Following the US Presidential Election, the media, on both sides of the Atlantic is rushing to advise the Republicans that they need to change. If I was a Republican, I would wonder why people, who are most definitely not my ally (Fox News being the exception), would be giving me friendly advice - what's in it for them?
Maybe I would also think, okay so we didn't win but did we massively lose? The answer there is clearly no.
I would also look at say the UK and consider the fate of the nominally right of centre Conservative party. They lost elections, badly, to the left leaning, statist Labour party. The advice they received was 'you are seen as being too right wing' and 'you are the nasty party'. So they changed their policies, they moved further to the centre. Much further than many of their traditional supporters liked or wanted but these people still came out and backed them in elections.
The result? The UK has a coalition government that is supposedly led by a centre-right Conservative party. Supposedly? Well yes, look at the agenda of the UK government - 40 years ago that would have been a dream for the socialists and would be unrecognizable to a Conservative from that era. In short, the Conservatives have 'sold their soul' for no real political gain. They are in bed with the Liberal Democrats who know that they are a minority party and know that they always will be and so they act like one, all the time. Their whole policy in government is to push their agenda and frustrate and block any truly Conservative policies.
Recent polls suggest that the Lib Dems have now slipped into fourth place in the UK and are now trailing the anti-EU UKIP party. The platform of UKIP is the most natural territory of the Conservative Party but the ' modernizers' that have David Cameron's ear shy away from showing any courage on Europe and instead think that pussyfooting around and making empty threats is going to impress either our European partners or the UK public.
So, my advice to American Republicans is hold true to your principles and beliefs. Resist the siren calls from the leftist media - their motives at least, are clear. Remember that there is still an incredibly high number of Americans who value free enterprise, pride in country, faith and other Republican values. Remember also, on November 6, 2012, America elected a President that doesn't have a plan, one that is facing the 'fiscal cliff' without a clue how to solve it or address America's fiscal debt and deficit or to define America's role in the world.
If you ditch and run from your principles, simply for supposed electoral gain, on what do you stand?
Maybe I would also think, okay so we didn't win but did we massively lose? The answer there is clearly no.
I would also look at say the UK and consider the fate of the nominally right of centre Conservative party. They lost elections, badly, to the left leaning, statist Labour party. The advice they received was 'you are seen as being too right wing' and 'you are the nasty party'. So they changed their policies, they moved further to the centre. Much further than many of their traditional supporters liked or wanted but these people still came out and backed them in elections.
The result? The UK has a coalition government that is supposedly led by a centre-right Conservative party. Supposedly? Well yes, look at the agenda of the UK government - 40 years ago that would have been a dream for the socialists and would be unrecognizable to a Conservative from that era. In short, the Conservatives have 'sold their soul' for no real political gain. They are in bed with the Liberal Democrats who know that they are a minority party and know that they always will be and so they act like one, all the time. Their whole policy in government is to push their agenda and frustrate and block any truly Conservative policies.
Recent polls suggest that the Lib Dems have now slipped into fourth place in the UK and are now trailing the anti-EU UKIP party. The platform of UKIP is the most natural territory of the Conservative Party but the ' modernizers' that have David Cameron's ear shy away from showing any courage on Europe and instead think that pussyfooting around and making empty threats is going to impress either our European partners or the UK public.
So, my advice to American Republicans is hold true to your principles and beliefs. Resist the siren calls from the leftist media - their motives at least, are clear. Remember that there is still an incredibly high number of Americans who value free enterprise, pride in country, faith and other Republican values. Remember also, on November 6, 2012, America elected a President that doesn't have a plan, one that is facing the 'fiscal cliff' without a clue how to solve it or address America's fiscal debt and deficit or to define America's role in the world.
If you ditch and run from your principles, simply for supposed electoral gain, on what do you stand?
