Definitions & Unity
This post won’t endear me with some folks yet again, but it has to be said.
RINO – Republican in Name Only must be defined from now on as a Republican who is not a FISCAL conservative. They are also socially liberal.
Neo-con – This is a fiscal liberal, who advocates an aggressive foreign policy presence. They are, however, socially conservative, thus putting them at odds with the RINO on social issues.
Paulite – Follower of Ron Paul, a strict libertarian. This group is very fiscally conservative, however they are social liberals and are against an aggressive foreign policy presence. Thus, they are the mirror image of the Neo-con.
True conservative – both a fiscal conservative and a social conservative.
That’s the definitions I wish could be adopted by everyone so they can understand the situation at hand in the country today. Can all four groups work together inside the Republican party? Let’s be honest – NO. That’s the problem we are faced with today. No matter what, at least one group, if not three out of four groups, are not going to work well with the others. The neo-con and the Paulites are diametrically opposed to one another, as are the RINOs and the true conservatives. But there are grey areas between various groups that people fit into and through those grey areas, there is a good chance to be able to get three groups working simultaneously together as long as one issue causing the conflict gets suppressed.
For years, the combination has been RINO + neo-con + conservative. That’s how George W Bush got elected. He is a neo-con under these definitions, and he pulled in RINOs and he got conservatives to vote for him. The Paulites were seen as the fringe (and neo-cons will always see them as fringe), and were left out of the process.
Now, we have Obama in charge of the country, and the Paulites’ power is surging with the tea parties focusing on the fiscal issues and putting social issues on the back burner. The Republican strategy now needs to shift, and the coalition that is going to win this time will be neo-con + Paulite + conservative. Yes, that does mean social issues are going to have to be pushed back a bit from the focus. I know that irks those with a single issue focus (the bane of all national campaigns in my opinion). But, it has to be done to get rid of Obama.
After Obama is gone, after the Democratic party is decimated, then the social fight can start anew. We CANNOT let the fight over social issues distract us from defeating the worst president in the history of the United States, and soon to be on par with people like Nero, Caligula, and Domitian. People see the fiscal issues as the most important now, and that’s how we win.
Eyes on the prize, is what I say. The prize is removal of Obama and the reversal of his horrible fiscal decisions like Healthcare and soon to be cap & trade.