums who populate the party with corruption and scandal out on their ears... and keep them out. Don't be like the Democraps who reward people like Alcee Hastings with ever greater honor (for getting away with his crimes, I suppose).<BR/><BR/>6. Never back away from putting Iraq in the "Win" column.<BR/><BR/>Will they listen, though? I know my own congresscritter/rep places so many flappers between him and his constituents, he seems like a caricature of feudal king who's dispensed with holding court, and President Bush has sure turned a deaf ear to the palid conservatism that has elected him twice, but despair's a deadly sin, so hope I must.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-1163105279643028632006-11-09T12:47:00.000-08:002006-11-09T12:47:00.000-08:00This seems like a great idea but I'm too tired now...This seems like a great idea but I'm too tired now to really understand this post. Sad, really.Jake Silverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682166162555506530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-1163104340255227292006-11-09T12:32:00.000-08:002006-11-09T12:32:00.000-08:00Ogre,Thanks for the comment. Yes, I think they wi...Ogre,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment. Yes, I think they will listen. They need us to communicate ideas, volunteer for campaigns and contribute.<BR/><BR/>I guess my theme is that with Web 2.0, <I>we</I> can be the leadership.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-1163103715212306862006-11-09T12:21:00.000-08:002006-11-09T12:21:00.000-08:00Interesting. Do you think that the leadership of ...Interesting. Do you think that the leadership of the Republican Party will listen at all? I mean, sure, this will work, but the Republican Leadership after Newt really has been disconnected from the people for quite some time.Ogrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459439052680467275noreply@blogger.com