There is a phrase that supports personal activism, “Lead, Follow, or get out of the way!” It has application today regarding this new website and political movement
It is time to shed the “Conservative Republican-Conservative Democrat” label because it just positions the constitutionalists within a sub-group of the overall party. A conservative hyphenated Republican or Democrat is not participating in a true constitutionalists movement. We need to face up to the reality that we constitutionalists are being used because we have no opportunity to “Lead” from the sub-group. The current two-party system has corrupted the Republic that our Founders created and we now live under the iron rule of an Oligarchy.
For those not familiar with the term, Oligarchy is a form of power structure in which power effectively rests with a small number of people.
Modern democracies should be considered as oligarchies. In these systems, actual differences between viable political rivals are small, the oligarchic elite impose strict limits on what constitutes an acceptable and respectable political position, and politicians’ careers depend heavily on unelected economic and media elites. Thus the popular phrase: there is only one political party, the incumbent party.
We constitutionalists must now break free from this system as we “Lead” this nation back to its roots and restore the Republic our Founders created. It is time to return to our nation’s core values and those values are – Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. It is time that we embrace these core values within a formal Party structure, begin to stand as one voice and fight back. I think the issue that Thomas Jefferson raises here is a question that as citizens we MUST answer today.
“The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.”
We must band together and find ways to elect statesmen who will represent the citizen’s interest regardless of the party “Brand” they wear. We must not continue to re-elect the current crop of career politicians who refuse to represent the citizens to the harm of our Precious Republic.
We invite you to join a movement that is built to give true patriots a means to compete at the ballot box. Please consider joining hands with us today and together let us build a better tomorrow for Alabama and restore our precious Republic.
Sincerely
Richard Rutledge
Chairman
Conservative Party (Alabama)
