Death of the Republican Party, through moderation

By Douglas V. Gibbs

I used to say that of the members of Congress, the only decent politicians in the Halls of Congress were Rand Paul, and Allen West.  Allen West barely lost re-election on November 6, and Rand Paul has turned against his constitutional roots.  Rand, like the Republican Establishment, has been convinced that the GOP lost the presidential election because they were too conservative.  As a result, the republicans are toying with the idea of amnesty, raising taxes, and the legalization of marijuana.

The GOP believes the way to beat the opposition is to become more like the opposition.  If the Republican Party moderates, they will lose their base, and the party will go the way of the Whigs.

I am a Constitutionalist.  I am not a registered republican because I love the GOP, but because of the two parties, I believe (or should I say "believed") the Republican Party is the one most likely to be turned around.  However, with what is going on now among the upper ranks of the party, even I have now decided that the Party of Reagan may be too far gone to save.

As the nation collapses under the destructive policies of liberalism, the GOP is doomed to collapse for being willing to become an accomplice.

But not all is lost.

When the Federalists, and the Whigs, became no more than a footnote in history, another party emerged to take their place.  Each time the new party rose up to become a major force in Washington that worked to turn things around, back to the Constitution.

We are in for a rough ride.  Liberalism unleashed at the federal level will begin sending our nation in the same failed direction as Detroit, California, Greece (and Europe for that matter), the Soviet Union, and every other failed system that let government control, and massive spending, reach unsustainable levels.

The liberal democrats don't care if they destroy this nation, no more than the unions cared that they destroyed Hostess.  The liberal left hates conservatism, and this nation as it was founded.  They see the U.S. Constitution as a threat.  They will continue to work at destroying the Republican Party, not realizing that the GOP is committing suicide.

Signs of their continued attempts to dismantle the Republican Party surface regularly.  Rubio was asked how old he thinks the Earth is.  The liberal left is trying to ridicule anyone who clings to Christianity, which they believe will get the GOP to abandon their Christian base.  When the Bush tax rates expire, and they will let them expire, the democrats will blame the GOP for it, claiming that the rates expired because the Republicans refused to make a deal, making the democrats look like the tax cutters, even though the opposite is true.  The mythical war on women will continue to escalate.  The goal is for the democrats to neutralize the pro-life movement, and get the Republicans to abandon the abortion issue.

Voids must always be filled.  When the Republican Party dies, which will happen if the GOP continues to moderate, a new conservative party will rise up in its place.

I do not believe in forcing it, however.  Trying to force a third party into place will be more damaging than helpful.  We have to let the GOP die, and then at its funeral, like a Phoenix, enable conservatism to regain footing in America, and rise up as a new party that holds as its platform the United States Constitution.

I hope I am wrong. I hope the Republican Party recognizes the dangers, learns from them, and this gets them to change direction back towards the Constitution.  However, if I were a betting man, my money would be on the GOP cutting its own wrist in an attempt to save itself.

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