CONSERVATIVES NEED NEW LEADERS
Today, there’s an unprecedented opportunity and a great need for someone to lead the Conservative Movement and save America.
Speaking softly, frankly, and quietly—the Conservative Movement is weak in comparison to the Left and in desperate need of new, bold leadership.
Quite frankly, in a very real sense, the Conservative Movement can be accurately described as a paper tiger. Unfortunately, most conservative “leaders” these days are acting as an appendage of MAGA.
MAGA is a critically important addition to the Conservative Movement. Most conservatives agree with MAGA 75% ± of the time. One of the Conservative Movement’s goals should be to convert MAGA leaders and supporters to be traditional conservatives. As traditional conservatives we trace our heritage to Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, Bill Buckley, Jr., Russell Kirk, Frank Meyer, Brent Bozell, Jr., etc.
We had a strong leader and possibly future president, but he was cruelly taken from us—Charlie Kirk.
Today, there are few conservatives or conservative organizations with the talent, leadership, and resources to provide this much-needed national leadership.
There are some good leaders of single-issue organizations/causes, but there is no national leader of the Conservative Movement. We lack the leaders who can blow their trumpet and millions of Americans will suit up to battle. Also, there is no national conservative leader in the U.S. House or Senate.
Democrats and their leftwing allies have plenty of leaders, including:
- Bernie Sanders
- Gavin Newsom
- Hakeem Jefferies
- AOC
- Marc Elias
- John Pedosta
- Eric Holder
- James Carville
- Barrack Obama
- Bill Clinton
The Conservative Movement probably will never match the quantity of organizations on the Left, but we do need to substantially increase the number of organizations we have as a way to perpetuate the movement, which is becoming more important to defeating Marxists and others who are bent on destroying Western Civilization.
In 2014 Professor Harry Jaffa said,
“Western Civilization survives because of America.”
Then he added,
“America survives because of the Conservative Movement.”
I’ve added,
“The Conservative Movement survives because of a relatively small number of people, perhaps less than 100.”
To paraphrase President Ronald Reagan, “If not you, who? If not now, when?”
Here are some thoughts and/or recommendations in no particular order for your consideration:
- Almost all conservative organizations are a secret to the vast majority of Americans. Where are the conservative counterparts to: Planned Parenthood, Sierra Club, PETA, NAACP, National Education Association, American Civil Liberties Union, League of Women Voters, Council on American Islamic Relations, and the AFL-CIO unions.
- Serious marketing work needs to be done to sharpen most conservative organizations’ BRANDS. The vast majority of professional marketers have no idea of what a BRAND is, much less how to develop/create one. As I say in the booklet, Viguerie’s Four Horsemen of Marketing®, BRAND is the ballgame. It’s a combination of the first three—POSITION, DIFFERENTIATION, and BENEFIT. It’s what makes you singular, one-of-a-kind, no one like you, Seth Godin’s “Purple Cow.” It separates you from all others. If you are experiencing slow or no growth and an inadequate amount of income, the odds are great that it is because you have a weak or no BRAND.
