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1 posted on 06/12/2007 4:55:47 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX
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Politicians are not that smart. Elaborate schemes and clever conspiracies are not in their playbook. This fiasco is nothing more than a fiasco. If something good comes from it, it was not planned, it was an accident.


2 posted on 06/12/2007 4:58:38 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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No, I don’t think so. I think they will end up with less money rather than more.

Not only that, but it is far more desirable from their point of view that people should donate to the RNC. That means they control the money, and have more leverage over the candidates, because they can give or withhold funds depending on how well the get with the program.

The last thing they would want is for all that money to go direct to the candidates, leaving them without obligation to the RNC and the party leadership.


3 posted on 06/12/2007 5:04:37 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Who, in their right mind, would give any of these liars $$. I don’t care if they’re local, state, or federal politicians. They’re all elitists who are in-your-face arrogant.


4 posted on 06/12/2007 5:06:49 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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At this point I’m only donating to candidates with a strong stance on border security and a record to prove it.


5 posted on 06/12/2007 5:08:27 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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I wrote SEN Lamar Alexander(R)TN a year ago and told him what to expect. Him along with my REP Duncan(R)TN what to expect.
They never answered. They thought the war would would be the issue they could stick with. They are in trouble now.


6 posted on 06/12/2007 5:09:55 PM PDT by eyedigress (Fredheads UNITE!)
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...tried calling the local Party people once. The call was not returned.


7 posted on 06/12/2007 5:11:39 PM PDT by familyop
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Seeing that the RNC fired ALL of their phone donation solicitors shortly after this began due to lack of donations (and the immigration issue being the latest reason callers were giving), I doubt that this is true.

Anyways conservatives would and could donate directly to any conservative candidate they wanted, rather than going through the national RNC (who then determines which republicans get the money). Always better to donate to an individual candidate than thru the RNC, they know you and know they will have to account to you.


9 posted on 06/12/2007 5:17:44 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man
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No, Sorry but crazy idea. They would want to get the base excited for them, to support them. It really does not do them any good to have the money go elsewhere.

Simple fact of the matter is that this is one of Bush's crazy ideas. He's always wanted it. And the Service industry wants it because it depresses wages (requiring us to pay more for social programs.)

The beltway has nothing but contempt for the working American.

11 posted on 06/12/2007 5:19:12 PM PDT by Sci Fi Guy (Now more that ever let's pray for victory in the war.)
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I don’t think so.


12 posted on 06/12/2007 5:19:48 PM PDT by airborne (Airborne - Ranger - Vietnam veteran! Duncan Hunter for President!)
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If that’s their strategy , it’s backfiring horribly.


14 posted on 06/12/2007 5:25:56 PM PDT by Neu Pragmatist (No bill is better than a bill legalizing 12 to 20 million new Dims ......)
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Fwiw, I just had the California Republican Party call me yesterday looking for money. The appeal was 100% about fighting illegal immigration.

Last time they called me, it was before the election, and I gave them an earful about Schwarzenneger and the lack of border enforcement. The guy argued with me for like 10 minutes, it's not a state issue, Arnold can't do anything, blah, blah, blah. Wouldn't give an inch. I said no money till you guys get serious about the border and a few other things.

Interestingly, the call I recieved yesterday was from Minnesota.

16 posted on 06/12/2007 5:31:08 PM PDT by ecomcon
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“..donations to the national Republican Party are way down..”

You can say that again. Whenever the NRP calls, I see it on my caller ID and I let them record a message which I will never respond to. Sorry, no more contributions until they take off the kneepads.


17 posted on 06/12/2007 5:37:49 PM PDT by 353FMG (Some say it's a melting pot, others liken it to a pressure cooker.)
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If this were a concerted effort by the Republicans, don’t you think they’d have been able to corral the likes of Specter and McCain? Or even President Bush?

What the Republicans have done is squash John McCain and royally ticked off their base.

They truly don’t get it. Attaching a bunch of extra strings and inconveniences onto an already bad amnesty bill isn’t going to make people happy.


18 posted on 06/12/2007 5:38:25 PM PDT by CheyennePress
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bttt


19 posted on 06/12/2007 5:39:59 PM PDT by dragnet2
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Bush has been wanting this since he was Governor.


20 posted on 06/12/2007 5:41:03 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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Perhaps. I give directly to a candidate..not the RNC. Thanks to the Internet, the candidates can no longer hide their voting records.

I will never again give anything other than peso notes to the RNC. They truly have become the party of the “New America” and I like the old America just fine.


21 posted on 06/12/2007 5:42:18 PM PDT by hellinpetticoats
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Question: "Could it be the immigration standoff was planned to increase donations?"

Response: No. I think the degenerates were suprised and a little frightened by the public reaction.

Comment: Closer ever closer comes the Social War.

24 posted on 06/12/2007 6:01:40 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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Florida’s RP can’t be very happy with Sen. Martinez. Take a look at what he sent me today....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1849039/posts?

See post 5.


26 posted on 06/12/2007 6:35:06 PM PDT by jch10
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That would ascribe some form of thought or intelligence, which at this point cannot accepet as present.

Couldn’t help but think of Bush while watching Dr. Strangelove. Perhaps Bush has some agenda of preserving our precious bodily fluids in mind.


28 posted on 06/12/2007 6:37:59 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought (Too principled to support Bush)
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The state Republican party has been aggressively soliciting me for money though phone calls and mailings. This is a recent phenomenon, as they used to NEVER call me.

I have yet to work up the nerve to tell off the poor schmuck on the other end of the telephone to take a flying leap. Now that I learn that Coleman might get on board with that immigration nonsense, I no longer have time or money for them.

APf


29 posted on 06/12/2007 6:40:21 PM PDT by APFel (Regnum Nostrum Crescit)
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