Tag: Conservatism (page 4)

Each Presidential Election cycle, he has bought a trinket, or Souvenir or shirt etc, and in the past he has bought a few hats.

For a moment, ignore the subtle tagline that is Oh-So-Apropriate, and note his objection was that for the first time, a hat he bought from a Republican presidential effort came from China.

Saying as little as necessary, this tag says so very much.

During the 2010 elections, newly active conservatives (the tea party) worked to unseat Democrats who played the big buzz word but then voted for the wholesale take over of the health industry.  They also worked to primary (negate incumbency) life-time anointed Republicans who hadn't really been scrutinized in the past.

The actions of the tea party showed they didn't need to be told who is more conservative, they understood instinctively.

One of my favorite quotes from Margaret Thatcher is, "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."  I have used that quote in the past referring to conservative candidates.  If you have to tell people you are a conservative, you aren't.

"Is there more to this strategy? Or is our best hope for change based on the martyrdom of political kamikazes?

"Won't matter in a couple years anyhow".

Looking back at the question again, I decided it warranted a better reply.  First of all, the sender is a very good conservative ally, and secondly, is likely to ascend to higher office in the foreseeable future.  

I felt he needed a better explanation.

He points out the occupy efforts have been quite well organized and publicized. Not only so much more than the tea party protests, but in fact more so than the ongoing selection effort being made within the Republican party to find its flag bearer.  He opines "As the conservative message is being discussed, being advocated through the debates, it is being lost in the white noise of the OWS coverage"

Instant recall of the last few front page views of the local fishwrap reminds me that the volume in recent stories of our Republican possibles or their message being reported is down.

Well, maybe not the tea party, but shades of it in the conservative juggernaut that has gripped Michigan's bordering neighbor.  It seems that conservative values are becoming universally more popular as the failure of neo liberalism, (progressivism) become more evident with failing economies worldwide.

In recent elections, Canada's conservative party headed by Stephen Harper has not only gained power but has done so with prejudice:

" ... Mr. Harper would stage a comeback, bringing the Conservatives to power first in 2006 and again in 2008 as leader of minority governments. Finally, on Monday, he scored the first non-Liberal majority in 23 years."

Pay attention MR Snyder.  While you are accepting money from the federal government for the implementation of the unconstitutional health care mandate, you should note what one of Canada's early leading socialized medicine advocates had already said years ago.

"We thought we could resolve the system's problems by rationing services or injecting massive amounts of new money into it," says Castonguay. But now he prescribes a radical overhaul: "We are proposing to give a greater role to the private sector so that people can exercise freedom of choice."