Posted by
flagwaver on Monday, May 14, 2007 12:38:21 PM
Before we go any further, let me in form you that this is not about San Fran Nan or her Democrat cohorts. No, this is all about the GOP in general and conservatives in particular; there are enough voices letting people know what the Dems are up to and how conservatives feel about it, that I don't quite think my voice needs to be heard on that subject right now.
I do think that someone needs to speak to the negativity that is emanating from the ranks of the GOP and conservatives concerning the 2008 election. The more I listen to my friends on the consevative side of the aisle, the angrier I get, the more frustrated I become. Everywhere I turn, it seems that we have just about given up any hope of retaining the White House or regaining any strength in the Congress in the '08 election cycle. Too many of us have turned into Negative Nancy's!
Now, I understand that there are problems with the GOP, especially the tendency to promote "electable" WISH (R)'s in nearly every important election cycle. I know that most conservatives are not thrilled with the prospect of having Rudy "The Nogun" Guiliani, John "Maverick" McVain, or "Slick" Mitt Romney as their choices for the presidential nomination and I number myself among them. All of these men have their own baggage to deal with in order to get the nomination and will have a tough time fighting the media tide as they attempt to campaign...if it ever comes to that. I also know that many conservatives, including me, are tired of the GOP's willingness to leave our borders basically unsecured, allowing the flood of illegals to continue unabated. And many are growing weary of a war that has been prosecuted in a bassackward way seemingly from the beginning, and a near phobia about really punishing the enemy and breaking their will to fight. All of those are legitimate concerns and are worthy of serious discussion inside the GOP and in conservative circles.
What I don't get is this rush by many in the GOP and in conservative circles to look into the 2008 election and see only doom and gloom for the right. Too many are damn near handing the election to the Democrat nominee before a nominee has been chosen for either side, or before a single vote has been cast for any candidates! Maybe it is a situation where folks want to prepare for the worst, but I don't subscribe to that type of thinking. I think we would be better served to spend less time fretting about a possible Democrat win and more time trying to find a way to win. We need to get busy trying to succeed instead of preparing to fail.
And make no mistake, while we are sitting around whining about the eventuality of a Hillary Clinton administration the Democrats are busy trying to create some type of Democrat win. They are not spending all their time an energy on the primary fight, they are looking forward to setting up a winnig campaign for whomever comes out of their primaries as the nominee. Meanwhile, the GOP is standing around in fear of having to face either Obama, Clinton, or horror of horrors....a Clinton-Obama ticket! They are spending all their time seemingly focused on what the other side is doing, to the detriment of their own plans. Do you think Democrat strategists are shaking at the mention of Rudy, Mitt, or McVain?
We have just as much of a chance to win the upcoming elections as the Democrats, so we need to stop running around acting in the exact opposite manner! We need to start planning for success instead of waiting around to fail; we must heed the wisdom of the old saying "Failing to prepare is preparing to fail".
And if we don't stop acting as though we have lost the presidential elections well over a year...a year!!!...out, then we won't just be Negative Nancy's. We will quickly become Perishing Pachyderms...a party in deadly decline.