Posted by
DecoNservAtiVE on Sunday, July 19, 2009 12:16:16 PM
The Delaware GOP has waged a war against conservatives. For the last decade they have propped up the same tired candidates (Mike Castle comes to mind) and basically run "token" candidates in many political races. They have lost touch with the base, the people and reality. They have refused to develop a website with any substance and have generally been a stagnant group of country club Republicans. There are those who do have some Common Sense and who do question the leadership but not enough involved to make a change.
There are some of us, over a number of years who have tried the polite approach. Get involved locally, speak to our leaders, attempt to show them where WE were disenfranchised and where others like us (numbered in the hundreds of thousands in Delaware) were also disenfranchised but they have repeatedly ignored us or casted us off like buzzing flies. WE ARE SILENT NO MORE! Tom Ross, Priscilla Rakestraw, Mike Castle and Mike Stafford you have run your course. Your days are numbered and we conservatives will no longer stand for your inaction and inattention. You WILL change by your own will preferrably but force if necessary. We are prepared to overwhelm you and to overthrow your operation.
The GOP in Delaware at least should be embracing this TEA Party idea and react to it as much as possible. Candidate meet and greets should be done at large conservative events featuring GOP members as well as disenfranchised former members and not at closed door pay to play country club picnics. That doesn't mean sponsor the event or fund it but rather to "show up" and meet the people. Have you learned NOTHING from the now in charge left? They show up at block parties and other events to hang out with people any chance they get. Why? Because the PEOPLE need to know you, not the party elitists. The GOP leadership (speaking mostly of Tom Ross, Patricia Rakestraw and Mike Stafford) haven’t got a clue what they are doing to be honest. We conservatives have let them run the party into the ground and to be honest I’m sick of it. I WANT to rescue the GOP but that won’t happen until the party fundamentally changes in the following ways.
1.) 1.) It dumps whatever issue based approach it takes currently and focuses on returning to the GOP founding principles which were built on living out the legacy of the founding fathers, opposing big government, keeping taxes low and protecting the nation.
2.) 2.)It phases out candidates like Mike Castle who have helped lead the party into the black whole of liberalism.
3.) 3.)Replaces the “Do nothing” leadership with active conservatives who will engage the state and the Democrats in an open and honest debate.
4.) 4.)Returns to being the party of the people.
It’s come to this now because we recognize that we can no longer wait for the GOP leadership to get it. They never will. It’s up to us to change it. I’d ask conservatives to swallow that pride and understand where we come from. It’s time to rise up and stand out. It’s time to scrap our old ideas and embrace “A New GOP”. I’d actually ask and hope that true conservatives would be able to sacrifice these old ideas and replace them with new and wide reaching ideas. It's time to stop attending the "Republican picnics" and "Republican dinners" until they recognize who they should have been. It's time for the candidates to realize that if they play with the party elite, they will die by the voters sword. We cannot afford to accept any of the old style GOP. We have tried the respectful and polite approach for 4 years plus and no one has listened. We’re willing to rip the Republican party to pieces and rebuild it in order to build a better and smarter GOP.