I don't know exactly how this entire "blog" thing works. It's not like my crowd is the largest by any factor, and thus, the volume of comments i get regarding what i have said or written tends to be small, too. Anyway, almost every comment that i do receive has some level of competence to it and so more times or not i try to respond back personally with a comment of my own.
Well my post yesterday was a real good post and i received a comment from some "old grumpy" republican that i have heard from before. I think we both were wishing back for the good old days, including those of Reagan. My grumpy old friend knows his position in the world with Trump controlling everything that is put out there by the Republicans. Here is my response
"It is really sad. Although you are right on the point that i have never been a GOP type person, but i do look back on Reagan as someone i at least respect. His affect on the world stage has come and gone. I have always said the best thing for Real Republicans (real conservatives) to do is to go ahead and break off and form a new party called The Lincoln Party. Trump has so desicrated the term Republican these days. And that desicration will hang on to the Republican Party, like the Nazi Party in Germany.
Sure you will lose most elections in the next five or six years, but after that we might at least get somewhat back to where we were before. The elections are going to be lost regardless of what the Real Republicans do, but if the Real Republicans (real conservatives) vote a "third" time (i.e., 2016, 2020, 2024?) for Trump then i say fuck them real conservatives because they are just as bad as those stupid-ass Republicans.
I truly believe that as vocal as the GOP is with their Trumpism, the silent majority will either not vote for the more extreme Republican candidates, or won't vote at all. I think the GOP will have a very poor showing this time around.
That could be the best way to handle things, but any Republican that does vote better not vote for the extremist--otherwise, they are part of the "other" group.
BTW, i believe both parties should change their names. The Lincoln Pary for the old republicans and the Jefferson Party for the Democrats. There are too many false stigmas to both of the current parties. I think name changes associated with previously great presidents and men could not hurt either party.
While I find the extremism on the right to be far more worrisome, contagious and rapid in spread, I also find some extremism spreading on the left. Like the Squad and their progressive allies often seem to more concerned about other countries over America. And only seem to care about specific minorities while ignoring other minorities, and all Americans as a whole. In fact they seem to have no loyalty to America at all.
I agree. I think it's time for a new centrist party which could represent the majority of all Americans.