Posted by
Sheila on Friday, October 30, 2009 2:00:36 PM
There has been quite a discussion on the blogs for a long time now, about how to best advance the cause of conservatism at this point in our history. My argument has been that advancing Conservatism would best be achieved when we have the majority in both Houses, and the White House, in order to have the ability to work within the system to advance our principles and weed out bad apples who aren't representing our values. This would enable us to have the ability to voice our opinion (and be heard) on issues that we felt were critical, such as occurred with the immigration bill that many opposed.
On the other side of the argument, some say it is better to throw all republicans out, give the democrats the majority, let them apply their principles which are in opposition to ours, and then (hopefully) we will find another Reagan-like leader to come to the rescue and reverse the dire circumstances created by liberal principles.
My argument has been that this is too dangerous, under current global circumstances, and btw, Thomas Sowell wrote a piece on this before the election echoing my sentiments. I think most would agree he is a CONSERVATIVE.
So this is my question. Based on the fact that the country is now being run by liberal principles, and we now have no power to be heard if we object to trillion dollar deficits, government take over of a large part of the private sector, and the current attempt to take over healthcare, which approach seems to be the best for advancing Conservatism?
Right now does it look like maybe the latter was not the best game plan?