Posted by
Darvin Dowdy on Sunday, February 17, 2008 6:11:19 PM
This past week at CPAC Newt Gingrich delivered a stern warning to the GOP. It was too mild a warning in my humble opinion. But I think Newt is finally beginning to “get it”. He spoke of something that most of us, out here in Middle America, already know. And that is that those who have voted for the GOP over the past 2 decades are simply Staying at Home. He pointed out that so far during the primary elections 14.6 million dem’s had voted as opposed to 8.3 million repub’s. An obvious lack of enthusiasm on the part of those who’ve formerly voted GOP.
Gingrich called for a “conservative declaration of independence” from the Republican party. He stopped short of calling for the formation of a 3rd party calling that a “dumb idea”. I tend to think that, as brilliant as he is, Newt is a bit naïve about this. Not only Newt but others within the true conservative movement are simply not able to confront the reality as of yet that the GOP has been hijacked by the wide open free trader, open borders globalists. The WSJ/U.S. Chamber of Commerce crowd. These scoundrels are highly resistant to change and they have a strangle hold on our GOP. Additionally, they have a dim view of Middle America and deep inside their wicked, dark, greed filled hearts they are convinced that the U.S. economy can no longer sustain a middle class.
We have to remember that these corporate pirates are part of the “entitlement generation”. They believe that they are entitled to retire wealthy at age 50. And within the companies that they manage and invest in, they only see the bottom line. The spreadsheets keep telling them that their largest expenditure is the cost of employee payroll. By suppressing that cost is how they propose to plunder and funnel millions into their quarterly and annual bonus programs. Whether by outsourcing or keeping the flow of cheap illegal labor coming, who cares? And that also includes having their lobbyists keep the pressure on elected officials to keep the pressure off of them when it comes to their questionable “hiring practices”.
We must also remember that many of these corporate managers, just a short time ago, were one of those rioting and burning American flags on the University campus’ throughout the U.S. When they finally graduated with a 2.5 GPA (that Mom/Dad paid for) and six months later started having trouble paying their bills, they remembered, “hey! I have a Business Degree!”. So they had their piercing’s removed, covered up their tat’s with a long sleeve Van Hussen and became part of the club. Corporate America! And the sooner they get “their’s” the better.
Therefore Newt and others must realize that it is almost hopeless in trying to take back the GOP without some form of leveraging. Right now “we” can threaten to withhold our votes. That doesn’t matter to them. Winning is way down on their list of priorities! They can function just as well, if not better, under a democrat administration. And life is so much easier for them when they’re in the minority. Not nearly as much to be responsible for. Much less work. In their minds they’ve really got the best of both worlds. The only thing they really fear is to be totally minimized. Their stature and importance almost completely diminished. If the GOP becomes some obscure 3rd party that’s what’ll happen.
And that is why we must keep that 3rd Party option on the bargaining table, Mr. Newt! Like a loaded pistol. With a round in the chamber. You can’t simply proclaim a “conservative declaration of independence from the GOP” without a stern warning of very negative consequences if true conservatives continue to be ignored, dis’d and insulted. And those negative consequences can’t simply be losing the election. Because those in the GOP Hierarchy really don’t care if they win the election or not. Simply not a priority to them. Believe it. Darvin Dowdy