Lefty / Righty

Could we rethink the terms we use to describe positions.  Are Republicans the "Conservatives"? Are the Democrats the "Liberals"?

For starters, it seems to me that a lot of Republicans, and in a Venn Diagram sort of way, a lot of the various Tea Parties around the country, are trying to change things.  They don't want to conserve things, they want to shake things up.  I know I do.  We are not about the status quo.  We are the traditional, or Classical Liberals, the original Liberals, trying to bring freedom and economic growth to the nation.

In contrast, the Democrats, as exemplified by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Vice President Joe Biden, as well as President Barack Obama, want things to continue on the path they are on.  They wish to CONSERVE the status quo.

The Mainstream Media actually understands that (perhaps).  That is why the color for Republicans on TV and in the newspapers is red.  Red is the color of revolution.  It is time for those of us on the Republican Party side to embrace our inner revolutionary and work for CHANGE, both at the State and National levels.  The future of our nation depends upon it.

Now, I am not advocating Che Guevara t-shirts.  I am not advocating OWS type nonsense.  I am advocating learning, talking, organizing and voting.  We have to study, both the philosophy of government, but also how it operates in real time.  We have to talk to one another and to those who don't yet see the light.  We have to build up some structures, from the ground up, not the top down, to help (1) find candidates and (2) get out the vote.  And, finally, we do have to vote.  And, speaking of voting, every registered Republican who did not vote in our recent municipal elections needs to rethink their priorities.  Voting needs to be more than a habit.  It needs to be a compulsion.

Regards  —  Cliff