Recently, House Minority Leader Nancy Peloci told Republicans to “Take back your party. So that it doesn’t matter so much who wins the election”. We disagree with this advice.
The fact of the matter is there are real differences between the two predominate political parties in America. Their visions for America are as different as night is from day. We would also assert that the problem within the Republican Party since it’s victories in the last part of the 20th century has been the politicians who DON’T represent the platform used to sell the party to the American people. The agreement says one thing, but the service agent (elected politician) doesn’t live up to the contract. Now Ms. Pelosi is frustrated that a new breed of politician is being elected: the old kind. She is frustrated with statesmen who actually believe their campaign promises:. She’s frustrated with the audacity of people who represent the ideals of those who elected them. Ms. Pelosi is frustrated by the American people themselves. One can almost hear her insist that they continue to “eat cake”.
Soon after the election of President Obama, an opinion was offered. The opinion that “voting for Democrats in protest to Republicans refusal to legislate from the GOP platforms’ principles just wasn’t working”. We find this type of temper-tantrum to be self-serving and harmful to the electoral process. Indeed, the practice miscued politicians: the skewed data concluded that the country is centered right, but with strong left-leaning tendencies. The reality is that the country leans decidedly to the right of center.
The politicians who continue to misrepresent themselves to their their constituents are finding themselves replaced with those who genuinely agree with said constituents. Some have read the hand writing and heeded its message. The American people are prevailing. As illustrated by Ms. Pelosi’s frustration.
Our advice to Republican politicians is to stick to your gun by representing the people who elected you. The problem isn’t the two-party system, but rather the politicians who seek to muddy these lines between the two. Drawn your direction from your party platform. The lines are clear.
The majority of Americans want the vision enunciated by the Republican platform. Fiscal responsibility, smaller government, less intrusion by the government into their lives (and bank accounts). The left uses these terms as punchlines to their jokes; but that’s because, well: “they’re leftists”.
The Republicans who resolve to stand on these principles will not only become successful, but will have the satisfaction of bringing our nation back to its greatness.
The time is now.
