Posted on 09/19/2009 6:44:06 AM PDT by Saije
In the movie “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington,” the Montana Governor has a difficult time trying to pick a US Senate to appoint. He tries flipping a coin to decide. The coin lands upon its side.
Picking a Senate nominee may seem like that for Republicans. The last two election cycles have not been kind to the GOP. Not only did the party lose its clear majority, but it seems in danger of losing its ability to filibuster legislation. And the 2010 cycle may not be kind to the GOP, either, given the electoral map and the need to defend more seats...
To overcome this, National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Chairman John Cornyn of Texas and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky are trying to pick candidates in primaries to support, who they think will have a better chance of winning in 2010. And it just so happens that several of them may be more moderate than conservative.
Josh Kraushaar’s Politico article “Conservatives Resent NRSC Nods” documents political insiders defending the Cornyn plan, noting Democrats employed such a similar winning strategy in the last two election cycles. “The job of the party committee is to help people with an ‘R’ next to their name; it doesn’t matter what their ideology is” said Carl Forti of the NRCC...
But conservatives are steamed that the NRSC appears to be “picking winners” in Florida, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Colorado, and California. Conservative State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, who is being slighted in favor of the more moderate Hewlitt Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, said, “Under John Cornyn, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has racked up an impressive string of endorsements in support of nonconservative, unpopular, poorly vetted candidates across the nation. These candidacies have thus far gone on to flounder or implode.”....
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A return to the roots of conservatism is all that's required.
The trouble is the stupid party is too stupid to figger that out.
"What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?"
- Jesus Christ
The GOP needs more young people, youthful types that can excite crowds and whip up the kind of enthusiasm that Sarah Palin has done, yuppie types who are successful in a variety of fields namely sports, business, professional avocations such as doctors and scientists, members of religious groups and organizations, church members, the entertainment industry, indeed from every walk of life and regardless of race or color or creed etc. but with one basic thing in common - a true commitment to moral, spiritual and conservative values, ideals and principles.
That is the epitome of the GOP and why I don't support them. It is also exactly why the GOP has been moving steadily left for years/decades. They are as a big a problem as the Dem's. At least with the Dem's you know up front where they want to go and what they are. The Liberal GOP does much of it with a wink wink, apple pie and a belief that the populous will eat shit and like it because this IS the "conservative" party! What other choice do you have?
If conservatives participated more in the political process, then they can overtake the RINOs. Conservative apathy is what enables RINOs to win.
Constitutionalist conservatives will win everywhere.....bible-thumping evangelical conservatives get most of the country alarmed....
Nope.
The Republicans are in trouble now because of the RINO’s.
I don't recall the state in this movie being Montana. In fact I don't think the state he is from is ever actually stated in the movie. Am I mis-remembering? I've got the movie recorded on DVR and have watched it several times.
RE: #10 I agree. I see it all the time in Oregon. Fiscally conservative originalist guys don’t stand a chance of getting nominated by the state GOP leadership. Only evangelicals need apply and most of them are big spending “compassionate conservatives”.
Moderates are why they lost elections.
If we wanted to vote for Democrats, we would just vote for Democrats.
What we see at TEA parties, town halls and recent marches is what we need to see in candidates.
If they want no part of our stand, we want no part of them.
This is a stunning admission. Is Carl Forti mentally handicapped, or intellectually and morally bankrupt, or both? What an utterly revealing statement. Forti has spilled the beans on who he is. If Forti isn't out on his ear by Monday, the party leadership will have spilled the beans on themselves, too.
News flash, Forti: ideology does matter. The R after the name is supposed to stand for something. If it doesn't, then there's no point in having it. Maybe it means nothing to you, but it does--or at least, used to--mean something to American voters. If William Ayers or Jeremiah Wright stuck an R after their names, their ideology would be immaterial? Good grief, Forti. Check out a long-term care facility, stat, before the dementia progresses any further.
They are lukewarm. People spit them out.
Agreed, wholeheartedly. And we’ve been saying this for so long, I’ve said it to every GOP fundraiser caller, had some agreement from those younger folks making the calls too, which was encouraging.
Constituional Conservatives and
“bible-thumping evangelical conservatives” can be one and same such as I..
moderates.
sheep in wolves clothing
This is why I continue an interest in a third party. IMO, it should stand for fiscal conservatism, upholding the constitution and individual liberty, and accept that candidates will range on social issues- within reason.
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