Conservatives To Declare War On GOP?

J.J. Jackson* | August 8, 2006

WASHINGTON ? One of the architects of the Reagan Revolution is calling on fellow conservatives to withhold support of the Republican Party establishment ? including most GOP incumbents in Congress this year.

In “Conservatives Betrayed: How George W. Bush and Other Big Government Republicans Hijacked the Conservative Cause,” Richard Viguerie, the man who invented the idea of using direct mail as a means of going over the heads of what he considered to be a biased establishment press, says it’s time for radical action to save the Republican Party from itself.

His plan includes the following actions, which would spell bad news for the GOP in the 2006 midterm congressional elections and in the 2008 presidential election:

* Withhold financial support from Republican committees and most Republican incumbents.

* Withhold support from all 2008 presidential candidates.

* No longer call yourself “a Republican” but rather a Reagan Republican or a Reagan conservative.

* And work for wholesale change in Republican leadership.

While not advocating GOP defeat, Viguerie says conservatives should not fear the loss of Congress in 2006, since the biggest gains usually follow a defeat. He points to 1976 when Gerald Ford’s loss made possible Ronald Reagan’s victory in 1980 and to 1992 when George H.W. Bush’s loss made possible the Republican congressional victories in 1994. - WorldNetDaily

Problem is that there really are not any “conservative” parties to support. All the parties on the “right” from the Republican to the Libertarian to the Constitution have major faults with “conservative” values. The alternative could be hideous - a victory by the Socialists of the Democratic Party and the Left.

The problem has always been that while the Republican Party is the home of many conservatives, the Republican Party is not conservative.

I hate the choice of the lesser of two evils. Don’t You?

Conservatives Betrayed: How George W. Bush and Other Big Government Republicans Hijacked the Conservative Cause

(Book)

Authors:Richard A. Viguerie
Manufacturer:Bonus Books
Released:22 July, 2006

Running On Empty: How The Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It

(Book)

Authors:Peter G. Peterson
Released:14 July, 2004

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