What is a Republican? Should one who considers himself a Republican even ask such a question? My friends, the party is in distress and we are approaching a turning point in our party's history. Many of you, whether Republican, Democrat or other, know how distressed the conservative base of the Republican base is when it comes to the issue of our front runner, John McCain.
John McCain represents what is wrong with this party in general. A desperate to please, group of establishment Republicans have hailed his coming and pushed for true conservatives to embrace him as our leader, despite his history of backstabbing and liberal behavior.
This last Friday, the California Republican Party held its spring convention right here in San Francisco. I volunteered my time to help out with the banquet. Essentially, I collected tickets at the front door. Nothing glamorous, but I like to help out when I can. The event was itself very nice and I got to see a few well known faces speak.
I wore a tan blazer with two pins on my lapel, one a pin with a Republican elephant on it. The pin said, Proud California Republican (I hope that does not put me in the same position as Schwartzanegger) and one American Flag pin that I made sure was positioned over the Republican pin. After all, my alliagence is to this country, not the party. And as long as the party continues to represent the best interest of the nation, I will support that party.
That is what brings me to this current state of dispair. I feel that a wide base of the Republican Party is so affraid of a Clinton or Obama administration that they are willing to settle for someone they do not want. This can be disasterous for the party and the country in general. We, the proud conservative base, boast our resistance to terrorist threats. We will not be moved to action by threats. But that is what is happening within our own party. The McCain camp is intent on convincing us that even if we do not agree all the time, he would be better than an evil Hillary or Obama ticket.
Fear works on the weak minded Mr. McCain, but not the objective minded conservatives who have bravely broken ranks with the establishment Republicans to say, "No!". My hatred for Hillary will not be enough to push me in your direction. To quote General George S. Patton, "I would rather have the Germans in front of me instead of the French behind me." I want to have the enemy in my sight. Not representing MY party.
Lets look at things realistically here. I will remain a Republican, and a proud one at that. To share the same party title as Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater is a great honor to me. And it is that honor that makes me so certain that we as a party cannot accept a status quo. We cannot be bullied by fear coming from our own party members. And we cannot vote for McCain.
Let us swallow our pride and prepare for 2010 and 2012 which, by then should have sent a clear message to the Party. We want conservative leadership, not an altamatum. We want a Republican, not a RINO. We survived Clinton for 8 years, we can do it again if neccessary.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
If McCain wins
If Senator John "RINO" McCain wins the party's nomination, then my faith in the Republican party will be extremely damaged. I may not even vote. Or worse yet, consider voting for.......Hillary. BLEAH!!!
I never, ever thought I would say such a thing. Such is my disgust with McCain. I would rather have an enemy in the White House, than an enemy who claims to by my ally. I am hoping for a Romney victory, but even then I will not be as happy.
The shame is that this year I finally registered as a declared Republican for the first time. I had always been a conservative individual who always voted Republican, but I never joined because I am not a party loyalist Per Se. I am an American first and foremost. If anyone tries to destroy my country, they will find me in their way. If the Republican party decides that it is more important to win elections, even with the wrong individuals, then I will have to fight them as well.
It's sad really. I was just named the San Francisco Republican Party's volunteer of the month. So it's not as if I am just some closet liberal. I love what the party traditionally stands for. I hate what it is becoming.
No more will I allow the argument of, "choosing the lesser of two evils" dictate how I vote. But it may be important, as my father had mentioned, that we get our butts kicked a little to empower the conservative base. Maybe we need a few years of Clinton to enrage the right and get it back on track.
Well, if McCain gets nominated, it will be a lose lose situation. And when the country starts to crumble, I would rather it be a Democrat in the hot seat instead of a Republican.
I never, ever thought I would say such a thing. Such is my disgust with McCain. I would rather have an enemy in the White House, than an enemy who claims to by my ally. I am hoping for a Romney victory, but even then I will not be as happy.
The shame is that this year I finally registered as a declared Republican for the first time. I had always been a conservative individual who always voted Republican, but I never joined because I am not a party loyalist Per Se. I am an American first and foremost. If anyone tries to destroy my country, they will find me in their way. If the Republican party decides that it is more important to win elections, even with the wrong individuals, then I will have to fight them as well.
It's sad really. I was just named the San Francisco Republican Party's volunteer of the month. So it's not as if I am just some closet liberal. I love what the party traditionally stands for. I hate what it is becoming.
No more will I allow the argument of, "choosing the lesser of two evils" dictate how I vote. But it may be important, as my father had mentioned, that we get our butts kicked a little to empower the conservative base. Maybe we need a few years of Clinton to enrage the right and get it back on track.
Well, if McCain gets nominated, it will be a lose lose situation. And when the country starts to crumble, I would rather it be a Democrat in the hot seat instead of a Republican.
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