The good news is that in 2008 Conservative principles did not lose in an election. The bad news is that they weren’t even in the running. Conservative principles win elections. It is only when the Republican party of this country abandons the principles that it was founded on do we find ourselves losing.
Why did McCain fight an uphill road? Allow me to answer that with another question.
What difference has the GOP really offered in the past 8 years?
The Republican party has abandoned fiscal responsibility, limited federal government, individual liberty, and policy accountability. Sure there is a difference concerning defense strategy and foreign policy but those pale in comparison to the matters of domestic and economic policy. We are reaping the harvest of offering nothing but the same old same old to the American people.
The Bush administration & GOP has spurned federal oversight from Gitmo to FISA.
The Bush administration & GOP has spurned fiscal responsibility.
The Bush administration & GOP has done NOTHING about border control and immigration.
The GOP (not necessarily McCain) deserved to lose.
It is my sincere hope that this will be the opportunity to purge our bloated party and return to the ideals that make this country great. It took the Carter years to bring us Reagan. I honestly don’t know what this country will look like in 4 years but if Republicans will become Conservatives again we will prevail.
