Can A Freedom Party Emerge After Trump?
Trump’s victory means the GOP of the past is dead. Can a new freedom party emerge?
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Funnily enough (to me at least) is that while what happens to Trump may be the catalyst that gets the whole thing going, Trump wouldn't be invited or allowed to join the new party.
Note that any attempts to make a new party without the open corruption of the GOP will fail. I.E. If they back Trump like they should, the new party will be just as marginalized as the Constitution Party or the Libertarian Party.
I enjoyed a good long laugh!
Scenario ....To start a new party without seats in Congress compounds difficulties. One way is to attract some existing members to bolt their party and switch to the new one. Then build on that inside foundation. You won't get it with the Rands and Boehners retaining those seats which means back to the grass roots for step two
hi hi hee kick them in the knee
hi hi rankle kicke them in the ankle
hi hi rass kick them in the ass
Simon Bolivar in South America was one example and Toussaint L'Overture in Haiti. Actually Castro initially before he washed the white wash from his horse and we found it was green over red.
Presently I know of no such person in the US. Most that readily come to mind are tarnished one way or the other.
In short there exists no one to provide a focused rally point. Never mind that can articulate a focused direction and goal.
That includes Trump but if you settle for a shady shade of grey and skip the cartwheels who knows?
A massive political realignment is underway, and we freedom-lovers can be a major force in its evolution even if we are not numerous enough to totally “purify” the Republican Party or its successor.
But the point of my piece is exactly that freedom activists have an opportunity to actually influence the future of politics in this country. I'm pushing the folks in the Republican Liberty Caucus in this. And if the Libertarian Party, which I vote for now and then, decides to go from an academic debating society/protest vote provider to a party that does the grunt work to building voting and legislative coalitions, it could emerge from 4 decades in the political basement!
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Things might go on for one more election, but after that I say we will elect based on the individuals, and not their party affiliation.
The idea is to represent the people and be based on a solid constitution.
A coalition of the opposition is the best method and a good start point.
The different factions will need to agree on what is their sacred ground as Carville put it. What issues are they all agreed upon and agree to put the others aside until they have gained power.
Three steps
Stop enabling
Gain Power
Make Changes
Most of the Republican party some of the Democrat party and a huge chunk of the disenfranchised constitute the prize.
If the don't screw it uip.
We have had constitutional party, libertarian party and the Tea party from within the republican party. What sees the greatest success of anything different? A 70 year old socialist.
When the people want a king, they want a king to decide things for them. They do not want to think, to be responsible... until something occurs at a magnitude to stop people from wanting a king, it wont change. The majority want to be ruled.
Trump has done the shady himself and admits it but does have management skills somewhat more in tune with capitalism mixed with corrupt government.
Not much of a resume but then .the others were merely politicians with chosen for their window dressing ability in the primaries.
the results didn't turn out the way the establishment aristocracy wanted they still hold all the legal aces so it's really up to them first on the question of allowing trump to be nominated and then actually by withdrawing support from Clinton in major ways. She can't do much standing out in the cold and then their is the pending indictments. The real problem there is get her nominated casting Sanders aside and then dumping her.
Nothing the Third actor in this bit of now serious theatre are rather good at.
do they accept Trump as a NY liberal and socialist corporatist and add some strings that way... quite possible or do they go with some unmentioned but more controllable puppet that may or may not be competent in key crisis moments - another Obama disaster for example
So Trump issue, Hillary issue and Citizen X
The Freedom or by whatever name new third party is another concern of the establishement aristocracy unless they come up with a competent candidate to quietly back one with extraordinary debate skills tv presence, and leadership skills yet not losing their strings.?
I don't see that happening from the grassroots except at the grassroots level. after that level which is needed the strings are like seaweed on a boat hull not hauled for cleaning for a couple of decades.
So a precis of reality....
The "Party of Lincoln" has been the party of corrupt looters since inception.
It's probably part of the founding documents.
You could bet your whig.
One party two faces 300 million stupid people. You are living in a past that really didn't exist back then.