McCain to Reshape the Republican Party

Senator John McCain, the maverick of the Republican Party in his early days, has proclaimed his desire to remake his party. Having ran perhaps the most inept campaign for president since Michael Dukakis one can only wonder what may be in store for the Party of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan.

McCain, who wants to remake the party  in the center right mold, has proven himself to be more center with a bit of left tilt. He was ineffective during his campaign largely because he failed to clearly enunciate conservative and libertarian common sense ideals.

Because McCain failed to to present a focused vision for America he was unable to inspire trust in the majority of Americans. Losing the socialist/statist crowd  was a forgone conclusion. Winning the hearts and minds of independents and more conservative democrats may very well have swung the election.

It was not until Sarah Palin  ignited the party at the Republican National Convention that there was a spark of life in the McCain campaign. By then it was too little and too late. But the socialist/statist in the media saw something in his running mate. Something ominous for the party of their favor. So the media did its best to trash a truly honest politician with sterling character.

McCain's idea of remaking the party is for it to become more pragmatic. He believes that by building a more pragmatic party it will attract certain demographic groups that are more centrist to liberal. Interpretation; to become more like the Democratic party.

Pragmatism, simply put means taking a practical approach. However to fully understand pragmatism one must understand the full implication since pragmatism is a philosophical concept. McCain, as do most politicians,  understands the results of pragmatism. Most hope the majority of Americans do not.

To quote from The Ayn Rand Lexicon; "{The Pragmatists}declared that philosophy must be practical and that practicality consists of dispensing with all absolute principals and standards - that there is no such thing as objective reality or permanent truth - that truth is that which works, and its validity can be judged only by its consequences - that no facts can be known with certainty in advance , and anything  may be tried by rule-of-thumb - That reality is not firm, but fluid and "indeterminate," that there is no such thing as as a distinction between an external world and a consciousness (between the perceived and the perceiver), there is only an undifferentiated package deal labeled "experience," and whatever one wishes to be true,  is true , whatever one wishes to exist, does exist, provided it works or makes one feel better."    

Sound a bit like the progressive socialist/statist that are controlling our government? Based on the clear and objective reasoning in the above excerpt, it becomes clear that McCain wishes to move the Republican Party closer to the pragmatism of the Democratic Party. Should this happen where will the push back come from?On what principals will the Republican Party stand?  Won't the country have essentially moved to a one party system?

McCain, for the "pragmatic" reason of preserving a Republican Party, would willingly and knowingly shape it to look more like it's opposing party. Perhaps, in part, this is why he lost the election. When pragmatism prevails over objective principals everyone suffers. Just look at our nation and the world around us.

What the Republican party needs are men of principal and character. Men from the mold of  Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, and men like Ron Paul. Not further movement and drift to the progressive socialist/statist arena.


Via: Memeorandum 

Via: Politico