Is The Republican Party Worth Saving?

By Steve Rossiter ——Bio and Archives June 3, 2021 

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Is the legacy American Republican Party worth saving?  As much as I have always respected President Trump and the results he produced in his too short a time in office and appreciated his efforts to hold the Republican Party together, I fear it is a fool’s errand.  The Deep State establishment Republicans like Liz Cheney, Megan McCain, and behind the scenes, far too many of the Republican leaders, fought too many of the programs President Trump tried to implement.

From my perspective, there is only one way the legacy Republican Party can redeem itself.  Patriotic American Republican politicians need to take a stand and recognize that politics as usual is no longer working.  The Grand Old Party must acknowledge that career, lifetime holders of elected office is, by its nature, corrupt beyond redemption.  These men and women must “man up”, “woman up” and admit this system is critically damaging America.  To perpetuate such a system is nothing less than criminal.  In their writings, the Founding Fathers clearly indicated that elected officials were to serve for a limited period of time and then return to their communities to become productive citizens again. Lifetime career politician have proven counterproductive.

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. ~ John Adams

The Founding Fathers recognized human nature and the fact that power corrupts.  In America today, we are living with an unprecedented level of corruption in our federal government in both the Legislative and the Executive Branches, including the career Civil Service, and Military elements of the Executive Branch.  Today Americans are living in real time the reality that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely............To Read More....