But where is the American Party that stands for founding American principles and values of personal freedom and individual liberty? We have lost thousands of good young Americans around the globe, in defense of freedom and liberty. Surely they did not all die in vain, only to let America slide off into the secular socialist abyss without as much as a whimper...
Where is the political counter-balance to the extreme left currently free to assume full control of the free-market economy and every American taxpayer?
Not all that long ago, we held
"These truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
We no longer hold these truths as
self-evident or
unalienable... It's all up to ideological interpretation and negotiation now. Freedom itself is negotiable, in the interest of some imaginary
greater communal good.
Despite the very real fact that nothing in earth's recorded history has ever served men better than freedom, some now believe a good greater than freedom exists. Despite the reality that socialism and communism have failed everywhere they have been tried, and that America has fed people all over the world who were starving under those concepts, some Americans think it's a viable and
progressive idea.
These folks are well represented by today's Democratic Socialists in Washington DC. But who represents all of the students of history, who know all to well, how this story ends?
Where is the American Party?
I refer to the American "right" as any American who is not "left," - People who prefer freedom over free-stuff, individual liberty over centralized power, the right to earn, own and live in peace without fear of assaults on their personal prosperity; People willing to endure their own mistakes so that they might one day succeed and reap the rewards of their sacrifices.
These folks call themselves Constitutionalists, Conservatives, Libertarians, Independents and sometimes, even Republicans. I call them all, "the American right." Where is their party?
For many years, their party was the Republican Party, or the GOP. But in recent years, many have fragmented off into splintered special interest initiatives, convinced that today's Republican Party is leading nothing, instead, following the leftist model for success, which is to appear as all things to all people while being nothing of any value to anyone.
People fooled into opposing the fundamental Americans rights of Life, Liberty and Freedom, can be easily fooled into anything, including calling outright communists, Democrats. But people still aware and in love with founding American principles and values are very tough to fool.
While
the left wishes to
progress beyond personal freedom to some sexy but imaginary socialist utopia wherein they have all the rights and no responsibilities, and they can run roughshod over those expected to pick up the tab,
the right clings to the tired old concepts of personal freedom and individual liberty, which carry with them the reality of personal responsibility.
People able to take responsibility for their own actions demand the freedom to do so. People who are unwilling to accept personal responsibility for their own actions, demand free-stuff to correct the problems they create.
Politicians are snake oil salesmen. They find a group willing to buy what they are selling and pander to that group to gain political power. Then they pursue their own agenda once elected. Few Americans have had the time or inclination to hold them accountable for years now. To no surprise, the politicians aren't worried about the people at all anymore.
The American Party
Like it or not, only one political party has the power structure in place to become a viable American Party today. It sure isn't the Democrat Party -- which leaves only the Republican Party.
The RNC is not an American Party right now, because left unattended for many years; the weeds have overtaken the American garden. Termites have been busy at the foundation for years now. We need some structural repairs.
But if the "American right" wants to play a relevant role in shaping the future of this nation, both short term and long term, they will have to reclaim the Republican Party, with all of its weeds and termites, and begin fixin' her up. There is no other answer available today and no other on the horizon.
The American right will have to cultivate the Republican Party and make it an American Party. Not in name, but in principles and values, where it really counts.
Our founders had it exactly right. -
"o secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it;"
The federal government has become entirely destructive of these ends, and the Republican Party has been no help in preventing the Fed becoming so destructive. It is therefore
"he Right of the People to alter or to abolish it;" Altering, to make useful again, is less expensive and less dangerous than abolishing, leaving the American right homeless and powerless for the foreseeable future.
For this reason, I recommend that we "alter" the Republican Party to make it something useful again. Only if that honest effort completely fails, should the option of abolishing it be considered.
Republican was not always a dirty word, you know. The founders established in Article IV Section 4 of the Constitution, that
"the United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government;" That's a pretty good basis from which to begin.
They could have said "democratic." But there is a good reason why they didn't... Obamanation is busy proving both Thomas Jefferson and Karl Marx right, as we speak.
"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." - Thomas Jefferson
"Democracy is the road to socialism." - Karl Marx
For these two reasons alone, the founders promised a Republican form of government. Now, if we just had a Republican Party committed to American principles and values, through which to deliver on that promise for future posterity...
Who is Responsible for Making it Happen?
"To secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it;"
That's you and me.... Any questions?
Where to Start?
All politics are local, especially right now. We will need very powerful and "right" state and local governments to stand off an increasingly intrusive Fed running like a third world dictatorship at the moment. Start there...
The RNC is still headed in the wrong direction in my opinion, even after their black eye from 2006 and bloody nose in 2008. Clearly, the current RNC leadership is beyond help. They just are not learning from their mistakes, so new leadership is needed at RNC headquarters and immediately.
Fortunately, two reform movements are already underway in the RNC. One headed up by RNC heads, the
National Council for a New America, and the other by the Republican Governors Association,
The GOP Comeback.
If we don't engage in these efforts, we have no say over the outcome of these efforts. That could hardly be considered an honest effort to "alter" the form and direction of the GOP. We can't abolish simply because we refuse to engage. We can't reform anything without engaging in the reform process.
Meanwhile, TEA party --call --write, or visit your representatives. In short, become part of the solution or remain part of the problem!
If we want an American Party, we will have to build one!
