Dazed and Confused

 

 

"Those who stand for nothing, will fall for everything"

 

An updated post from eighteen months ago...

In my adult life, I have seen three Democratic presidents serve. I did not vote for any of them. However, I did have hopes for Jimmy Carter as he was a former Nuke Officer in the Navy. My thinking was with that background, he should be a different kind of Democrat. He was different all right - he was worse. Maybe one of the worst presidents in our history.

 

Then came Bill Clinton. I detested him politically, but there was something likable about him. Not real likable - just a wee bit, because he was a "Bubba". His policies sucked, but he was smart enough to know how to "play" the Republicans. He was on the non-stop campaign trail and was good at it. He and the Republicans worked together, had mutual success, and everyone made money. The market went up, and the housing bubble formed. However, while we were all at the party, Al Qaeda bombed the World Trade Center as well as the USS Cole. Little did we know much more sinister actions were just around the corner. 

 

Today, we have Barrack Hussein Obama - maybe the worse president since Jimmy Carter. He had absolutely no executive experience to qualify him for this most important job. He is an ideologue, a former community organizer, a college professor. His first term was a disaster and his second term is getting worse. He ran up more debt than all his predecessors combined. He was low fruit on the tree to be taken out when he ran for a second term. However, as in 2008, the candidate in 2012 (Mitt, a very good man) never went for the juggler. President Obama, the most beatable candidate in decades, coasted to an easy victory. Now months into his second term, the handwriting is on the wall that this term will be worst than a disaster.
 
How the Republicans keep getting defeated by weak candidates is beyond me. For one thing, the Republicans have got to quit looking like "deer in the headlights". Be truth tellers. Stick to your principles. The conservative story is a good story to tell. People don't want "Democrat light" - they want something solid to believe in.

In Minnesota, the Republicans lost the Senate, the House, and the Governor's mansion because they were not true to their beliefs. The people saw the size of taxes and government to up when the Republicans were in charge. They saw the Republican Party almost go bankrupt due to financial mismanagement and then a very public extra marital affair by a party leader. Whereas the Democrats were offering candy to everyone, the Republicans showed absolutely no vision whatsoever. The person running against the Senator up for re-election did not even quit his day job to run. He was a good man who ran a terrible campaign.

If the Republicans want to be serious "players" again in both state and national politics, they need to up their game. STOP WALKING AROUND LOOKING DAZED AND CONFUSED!" Tell the conservative story in plain and simple English. Don't make excuses for what you believe in - make the argument and win it. Trust me - it will be like shooting fish in a barrel. The other side is vapid and vacuous in their arguments. Take no prisoners - make the case and win it.

Now is the time for the Republicans to really "grow a pair". What has happened in the country and the state has been a disaster. We need to take it back. We need the adults in charge. We need to win.