Posted by
Always To The Right on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 6:14:09 PM
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter asks and answers the question in a post-election essay
that should be must reading for all Republicans this week. Jeff Flake
gave us a road map for the GOP to find its way to a unifying, resonant
message, but McCotter aims to recover the lost GOP soul. He argues
that we have hit Republican Rock Bottom, and that the time has come to
build anew
McCotter demands a return to First Principles, as did Flak, and he calls them the “enduring principles” of the Republican Party:
1. Our liberty is from God not the government.
2. Our sovereignty rests in our souls not the soil.
3. Our security is through strength not surrender.
4. Our prosperity is from the private sector not the public sector.
5. Our truths are self-evident not relative.
Where Flake is more pragmatic, McCotter is more philosophical, but
the two are singing in harmony today. We need to focus on these
principles and apply them to all our policy positions. We cannot be
taken seriously as a small-government, private-sector movement if we
back ever-expanding bailouts or if we pursue pork-barrel politics.
In the wake of this loss, the Republican leadership in Congress will
certainly need to change in order to demonstrate leadership on these
principles. McCotter and Flake should be part of any new Republican
leadership.