It Looks Like Conservatives Will Have To Become Oprahized

Ah, sad but true folks. Sad but true. It looks like those of us on the conservative side are just going to have to get into the Hype and the Same, I mean Hope and Change and get a little more sensitive. Get in touch with our feminine side. Become, I can not believe that I am writing this, more like Oprah.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier has this remarkable post on her site and it is sad, very sad, but true.
Conservatives may have to be, again I can not believe that I write this, compassionate once again.
I somewhat jest.
But, what the good doctor is saying is that conservatives can not stay the same, angry bunch that we have in a way boxed ourselves into. While we have damn good reason to be angry, to the masses we just look wild-eyed. Not all conservatives, but many that can not believe that 53% of the American voting public elected President Obama. I can because most people got a case of Bush Fatigue Syndrome.
I will digress because it is important to distinguish that from Bush Derangement Syndrome.
After a long four years of having to defend many of the former Bush administration initiatives and in some cases having to oppose them outright, many Republicans and conservatives just could not take any more. Many stayed home on election night. A small number even went to the other side and voted for Sen. Messiah Barack. But why? Because he projected, yes it is hokey, that somehow he was something different. Yes, it was and is superficial. But, it worked. And, Sen. Messiah Barack brought along just enough people in the right parts of the United States and voila, we are were we are.
But, back to the good Doc's point.
A fundamental problem is when conservative Republicans do not put the issues in front of the American people in clear, concise, understandable and positive ways. An example is how Sen. John "F--- You" McCain let the tax issue out of his hands. Then candidate Sen. Messiah Barack kept hammering home that he would be cutting taxes for 95% of the American people. It is a patented lie, but he kept it up. And, he seemed to project an image of positiveness.
It took a couple of elections for the Democrats to realize that they needed something different. And, they got that in Barack Obama.
I do not think that it will take that long for the Republicans to get it. There are great, young and positive people out there ready to take up that mantle. And, the left-leaning media will trash them. The Hollyweird crowd will trash them. The academia crowd will trash them.
But, consider this.
Ronald Reagan went up against that in a time where there was nothing but the "Big three" television networks. No Fox News Channel. When there was no internet. No twitter. None of that. And yet in 1980, Mr. Reagan won 44 states. In 1984, add five more and Mr. Reagan won 49 out of 50 states. President Obama won only 27 states. And, who knows if he will even run for reelection and if he would win.
It can be done.
Conservatives and Republicans need to adapt to the Oprah age. Not change principles. But adapt. That is what the good Doc Clouthier is writing. And it is really sad, but true.