Restore The Republican Party!

[hard@work]

I wanted to get some opinions on this concept. I know there is little to no doubt amongst the Ron Paul supporters that the GOP has been stolen by the so called "neoconservatives" who immediately went to work in spreading propaganda to the party faithful, and that they have been doing this for nearly eight years now. How valuable would it be to push the idea that the Ron Paul campaign has the intention (amongst everything else) of restoring the GOP to it's former glory and most importantly traditional and real conservative values?

It seems to me that this may be a wedge issue that can split the die hard neoconservatives from the actual Republican base, bring back the millions of Republicans that have left the party because of the neocons, attract a new and large base of disenfranchised democrats and youth (future) vote, and if presented properly may even reconvert those who were manipulated by the neocons back to Republican values and the philosophy of American Liberty.

If anyone has any thoughts about this I'd much appreciate your opinions.



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[Kregener]

I would not focus on any "Party" restoration as much as I would a restoration of the REPUBLIC itself.

Party politics is why and how we ended up in a socialist/fascist state to begin with.

[hard@work]

I would not focus on any "Party" restoration as much as I would a restoration of the REPUBLIC itself.

Party politics is why and how we ended up in a socialist/fascist state to begin with.

Right and we do this, however this is also about winning the hearts and minds of the Republicans so that we can work on the rest of the nation by having Ron Paul as our presidential candidate. "Restore the Republic" is a unifying issue, but it is not necessarily a statement that reaches specifically to the GOP. You would think so, but it doesn't. The philosophy that we need to strengthen the GOP (Hillary is on route guys ...) may be something more powerful to a lot of voters who are still hypnotized by neocon media manipulation.

[constituent]

second kregener.

[axiomata]

By most accounts, the Republican party is set to lose the White House to a Democratic president, most likely Hillary to boot. For all Republicans, no matter what side of the tent your table is at, this is a scary prospect.

I think there will be great potential to unify the GOP under a banner of restoration to the type of party that was winning elections just a decade ago. If Paul can get the Reagan-esque "endorsement," not necessarily for mirroring Reagan's policies, (though he does do that the best of the other candidates,) but for unifying the GOP against the Democrats it will help enormously.

We can't forget that the first step to a Paul presidency is winning the GOP nomination.

You are correct that the main problem is the deterioration of the Republic as a whole. But you are dead wrong if you think the diagnosis for this problem doesn't involve the restoration of the Republican party.

[hard@work]

I agree with that position. I also feel that from an ideology standpoint which respectfully is what Kregner is focusing on we should not lose sight of the starting point. In order to restore the republic from the Republican party we must first save the Republican party. There are a lot of true New Conservatives comming into the party because of Ron Paul. These are the real patriots, should we not spread this message to the base and let them know that Ron Paul and his younger followers are the future for the GOP?

[1000-points-of-fright]

Nancy Reagan's endorsement might help. Or not.

[hard@work]

Nancy Reagan's endorsement might help. Or not.

Wait, what?

[1000-points-of-fright]

Let me rephrase that so nobody gets excited.

Maybe it would help IF we could get Nancy Reagan's endorsement. If she even gives endorsements.

[Kregener]

Yeah we need more witchcraft in Ron Paul's campaign...

:rolleyes:

[remaxjon]

Let me rephrase that so nobody gets excited.

Maybe it would help IF we could get Nancy Reagan's endorsement. If she even gives endorsements.

I don't think she does and if she did I don't think it would be for Paul she is a big advocate of stem cell research now

[axiomata]

I don't think she does and if she did I don't think it would be for Paul she is a big advocate of stem cell research now
Not a single GOP candidate supports federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. If she's such a single issue endorser then she'd have to endorse a Democrat.

[ghemminger]

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