CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 6, 2028
THERE ARE MANY REASONS REPUBLICANS EXPERIENCED A WIPEOUT IN TUESDAY’S ELECTIONS AND FACE AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF SECULAR PROGRESSIVE DOMINANCE IN CONGRESS.
AMONG THEM IS WHAT THE LATE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER OFTEN SAID: “FIRST YOU WIN THE ARGUMENT.” REPUBLICANS NOT ONLY FAILED TO WIN THE ARGUMENT, THEY NEVER MADE THE ARGUMENT.
THATCHER BELIEVED LASTING POLITICAL CHANGE CAN’T BE ACHIEVED THROUGH SHORT-TERM MANEUVERING OR SUPERFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS ALONE. INSTEAD, A LEADER MUST FIRST CHANGE THE INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL CLIMATE – PERSUADING THE PUBLIC AND SHAPING THE DEBATE – BEFORE ELECTORAL SUCCESS AND POLICY IMPLEMENTATION CAN TRULY FOLLOW.
THATCHER EMBRACED IDEOLOGICAL CLARITY AND DEEP PREPARATION OVER CONSENSUS-DRIVEN OR REACTIVE POLITICS.
THIS WAS WHAT THE LATE CHARLIE KIRK WAS DOING AND PROBABLY A MAIN REASON HE WAS MURDERED. KIRK WENT TO COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND PERSUADED THROUGH RATIONAL ARGUMENT AND DEBATE THAT HIS IDEAS WERE BETTER THAN THE OPPOSITION. “PROVE ME WRONG,” HE SAID.
YOU CAN’T TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT THE IDEAS OF AN OLDER GENERATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BY A YOUNGER GENERATION. YOU HAVE TO FIRST WIN THE ARGUMENT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
