Midknight Review -- new and revised: What to do about the confusion within the GOP . . . some sound advice.

Understand that this editor (that would be me) began writing in 2008, just after my retirement as a general building contractor in the state of California.

The blog is a free blog and I do not take any money for what I am doing.

I am conservative as defined by Elizabeth Foley in her recent book. These three principles for teaparty unity, are well documented: Limited Government, U.S. Sovereignty, and Constitutional Originalism.

Traditional family values versus queer nation excesses, a balanced budget versus the the mythological nonsense that is structural and growing debt, a strong military presence in the world versus the cowardly insistence for "peace at ANY price," teacher accountability versus teacher over student benefit, the evils of our socialist unions versus the right of any man or woman to work where and when they chose and on and on, are all features of a conservative approach to domestic policy. But, the more involved the doctrine, the more division within the alliance.

In the end, the three general principles outlined by Foley, are a bare-minimum to what it means to be a conservative, and it in these these principles that conservatives must remain unified.

With all this in mind, my point is this: if conservatives loose sight of what unities us, they will loose the ability . . . . the very ability . . . . to continue as a major political force. We all need to take a breath, and trust in the process - mostly because we have very little to do with the selection of the new speaker. If, in the end, the new Speaker is a person who will not allow representation for all conservative opinions represented within the House, then the GOP has given up on the most important governing principle of all: representation of the people.

When Boehner refused to give Michele Bachmann a place in leadership, he sent a clear message to her constituency . . . that they do not deserve representation and that is my problem with Boehner's leadership.

Frankly, I am giving the GOP one more year. If, after 2016, conservatives have no representation within the GOP, I am taking my ball and going home.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

What to do about the confusion within the GOP . . . some sound advice.

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