The Republican Party MUST Return to its' Roots:

Bringing Back the Passion in The Grand Ol' Party...

So we all say we want another Ronald Reagan to show up.......

We fantasize the emergence of a strong Republican figure like Ronald Reagan or even a progressive Conservative figure like Newt Gingrich who led the 1994 Republican Congress to finally take back the Majority in the House and the Senate after a long, drawn out 40 year stint.

We all wait & anticipate that next Republican GREAT to take this 2008 election and restore a concrete Conservative foundation back into the whitehouse.
So far --we have yet to all agree that we have found that ONE.......right?

Republicans and Conservatives alike, made the 'Reagan Factor" such an important requirement for our GOP contenders that we actually posed that Reagan factor challenge to the canidates a couple nights ago during the South Carolina GOP debate on FOX News. The question that was posed to the candidates had to do with 'what happened to Reagan legacy and how each of them could best repeat that legacy.'

...After having heard each GOP Candidate's response to that Reagan factor inquiry---can any of us say yet that we have found him?

SO I SIT & CONTEMPLATED.............

......AND THESE WERE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS THAT TRANSPIRED......

Why are we not looking for the return of a figure like Abe Lincoln in 2008? I mean honestly, the Lincoln legacy is what MADE The Republican Party. And the fact of the matter is; the ingredients that made up the Abe Lincoln Republican Party just may be the most desirable dish that we "true" Republicans and Conservatives have to date on our Party's resume.
Why not take this Party's core foundational ORIGINS and for once, USE those to work in our favor, TODAY!

OR EVEN BETTER....I wondered if it just might be a much more viable concept to invent a NEW, more IMPROVED and UPDATED leader to represent The Republican Party of TODAY, instead of concentrating so obsessively on raising Republican Legends from the grave to save us from a Party meltdown. Just a thought.

SO HOW DO WE INVENT A NEW REPUBLICAN GREAT RIGHT NOW, HERE; IN THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY???

...SO I CONTEMPLATED MORE.......

Why not take this Party's core foundational ORIGINS and for once, USE those to work in our favor, TODAY! Actually, the more I thought about it, the more I started to realize how idiotic it really is that we don't use our founding Republican principles and passionate convictions MORE to work in our favor.

Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, Newt Gingrich....anybody remember a man by the name of John C. Fremont?

How about the very first man who ran as the first Republican nominee for President, using the slogan:

"Free soil, free labor, free speech, free men, Fremont."

If thats not inspiration to all you freedom fighting Republicans, I don't know what would be then.
So how DO we create a present day GOP Legend?

My answer:
-We create a Republican Great today by simuntaneously RE-creating & modernizing a few past legendary THEMES FIRST!

Before we can all even AGREE ON let alone CREATE another Republican Legend we can all rally around, we should probably first decide on how the Republican Party's core foundational principles can be applied to this 21st Century America and the modern day American society.!!! And it also wouldn't hurt to decide and agree upon a few Conservative, Passionate, all-persuasive themes, as well!! Just a thought.

But even before we do all that, it is my observation that just maybe Republicans need to be reminded and maybe even introduced for the very time to just WHAT the origins are that made the Grand Ol' Party a GRAND Ol' Party.

SO, JUST WHAT ARE THE MAIN INGREDIENTS THAT MAKE UP THE ORIGINS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?

Here are four ingredients that I came up with:

1) The actual creation of the Republican Party is ultimately what led to the freeing of the slaves, unifying this Nation, and introducing this Nations' very first de-segregation legislation into Legislative and Constitutional actuality.

2) The Republican Party was once all to well known for being the Party "For the People". Believe it or not, at one time, the members of the Republican Party consisted primarily of Blacks and Whites who were anti-slavery activists.

3) Republicans were the FIRST Political Party to introduce anti-segregation legislation. It was actually Republicans of the 1860's that are responsible for the passing of the first Civil Rights laws. **(It was the Democrats that repealed those Civil Rights Laws)**

4) The Republican party was created as an act of defiance against what activists denounced as the 'Slave Power' -- the powerful class of slaveholders who were working together to control the federal government and to spread slavery nationwide. **(If we compare that to who we are faced with today--The "Slave Power", and those who seek to "more control of the Federal Government" are still, hands down..the Democrats. Yes. We, Republicans are still activists in defiance of the Democratic Party.)**

--SO WHAT HAPPENED???----

.......AND SO MY CONTEMPLATION CONTINUED...........

Well... I thought to myself; there's a few obvious things that have happened that have probably contributed to the early legacies and achievments of the Republican Party becoming long forgotten and overlooked by the majority of Americans today.

Here are three influential events in history that played important roles in that amnesia:

1) The New Deal introduced by FDR in 1932, established a political alliance between blacks and the Democratic Party that survives into the 21st century.

2) Barry Goldwater, a Republican who ran for President against Lynden B. Johnson in 1964, was known for his expressed support for states' rights, which was a signal of opposition to federal civil rights legislation for blacks.

3)JFK --and the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

----AND SO THE REPUBLICAN ACHIEVEMENTS WERE FORGOTTEN & LOST TO THE DEMOCRATIC PROPOGANDA THAT HAS FOLLOWED THOSE THREE PIVITOL MOMENTS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY.-----

Over time, Democrats began using those three American events as their political tools to win, for the very first time, the HEARTS of Americans. The changing times and manifestation of a societal evolution demanded that they abandon their usual pro-segregationist, pro-racist, pro-exclusionary positions.

Republicans have been way to passive about this outrageous American fairytale that the Democrats have been telling since 1932.

Bigotry, racisim and segregationist rhetoric was not in style anymore. The old big money, Bourbon Democrats and Dixiecrat propogandas were just not as socially acceptable anymore. And so, by the 1960's Democrats were forced to accept the fact that in attempting to hold onto their old ways, they would eventually loose seats which would ultimately also make them lose power.

It was in the wake of those realizations that the Democratic Party decided that they needed a face-lift; a new compassionate social facade, if you will. Democrats also recognized that they now needed to work overtime to convince African Americans and 'average' citizens to overlook one unmistakable fact; that it was the Republicans, all along, who were fighting for the end of those Democratic pro-discrimination, pro-racism and pro-segregated positions. The Democrat Party needed their face lift to not only make themselvs look better, but to also cover up and overshadow the already compassionate, Republican Party.

Democrats used Social programs to secure a dependency on them which would also, in turn, help to maintain a victim-based mentality, inferiority complex, and co-dependence in the very ones they fought hard to keep seperate from society; African Americans. This manipulative, legislative tactic could just possibly be their redemption and maybe even persuade African Americans to forget about the Republican Party, all together.

The Democratic Party did this in the hopes that eventually, over time and as the new generations emerged, that African Americans would become accustomed and assimilated into a co-dependent way of living. They could only keep them economically inferior, if at the sametime, they also became their largest source of economic security.

This is not to say that helping African Americans to be econonmically secure was and/or is wrong or bad, because alone, in itself, it is not bad. However, what IS wrong and bad was and still are all the strings that come along with the Democratic economic security. For example, giving someone a house and some cash, but telling them they have to stay within a certain geographical parameter to get their education, healthcare and groceries from, and on top of that, forget to mention that those places they must live, learn and shop at is an area that recieves the least government funding in the state is both VERY WRONG & EXTREMELY BAD.

Medical assistance, shelter, food and clothing are nessecities of survival in modern day society, so its no wonder that the conditions that one is forced into is overlooked and/or accepted. This also creates a ugly cycle that consists of recieving and then settling for the lower standards so one can recieve again. The Democrats have perfected this cycle of give and take.
And let's be clear; I am not talking about the humanitarian/spiritual philosophy of give and take.
The Democratic welfare system of give and take goes a little something like this: GIVE people money, house, medical, food and education, but when they aren't looking, TAKE AWAY those same people's right to free choice in education, free choice in geographical location, free choice in where they get their food from, and most of all, they take away their dignity, self-respect, individual accountabilities and even more tragically, they take their OPPORTUNITIES.

The Democrats of today are still fighting to keep some enslaved, while, at the same time, they also attempt to convince us that the enslaving isn't really enslaving at all, since on paper, it is called assistance.

The most disgusting thing about the Democratic model of economic assistance is that the things the Democrats are TAKING from those who they CLAIM to be helping are the very tools that could actually be what could TAKE themselves OUT of that cycle of subsidized entrapment and Government enslavement. THIS is the TRUE meaning of what exploitation really is. THIS is inhumane. THIS is the greatest American social INjustice there is.

The Democratic Party once fought to keep slavery legal and ethically acceptable. After losing that battle to the Republican Party, they fought to keep those now-freed slaves legally seperate and ethically unacceptable. They originally lost this battle also when the Republican Party passed de-segregation laws in the 1860's; however and unfortunately, their resistance prevailed and they got their way and repealed those laws.

And to be perfectly honest, the Democratic Party we know today hasn't changed all that much. The Democrats of today are still fighting to keep some enslaved, while, at the same time, they also attempt to convince us that the enslaving isn't really enslaving at all, since on paper, it is called assistance. Then, on top of that, they demand that if we don't agree with their definition of 'assistance' that it is the REST OF US who are ethically unacceptable. They then add that the unfavorable conditions that those they are "assisting" are in are even more ethically unacceptable, even though, it is their "assistance" that is enslaving those people and forcing those who are "assisted" into those unfavorable conditions. Go figure.

The Democrats of today have also made it perfectly clear but disguised that they are still in fact fighting hard to keep certain people seperate from the rest. This is most evident in the limitations, restrictions and all the "parameters" they set for those they "assist" / enslave. This is proven every time the Democratic version of the "give and take" philosophy plays itself out in American society. The Democrats are still repealing civil rights, however, they may not be repealing those rights constitutionally, they are defintely repealing them covertly, through their economic and social control, iwhich appears in the form of economic and social welfare assistance programs.

To sum it up, since 1932, Democrats have been finding ways over time, to make themselves appear to the general public that they are the real party "for the people". Unfortunately, the Democrats have appeared to have gotten their way again. And as long as the Republican Party continues to deny that unfavorable social conditions exist in America, the longer it will be that the ones who are dependent on that Democtratic assistance will continue to believe that the Democratic Party is the real "party for the people'.

We can also assume that as long as Republicans REFUSE to address the various social ills and the unfavorable conditions that really exist in America, the longer the Republican Party will continue to be a political target and a scapegoat that Liberals and the Democratic Party can use to keep their social and economic slaves distracted. Anything to keep The Democrat Party's TRUE historical track record OUTof the view and away from public scrutiny, believe me, they will do.

Republicans have been way to passive about this outrageous American fairytale that the Democrats have been telling since 1932. Actually, if you want to get technical, it is our passivity that has helped to keep their fairytale believeable. Sad, but true. This is 'what has happened' in a nutshell.

SO WHAT NOW?

WHAT DOES ALL THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS????

.......SO I CONTEMPLATED SOME MORE............

After having had conducted some thorough study about the history of The Republican Party, I came to the conclusion that we should not just be praying for the ghost of Reagan to reincarnate in 2008, but maybe we should be more focused on the SPIRIT of Abe Lincoln and the original CONCEPTS & PASSIONATE PRINCIPLES that two anti-slavery activists from Wisconsin FORMED on that cold night in 1854.

WHY?

BECAUSE---the argument from Democrats and Liberals alike, is that the Republican Party USED to be the Party that was more likely to attract Blacks, lower income Americans and those labeled as "Average" Americans.

Democrats & Liberals and unfortunately a majority of African Americans argue and believe that the Republican Party of today is NOT that same Party that once existed. They argue that the present day Republicans have lost that humanity and compassion, and have transformed into a Party that is more dedicated to making the rich richer. They unfairly accuse The Republican Party & all its members of being discriminating, greedy, racist, assholes who are 'out of touch' with the "average" American.

AND HERE LIES THE DILEMMA WE REPUBLICANS FACE.
HOW DO WE RETURN THIS PARTY TO BE THE PARTY THAT IS ONCE AGAIN ATTRACTIVE TO AFRICAN AMERICANS & THOSE WHO WE REFER TO AS "AVERAGE" AMERICANS?

..............AND I CONTEMPLATED EVEN FURTHER..................

After pondering this, I came up with more ideas of what Republicans should NOT do:
We should stop condemning fellow Republicans who seek to offer compassionate messages that actually address social ills and issues that the "average" American is concerned with.

1) We should stop accusing fellow Republicans of "sounding liberal", just because he/she addresses social issues in a 'compassionate' manner.

2) We should stop denying the ills and concerns that seem to be of most signifigance to African Americans, those with a lower econmomic status and the "average" Americans. For example, poverty, crime, healthcare, housing and drug addiction.

After I addressed some of the "SHOULD NOT'S"--the "SHOULDS" seemed to be much more transparent:

1) Republicans SHOULD RE-address what the "war on drugs" really means. Republicans need to address drug addiction and its statistically evident role it plays in lower income families, crime and the African American community. Republicans should use their firm position on faith and family values as the foundation for introducing some new legislation that seeks more to heal the causes of the social ills, rather than deny them, which ends up ignoring the disease of addiction, which is really the root cause of so many crimes--instead of handing over the the effects of these ills over to the courts and the legal system.

2) Republicans SHOULD offer solution-based, pro-active initiatives that seek to HEAL the social ills and crime that plagues the ghettos, inner city communities and the government-funded housing projects across America. In doing this, Republicans will be making a huge step towards re-establishing that relationship with African Americans, lower income Americans and in general, the "Average" Americans ONCE AGAIN.

***[ When Republicans ignore the realities that exist inside America's ghettos, inner cities and gov't-funded housing projects, it only makes it that much easier for Democrats/Liberals to weasel their way in and play superhero and look like they are the ones "saving" those who live within those communities.

The Democrats use victim-based strategies that HURT these people more by influencing them to become more dependent, rather than independant Americans. And we all know that the Democratic agenda THRIVES on this dependence and milks this at any cost, in order that they APPEAR to be the Party "For the People". Which we all know is a LIE.]***
....This is a beginning...if we all put our heads and hearts together, I am sure we can come up with sooooo many more SHOULDS that the Republican Party can do to improve and revive its' image and message.

Let me leave you with this.... The origin of the Republican Party is ultimately what led to freeing the slaves, unifying this Nation, and introducing the ideology of desegregation into the American consciousness...which ultimately promoted a new social awareness and acceptance of equal rights which then led to the freedom to be any color you wanted and still be an American.
That is something every Republican should be proud of. This Party completed no small task---funny even then, Republicans seemed to be on the side for preserving freedoms and making sure that every American had access to those freedoms. We also seem to be the only Party that has truly wanted to see others rise above their struggles and achieve the American dream. Republicans seem to be the Party that has always been dedicated to keeping the freedom to succeed in this Country alive and well..

...and we always chose love over fear ....we did not fear another race, we saw differences and welcomed them, knowing that diversity was what made America so special. Diversity represented the freedoms that Americans have. Without the freedoms, diversity could not be. As Republicans, we fought from day one of our Party's conception to make differences equal under the law. We fought hard to end an evil that wanted to see another human stay enslaved and inferior.

It's not like Republicans need to find something to fight for...its obvious.

Now, we just need to re-charge the activists that lie in us. Freedom activists...no doubt, over the last few years, Liberals have seemed to make the word activist sound like a swear word...but it was the Republican Party that gave birth to true political activism...in the name of freedom, equality and Liberty.