I've read a lot of reasons here and other places as to why a third and fourth party won't work and so we need to rehab the republican party. I'm reminded of a cliche credited to Albert Einstein 'Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results'. How many times over the last 20-30 years have you heard about our need to reform the GOP? How's that working out? Given the lack of success and the dire straights we conservatives and constitutionalists are in can we really afford to waste time repeating failed history? With the left branding us as terrorist how much time do we have to act before the arrest begin? Do we really expect the party of evil lite to help here?
I think fear plays to a lot of the thinking here as well. Fear of an unknown party, fear of change, fear of the left with fear mongering by the GOP leadership, and fear of loosing power.
Yes, it is a risk in changing parties for a new and untested party. Members of the Whig party did that in 1848. In 1861 they saw their first president elected. He was a one term former whig US congressman named Abraham Lincoln. His fellow members overcame their fear and became a national party in less than twenty years all without TV, Radio, or the internet. So much for their fear of change or a new party.
Fear of the left and fear mongering by the GOP has been used a lot over the last 20+ years. If you don't vote for us the other side will take over! Sure we have our faults but we are not as bad as the other side! The old lesser of two evils cry. The public got so tired of that useless claim the other side finally did win! The GOP's worst fear did come true and they really lost power! Do we really want to waste more time trying to reform a party of losers that is still using the lesser of two evils argument?
All attempts to reform the Republican Party over the last twenty years have failed! It's time to get over that and move on. Many nations have more then two parties and form coalition governments all the time. We conservatives can elect conservatives if we band together and just do it. We need party discipline for those who say one thing and do another. We will have to be true to our ideals or the public will soon reject us. NO RINO types allowed.
To those who say it can't be done please enjoy your status quo. Those like me will do the heavy lifting and move past you. Good luck with your reforming the GOP.
Ken Lowder
