Of Petitions and Demands
Over the weekend, I received an email petition. It sounds rather radical and tough. I’m not going to quote any passages from the petition. What I have to say about it doesn’t need passages quoted.
It is full of demands for conservative leadership, conservative principles, so on and so forth. It mentions Reagan principles which aren’t a bad thing, right? In fact, it all sounds laudable if you go with your initial visceral reaction but when you think about it, there’s not much there worth your time affixing your name to it.
It is full of demands; demands of other people and shows a distinct lack of any proposals to aid in accomplishing those demands. Perhaps it’s my own ethics and upbringing but it struck me as just wrong. You don’t demand of others what you’re not willing to do yourself and that’s where conservatism is hurting most. If you’re not prepared to lead then don’t demand it of someone else. If you want conservative principles to be strong and deeply rooted, you have to nurture those principles in your heart and your life.
Talking about Reagan principles or conservative leadership does nothing. Walking the talk, showing by example, that conservatism works will bring out the leaders that conservatives are looking for, whether from the Republican party or not. Conservatives don’t need the Republican party, the party needs conservatives. Otherwise, the Republican party may as well be the Democrat party. One or two issues or principles is not enough difference to separate the two.
You want conservative leaders? Stop electing wimps.
End rant.
January 13th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Once again Stephen, you have hit the nail right on the head! The Republican party has become “Dem Lite”. Except for a few examples like DeMint and Garrett (New Jersey boy, figure that out) the overwhelming majority are a bunch of pussies.
January 14th, 2009 at 7:19 am
Thanks, Richard. I have only one thing to correct in what you said. I’m not a Stephen, I’m a Stephanie.
I would say I’m in the mold of Sarah Palin but I’m older so maybe I can go all egotistical and say, Palin is in the mold of me?
January 17th, 2009 at 4:16 am
Interesting because on Thursday I received a call from someone asking me to donate money so some person could be elected to head the NRCC.
After hearing a few seconds’ worth of the script I stopped him and told him that I am sick and tired of the Republican Party bending over so we can get screwed and not standing up like men or women. I then told him if and when they find someone who will stand up and stop being screwed to call me for money, but not before that.
Then I hung up.
January 17th, 2009 at 9:06 am
I am so sorry Stephanie! I should have known that by the quality of the post! Have a great day, and I look forward to more of your posts.
January 17th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Quite alright, Richard. I was just setting it straight because the liberals like to talk about feminism so much that conservative women get overlooked or hidden.
Jeanette, all politicians do is talk and ask for money, regardless of whether a Republican, Democrat, or any of the other parties that labor in obscurity.
What we need is some true leadership, not lip service. No one is going to get that leadership by demanding it as that petition did. The only way to get the kind of leadership they’re searching for it to reject, by votes and deeds, those who don’t fill the role.
I’m one of those people who can be a follower more than a leader… up to the point where the person who is leading is leading me the wrong way. Then the usually passive leader in me comes to the forefront. We all have to be leaders to an extent if we want to make a difference; the kind of leadership that doesn’t bow to pressure from outside forces that attempt to overwhelm good common sense.