The following Blog was written by Bob MacGuffie of Right Principles.
Mr. MacGuffie is associated with Connecticut’s burgeoning Tea Party Movement
In the wake of our national ticket's loss I've heard some
erratic and erroneous criticisms and suggestions from Republicans, which if
followed would be injurious to the conservative movement. Too many are buying
into the deception propagated by Liberal commentators - that Obama's election
represents an historic strategic shift in the electorate founded in a
fundamental demographic change. Make no mistake, this was only a tactical win.
When the campaign itself credits acres of its paid telemarketers in Chicago
calling every conceivable ethnic, racial, and gender niche in only nine states,
promising whatever each marketing niche desires, you are tactical, and not
strategic.
The Left wants us to believe it’s an historic strategic
shift so that in our response we end up buying into their Liberal world-view
and agenda. We should not! It's not who we are - it will lead us into the swamp
and ruin us. We Conservatives by nature live in, and practice in our daily
lives, the color-blind society Liberals are so fond of referencing, but so
absent from the Liberal world-view, language and their daily practices. To
Liberals, everyone is part of some racial, ethnic, or gender group, (usually
victimized) and their programs and policies are all tailored to secure and hold
each of these groups thru government benefits. This insidious discriminating
segmentation of society is endlessly analyzed by pollsters and happily
amplified by the Liberals' allies throughout the mainstream media. We
Conservatives view people as individuals with life stories, values, talents,
ambitions, and personalities without regard for surface aspects such as skin
color and ethnicity etc.
As for the mainstream media, this election cycle has proved
the case there can be no doubt they are completely invested in the Liberal
agenda, Democrat leadership and most emphatically, this president. They have
slanted stories, printed and aired endless puff-pieces on Obama, spiked serious
stories and finally straight-out lied to protect the president's electoral
chances. The most serious subterfuge was the mainstream media's complete news
blackout on the Benghazi story as it developed with government e-mails
surfacing almost daily. When it all comes out, the suppression of this story
will become known as a watershed moment, hastening the ultimate irrelevance of
the legacy press in our country. Until then we must recognize that our
electoral activities transpire within to a significant degree, what amounts to
a propaganda state.
Now, to those erroneous suggestions currently emanating from
too many high profile Republicans and right-leaning media organs. We'll examine
three. First, we're told we must change our policies and "reach out to
women" since Obama garnered the majority of the women's vote. Wrong - we
don't view women as a separate gender group requiring special benefits. Women
benefit mightily from the free-market, limited government principles of
conservative governance. The Left created a "war on women" out of
thin air and accused Republicans of perpetrating it. The Liberal media
compliantly amplified the attacks, which contaminated and distracted virtually
every Republican federal race in the country, and clearly most prominently the
presidential race. Since the criticism is based entirely on a liberal canard,
no change in conservative "policy" is required. However, effective
messaging must be developed which demonstrates how the full spectrum of
conservative principles and policies benefits women. Every Conservative
candidate in the country needs to take the message to every women's group in
their districts.
Second, we're told to reach out to black Americans. We
always have - there are many prominent black Republican and Conservative
officeholders and party leaders - they're just ignored by the media and go
unrecognized or disparaged by liberal politicians. Again, no change in our
policy is required, but conservative solutions have to be fashioned around the
insidious problems of the inner city. And our candidates must spend significant
time communicating these within the cities during their campaigns and
incorporating them into their governance.
Third and most prominently, we are told we must alter our
stance on immigration, which in essence is - we believe our federal immigration
laws must be followed and our sovereignty protected thru orderly and secure
borders. We are told we must reach out to the fastest growing ethnic group in
the country - Hispanics. However, a 2011 poll in CA indicated only 7% of
Hispanic voters objected to Republican immigration stances. Instead, a generous
safety net, strong government intervention in the economy, and progressive taxation
are cited by Hispanics as driving their attraction to the Democrat party. We
may simply face the same education and messaging challenges about free-market
economics we face elsewhere, but this subject requires further analysis to
develop an effective strategy. Incidentally, there are more Hispanic-Republican
officeholders in the country than Hispanic-Democrat officeholders.
The Left has perfected demagogic messaging, regularly
amplified by the media. We have to perfect messaging stressing the enlightening
and liberating qualities of conservative solutions. Conservative candidates
also have to continually call out disingenuous and biased mainstream media and
continually repeat the biased media mantra so that it seeps into the public
consciousness.
Conservatives have the values and principles that will
return the Republic to a sound financial footing. We just have to realize that
suggestions that we abandon these in any "outreach" effort is a
Leftist trap that must be resisted. To provide assurance that we're on the
right track, recognize that Republicans dominate the U.S. government bodies
closest to the people, the Federal House of Representatives, state legislatures
and 30 state governorships.
Comments
But, at the end of the day, his campaign was perfectly adequate. If a majority of purportedly American voters can look upon four years of Obama/Reid/Pelosi, and ask for four more is a sign that things are pretty far gone, electorate beyond hope. Not that the Republicans can't win future elections, but as for fiscal/cultural/constitutional preserving it's going to be one step forward for every three or four back.