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a blueprint for Ted Cruz in 2016 This Unexpected Crushing Defeat of Left-Wing Party Shows Winning Formula for GOP in 2014 & Beyond Kyle BeckerOn September 9, 2013 kylenbecker.com ‘ Grandiose narcissist.’ Those words should ring familiar to those who call themselves ‘conservatives’ in the United States, but who are rightly known as ‘liberals’ in Australian politics. In elections, language matters. In America, those who call themselves “conservatives” are hungering for a big change: not just because of the regime of Barack Obama, but because of the steady march of “progressives” towards a more costly, more intrusive, and more disrespectful government that has taken place over the course of a century. They should look no further than Tony Abott’s crushing victory against the Labor Party in Australia on Saturday. The resounding victory of a man who resiliently stood up to the vicious smears and character assassination hitjobs unleashed by the “ sneerocracy” of the hard left is testament that in national politics, courage matters. A candidate who promised to rein in government-spending, opposes Big Green’s punitive carbon tax, and leans socially conservative demonstrates that bucking the media’s politically correct headwinds can pay off – bigtime. As another bonafide, Abbott sensibly opposes military intervention into Syria on the grounds that destabilizing airstrikes could bring worse actors to power. Here are his four keys to winning: Humility - Tony Abott ran as a principled, morally sincere and compassionate servant of the people, not as a utopian superior who transcends the people and the nation, including its institutions, traditions, and morality. Responsibility – The Liberal Party coalition has emphasized a systematic, responsible and accountable approach to governing and getting the country’s fiscal house in order, without making extravagant promises. Common Sense – Abbott’s straight-talking and confident demeanor has connected with the majority of Australians; rather than worrying about the media and political elites, he has taken his message to the Australian people without wading into populist rhetoric. Character – Above all, Abbott has withstood the desperate and vicious attacks on his character by standing up for his convictions, which he sincerely believes in and demonstrates. Consistency in his message and his political track record has proven to be vital. The Oxford-educated Abbott has the intellectual pedigree to be taken seriously by everyone, while his ‘man of the people’ demeanor makes him a trustworthy and likable leader. Potential presidential candidate Ted Cruz’ campaign strategists should be paying attention and taking notes. For example, former Labor Party prime minister Julia Gillard, as close to an Obama clone politically that one can find, attacked Tony Abbott in a famous diatribe in the Australian parliament on the grounds that he was a mysoginist and sexist, in shades echoing President Obama’s ludicrous “war on women” attacks on Mitt Romney. Listen to this unbelievable tirade from former Labor Party prime minister Julia Gillard (who preceded the recently defeated and brief-tenured Kevin Rudd) that had left-leaning observers engaging in some serious mouth-breathing: What was this rage and animosity all about? Because Tony Abbott had dared to criticize the hypocrisy of the Labor Party appointing a ‘sexist’ and ‘mysoginist’ to its own leadership. Let that be a lesson to the U.S.’ Republican Party: the Democrats’ utter hypocrisy on everything from its attacks on the rich to its various politicians’ abject treatment of women is virtually untapped as a campaign resource. Furthermore, its internal divisions among its grievance group coalitions is not nearly exploited enough or effectively so. There is very little regarding social and political attitudes that holds together working and family women, the Democrats’ gangster rapper spokesmen, the socially conservative Latino segment of the population, or the Muslim mysoginists who the Obama administration seems adamant about turning a blind eye to. It would be missing the point to say that the Republican Party should be dragged into the PC-trenches to slog out a social issues battle while the government grows unsustainably costly, the economy languishes, and young people’s dreams are being snuffed out in this failure of an economic recovery. The Republican Party need not beat the drum of disillusionment — or war –with big government policies, but should convincingly pronounce its own way forward — liberating people from the burdensome shackles of the nanny state and the increasingly expensive welfare state that keeps impoverished Americans back. It is not that those on the right are opposed to ‘freedom from want,’ it is that they know that only a vibrant economy can provide just that. The pursuit of the American Dream is what built this nation, not the hollow promises of utopia repeated by the redistribution addicts, who profit politically at the expense of those who labor and lose their own dreams. Yes, the battle against the left must be fought on moral grounds.