Tonight during the Republican debate the candidates tripped over themselves to prove who is more like Ronald Reagan. Republicans in general look to Reagan as the beginning and the end of conservatives principles. Reagan did a lot of great things for this country, but he is the standard that Republicans/Conservatives should hold themselves to.
The Standard is simple; they should strive to be more like our founding fathers. Instead of quoting Reagan they should quote the constitution and our forefathers. These men were the founders and creators of conservative principles and freedom. (Really they only recognized these freedoms, but I won’t split hairs) Our founding fathers understood the importance of small government and ran the American Government by these principles. As many good things as Reagan did the national debt and size of government grew under him. He also didnt always follow the consitution, especially on foreign policy issues. In contrast when this country began our national debt was tiny when compared to today’s standards even after when starting from scratch. It is embarrassing that our current candidates can only go back a little over 20 years, instead of looking where this country began.
Why is it today’s Candidates are so afraid of the rights and liberties recognized by our founding fathers? It might have something to do with their utter ignorance and/or contempt for what was written. Other than Ron Paul do any of them really believe in smaller government? Do any of them really look at the duties and limitations of the government mapped out by the founding fathers and follow them? One look at McCain’s view on campaign reform, Mitts view on healthcare or Huckabee's view on well everything and the answer is no. I look forward to the day when the candidates trip over themselves to be more like Thomas Jefferson as much as they do Ronald Reagan.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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