On February 6, 1977, nearly four years before entering the
Oval Office, Ronald Reagan delivered an important and powerful speech at the
fourth annual CPAC convention in Washington, D.C. The Great Communicator shared
his vision for a New Republican Party based on "common sense, intelligence,
reason, hard work, faith in God, and the guts to say: 'Yes, there are things we
do strongly believe in, that we are willing to live for, and yes, if necessary,
to die for.'"
Reagan new that those principles are what "built this
country and kept it great." Also in that speech, the man who would become
our 40th President included a spot-on definition of conservatism
that our current Republican "leaders" would do well to remember and
put into practice:
"Conservatism is the antithesis of the kind of
ideological fanaticism that has brought so much horror and destruction to the
world. The common sense and common decency of ordinary men and women, working
out their own lives in their own way -- this is the heart of American conservatism
today. Conservative wisdom and principles are derived from
willingness to learn, not just from what is going on now,
but from what has happened before.
"The principles of conservatism are sound because they
are based on what men and women have discovered through experience in not just
one generation or a dozen, but in all the combined experience of mankind.... The
principles we hold dear are those that have been found, through experience, to
be ultimately beneficial for individuals, for
families, for communities and for nations -- found through
the often bitter testing of pain, or sacrifice and sorrow."
While Reagan admitted that the GOP "can hold and should
provide the political mechanism through which the goals of the majority of Americans
can be achieved," he still called for a "New Republican Party."
Nearly 40 years after that call went out, Grassfire is asking our team members,
"What would Reagan do today?"
+ + America's "Conservative Crossroads"
We recognize that America is at a "conservative
crossroads." So, Grassfire has been challenging our team members to ask
themselves two questions:
Am I ready to join a "call to arms" and declare
"war" on Establishment Republicans who refuse to stand against
President Obama's radical and reckless agenda? Or do I trust current GOP
leadership and their strategy of counting on the courts to rein in our lawless
president?
If you agree want current GOP leaders to stand for
conservative values, click here or on the "YES!" image below
http://www.grassrootsaction.com/r.asp?U=603381&CID=201390&RID=44387601
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