For conservatives, the last couple years have been very difficult. We have watched the Republican Party shift further and further to the left, and we have watched conservatism become a forbidden term. Every politician is shifting into the ‘moderate’ (read: weak) realm as they are living under the false impression that American voters want moderates. We don’t. The moderate shift lost them the 2006 elections and will lose them the 2008 elections as well. When will the GOP wrap their minds around the principles under which they were founded? I’m not sure, but maybe some of them should check out the blogosphere and see what conservatives are writing about.
The Crazy Kook has a great article up about modern conservatism, What Defines a True Conservative?
Some highlights:
Often down played, fear mongered, and even cast as enemies to the state by the media, Conservative Libertarianism offers the only real choice in our one party Republicrat/Democran broken system.
You’re darn right it does. It is ironic that Kook posted this today, because I have an article in progress right now, coming out next week, that explains my position on the 2008 election and my political ideology (because I often feel that being called a “Republican” is not always right, based on where the party has gone. Hint: “conservative libertarianism” is pretty spot on).
Therefore, the true Conservative has an abject responsibility to not only defend his own God given rights from the tyranny of others but also to defend the rights and liberties of his or her brothers and sisters. Therefore, to tread on the rights and liberties of others or to act immorally is antithetical to the core principles of true Conservatism.
One of the best paragraphs I’ve ever seen written about conservatism.
The people must take their government back. True Conservatives have been saying this for years, and people are finally waking up. All over the United States, regular people are running for public office, people that truly do not want to be Senators are stepping up because they realize it is their duty to take their country back. It is not a, “love it or leave it,” situation, it is change it or lose it, and I, for one, am stepping up.
Exactly! The selection of McCain to “lead the Republican Party” is an affront to every conservative in the country and an abomination. It is a microcosm of the swillhole the entire party is dragging themselves into. We need more people like this to stand up and say that we are conservatives…real conservatives, and we are not going to settle for partyline voting, or voting for the “lesser evil.”
To be fair, I don’t agree with every single thing in the article, but overall it is a very good analysis of where conservatism is at versus where it should be and I highly recommend a good solid read of it.
