Yes, I’ll be glad to tell you why and how! Everyone is focused on What Went Wrong, What Should We Have Done Differently, Who’s Fault Is It, How Do We Fix It? And Everyone has the wrong answer.
There has been much snarling and gnashing of teeth over McCain, Palin, RINO’s, Obama, etc. The fact of the matter is that we Republicans put up a poor candidate, who wasn’t much different from the other guy, who did nothing to advance Conservatism, and who deserved to lose. Now it’s time to move on. So how do we do it?
The answer does not lie just in short term solutions of demonizing the liberal opposition, looking for a person to lead in 2010 or 2012, or, God forbid, trying to out liberal the liberals, again.
The answer does not lie just in long term solutions of trying to infiltrate the media, taking back the education institutions, or, God forbid, trying to appeal to moderates, again.
The answer does not lie just in focusing on single issues such as abortion, gun control, tax policy, or, God forbid, global warming and carbon credits, again.
The answer lies in the message. It is time for Conservatives to get back to Why Conservatism is Right. It is time for Conservatives to get back to the message of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. It is time for Conservatives to go Positive on their a$se$.
Conservatism is Right. Conservatism is about letting the Individual be free to grow, to screw up, and to learn from his many, many mistakes and shortcomings. Conservatism is about Liberty over government intervention, about Freedom over slavery to the state, about Responsibility over welfare.
It is time to show how it is our IDEAS that will lead. It is time to expound on our core values. Those same values that created this nation, and let her in 200 short years to be the greatest nation on the earth!
Toward that end, I will soon start back, and will begin posting my next series on “Why I’m an Unapologetic Conservative.” Because it is time for us to explain why Conservatism is Right. We must stop being on the defensive. We must stop being focused on single issues that we cannot agree upon, even within our own party. We must begin building, again, and start at the bottom. We must explain the philosophy behind our thinking, because we’ve lost that, and as a result, America has lost.