I am not trying to be snarky here, I honestly think these are the questions the Republican party needs to answer if it wishes to remain a credible national party.
So my question to you Republicans is, please either answer the below questions or explain why these questions are not key the the Republican survival. Without credible answers to these questions, you are not an alternative philosophy of governing, you are instead a philosophy of no government.
- The Bush administration had the active assistance of the Republican majority in congress - this was the party as a whole who gave us the last 8 years. How can this not be called the results of the Republican party as it is sonctituted today?
- Where is the committment to fiscal responsibility? A balanced budget and eliminating the most egrarious pork? No Republican is proposing a budget that eliminates the deficit ever. There has been no serious Republican effort to reign in spending.
- Where is the committment to people's constitutional rights when we have people stuck in Guatanamo indefinitely, and illegal spying on people in the U.S.? Kudos to the few Republican congressmen who have tried to address this.
- Where is the committment to responsibility when total incompetency is answered with promotions while only being true to the country rather than the administration is what leads to being fired? Since when did sycophancy become a primary conservative value?
- Where is the understanding that war should be the answer only when all other avenues have been exhausted rather than the first avenue? This is the antitheses of tradational conservative thought.
- Where is the willingness to state that there are roles for the government even from the conservative point of view? Where is the discussion of the appropiate level of government funding rather than a constant refrain of reduce, reduce, reduce? Avoiding this subject shows an unwillingness to speak to one of the hardest issues of responsible governance.
- Where is the discussion of what the government should do for those less fortunate than us? What should the government do?
- Where is the discussion of where the government needs to balance out the power of the corporations? 200 years ago a company had essentially no power compared to an Exxon or IBM today. With no government role in this, the corporations would rule supreme. So what is the proper role of the government in this case?