Content by rubylens
Posted at 5:22pm on Jan. 21, 2008 2012 Conservative Talent Search
By rubylens
In the worst case scenario, if we Republicans lose the White House in 2008, where will we go from there? Who's ready to step up and lead the party and the conservative movement out of the wilderness when the American public realizes to its horror (God willing) how awful the Democrat/Socialist agenda is for this nation?
I know it seems ridiculously early to talk about potential candidates for 2012. It know it seems pessimistic to talk about it before we've even chosen our candidate for 2008. But time's a-wastin. If the primaries keep leapfrogging each other, pushing the process earlier and earlier up the calendar, there's every reason to believe that we need our potential presidential candidates lined up as soon as 2010. Just two years to find our Great Hope, our Next Reagan, a leader for the movement and a savior for the party if we fail in 2008. Hyperbolic, I know, but we should do what we can to prepare ourselves now if we can.
Posted in Elections — Comments (39) / Email this page » / Read More »
Posted at 11:54am on Mar. 8, 2007 Fun with Metaphors: Teen Angst Edition
By rubylens
Okay, so you've probably seen the BBC report about a worldwide survey that shows that apparently almost everyone everywhere thinks the United States, Israel, and Iran have the most negative influence on the world. They believe Canada and Japan have the most positive influence on the world. If you didn't see the report, it is here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6421597.stm
Now, when I read this report, I had my usual moment of dumbfounded disbelief and outrage at the astonishing level of mindless, unjustified America-hatred around the world. Then, I decided to be amused instead. Here is the metaphor that popped into my head after I read the article:
Posted in Miscellanea — Comments (0) / Email this page » / Read More »
Posted at 1:51pm on Mar. 7, 2007 Challenge to Presidential Hopefuls: Do You Have the Guts to Take on Entitlements?
By rubylens
We need to push our presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle to make the looming entitlement mess a central issue in the public debate going into 2008. After the War on Terror, my biggest concern about the next few years is entitlement reform. Everyone in Washington apparently fully understands that we're headed for a huge financial train wreck when the Baby Boomers start retiring and drawing off Social Security and Medicare at mind-boggling rates. But no one has the political guts to really take it on. They would rather see the nation literally go bankrupt than tell massive numbers of soon-to-be retirees (who vote regularly) that they won't be getting what they were promised AND tell younger workers (who also vote regularly) that they'll be facing massive tax hikes as well. Politicians simply can't kick the can much further down the road, and the longer they wait, the worse the consequences will be.
(Read on...)