As promised the first of my observations about getting America back on the right path is about to begin. Please keep in mind that leftist hate mongers have been nibbling away at our nation and our freedoms for the better part of a century now. Anyone who expects the Republicans, who still only control the House and Senate and not the Presidency, to turn this mess around overnight..... is clearly delusional.
The hammering of the party by the liberal media has already begun. It will only get worse and more abusive as time passes..... so steel yourself for that eventuality. Here is the media template so you'll be ahead of their game. 1st. Everything that goes wrong anywhere on earth.... and possibly outer space too.... will be blamed on the Republicans. 2nd. The media will scour the earth to find things they can credit Obama for. If someone develops a cure for cancer it will somehow be because of Obama.
Be ready for the ridiculousness of their contortions. More importantly..... be prepared to laugh at them as they twist themselves into knots. It will be great fun! Also it is a good time for us to use one of Saul Alinsky's rules for radicals points against the liberal media to neuter them every time they go far left. (which is each time the either speak or publish) Mr. Alinsky wrote 12 rules which are helpful in advancing the leftist agenda but nowhere in his rule book was it written that the right couldn't use them against the left. Here is one we can use against the leftist media daily.
* RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They use this to create anger and fear.)
Quite simply..... call them out when they go far left and make asses of themselves by doing so. Laugh at them and make fun of their overreach and twisting of reality to advance their agenda. Give them no slack and no quarter. FORCE them to start being journalists rather than liberal operatives.
Be ready for the ridiculousness of their contortions. More importantly..... be prepared to laugh at them as they twist themselves into knots. It will be great fun! Also it is a good time for us to use one of Saul Alinsky's rules for radicals points against the liberal media to neuter them every time they go far left. (which is each time the either speak or publish) Mr. Alinsky wrote 12 rules which are helpful in advancing the leftist agenda but nowhere in his rule book was it written that the right couldn't use them against the left. Here is one we can use against the leftist media daily.
* RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They use this to create anger and fear.)
Quite simply..... call them out when they go far left and make asses of themselves by doing so. Laugh at them and make fun of their overreach and twisting of reality to advance their agenda. Give them no slack and no quarter. FORCE them to start being journalists rather than liberal operatives.
Because there is still a democrat in the White House the only power the Republicans have is total control of the purse strings and total control over legislative issues. That is a lot of power right there but there is more. Because both the House and Senate have oversight responsibilities of various agencies they will finally be able to start holding those agencies responsible for their actions. Democrats can still bitch and moan about it but because they are the minority that's all they can do.
If not for democrats running political interference for agencies like the D.O.J. (Holder and the Fast and Furious debacle) and the I.R.S. and their political targeting of conservative groups prior to the 2012 election cycle..... thus illegally influencing the outcome of the election...... we would have seen some justice by this time. We should hope to start seeing progress on both of those fronts soon.
I say hope because the Republican establishment still has no clue about who they are and what is expected of them. They are kittens in a fighting arena with pit bulls. Politics for the democrats is a blood sport and they always fight to win. Even when they get their ass handed to them they will still flip you the bird on the way to the ER for stitches. Republicans are all about being fair and trying to get along..... exercising comity and civility.
All those things are nice a wonderful..... as long as the other side is abiding by them too. Democrats, however, only abide by the rules which benefit them and the advancement of their agenda, though. Rules of conduct and procedure which do not benefit them are routinely ignored. If all else fails then things like the "Reid Rules" are passed so as to eliminate the minority voice.
Oddly enough even after the Reid Rules were passed the Republican minority was still routinely blamed for being obstructionists. Now they could not offer amendments to legislation, they could not propose legislation, they could not filibuster and they lacked the votes to stop the passage of legislation. Yet they were magically able to obstruct things! That is the power of the liberal media. The one obstructing everything was none other than Harry Reid....... who, like Obama, was always seen on camera speaking in opposition to the very thing of which he was guilty.
Starting points. What is obvious to me is that the biggest issue the Republicans have to tackle is that of their brand and identity. They absolutely MUST figure out who they are and what they stand for. It's common sense. If you have no idea where you are when you start a journey there is no way to can plot a course to your destination.
That is because the direction to your destination isn't known without first knowing where you stand in relation to that destination. Pick any city on a map. That is a fixed goal. If you picked Kansas City and you know you're in Denver..... then you know which way to go and what roads you need to take to get there. If you picked Kansas City but have no earthly idea what city you're in....... you are what we term..... LOST!
Due to the three factions of the republican party each having a different starting point there are three different directions possible to reach a destination. But until the party unifies, the three different groups can't even agree on what that destination is! The driver wants to move left towards conciliation while the guy in the passenger seat is happy going right down the middle of the road.... and the backseat driver is yelling, "TURN RIGHT!!! TURN RIGHT!!!"
Because the guy behind the wheel (establishment republicans) has the most control the others have to mutually agree on a destination AND direction...... then convince the driver to go along with them. These two groups..... although they don't hold high offices.... still have a LOT of power. Their power is in their numbers and their wallets. Those in office need the mothers milk of politics.... money. Stop financially supporting folks who are not listening to you and they start to get their hearing back. Better still..... support those who DO listen to you and save yourself some trouble.
The party MUST unify as conservatives on ALL fronts. Conservatism is maligned because it is misunderstood and our side has done nothing to dispel the negative media hype. Conservatism is no more scary than running the nation the same way you have to run your household. You have so much income to work with each month so you structure your life so as to (hopefully) spend less than you earn. Anything left over is saved for an emergency.
Our nation USED to operate that way. If we are to survive we have to get back to operating that way again. Since Republicans are the majority in Washington DC now they MUST both get that message out and EXPLAIN it clearly to the American people. While that ought not be necessary.... we have kids in college who DO NOT know who won the civil war, DO NOT know from whom we won our independence and can't even tell you who the sitting vice president is!!!! (more scary that that is that ALL of those kids can VOTE in elections!)
While you shudder in terror of that last revelation I'm going to get a cup of hot chocolate and chill for the balance of the evening. (which is easy to do thanks to global warming and the projected low of 23 degrees tonight) More to come soon!
Starting points. What is obvious to me is that the biggest issue the Republicans have to tackle is that of their brand and identity. They absolutely MUST figure out who they are and what they stand for. It's common sense. If you have no idea where you are when you start a journey there is no way to can plot a course to your destination.
That is because the direction to your destination isn't known without first knowing where you stand in relation to that destination. Pick any city on a map. That is a fixed goal. If you picked Kansas City and you know you're in Denver..... then you know which way to go and what roads you need to take to get there. If you picked Kansas City but have no earthly idea what city you're in....... you are what we term..... LOST!
Due to the three factions of the republican party each having a different starting point there are three different directions possible to reach a destination. But until the party unifies, the three different groups can't even agree on what that destination is! The driver wants to move left towards conciliation while the guy in the passenger seat is happy going right down the middle of the road.... and the backseat driver is yelling, "TURN RIGHT!!! TURN RIGHT!!!"
Because the guy behind the wheel (establishment republicans) has the most control the others have to mutually agree on a destination AND direction...... then convince the driver to go along with them. These two groups..... although they don't hold high offices.... still have a LOT of power. Their power is in their numbers and their wallets. Those in office need the mothers milk of politics.... money. Stop financially supporting folks who are not listening to you and they start to get their hearing back. Better still..... support those who DO listen to you and save yourself some trouble.
The party MUST unify as conservatives on ALL fronts. Conservatism is maligned because it is misunderstood and our side has done nothing to dispel the negative media hype. Conservatism is no more scary than running the nation the same way you have to run your household. You have so much income to work with each month so you structure your life so as to (hopefully) spend less than you earn. Anything left over is saved for an emergency.
Our nation USED to operate that way. If we are to survive we have to get back to operating that way again. Since Republicans are the majority in Washington DC now they MUST both get that message out and EXPLAIN it clearly to the American people. While that ought not be necessary.... we have kids in college who DO NOT know who won the civil war, DO NOT know from whom we won our independence and can't even tell you who the sitting vice president is!!!! (more scary that that is that ALL of those kids can VOTE in elections!)
While you shudder in terror of that last revelation I'm going to get a cup of hot chocolate and chill for the balance of the evening. (which is easy to do thanks to global warming and the projected low of 23 degrees tonight) More to come soon!
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