Republican Party Down Fall

GOP Should Ask Why U.S. is on the Wrong Track is a commentary written by Ron Paul, a 10-term hardcore Republican congressman from Texas and two time presidential candidate who is described as a conservative, a constitutionalist, and a libertarian. In this article, the author speaks out against his own party and how they have been derailed from its core values. The current change in government dominance, a strong majority democratic politicians’, must have sparked the author to write this commentary. The question he asks “Where is our country heading?” centralizes the purpose of this article and his argument which he intends to express personal thoughts on this matter.

The author intended audience is mainly directed to the Republican Party but it is also to influence people to stand up strong for the Republican values and take charge. He states that Americans are in search of a change and that the opposing party chose there words wisely, giving that party the winning ticket. He expresses their change as “…that the change offered was no change at all, only a change in the engineer of a runaway train.” Republican core beliefs and promise to in shrink the size of government, limiting its power, sound money, and strict enforcement of the Constitutional laws, is what most Republicans endorsed in order to win at the polls for the past 2 terms. These core values soon faded once the party took office in 2000.

The only thing Americans saw from the Republican Party was more spending, more debt, economic down fall, an attack on civil liberties such as the Patriot Act, and unconstitutional wars. The author points out that American people have lost there trust in the Republican Party. Their credibility needs to be regained and the author says the solution is for his party to reaccess their core beliefs and stick to them through thick and thin. He believes that the Republicans must “…show how the country (not the party) that it can be put back on the right track.

If the party does not regain their credibility the author believes that his party will only be mimicking the Democrats with more spending, more debt, and more inflation with no future of slowing down the economic crisis. With that said, issues will remain a one-sided victory for the Democrats which are leading our country toward a “dictatorial powerful state.”

I believe that the Republican Party needs to regain their foot hold in the government and to get back on track, to the core values that established the party in the first place. The author opinions in his article are logical. Having two parties of equal representation allows for the checks and balances of government power to keep the most honored job, an honest job. This article has given me a sense of urgency and that I should demand a change to the Republican party and expect them to stand by its original beliefs.