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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Victor Davis Hanson Mulling the American Search for a Political Party...

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Polifrog did not support the candidacy of Bernie Reeves when he was running in the primaries for NC-13 against Bill Randall and Victor Davis Hanson hits on the reason:

The common denominator here is that a largely conservative electorate has always wanted lower taxes, smaller but more competent government, fewer overseas commitments, honest government, and officials who live like the public they represent — and it can’t seem to find that package in any party or candidate being presented to it. Indeed, the Obama medicine is now seen as worse than the Bush disease, in that he less competently oversaw the war in Afghanistan, blew apart the budget, and lives more royally than any Republican.

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The public is waiting for an articulate conservative reformer who will quietly keep promises to balance the budget more through spending cuts than taxes, close the border to illegal immigration, either win or get out of long wars abroad, respect federal law and apply it equally, and restore a sense of American confidence and American exceptionalism.


Bernie Reeves represented the old conservative party which defined itself in unflattering tones during the Bush years. Bill Randall, on the other hand, reflected the concerns of the Tea-Party. The Tea-Party arose, not only as a simple reaction against Obama's policies, but also as a reaction to the disappointment in the Bush/Conservative congress policies.

Neither party has proven itself capable of giving the public what it wants. Conservatives gave tax cuts but continued to grow the government. Later Democrats came along and offered campaign lies followed by governance more disappointing than what was administered by the Conservatives.

Both parties grow government. Both parties ignore the 10th Amendment. Both parties insist on disappointing an American public which is now for an alternative to the two parties offered.


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