Better Stuff!
Posted By Dutch on June 23, 2009
Snapple's Better Stuff
I really enjoy the new Snapple ads. They got me to thinking about what else could use better stuff. Say, for instance, the Republican Party. The GOP could use LOTS more better stuff. Now, that doesn’t mean that they have bad stuff. They have some good stuff, but based upon the results from the last two national elections (2006 and 2008); they definitely need better stuff!
The question is: What better stuff?
If you ask conservatives, they will tell you that they need better leaders, since they (conservatives), the base of the party, clearly know what is best and the current leadership is quite obviously not good enough, or they would be winning majorities in the House and Senate.
The moderates of the party would say that we need a better base. After all, it is obviously those knuckle-dragging, Neanderthal, Palin-loving, xenophobes who are dragging down the party. We must become more urbane and cosmopolitan because those are the types of people who are winning elections for the Democrats. Tax cuts, smaller government, Abortion, and same-sex marriage, these are all yesterday’s issues. They won’t win elections among today’s hip, 21st Century electorate.
(Besides, principles aren’t really timeless, especially if they don’t win elections anymore!)
The Democrats accuse the Republican Party of being the party of old, bald, white men. However, that isn’t entirely true. There was one presidential candidate who energized the youth of America not under Obama’s spell: Ron Paul. But he’s a nut! Isn’t he? I can’t say that I agree with everything that Congressman Paul advocates, but he did do more to energize young Republicans than any other candidate, including Sarah Palin (although, she appears to have been the odds-on favorite of all the old, bald, white men in the party.)
Funny thing is that Ron Paul is an old, bald, white man. Maybe it isn’t a cult of personality after all, but his stubborn defense of principles. Imagine that, young people committed to ideas like Liberty, Self-reliance, and a government that minds its own business. After all, this is the generation that in poll after poll repeatedly acknowledges that they don’t expect to see any Social Security money left by the time they retire. Out of the mouths of babes. Perhaps we should be listening to them. Perhaps they have better stuff!
In a recent event with the Scottsdale, Jewish Republicans, Congressman John Shadegg let it slip that he thought it would be better for the party if ALL Republican incumbents stepped aside and let new blood run for office.
Now that sounds like better stuff! Any takers?
While the John McCain’s, Jim Sensenbrenner’s, Mike Pence’s, and other fossils hang on to their coveted offices and leadership roles, the Republican Party is sinking like the Titanic. We hit the iceberg twice. (We didn’t get the message in 2006, so the electorate spanked us again in 2008!)
Hey! All of you old, bald, white guys who FUND the party, maybe you could persuade these incumbents that their time has passed. Maybe if you took the lead in recruiting and funding better stuff in the form of bright, young Republican conservatives, our fortunes would change.
Oh well. I think that sound is my alarm clock ringing. Time to wake up from dreamland and get to work recruiting better stuff.
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