The past...

A great philosopher once said "If we neglect the mistakes of the past, we are doomed to repeat them in the future". Boy, I think he was talking about the Republican Party. I know all of the Republicans who hide behind Reagan's 11th commandment will hate this article (and others coming out in the near future), but sometimes, the truth hurts.

Leave it to the Republican Party to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. We have some good candidates to run against Obama, but unless Bachmann is the nominee (and this IS NOT meant as an endorsement for her candidacy), our party will once again be the Party of the Old, White Man. Not that this is a bad thing per se, but we had a chance to break this mold with Herman Cain. Yet, many Republican "experts", so-called Conservative activists and political insiders quickly threw Cain under the bus, and they did so at their peril.

But, forget about the racial aspect for a moment, and let's focus on the more important issue. Once again we are faced with a decision: vote for another 4 years of the worst American President in history, or hold our noses and vote for a "Conservative" Republican. Rush Limbaugh, one of my heroes, says that Conservatism is a force that can not be defeated. That in the arena of ideas, Conservatism will ALWAYS win. It is only when we vote for moderates in the "mushy middle", that we lose elections. And, Rush is right. When Republicans vote for Conservatives, great things happen. After all, the last great Conservative we elected was Ronald Reagan and he won in TWO electoral landslides. But more importantly, he rescued America from a debilitating Carter Presidency. The reason for this: Reagan EMBRACED his Conservative values. HE fought for them and he never apologized for these beliefs.

Now, we have "Conservative" pundits and writers who believe that we should abandon Reagan and the Conservative ideals that made him great. Instead, they say, we should start supporting and electing hand-picked, establishment approved, moderate Republicans who can "get along with the Democrats and get independent voters". Every time we do this, however, we lose elections. Even when we win (like Bush twice) we win by VERY thin margins. When Newt and the Republicans had the Republican landslide of 1994, they won as Conservatives. When Republicans ran as Tea Party candidates, they won in 2010. Yet, when we ran as moerates, as weenies who are no different than Democrats, we lost our majority. We lost when RINO George Bush ran against Clinton. We lost when RINO Bob Dole ran against Clinton. We lost AGAIN when RINO John McCain ran against President Obama.

We are faced with the same problem today. Do we simply elect the Republican chosen for us by the MSM and the Republican establishment and let the chips fall where they may (which, inevitably, will be defeat), or do we fight to elect true Conservative candidates who will CRUSH Obama in the general election? Let's say that a moderate Republican beats Obama...will this person govern as a Conservative or "reach across the aisle" and cave, like usual, to the wishes of the Far-Left Democrats in Congress? More importantly, do we trust this candidate with nominations to the Supreme Court? I don't.

I will grant you that this year might be different than past years. It is entirely possible that ANY Republican (save a few) will beat Obama. But, I don't want any more McConnells, Boehners, Grahams or McCains in Congress or the Oval Office. Now is the time to fight. Now is our time to win!