I've been clicking through most of the advice and do-overs about how Republicans could do it differently. Number one is become like Democrats and grow the government, and number two is become Libertarians and take a chance that everyone is virtuous. Odd isn't it. The party of Abraham Lincoln can only survive if it stands for nothing that has a moral base--it's all about economics. A Fox commentator last night said Republicans could survive if they gave up the pro-life and pro-marriage positions (he might as well have added and "Boo God.")
Obama got elected in 2008 with positive happy talk, but it sunk Romney; he was elected 4 years ago by supporting DOMA and Don't ask don't tell and snuggling with Rick Warren, but that will get a Republican labeled homophobic today; he didn't lie about abortion--openly was supportive of killing born alive aborted babies, but even hinting that a baby conceived in rape is not the enemy can sink a career. We live in strange times.
I was pro-life and pro-marriage when I first voted in 1960. So were millions of other Democrats. In those days they also believed, really believed, in protecting the weakest and least capable among us. Now it's constant yammering about free stuff and helping the middle class with more government programs. Even churches have been lulled into not preaching the gospel if they take money for social programs. When Democrats started buying votes with the War on Poverty and playing step-daddy to single moms (which I supported) they started us on a 16 trillion dollar failure that killed marriage and responsibility driving millions of children to the poor house.
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