Conservatives must choose Revolution – and
now.
A pivotal mid-term election is upon us. No matter the outcome, however,
the Republican Establishment will rule. And the Republican
Establishment is entirely hostile to Republican Conservatives.
Today’s Establishment Republicans have grown even more odious than they
were during the Reagan and Goldwater eras. They control all
conventional paths to power, money, and position. They are comfortable
in the presumption their rule is inviolable, their eventual sinecures
assured. They believe the Conservative rabble will either submit or
perish. They do not understand the rules have changed. No longer will
Conservatives accept battles only in the times and places of the
Establishment’s choosing.
For
example, what if a Congressperson held a Press Conference every single
day about one topic—the same topic each day: “We’d like to announce
this is Day 750 of the Cover-up of the Benghazi Massacre. Questions?”
Paradoxically, at a time when continued deception would best serve the
Establishment’s efforts to maintain control, its overt attacks upon
Conservatives have flushed its true nature from the weeds of
misdirection and indistinct outlines. The Establishment now openly,
brazenly, attacks Conservatives, even boasts of its attacks. It
proclaims, loudly, it is no longer willing even to imitate allegiance
to Conservative principles.
The Republican Establishment’s contemporary predations upon
Conservative Republicans might constitute merely the painful and
annoying intransigence common to the old guard of any organization. But
the Establishment is using live ammunition. So must we.
We must admit that despite living in a country where most voters
self-identify conservative sentiments, we are also a country, a Party,
subject to the checkered pants money-boys and their self-interested
shills in the Republican Leadership.
It does not matter that both Republicans and Democrats must repeatedly
campaign as bona fide Conservatives, or that 49 of 50 states voted for
Reagan in his 1984 re-election—yes, 49 - or that voters always respond
positively to any/all politicians who declare for Conservative
principles.
Conservative Cause
must become Revolutionary
It does not matter that our Conservative Cause is righteous and
astoundingly popular. Our Cause must also be successful. And to be
successful, against an Establishment working for our demise, the
Conservative Cause must become Revolutionary.
Conservatives must jettison any loyalty whatsoever to tradition and
accepted power structures. For instance, Speaker Boehner, in his House,
presumes to whip Conservative lawmakers into line by withholding
“committee assignments,” privileges to speak on the floor, to introduce
legislation, and worse. Our response should be: “So what?” Are there
truly no more creative ways than these to prove oneself a champion of
the people and the Conservative Cause? In fact, aren’t Speaker
Boehner’s conditional slops actually antithetical (other than for CSPAN
coverage) to our Cause?
Why not take the “Committee assignment hit” and reverse it? Why not
employ it as a badge of fidelity to the Conservative brand; why not
“lead” with it in every interview? “Well, as I was saying, as a proud
member of the Boehner Blacklist Brigade, I believe…”
Why not outflank the “lawmaking” enterprise entirely and become ‘heroes
of the people?’ Why not act upon the visceral understanding that most
citizens are always and entirely unaware of their Congressperson’s
legislation—and do not care in any case? Why not recognize routine
lawmaking for the vitality-draining mundanity it has become? We can no
longer afford our Congresspersons acting like Congresspersons. We can
no longer afford having our Congresspersons believing or acting as if
the markers of their success have anything to do with the
Establishment’s paradigms or limitations.
Revolution, Insurrection, Paradigm Shift: All are necessary if
Conservatives are to prevail. The Left already owns us. Our leaders are
co-opted. Can any measure short of Revolution prevail?
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“People
yearn for their elected officials, their leaders, to lead to try to get
things done,” Lott said. “It is harder now, I think. My attitude is,
why would you want to come here if all you want to do is raise money
and get re-elected? Why wouldn’t you want to make a difference?… Just
to do nothing is not a conservative position.”
