AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE VALUES
From the moment that to preserve our rights a change of government became necessary, no doubt could be entertained that a republican form was most consonant with reason, with right, with the freedom of man, and with the character and situation of our fellow citizens. Thomas Jefferson: Reply to Virginia Legislature, 1809. ME 16:333
The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. Thomas Jefferson: Reply to Address, 1790. ME 8:6, Papers 16:225
These days, it is very hard to know what Republican beliefs are. On the one hand, those who are weak-willed, immature, avaricious, and always at secret as well as open war against the rights of mankind – those who love to style themselves “liberals” – have been on a media blitz against Republican beliefs since the 1930s and FDR’s administration. On the other hand, the modern Republican party seems to have lost its fortitude after the departure from the White House of Ronald Reagan. George Bush Sr. was a solid President, but he was the first to embody a terrible new attitude in the modern Republic party: a disbelief that any selling of the core beliefs of Republicans should have to be continued, an attitude of “looking at your watch during debates” which undoubtedly cost him the election against Clinton (to the detriment of everyone). The Liberals, who are now fully embodied by Democrats, never cease from selling, selling, selling.
Also within the Republican party has been the unfortunate rise of the RINO. RINOs, which include men like John McCain and, to too much of an extent, “W” Bush, have pulled out the rug from under the feet of their own party. RINOs are compromised Republicans and, therefore, they have compromised the health of the party.
What Are the Core Republican Beliefs (Not RINOs)?
— The Republican party was officially founded in 1854 in Ripon, Wisconsin, although the movement had upshots elsewhere, too. The original branches of the party were “Black Republicans”, Radicals, and Conservatives. All three sub-groups were anti-slavery and wanted equal rights and full citizenship for black Americans, although they disagreed about the details of how to bring about this reality. Democrats were very predominantly opposed to abolition. Therefore, foremost among the core beliefs of Republicans are hatred of racism and a desire to see black people advance and thrive. Democrats, today, still attempt to keep black Americans enslaved through their “secret war”.
— The United States of America is a Constitutional Republic. We are not a Democracy. The Founders were opposed to democracy except in the limited areas where (according to Jefferson) it could thrive: only within small towns and local communities. Therefore, Republican beliefs include studying the Constitution and keeping government sharply boxed within the strictures where it is meant to be. Unfortunately, too many modern Republicans have forgotten all about the eternal vigilance needed to do this.
— Republican core beliefs maintain that, though imperfect (as all nations of any kind are), the United States is the greatest nation in the world. Republicans understand America’s greatness even as they understand that perfect’s not for real; and therefore, Republicans are not obsessed with an impossible Utopia like Liberal Democrats are in their delusions.
— Republican beliefs maintain, like the Founders did, that religion is of vital importance to a healthy nation. While it’s obvious that Republicans are predominantly Judeo-Christian, there are Republicans who are a-religious, agnostics, and even “neo-pagans”-and all are acceptable. No Republican, however, can accept the perverse religious cult of progressivism-Socialism.
— Core beliefs of Republicans maintain that all people in the United States are equal in the sense that all citizens must have the protected rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of property (yes, property). They do not believe that anybody has a right to success, wealth, or any portion of anyone else’s property. We can all hope for and freely pursue success, wealth, and love, but we are not entitled to any of it.
— Republicans believe that “the worker is worthy of his wages”-and nobody else is.
— Republican beliefs include the concept that if you do the crime, you must do the time. Judges exist to dispense justice-not invent it.
— Republican beliefs include being charitable (voluntarily), honest, and response-able (responsible for one’s self).
— Those with Republican beliefs emphatically embrace free market capitalism as clearly the best way to enable independence, dream-fulfillment, and “the greatest good for the greatest number”.
— At the core of Republican beliefs is the concept that the family, not the government, is the child’s right and true authority figure.
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