Posted on 05/21/2006 2:13:49 PM PDT by Mia T
Successful brainwashing is what did it. The RINO establishment has been drilling this bit of fantasy into the mushy heads of the party faithful for quite a while, and now many believe it. The last Republican Presidential nominee who ran on a strong conservative platform (emphasizing small gov't) was Ronald Reagan, and he annihilated his Democrat competition in two straight elections:
The Country Club "Conservatives" with their check list of one issues politics, glossy publications and Talk Shows have not run this party since the 1970s. They think they run it. They do not. They are merely the tag alongs who rode the Conservative Movement, or hitched on to it in the late 1990s, as their meal ticket.
The people who show up at the events, pay the donations and serve in the campaigns and party organs are NOT the Libertarian/Fiscal/Know Nothing Conservatives doing all the squealing around Free Republic these days. The heart of the Conservative base is the small entrepreneur or working class church going family people. They are NOT going to sign on for a socially liberal/moderate Candidate. That may sell well in the talking head circles of arm chair political pundits, it will NOT sell to the real Conservative base. And the base, not the talking heads, nominates the Republican Candidate.
Hey I like Rudy, he will never be the Republican Candidate.
In all likelihood, the ethical issue of 2008 won't be Whitewater, the pardon of Hillary's brothers' clients, the FALN terrorist pardons designed to win her the Hispanic vote or the theft of White House china.
Indeed, the issue may post-date the publication of Podhoretz's excellent book. It might turn out that the Emir of Dubai has funneled millions in income to the Clintons through billionaire Ron Burkle and the Yucaipa Corporation.
The Clinton-Burkle-Yucaipa mob also skims millions off the top of government & union pension funds.
More Financial Influence At Chez Clinton (Updates)
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The arrangement between the billionaire and the former president -- and hopeful presidential spouse -- allows Burkle to stuff tens of millions of dollars into the bank accounts of the Clintons in return for no significant work on behalf of the fund itself.
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Defeating HILLARY is EVERYTHING..!!!
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Lopez: Rudy? Does it have to be Rudy?
Podhoretz: It doesn't have to be Rudy, but in my view he is the best candidate for the GOP. He remains wildly popular despite having made almost no public appearances in the past two years. His record as mayor of New York City—which one can plausibly argue is a job equal to being the governor of most states—remains the most extraordinary example of active conservative governance at the local level in the past 75 years. He is not a Washington candidate, which means he can separate himself from the congressional party's excesses and hijinks. Most important, he spent eight years as a liberal-slayer in New York, taking on every major institution, refusing to kowtow to the New York Times and the liberal media, and getting so much done that the city is still reveling in the revival for which he was almost solely responsible.
Lopez: Why not John McCain? Why not an Allen or Romney?
Podhoretz: John McCain has too complicated a history with the social conservatives and activist groups, and is such a gadfly that it seems inevitable he will act in ways to divide the GOP coalition. Unlike Rudy, he seems to prefer making friends with liberals and attacking conservatives, and that's not a good stance for a party leader. I guess George Allen is a plausible candidate, but why is he at three percent in polls of likely primary voters while McCain and Giuliani are nearly 30 points higher? As for Mitt Romney, I just don't think the nation is ready for a Mormon president (and by the way, I say that as an observant Jew who doesn't think the nation is ready for a Jewish president either).
STOPPING HILLARY
[JOHN PODHORETZ'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT MESSAGE (and it's not his 'HILLARY IS A BITCH' THEORY OF ELECTABILITY)]
Kathryn Jean Lopez interviews John Podhoretz
National Review Online
May 09, 2006, 6:13 a.m.
see 20
... Podhoretz urges Republicans to set aside ideology and social issues and unite to prevent the ascension to the White House of one of the most liberal and unethical political figures of our time.
. . .stands unfortunately, right on the mark. Why are we to imagine that we must play on the Dems 'equal - albeit fictional - 'equal playing field'; and act as well as if we have no 'honest advantage'.
Beyond frustrating that we choose to ignore the truth that would set free, a safer agenda for America. . .and send Hillary packing for good. . .
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Back to the top! Great work as always Mia T.
thanx. :)
thank you :)
Anyone have any more on this?
cathartic bump;)
If Morris is correct--and I think he is--a lot of leftie hits, too...
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Milhous -- Both of your articles are very interesting.
"More Financial Influence At Chez Clinton (Updates)"
snip..."The New York Times"
snip...."-- Bill Clinton--"
snip....."-- billionaire financier Ronald Burkle--"
snip...."-- purchasing a modeling agency for the former president to oversee----"
I have seen a problem here in the recent events of things....
I was listening to the Sean Hannity show on the radio the last time Dick Morris was on, and it hit me that I don't think Dick Morris is who he says he is....my opinion is that he is a 'clintonista' and always has been and always will be....
The only reasons he has to make some of the remarks he is making is to sell his books, and to get a name for himself....remember billy boy fired him in his second term...or maybe I should say hillyboy had billyboy fire him...
I don't trust Dick Morris as far as I could throw him....I don't know who this guy is that says all this stuff....but the way the Republicans in New York feel about Rudy isn't going to get Rudy anywhere....Rudy ran in New York as a 'pubbi' cause thats the only way he could run as Mayor....
But in this case, his analysis is right on, IMO.
As for Rudy, you are viewing him through a very narrow lens. Re-read what Podhoretz says about his governance.
And the year leading up to RR's reelection, (the largest victory in Presidential election history), his book Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation came out.
There were folks who had advised him that maybe this wasn't such a good idea before an election.
RR thought otherwise.
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