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MICHAEL PATRICK LEAHY
THE CONSERVATIVE RADICAL
MICHAEL LEAHY
Rebuilding the Republican Party Despite the NASHVILLE AREA,
Brain Dead Luddites Who Run It Book TENNESSEE, UNITED
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In his new book, Rebuilding the Republican Party Despite and grassroots new media
the Brain Dead Luddites Who Run It: A Blueprint for strategist.
Success in 2010 and 2012 , conservative author and www.michaelpatrickleahy.com
Republican strategist Michael Patrick Leahy gives a clear eyed Cofounder
assessment of what went wrong in 2008, and what has to change Top Conservatives on Twitter
for Republicans to succeed in 2010 and 2012. Publisher and Managing Editor of
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Leahy begins by showing how George Bush lost his way when he Director of The Bill of Federalism
abandoned policies of limited government and fiscal conservatism Project .
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then shows how John McCain lost the 2008 election by
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Leahy recommends a six step program that will lead to Republican Bankrupt
success in 2010 and 2012. Rebuilding the Republican Party
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(1) Return to conservative principles of limited government,
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(2) Frame this conservative message in the symbolism and
imagery that will be persuasive to voters who are now between 15
and 29 years of age.
(3) Communicate this conservative message to all voters, but
especially voters now between the ages of 15 and 29 using state of
the art 21st Century technologies.
(4) Contest all 435 House of Representative elections and all local
elections in 2010 and 2012.
(5) Kick the Rinos (Republicans in Name Only) out of the party,
and rein in the Rinkos (Republicans in Name Kind Of).
(6) Engage every Republican of every age in growing the party
through action, not talk. This will require the establishment of a
technologically integrated web based communication network
that connects every Republican County organization in real time
with the State and National organizations. Young, forward looking,
visionary leadership at the very top of the Republican National
Committee is required for this. Technology and communication
innovators like Patrick Ruffini and Erick Erickson should lead the
technologically integrated web based communication network
that connects every Republican County organization in real time
with the State and National organizations. Young, forward looking,
visionary leadership at the very top of the Republican National
Committee is required for this. Technology and communication
innovators like Patrick Ruffini and Erick Erickson should lead the
way, not tired old Rinkos or Brain Dead Luddites .
Leahy goes on to describe the obstacles that must be overcome to
succeed with this program. He begins by showing that we are still a
CenterRight country, but that Republicans must acknowledge
certain truths. The failure to do so will limit the effectiveness of his
six part plan.
These truths are:
(1) The mainstream media is officially and permanently an arm of
the Democratic Party.
(2) The nation is now comprised of a productive minority
made up of small business owners and middle class and upper
middle class workers, who must constantly protect against the
encroachment on their rights from the tyrannical majority ,
which consists of the half of all Americans who pay no income
taxes, unions, bureaucrats, and Fortune 500 executives who
benefit from public aid.
(3) There is no such thing as bi partisan cooperation. Every
political action taken by the left and the Democrat party is
designed to defeat and humiliate the right and the Republican
Party. Only vigilance, strength, and devotion to principle will
yield any benefits for the productive minority.
The Republican Party needs to be a Big Tent, but the right kind of
Big Tent. The "Big Tent Fallacy" which claims that shifting
away from true conservatism will attract members of the
tyrannical majority is a dangerous falsehood that should be
rejected. The "Big Tent Maxim" should be that we welcome
those from any group into the Republican Party who embrace the
core principles of true conservativism.
(4) Only Republican leaders who are charismatic, adept at
communicating symbolically using state of the art technologies,
and unwaveringly committed to conservative principles will
succeed.
Finally, Leahy lays out a detailed plan of action within these six
steps that will give every Republican voter, elected leader, and
aspiring leader a step by step blueprint that will lead to electoral
success in their own sphere of influence.
In writing this book, Leahy interviewed numerous national
leaders of the Republican Party (brain dead and non brain dead
alike), the new generation of web 3.0 Republican internet
activists, conservative leaders, and Republican County Chairmen
around the country.
Rebuilding the Republican Party Despite the Brain Dead
Luddites Who Run It: A Blueprint for Success in 2010
and 2012 will be published by Harpeth River Press in January,
2009.
4 COMMENTS:
Chris F. said...
You are pretty spot on. The reason I stopped considering myself
to become a Republican 8 or 9 years ago was because I realized
that despite all the talk about being for "smaller government", the
facts simply contradicted their claims.
Chris F. said...
You are pretty spot on. The reason I stopped considering myself
to become a Republican 8 or 9 years ago was because I realized
that despite all the talk about being for "smaller government", the
facts simply contradicted their claims.
As long as the GOP keeps trying to outdemocrat the democrats,
they will continue to lose elections as the true conservatives won't
vote for them, will stay at home, or vote for candidates be they
Libertarian party, Constitution party, etc...
1:31 PM
Karen Miner Hurd said...
I agree. The Republican Party needs to more than repackage
itself. It *MUST* be a true philosophical choice. Conservative
values of limited government, personal responsibility, private
property, and a call to serve others are timeless. They cannot be
merely a spin. Our Founding Fathers and Mothers understood that
values began as children through education and homelife.
What we saw in 2008 was a cultural response that had been 40
years in the making. It will not be changed by 2010 or 2012. But
we must begin deep, authentic and meaningful change NOW.
11:15 AM
chuckypita said...
Phenomenal post. The Republican Party needs someone of high
moral character that does not flip flop and does not waiver. It
needs true leadership.
For all intents and purposes it needs Ron Paul.
11:26 AM
WeTheSheeple said...
Your "truths" tell only half the story. Until both the Democrats &
Republicans throw off the chains of the Federal Reserve banking
cartel we will move ever closer to socialism! Let me spell it out fot
you...a fiat currency like the U.S. Dollar allows the government to
grow without limit and slowly (rate of inflation) suck the life out of
WE THE PEOPLE. Until that growth is halted via a currency backed
by precious metals (a currency that actually APPRECIATES over
time), WE THE PEOPLE will continue to be enslaved by the central
banking system cartel and the ever expanding socialist
government it encourages. As Jefferson said: "I believe that
banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than
standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks
to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by
deflation, those banks and the corporations that will grow up
around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their
children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers
conquered." WE THE PEOPLE need to wake up and EndTheFed!
(www.EndTheFed.com)
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