Last week I discussed the importance of focusing on issues to build the conservative movement. In order to do this, I gave you an example of nationalizing elections around conservative issues .
If you’re a Democrat candidate for Congress, which would you rather campaign on: more money for schools, roads, bridges, etc.? Or defend against attacks by a conservative Republican who says you want to raise taxes, open the south- ern border, relocate illegals in your community (some with criminal records and COVID), teach Critical Race Theory, defund the police, etc.?
Democrat politicians dare not tell the voters their true beliefs, whether they are running for the White House, Congress, governor, city council, school board, etc.
Most of the liberals’ victories in recent decades have come from the courts, not the Congress or state legislatures. That’s why they fought so hard to keep Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett off the Supreme Court.
Remember, I’m not just saying it’s important to nationalize the elections, I’m saying they must be nationalized around conservative issues. A strong contrast must be drawn between Republican and Democrat views and values, including their worldviews.
If conservatives don’t push conservative issues in an election, our enemies, not only Democrat politicians but also Big Media and Big Tech, will censor conservative issues and make the political campaign about the issues that favor Democrats.
Remember the disastrous loss Republicans suffered in 1964 when the Democrats and most of the national media made the Republican candidate Senator Barry Goldwater into a wild and reckless person who was going to cut Social Security benefits and start a world war?
Again, Republicans took heavy losses in 1974 and 1976 because the election was heavily about Watergate.
But when Ronald Reagan framed the 1980 and 1984 presidential elections around conservative issues, including tax cuts, a strong national defense, and traditional values, we scored big victories.
In the 1994 congressional elections, the Republicans took control of Congress for the first time in 40 years. Congressman Newt Gingrich and his team of mostly younger congressmen framed the campaign around a ten-point contract with America with special emphasis on HillaryCare.
And we all remember the Tea Party elections of 2010 and 2014, when Republicans took back Congress with heavy emphasis on ObamaCare.
By the way, if an election is to be nationalized around conservative issues, it will almost certainly need to be done by CONSERVATIVES. I’ll go into that more next week.
