Official description: GOPYoungGuns | August 30, 2010
On September 14, the Young Guns Book will go on sale. It’s time to move America forward with a clear common sense agenda for the common good. The Young Guns are changing the face of the Republican Party and putting us on the road back to the American dream.
Sibyl West: I like Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan as much as the next person. I would say that I hope they succeed except that Maharushie has reminded me that “Hope is an excuse for doing nothing.” Hope is not a strategy for success.
When I first saw the video above my reaction was an odd mixture of pride and dread; a fear that – for all the hopeful rhetoric – they were destined to fail. There I said it.
My question is: If they are putting us back on the road then where does the road lead? What are the objectives? If you say prosperity I would retort that Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton have prosperity and look where it has gotten them. They are a stain on our national reputation that people in other countries point to with disdain, and rightly so.
Is prosperity the be all and end all of life? Does indulgence of the senses really lead to happiness and success in life? If it were we wouldn’t have so many affluent dead beats and jaded losers being misguided by hysterical pseudo-religions like global climate change (among others) or falling into drug and alcohol abuse.
What if success is something entirely different? What if it is a connection to God and living according to His direction in a fulfilling, meaningful relationship with Him? And how will Cantor and Ryan lead us there if they escew so-called social issues and focus only on fiscal ones? Sorry but I’ve never seen the other fellow before and with his white hair he hardly strikes me as a young gun, with all due respect.
One more thing. Prosperity always attracts thieves. Strong national security has to be an equally big part of the deal.
I’m from Missouri. Show me.
On the same topic:
The Joe Miller Lesson Applied to the GOP Congressional Leadership
By Lee Cary | September 02, 2010 | American Thinker
On the cusp of what is trending toward a significant Republican victory in November, the current GOP congressional leadership has yet to make a compelling case that they’re ready to lead a majority party. They appear satisfied to run as “Not Democrats.” That may be enough to win, and maybe win big, but will it be enough to keep winning in 2012 and beyond?
The current GOP leadership would be wise to heed the lesson of Joe Miller’s victory over Senator Lisa Murkowski in the GOP primary in Alaska and announce that they’ll step aside if Republicans gain a majority in one or both Houses of Congress. Congressman John Boehner and Senator Mitch McConnell do not represent the leadership of a GOP with a longer-term future. They are the generals of the last political war, where they lost. And their party, if it wins, will have done so mostly because the Democrats lost support.
You’ve heard the axiom that generals prepare to fight the next war as they fought the last.
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Like McClellan, Mitch McConnell and John Boehner have been historical placeholders as the GOP maneuvers through an internal struggle to define what it stands for in opposition to a Democratic Party firmly controlled by its left wing. Let’s face it – McConnell and Boehner are not the leaders of the GOP’s future. They fought and lost the last war against the Democrats, and they appear generally disengaged in the battle underway to define the GOP of the future.
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In comparison, congressional Democrats have a clear plan for America. Their problem is that most Americans don’t support it. Unfortunately, congressional Republicans have a plan for America that many of us don’t clearly perceive. And one of the most important functions of leadership in any endeavor — be it war, business, religion, or politics — is to clarify the objective and make a compelling case for achieving it.
