Posted on 08/27/2013 5:43:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Moderate Republicans are, were, good things. I use the past tense "were" because as they became rarities, the centrists' chief function was preserving majorities in Congress for their radicalized party.
New England used to send lots of moderate Republicans to Washington. No more, and it's not because there aren't attractive Republican candidates. It's because the ones representing liberal-to-moderate regions became scapegoats at which party extremists directed their primal screams.
There arose the stupid "RINO (Republican in name only) Hunters Club," courtesy of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies. In 2005, Rush Limbaugh pounded away at Republican "traitors" in the Senate, adding that "they all happen to be from the Northeast, and they all happen to be moderates. They all happen to be liberals."
And now they all happen to be gone, except for a few exceptions. Thus, the Senate has a Democratic majority.
Defenders of the older, more marketable Republican brand are trying to curb the party's more feverish elements. In 2012, the enraged ones purged Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a revered statesman virtually assured of winning the general election. Instead, they chose a nominee expounding bizarrely on rape, and he lost to Democrat Joe Donnelly. And in 2010, similarly flawed Republican candidates saved the hides of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Nevada and Sen. Michael Bennet in Colorado.
Wily Democrats have fueled the self-destruction by piping money into the campaigns of the most unelectable Republicans, also known as Tea Party favorites. During the primary, American Bridge and other Democratic groups ran ads noting that Lugar had agreed to raise the debt ceiling, the only responsible stance but one right-wingers reviled....
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They’re like that team the Harlem Globetrotters “play” against.
Actually, MLK WAS a Republican till JFK made him a deal that included him switching. Don’t forget, R’s were the party of Lincoln, and of civil rights. It wasn’t till the 60’s that evil totalitarian wannabe Dems stole that mantle, and they claim it dishonestly to this day.
Anybody want a moderately competent surgeon? How about a moderately faithful spouse? Do you want a moderately honest bookkeeper for your business? A moderately fresh piece of fish?
Moderation is not always a good thing.
/johnny
Today’s moderate Republican is yesterdays’s democrat.
Today’s democrat is yesterday’s communist.
No, they're not elected anymore, because they run as Democrat Lite candidates, and since the Democrat is usually the one with seniority, voters don't feel the need to change, if both candidates are virtually the same.
I do not see the appeal of liberal Republicans. We don’t like them for obvious reasons but why would a liberal vote for them when they could vote for a Democrat instead?
What good is a majority if they do NOTHING to repeal the hundreds of liberal programs? All they do is delay socialism or walk it a litter slower.
There are some of us out here, it is just hard to get noticed and funding against a 20yr incumbent that talks a great story but votes about 50% Conservative by several published scorecards.
By the way, I am up against a deadline of 30 Sept for fundraising in order to “qualify” for endorsement by several conservative groups. I’m working very hard to have a good 3rd Quarter FEC filing.
Totally agree. What good is a Doctor who just bandages your cancer so you don’t see it as much???
Angle was not a disaster. Election eve, she was several points ahead in the polls. The fraud was huge.
Has anyone in the MSM ever used the expression “moderate Democrats”? Why is the qualifier “moderate” exclusively applied to Republicans? Is it to suggest that the typical Republican is “immoderate,” and hence just a little bit crazy? Of course.
Froma, nothing personal, but do you have a mouse in your pocket?
Or as Tonto once said to the Lone Ranger, "what do you mean 'we,' white man?
” I do not see the appeal of liberal Republicans. We don’t like them for obvious reasons but why would a liberal vote for them when they could vote for a Democrat instead?”
See Romney
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