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Entry: The Revolution and the Republican Party Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_future_of_the_revolution#18151 Post contents: I respect the argument, but it has one fatal flaw; the Republican Party is at this point officially the party of war. I do not mean to say that the Democrats are better on foreign policy in any meaningful way, or that Republicans only care about war, but rather that the defining issue that defines the modern GOP is whether or not one is a hawk in the "war on terror". Ron Pauls campaign most certainly proved this, as the most conservative person to ever run for the office of the Presidency was rejected by the allegedly "conservative" party, entirely because of his stance on war, while pro-amnesty, anti-gun, pro-welfare statist dominated the primary season. It is fine and dandy to cheerlead a wave of "Ron Paul Republicans" and I will vote for any that appear on a ballot in my state. But it is hard to forsee how the GOP can be "taken back", when its media, candidates and if we are being honest, its base are dominated by people who view adherence to a doctrine of perpetual war as the primary litmus test for office. Sent at: 2008 07 24