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Republicans Must Be a National Party
WSJ Opinion Journal ^ | February 14, 2009 | Fred Barnes

Posted on 02/14/2009 4:43:12 AM PST by Jim Noble

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To: TADSLOS

Definition of moronic: Imputing the sins of one brother to another.


61 posted on 02/14/2009 6:38:39 AM PST by Cedric
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To: Jim Noble; rabscuttle385; AuntB
NO MAS!! Vaya con Shamnesty Jorge Boosh & Juan McQueeg!!
62 posted on 02/14/2009 6:44:09 AM PST by DTogo (Time to bring back the Sons of Liberty.)
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To: Jim Noble
Republicans must also clean up their act on immigration, Mr. Bush insists. Last year, he says they "set a tone" that pushed Hispanic voters away.

Even Jeb is OTL (out to lunch) on that topic, it seems.

Jeb, the citizenry response is this:
Republicans must also clean up their act on immigration, Mr. Bush insists. Last year, he says they "set a tone" that pushed ILLEGAL Hispanics voters away.

Even naturalized Hispanics OPPOSE illegal immigration. That fact seems lost on the Bush family, much of the GOP and most of the politicans. It ignores the citizenry, including legal Hispanic voters, who oppose ILLEGALs by some 70%.

[Prognostication: If Jeb does run for the presidency and does get the nomination, he will do somewhat better than McCain, but Bush fatigue will still be a factor. He will lose by 200 to 338 electoral votes.]

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Mr. Bush supports immigration reform as championed by his brother and John McCain,

Jeb forgets (or ignores) all the faxes and phone calls AGAINST the McCain-Kennedy amnesty bill. Those shut down the Senate switchboard.

[Is Fred Barnes trying to get an early start on pushing Jeb to run in 2012? Fred, don't.]
63 posted on 02/14/2009 6:49:00 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: Cedric; All
There’s nothing conservative about mindlessly condemning a candidate because of his last name Jeb Bush.

There, fixed that for you.
64 posted on 02/14/2009 6:50:17 AM PST by mkjessup (Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American History. Barack 0bama is his second term.)
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To: Jim Noble

“Republicans must also clean up their act on immigration, Mr. Bush insists. Last year, he says they “set a tone” that pushed Hispanic voters away.”

You and your fellow Rino’s pandering and refusal to enforce LAWS pushed the rest of us away.

Idiots.


65 posted on 02/14/2009 6:50:23 AM PST by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)
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To: All

No.


66 posted on 02/14/2009 6:51:56 AM PST by rbmillerjr (2/6/09 The Day the Republican Party died.....Reagan's Birthday nonetheless)
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To: nonliberal
I will never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever vote for another Bush.

LOL

Many were singing this in early 2008:
I will never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever vote for McCain.


But many of them did --- holding their noises, of course.


67 posted on 02/14/2009 6:52:41 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: rbmillerjr

“Mr. Bush insists. Last year, he says they “set a tone” that pushed Hispanic voters away.”

We ask them to abide by the law.


68 posted on 02/14/2009 6:53:06 AM PST by rbmillerjr (2/6/09 The Day the Republican Party died.....Reagan's Birthday nonetheless)
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To: hellbender
Immigrants and minorites vote overwhelmingly Dem. We currently bring in 1.2 million LEGAL immigrants a year, 87% of whom are minorities [as classified by the USG.]

Most of our population growth is directly tied to immigration. In 1970 we had a population of 200 million; today it is 305 million; and by 2050 it will be 439 million. About three quarters of our population growth can be tied to immigration, legal and illegal.

Immigrants account for one in eight U.S. residents, the highest level in 80 years. In 1970 it was one in 21; in 1980 it was one in 16; and in 1990 it was one in 13. In a decade it will be one in 7, the highest in our history, and by 2050, it will be one in 5.

In 1970 non-Hispanic whites comprised 89% of the population. Today it is 66% and by 2050 it will be 46%. Hispanics have increased during the same period from 1% of the population to 15% today and will be 30% by 2050. Half of the children 18 and under in the US will be minorities by 2023 and by 2042, half of the country. This has had and will continue to have political consequences.

Bureau of the Census: An Older and More Diverse Nation by Midcentury

In 2050, the nation’s population of children is expected to be 62 percent minority, up from 44 percent today. Thirty-nine percent are projected to be Hispanic (up from 22 percent in 2008), and 38 percent are projected to be single-race, non-Hispanic white (down from 56 percent in 2008).

The working-age population is projected to become more than 50 percent minority in 2039 and be 55 percent minority in 2050 (up from 34 percent in 2008). Also in 2050, it is projected to be more than 30 percent Hispanic (up from 15 percent in 2008), 15 percent black (up from 13 percent in 2008) and 9.6 percent Asian (up from 5.3 percent in 2008).

What is particularly disturbing about these figures is that blacks and Hispanics have the highest rates of unwed births, 68% and 50% and the highest school dropout rates approaching 50% or more. This is the social pathology for failure in this country. We are creating a huge permanent underclass, which will affect our global competitiveness economically and cause social friction and unrest pitting the rich against the poor and ethnic and racial strife. How long can the fabric of this nation stay intact under such an assault? Will the country become Balkanized along cultural and linguistic lines? What happens to a sense of national identity when one in 5 residents is foreign born? Or politically when more than half of the country are "minorities?"

69 posted on 02/14/2009 6:55:48 AM PST by kabar
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To: Man50D

“Conservatives need to accept the fact The Republican party has been increasingly accepting the socialist principles of their Democrat counterparts for many years and move on. The battered wife syndrome of returning to a party and party leaders who seek to consistently smack down Conservative principles is a losing proposition.”

Exactly.


70 posted on 02/14/2009 6:55:49 AM PST by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)
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To: Cedric
There’s nothing conservative about mindlessly condemning a candidate because of his last name.

Between Republicans and conservatives we/they better figure out how to jettison the knee jerk negativity and become the party of new ideas to fix this goddawwful mess of a country of ours. Obama is a disaster, but namecalling is not the solution. Better ideas is the solution.

That means dropping the childish drivel that tries to pass for conservatism on this forum, the sneering at good ideas because of where they come from.

71 posted on 02/14/2009 6:57:17 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson

Agreed!


72 posted on 02/14/2009 6:59:27 AM PST by Cedric
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To: stockpirate; MaggieCarta; indylindy; roamer_1; calcowgirl; djsherin; Sunnyflorida; SoConPubbie; ...
Mr. Bush supports immigration reform as championed by his brother and John McCain, which would allow illegals already in this country to stay. "Politics has to be about ideas and values and aspirations." he says. "It shouldn't be about anger and preying on people's emotions. You can't lead a mob."...

NO MORE RINOS, $#*%@$!

73 posted on 02/14/2009 7:01:22 AM PST by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: mkjessup; Cedric; dcwusmc
Spoken like a true RINO-supporter. Trash conservatives while you pull the lever for whoever is your local RINO.

Cedric published a hit list of non-cooperative Freepers during the elections.

Cedric defends McCain and Bush.

So, really, his comments are no surprise to me. To him and to his like-minded Freepers, it's all about winning elections, principles be damned!

74 posted on 02/14/2009 7:03:34 AM PST by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: rabscuttle385

.......NO MORE RINOS, $#*%@$!........

Your thought overlooks an extremely important consideration...... they were elected by voters that liked them. To effect change, the desires of voters must be altered.

As bad as it is, it is what the people in the decaying American cities want.

A massive California earthquake in central LA or San Fran or a Hezbollah pocket nuke in New York or Philidelphia will be be necessary to change the balance.


75 posted on 02/14/2009 7:12:33 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . The original point of America was not to be Europe)
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To: Jim Noble
"You can't lead a mob."

That's a projection. The truth is that the Mob shouldn't be leading.


76 posted on 02/14/2009 7:21:36 AM PST by familyop (combat engineer (combat), National Guard, '89-'96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote, http://falconparty.com/)
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To: rabscuttle385
I can certainly understand why my resistancre to name-based bigotry is offensive to you.
77 posted on 02/14/2009 7:29:29 AM PST by Cedric
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To: Jim Noble

Not even this Bush can save liberalism.


78 posted on 02/14/2009 7:31:23 AM PST by junta (Not even respectable mainstream conservatives can save liberalism.)
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To: jla

I suspect Jeb is a Shamensty supporter, just like his brother.


79 posted on 02/14/2009 7:38:45 AM PST by Little Ray (Do we have a Plan B?)
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To: Jim Noble

NO MORE DAMN BUSHES, EVER!!!!!


80 posted on 02/14/2009 7:39:36 AM PST by org.whodat (Auto unions bad: Machinists union good=Hypocrisy)
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