Posted on 08/07/2007 3:53:12 AM PDT by monomaniac
As the Republican National Committee (RNC) wrapped up its four-day annual summer meeting in Minneapolis over the weekend, some leaders were left wondering if the party is straying from its conservative stance on social and religious issues.
"Evangelical and pro-life Catholics are a critical part of the GOP's electoral coalition," James Bopp Jr., an Indiana member of the RNC, told The Washington Times. "The GOP cannot win in 2008 without their enthusiastic support. It remains to be seen whether the GOP is moving away from them. Whether the GOP is doing so will be determined by who is nominated for president."
Most RNC members either swore they would not let the national party distance itself from religious and social conservatives stands or saw no indications of that happening.
"Not as long as I'm in this party," longtime Oklahoma RNC member Bunny Chambers told the newspaper.
Michigan Republican Chairman Saul Anuzis said the party is not drifting from its social conservatism.
"The religious Right and social conservatives are still a very big part of the party and will be for a long time to come," Anuzis said. "The Democrat policies clearly are antithetical to what religious and social conservatives believe in. The Left that controls the Democratic Party is very much pro-choice on abortion and anti-traditional marriage."
It takes these guy FOREVER to get a clue.
Go third party and watch the Rockefeller Republicans implode.
You need to get back in to support Duncan Hunter.
He wrote the border fence bill & has been fighting to defend our military and border patrol. He is consistent on the issues and the RINOS don’t like him.
www.gohunter08.com
They are ignoring the base, and strewing rose pedals along Hillary’s path.
Go DUNCAN Hunter!
Boy these guys are sharp. Wicked sharp I tell you!
If you see one, remind him to keep breathing, he might forget. Just a safety precaution for those 'special' ones among us.
I won’t vote for a big government liberal, I don’t care what he wants to call himself.
Well, Ross Perot managed to convince alot of people he was fiscally conservative.
After all, he bilked the taxpayers out of a billion dollars. Since he successfully worked the system, he knew how to fix it. Or so he said..
Conservatives either stayed home or held their noses and voted for Dole the 2nd time around. Either way, even though he was a hero, his policies were weak. So, alot of conservatives, dem and Rep., saw nothing to get excited over.
Bush won both times by promising conservative judges and assuring the base he was prolife and would not endorse gay marriage.
If the RNC puts up another lukewarm candidate, they will ensure a dem win.
I see two possible courses of action brewing in the RNC:
1. Shift further left and hope to garner more of the liberals and soft conservatives. Won’t work - as we have seen in the past.They will alienate the conservative/Christian base.
2. Return to the base and stand up for conservatism - both fiscal and social.
As I see it, the only viable option is #2. If the Republican party moves away from the conservative Christian base, then they will not win another major election.
The GOP left it’s conservative base back in 1997 for BIG MONEY DONORS after the Christian Coalition was sued and Jim Nicholson called the Council of Conservative Citizens RACISTS.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1829933/posts?page=27#27
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1829933/posts?page=28#28
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1829933/posts?page=30#30
QUOTE from
‘’A member of the party of Lincoln should not belong to such an organization [Council of Conservative Citizens],’’ said the chairman, Jim Nicholson, FORMER Secretary of Veterans Affairs as of 10/2007.
Exactly, and it’s gonna happen again if conservatives don’t get it in gear and fight for a conservative who knows how to defend the country.
Go DUNCAN HUNTER.
When the ideologues on the right are offset by the ideologues on the left, what remains is a very pragmatic electorate.
In an election of personality (imagine Rudi vs. Hillary), the vote could actually be quite close. In that scenario, EVERY vote will be important.
And I refuse to vote for Rudi. I am not alone. I will vote for ANYONE on the ballot but those two names....just to vote against them.
Just curious. Would you consider Arlen Specter a RINO or an admirable Republican who is doing his part supporting the big tent of the GOP?
>Translation: Nominate Rudy and lose, nominate Fred and win.<
Edit: Nominate anybody but Duncan Hunter and we all lose.
Words of true patriot.
You might consider supporting a third party.
Hey Vet. Let me be more specific:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1877244/posts?=8x8 :)
While I am often frustrated with RINO’s I have a question. Who do you think would get elected in Pennsylvania if Arlen Spectre wasn’t. We need to realize that until we change the minds of the majority in Pennsylvania a RINO is the best we can do. We need to continue to advance conservatives in the primary and then take the best we can get in the general.
The Republicans strayed from the Conservatives years ago.
That horse not only left the barn, it’s clear over in the next county.
While I also get disgusted with the RNC, and vow to withhold my vote it they continue their ongoing drift, I'd really like to see the emergence of a conservative party.
Actually I'd vote for the Newt Party. even knowing (actually enjoying) that his "baggage" will exclude a certain group of "personal and private relationship monitoring conservatives" who will not see him as their savior.
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