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    The Michigan GOP - A False Dilemma and A Positive Vision


    By The Wizard of Laws, Section News
    Posted on Tue May 26, 2009 at 10:17:29 AM EST
    Tags: future, GOP, vision (all tags)

    (Promoted by Nick...)

    Cross-posted in The Wizard of Laws

    An article in the Detroit News today about "the battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party," posits the false dilemma that there is an ongoing struggle "pitting social and religious conservatives who unflinchingly tout an anti-abortion, anti-gay, family platform at the expense of most everything else, against the traditional fiscal conservatives and moderates who would rather focus on a smaller, less intrusive government that takes less from taxpayer wallets and finds ways to create jobs."

    Why are these positions inconsistent with one another? Why can't we be anti-abortion and anti-tax? No reason. Can you favor traditional marriage and at the same time believe in smaller government? Of course you can. These are not mutually exclusive views. In fact, they are compatible, consistent, and extremely attractive to the average voter.

    If Americans truly wanted pro-abortion, anti-family, fiscal liberals in office, why would the Democrats spend every waking minute of every campaign trying to persuade voters they are pro-family and believe in lower taxes and fiscal responsibility? They do so because they recognize, even if Republicans don't, that when one candidate is perceived as considerably more conservative than the other, the conservative wins; likewise, when the candidates are perceived as ideologically close, the Democrat tends to win.

    Read on...

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    Republicans led 'out of the wilderness' by Conservative Unity


    By pauldpeterson, Section News
    Posted on Fri Apr 24, 2009 at 08:04:13 AM EST
    Tags: unity, diversity, right, truth, win elections, future, heritage (all tags)

    In responding to an article, "Michigan Republicans must look towards the future to win" by Dennis Lennox, posted 4/22/09, I took the opportunity to opine, sharing my own convictions with my fellow Republicans about the overall subject: Using Conservative Unity to lead the party out of the 'wilderness' that's born of divisive politics, demographic pandering, and (I will add here) a perception that we should somehow be ashamed of our heritage as conservatives.

    It was recommended to me that it was worthy of its own post, so here it is as written.  Let us UNITE to win elections. Right and Truth do not 'evolve', rather, handed down from antiquity.

    CLARIFICATION:  Please note that any appearance of 'class-warfare' points are intended to be a criticism of some politicians on the Left.  I do not subscribe to class-warfare arguments in the slightest, but I think such arguments the Left makes against their opponents is much more applicable to themselves; it's how they think.

    (1244 words in story) Full Story

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