Something interesting happened on the way to today from the 80’s. What had been the two major political Parties in the US disappeared. In fact, what now exists is one Party consisting of: those in our Federal Government (including elected officials); the rich who in many ways control those in Government; artists who most likely came from modest roots but are now part of the rich who believe that along with the riches they gained, they have also gained great intellect that allows them to see what is needed to make all others as enlightened as them; educators who because they are “teachers” or have some additional degree that allows them to flaunt the fact that they stayed in school to gain a “Masters” or “Doctorate,” that that somehow makes them gurus whose words must be followed because they are the truth and the way; and, those in the media who believe that their opinions are what people want to hear, as opposed to them reporting just the facts and news, and whose opinions are actually more relevant than all others and of such great importance that they need to express this in order to do exactly what their artist friends believe is also their duty – to make all others think and believe as they do.
So, what happens to all those who are not part of those shallow, out of touch segments that make up the one Main Party?
What happens to those that were part of the one Party that was considered more liberal and out for the individual, especially those who may have been held down in the past because of race, creed or lack of economic leverage, when they find out they are not really part of the Main Party and their liberal Party that no longer exists as it was, but has metamorphosed into this new Main Party?
What happens to those who were part of the group that had been held down because of race, creed or lack of economic leverage, who thought the more liberal Party was actually working to help them, when they find out it was all a sham?
What happens to those who may also have gained riches along the way but not of the massiveness of those at the top of industry, or in the arts, or on Wall Street, or in the tech industry, who are not in a position to use those riches to impose their beliefs and ideals on those in Government and, consequently, on all of America?
What happens to those who were part of the more conservative Party that believed that if one put in a hard, full day of work and followed the laws put in place by those they elected to those Government offices, that they would be able to live their lives with minimal control forced upon them by some outside force, like the ever-expanding Government when they watch those who flaunt breaking laws, and those from the Main Party, that stand by and allows those law breakers to walk freely, and many times dangerously throughout the neighborhoods threatening the safety and well-being of this more conservative segment?
What happens to those who supposedly believed in fiscal responsibility and a small Federal Government that had limited powers, and that States Rights were what made us a group that were referred to as the United States that constitutes this Country called America?
All those latter groups have been left behind to either comply and acquiesce to the Main Party, to quietly complain in small inner circles, or, to try to take control of what used to be one of the two major Parties.
Since what used to be the two major Parties is now the one Main Party that plays lip service to the Constitution and believes a bigger Federal Government should take control of the States and no longer allow those States to function as the majority of the population of those States think they should, which is closer to what used to be the major Party that was considered more liberal, the only option left to those on the outside of this new Main Party, other than to form a new Second or a Third Party, is to take control of what used to be the more conservative Party; to rise up and remove those from that Party leadership that have become part of that one Major Party, and underwrite a platform and elect leaders that believe in Free Speech, in Individual Rights, in Freedom to Protect Oneself, in minimizing the size and function of a Central Government, and in Freedom of Religion.
The “Reawakened” Republican Party will be what the real base always was: made up of individuals that believe in working for what one has and earns; helping those who need help to rise up from their depth of despair until that person shows they no longer need or deserve that help; treating everyone as an equal with equal rights but not with more rights than others; disregarding skin hue as a reason to like or dislike, or hire or promote an individual; treating life with respect; and, following the tenet of “love thy neighbor as thyself,” but not greater than thyself.
That new Republican Party, that base that was always there, was awakened over the past 5 years and its members saw more clearly who did and who did not support those planks in the platform for which they had stood for their entire voting lives. And, the new Republican Party, at least for the immediate, will see through those who do not truly have the best for all mankind as their driving force, or the planks on which the new Republican Party stands, and cast them out of office if they are currently there, or never put them in a position to take control of the new Republican Party in the future.
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