Excellent! Thank you for putting things in perspective!

Look not for another Reagan. Seek first to find the next William F Buckley.

Your sentiments appreciated, but Goldwater aftermath was when we were “We The People”. Now we are “We The Hordes”.
The Corrupt Media has demonstrated that that it has enough power and monopoly now to determine the outcome of elections and will do so in the future. You are invited to find someone a lot smarter than most of us out here to figure out that problem. Whatever does not focus like a laser on defeating Corrupt Media is a complete waste of time.

I agree that there is an ebb and flow to politics, but the plot line on the political graph is still trending socialistic. There may be sinusoidal movements on the plot line where conservatives rule the day; however, we still find ourselves becoming a socialistic country. As others have posted, liberals have been very successful in controlling education and media, and have thus shaped culture. Demographics are not in our favor as the people immigrating to the US are coming from socialistic backgrounds. Lets face it, American values have changed.

I think our harder task is not necessarily finding people to promote conservatism as a populist agenda, but in overcoming the resistance from the Republican establishment. Speaker Boehner’s words regarding the tea party and recent leadership elections indicates to me they are hell bent in keeping conservatives “under control”. Our job will be made even more difficult with the party rule changes regarding delegates they rammed through during the convention, which may stifle grass roots candidates.

Goldwater called it “me-to-ism” and today we call it RINO, but this is the new cover of the book called conservatism. This “me-to-ism” or what ever you want to call it was a simple mandate to offer a choice written in the book of conservatism. Unfortunately, there has been a lot of graffiti over the years dumped on this book cover and too many judge a book by its cover. Worse is the fact that one side pounds their bible and the other side counts numbers as they ignore the propaganda all around them, arrogantly ignoring the graffiti. It is time to read the writing on the wall and do something about it

The Republicans lost because they are hypocrites. They cite loss of freedom with the same vehemence (in virtually the same breath) that they castigate women in for
managing their reproductive physiology.
They champion a Judea Christian heritage yet charity is not the
“freedom of” envisioned by our forefathers– it is the intolerant doctrine of
adherence administered by theology based legislation that has caused many to
seek the secular “freedom from” that plays well into the hands of the
progressives. These perpetual litigants practice infidelity at the rate of 50% yet presume to choose the lifestyle and life partners of honest citizens who have no issue or offer no interference with your own social or cultural incompetence.
The youth of today, many of those Obama voters, come from broken homes -
your lofty proclamations about “matrimony” to them must be laughable.

In short, “Do unto others as you wish done unto yourself” is being politically enforced. Do not look at defective candidates, do not look at the hostile media, and certainly do not look under the bed for some boogie man, look in the mirror. Staring back at you is the reason for our demise, a delusional, insufferable, alienating social issue totalitarian.

The tragedy here is not your complete humiliation, it is the
usurpation of the simple “less taxes, smaller government, and more personal
freedom” by the fringe. The demise of freedom, and the inevitable “dark ages” that will result due to your squabbling,intolerance and incompetence will be monumental and it will be measured in a time frame of just days – no one alive today will see the recovery.

Sadly I concluded long ago that It was a gift that Goldwater went down to defeat. He wasn’t the right man for the time or the culture.

I fear Conservatives being the true Americans are overly optimistic. This is a crisis of cultural morality with a growing segment of the population intellectually and morally debased. You’re not going to change that level of immorality with any candidates or platfrom. Blacks and Hispanics except for Cubans and some multi-generational Hispanic citizens are lost when they support a party so anti-thetical to thier Culture and best interest.

I agree with so much of your rallying cry, and do not wish to have a circular firing squad.

Nor do I wish to see the current RHINO leadership of the Republican Elite,
continue to ride on the backs of our hard work and hijack all our dreams behind
closed doors.

A specific and Historic proof, of how long this has continued, was REAGAN’s election.
Yes! We conservatives under Grass Roots Family Values banner, did that almost
entirely on Social and Founding Fathers’ Freedom and Constitutional issues.

But what few seem to remember, if they ever knew, is that immediately after the
election was tallied, GEORGE BUSH SR and JIM BAKER’s elite, commandeered the Administration Transition Desk, keeping all of the true victors’ best nominees from almost every important appointment into the new administration. Rhino and non-conservative bureaucrat types were selected by 100 to 1 over the conservatives who labored so hard.
Even Adolf Coors, who was Reagan’s buddy and chief financial/political
supporter, could not get his recommendations through. Extremely talented
brilliant conservative men were appointed to ambassador posts of no import,
such as one sent to the Gold Coast of Africa.

They were screened out all because they had Conservative Social Ideals such as pro life, God and the Constitution.

So, while I do not wish to start a 3rd Party, we must realize our greatest
threat to any permanent and practical return to TRUE CONSERVATIVE SOCIAL, CONSTITUTIONAL, & FISCAL Principles must eliminate the dominance of the RHINO Liberal leadership in the gilded (and padded) rooms of the |Party Elite

This REQUIRES an internal take over of the leadership positions… Starting immediately, not just with Boehner, McConnel, and the other unprincipled or cowardly wimps, but pursuing a purposeful PATH to win the Delegate Process and REPLACE the RHINOs in local, state and national leadership.

The best opportunity to pursue what Tea Party, and even Ron Paul supporters
have begun, is in the 2014 elections through precinct to delegate process.

It matches simultaneously with precinct organization needed to select full spectrum Conservatives, and nominate Articulate, Viable candidates.

The fertile ground in this will require education through churches,
neighborhoods, and local government forums in every community in this whole
country.

The biggest job is in the Major Metropolitan areas.

That’s where Obama’s ground game motivated Ignorance and Racial division into
landslide voting by the naieve, and Mass Media influenced youth, as yet too young
for the wisdom to recognize lies.

Instead we must get an arsenal of educational DVD’s, pamphlets and speakers to
each men’s and women’s group, to our neighbors, to our school board meetings,
and to special event presentations in community centers, Town Halls and other
group settings as allowable.

This MUST be begun now! While we still have some
momentum and voice like Rubio, Cruz, Paul Ryan, Rand Paul and others.

It is our FUTURE AT STAKE, our children’s, grand children’s and our COUNTRY
itself which will be forever lost if we do not.

Another serious front line in this battle is in the local school boards, county
and state educational boards

If all this seems too, hard, then stay depressed, but pleez, get out ot the way!
I too wonder if, in the last 4 years, we passed the tipping point.
But I also know that to quit, or give up is allowing certain mortal failure.

It begins with one or two in every place (home or gathering) in America that
still loves God, Country, the Constitution, Children, and grandchildren

And we must stop shooting (and burying) some of the best
voices, like Herman Cain.
Stop allowing, and passively accepting the media ridicule of the best articulators like West, Palin, Rick Perry, Rick Santorium and the others Liberals see as threatening.

A Liar-in-Chief with evil surrogates from media to Cabinet, these are the real threat, along with “get along” Rhinos.

Start educating yourself to be able to educate those around you.q
Read the true news, behind the news and share it in person and emails.

Begin now to vote daily with your feet and heart and truth.

As you do, realize that “being INCLUSIVE,” means that we do not denigrate
a person for some wrong ideas. If they have any agreement with Godly, Constitutional, Conservative values, welcome the PERSON and the good ideas, and only contend with the bad ideas as opportunity presents. Defer that until you have a larger common bond of friendship.

Speak to your friends and neighbors as a FRIEND not an enemy.

If they are only 10% off level, accept them and educate later.

Get over that need to make them 100 % right before you accept them.

Romney lost the first day of the RNC when he and the GOP voided all the Ron Paul delegates. Entire states walked out of the RNC at that point. About 15% of Republicans then left the party and never came back. On election day they either stayed home, wrote in Ron Paul’s name, or voted for Gary Johnson. These 15% were the most enthusiastic and motivated part of the party. They were also the party’s future because most were in their 20′s and 30′s. Until the GOP begins to respect those who believe in liberty and limited government, they will keep losing elections. One can only hope that they’ve learned their lessons from John McCain and Mitt Romney. However, when I keep reading articles like this, I have my doubts. If conservatives don’t even know why they lost, how can they learn any lessons?