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The Looming Three Party System In my last column I analyzed the current state of the Conservative movement, and raised the question, "Is the GOP home for the Conservative movement any longer?" With the apparent density of those whom we thought to be speakers of the Conservative movement (such as Fred Barnes, with his recent column Let's Grow Up, Conservatives, and the rest of his condescending writers at The Weekly Standard), and the segement of Republican Party primary voters that continue to think that John McCain is the man that can
One of the topics du jour when like-minded Conservatives get to talking is that with the seemingly certain annointing of McCain as the GOP Nominee, we're being driven to a One Party political system. There seems to be little discernable differences on major issues such as immigration, big-government solutions & environmental policy when it comes to McCain, Clinton & Obama. While this theory is an interesting topic of debate, I'd like to offer a different theory about where we're headed, and why it's more frightening than the current conversation.
As it stands today, there is a Democrat Party and a Republican Party. While this may seem like an elementary starting point, we must define our terms. Today's Democrat party is nothing like your grandparents' Democrat Party. The old Democrat Party was socially conscious, if not conservative. Your Democrat grandparents, and especially your Democrat great-grandparents did not support abortion on demand or abortion without parental notification. They did not support sacrificing jobs for an allegedly endagered species. They did not support opening our borders to an army of non-English-speaking, disease-carrying, non-assimilating illegal immigrants. Sure, they favored some degree of big government, but nothing like we're experiencing today. They weren't exactly fiscally conservative, but they weren't completely irresponsible. They also had our nation's best interests in mind. Do you see my point? Today's Democrats are yesterday's Marxist-Hedonist-Socialists. Today's GOP has morphed into yesterday's Democrat Party. The current face of the GOP, Sonny Perdue, Charlie Crist, Arnold Schwarzeneggar, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, etc., stands for socially conservative principles, however, they are no strangers to big "compassionate" government. There is no restraint in them. Furthermore, Mike Duncan (GOP Chair) & Jo-Ann Davidson (GOP Co-Chair) are doing nothing to stop them. Take a look at the GOP website. There's no mention of Conservatism or Conservative principles. It's all about promoting the party. . . the party that's being hijacked by big-government Republicans. So where does that leave the Conservatives, those who desire a strong arm of national security/foreign policy, of social conservatism and of fiscal conservatism? This is the kicker. We're not moving to a One Party system, we're moving to a Three Party system. The extreme Liberals have a home in Democrat Party, the Moderates have a home in the GOP. Where is our home? Might we need to form our own party? The knock on a Three Party system is that compromises must be made. In a nation where the three parties have stark contrasts and very little in common, this would be a bad thing. But what the McCain camp is clearly showing is that they have no problem cutting deals with the Liberals. They're effectively forming a Supper-Party, and leaving the Conservatives out. It is vital that Conservatives on the fence, and the ignorant among us get a clear picture of what life in America will be like with a big-time Liberal Democrat Party teaming up with a liberally-slanted GOP. Conservatives will be left out in the cold at the time of national elections, and we'll be forced to live with the consequences of Big-Government, Living-Constitution Types. We'll either need to expand our numbers within, or take back the GOP. Either way, it's going to be a long road. So what do we do? If we want to have some fun with this madness, we can brainstorm about what we'll call our new Conservative Party. (Could one call us Reagans? Lincolns? Constitutionalists? Other? E-mail XEKE.com with your suggestions.) At the same time, and in all seriousness, we must carefully examine the ballot to identify and promote the Conservatives among us. We ought to contact the GOP and ask them to take us off of their mailing list. We can also get involved with Conservative organizations and think-tanks, such as the Heritage Foundation, that strategically work to promote Conservatism. Until the wishy-washy, Moderate Republicans come to their senses and realize that despite their desire to live in a happy place where everyone gets along, we live, in fact, in a world where there are real enemies of our freedom from abroad and there are also those who seek to undermine our tradtionally American way of life from within. They must come to the knowledge that the philosophy and ideology that will preserve the way of life that they now enjoy will only be realized through Conservatism: empowering the individual, limiting government intervetion to the places that only the U.S. Constitution allows, allowing the citizens to keep what they earn, and protecting our land and our citizens from our enemies. It appears that we are destined for another generation of minority status. It is likely that we've been in the minority all along. We don't have to like it, though, and we don't have to accept the rogue behavior of the McCain camp and the current GOP Party leadership. We can play a part in cutting off their funding, and we can reasonably vote against them in every Primary opportunity that is give to us. In the spirit of John Adams, of Abraham Lincoln, and of Ronald Reagan, join XEKE.com in promoting and articulating Conservatism for our sake, and for our childrens' sake. rg 2/6/2008 |
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