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Political commentator Fareed Zakaria says GOP must have growth
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| April 15, 2009
| JAMES S. TYREE
Posted on 04/21/2009 1:44:49 PM PDT by americanophile
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We are facing both a branding and a demographic crisis.
To: americanophile
To: americanophile
I’m a recent college graduate and, contrary to what the article said, I certainly did NOT vote for Obama.
Don’t blame me, I voted for Sarah!!!!!
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posted on
04/21/2009 1:46:32 PM PDT
by
wk4bush2004
(PALIN-BACHMANN, 2012......."GIVE ESTROGEN A CHANCE!!!!")
To: americanophile
Translation: The Republican Party needs to become even more liberal so they are dead for good.
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posted on
04/21/2009 1:47:01 PM PDT
by
SolidWood
(Palin: "We do not want to becomes slaves of Washington.")
To: wk4bush2004
...unfortunately trends indicate that your increasingly the exception rather than the rule.
To: americanophile
You forgot the blowing chunks alert.
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posted on
04/21/2009 1:47:59 PM PDT
by
Westbrook
(Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
To: americanophile
The GOP better pay attention to the Tea Partiers or else.
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posted on
04/21/2009 1:48:01 PM PDT
by
manic4organic
(We Are S0 Screwed)
To: americanophile
Does Fareed Zakaria have any good ideas for how to achieve said growth?
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posted on
04/21/2009 1:48:01 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: americanophile
The conservatives need a party. The GOP is not a conservative party.
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posted on
04/21/2009 1:48:08 PM PDT
by
Birch T. Barlow
(Go Mariners! Certain 2009 AL West champions!)
To: americanophile
That settles it!
We have to adopt Democrat policies or we're doomed.
We must advocate cradle-to-grave, single-payer health care.
We must advocate confiscatory taxes on the rich so we can buy the votes of gang-bangers and illegal aliens.
We must open the borders wide and give American citizenship to anybody who wants it.
We must give social security benefits to the new citizens who never paid a penny into it.
Need I go on?
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posted on
04/21/2009 1:48:24 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("Only after disaster can we be resurrected." -- Tyler Durden)
To: americanophile
We are facing both a branding and a demographic crisis.
Actually, one was brought on by the other.
In other words, the branding issue, or simply put, walking away from our principles, caused the demographic crisis.
Even simpler, all of the current GOP problems can be laid at the feet of the GOP walking away from Reagan Conservatism.
"The Big Tent", "Kinder or Gentler Conservatism", and any other marketing term used to move the GOP to the left has failed miserably.
Now we get to see if the GOP is smart enough to recognize the problem.
To: americanophile
>> He said the GOP is becoming a regional party controlled by a base dominated by radio commentator Rush Limbaugh, whose average listener is age 67. <<
I call Zakaria out for making up his own statistics.
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posted on
04/21/2009 1:48:50 PM PDT
by
dangus
To: r9etb
...that’s the tough part.
To: americanophile
There is no doubt that the GOP, and conservatism, needs to become more accepting of gays and gay marriage to survive. The GOP also has to understand that due to gloabl warming we may only have a few years left to live as we will be drowned soon when the ice melts. It is also clear that more social programs are needed.
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posted on
04/21/2009 1:50:13 PM PDT
by
impimp
To: americanophile
That’s the problem with the Republican party. They’ve been listening to internationalist CFR-type goons like Zakaria for decades.
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posted on
04/21/2009 1:50:49 PM PDT
by
SandWMan
(Even if you can't legislate morality, you can legislate morally.)
To: americanophile
Well heck! If the GOP could just explain to the little nitwits that “WE TAKE LESS OF YOUR PAYCHECK LITTLE SWEETIES!” Then perhaps we could get some traction with that younger demographic. But when the Republicans cut the entire federal income tax rates and then allowed the Democrats and media — for 6 years — to say “Bush only gave the rich tax cuts” then it doesn't matter what we do if we can't even get the fikin’ truth out.
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posted on
04/21/2009 1:51:02 PM PDT
by
avacado
To: americanophile
Ugly comments from an even uglier person nothing to see here.
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posted on
04/21/2009 1:51:22 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Osamabama Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: impimp
When conservatives become “accepting” of buggery and sodomite “marriage”, they will no longer be conservative. Which, of course, would be fine with many people, I’m sure.
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posted on
04/21/2009 1:52:22 PM PDT
by
SandWMan
(Even if you can't legislate morality, you can legislate morally.)
To: americanophile
One election does not translate into a realignment no matter how much liberals insist that it does. This past election was unique for a number of reasons. Moreover, the MSM is now thoroughly corrupt and had a hand in propagandizing Obama.
Unless the corrupt MSM is torn assunder there will be little that can be done. The answer is not to assimilate into the Democrat Party as Zakaria intimates, that simply insures our doom, and the doom of the country. Rather, we need to wake up and be willing to sacrifice and not rest on the couch and think someone else will do something.
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posted on
04/21/2009 1:52:33 PM PDT
by
Obadiah
(Party - my house - on December 22, 2012!)
To: SoConPubbie
I agree...though the ‘new’ immigrants seem to have very different ideas about the scope of government. We’re importing millions of people who have been weened on anti-American socialism...the old Anglo-Saxon/protestant work ethic demographic is rapidly disappearing.
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