Edged in Blue

Last Friday, I suggested conservatives let the Republican Party collapse under the weight of the wingnuttery that’s taken it over.  My suggestion was to either join the Libertarian Party or become Blue Dog Dems, maybe nudging the more liberal Dems off the the Green Party to drive a stake through the heart of the abomination known as the two-party system.  (I’m with Washington.  I prefer the no-party system, unless someone’s bringing Jamie and Bass to the party.)

In the comment section, someone else hit on an idea that seems more in line with the Eisenhower brand of conservative thought.  A gent calling himself Lee suggests:

“May I respectfully suggest that, instead of the Libertarian party (where the inmates are *also* running the asylum unchecked, they just display different symptoms), moderate conservatives might want to check out the Modern Whig Party?

http://modernwhig.org/

For one thing, the Whigs don’t have the last 20 years of the loony-Libertarian reputation to overcome before anyone will take them seriously. And as a progressive, I’d like to see a legitimate political party take up the cause of the traditional conservatives; public debate on policies is a *good* thing if honestly conducted, because it can expose hidden pitfalls in time to fix them *before* a plan is implemented.”

Not a bad idea, as long as the new Whigs don’t develop the habit of electing frail retired generals president.  (See Harrison, William Henry; Taylor, Zachary.)  Seriously, though, Lee hits it on the head.  There’s no debate right now in DC, other than the Blue Dogs going up to Pelosi (not one of my favorite moonbats) and saying, “Um, hang on a second.  Let’s tweak this before we make things worse.”

Let’s face it.  The old way of doing things has burned itself out over the last twenty years.  Technology made us giddy with the idea, and the current economic mustard-cluck has made us afraid of it.

Embrace it.  Europe has.  You may shudder at the thought of a European-style system in America, but aside from Milosevic developing his Napoleon complex, when was the last time you saw some genocidal psychopath with daddy issues terrorize that continent?

*Their last words will be about it being a liberal Marxist plot hatched by Barack Obama.**

**And I wouldn’t piss on them to put the fire out.