Conservatives Need To Avoid The Libertarian Trap

Derek Hunter / Townhall Columnist

 

There’s a reason liberals have been so successful in advancing their agenda in the past few decades. It’s not just electoral victories – they’ve played a part, and it’s easier to make things happen if you winelections. But the main factor in their victories is one thing we conservatives are losing sight of: patience.

In the time of Twitter breaking news, Tinder, microwaves, On Demand, etc., patience is as dead as detectives wearing Fedoras and calling people “Mac.” But it’s key in politics, and conservatives have forgotten that.

Ronald Reagan – the real man, not the myth created with his name – understood the importance of patience. He almost won the GOP nomination in 1976 but lost to President Gerald Ford.

Although Ford was no conservative, Reagan didn’t turn on him. He supported him. When Ford lost, that opened the door to Reagan’s victory four years later. Had Reagan refused to support Ford, or actively criticized Ford and hurt him in the 1976 election, there’s a chance 1980 would’ve turned out differently.

Even as president, Reagan understood the importance of patience. His victories in dealing with Congress and the Soviet Union (not much of a difference there, in many respects) didn’t come immediately. Incrementalism was a key weapon – you take what you can get and keep fighting for the rest. What Reagan didn’t do was throw up his hands when he didn’t get all he wanted, leaving small victories on the table because total victory wasn’t, at that moment, obtainable.

Jihad video featuring Trump also includes Hillary
By Robert Spencer on Jan 02, 2016 07:34 pm

 

This establishes once again that the jihad is not provoked by what we say and do — because if anyone has indefatigably pursued a course of not saying or doing anything that could possibly anger Islamic jihadis or Muslims in general, it’s Hillary Clinton. “Media gleefully reporting al-Shabab video with Trump, IGNORES Hillary and ‘Black […]
 
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Obama’s “favorite” ally, Turkey’s President Erdogan, cites “Hitler’s Germany” as effective form of government

Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs

When Obama was asked which foreign leader was his favorite and “most trusted,” Obama said, “Erdogan.”

Is it any wonder that Hitler’s Mein Kampf is the number one selling book in Turkey?

“Turkey’s President Erdogan cites ‘Hitler’s Germany’ as example of an effective form of government,”  The Independent, December 2, 2015, (thanks to Tom):

Mr Erdogan defends push for his own position as president to be strengthened

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has defended his push for a presidential system of government by citing “Hitler’s Germany” as an historic example.

The President has pushed ahead with efforts to increase the stature of his own position,...

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Senator Marco Rubio 12/28/15
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RE: S.2184 – Support-As introduced

Dear Senator Marco Rubio;

On behalf of the Jordanian Opposition Coalition (JOC), we would like to go on record as SUPPORTING your S 2184 – Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015.

From the outset, the concepts embodied in this legislation are greatly appreciated and exhibit true commitment to accountability and good governance in relevance to spending US taxpayers’ money. Even so, the JOC believes that the bill could be improved in a manner that brings more effectiveness and transparency to the way US taxpayers’ money is being spent. For example:

1. ON COUNTLESS OCCASIONS, YOU PERSONALLY HAVE EXHIBITED SUPPORT FOR JORDAN’S KING, THE JOC FEARS THIS COULD BE CONTRADICTORY TO THE BILL, BECAUSE JORDAN’S KING EXHIBITS NO TRANSPARENCY AND HEADS A HIGHLY-CORRUPTED REGIME, THEREFORE, WE BELIEVE THE MEASURE MUST BE EXTENDED TO SECURE THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON HOW US TAXPAYERS MONEY IS SPENT BY MIDDLE EASTERN ALLIES WHO RECEIVE US AID MONEY; JORDAN IN PARTICULAR.

Rep. Hartzler: We 'Owe it' to Americans to Repeal Obamacare

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Next week, Congress will send a bill to the White House in hopes of repealing Obamacare and defunding Planned Parenthood next week, and Rep Vicky Hartzler said in Saturday's GOP address that the president will need to make some important decisions.

"We owe it to the American people to take our best shot at repealing Obamacare, and that’s what we’ll do next week,” the Missouri Republican said. "As a result, President [Barack] Obama will soon have a choice: Does he support the people and women’s health, or does he support Washington mandates and tax dollars going to Planned Parenthood?"

Hartzler, who co-chairs the House Values Action Team and member of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, is a member of the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives, commented that the bill is a "significant step" to improve the nation's healthcare system, as patients would be able to choose an insurance plan without Washington interfering.

"That’s the problem with Obamacare," Hartzler said. "It forces people to buy insurance that’s much more expensive than what they need. And when you force millions of people to buy expensive and unaffordable insurance, it’s not that surprising to see premiums going up."

Deductibles are rising too, and Americans are losing their doctors and can't find a good insurance plan.