Posted on 11/01/2009 10:12:37 PM PST by UAConservative
In January the Republican Party was in shambles—it had been disgraced, dismissed and discarded by Americans. While party officials and operatives were licking their wounds after eight hard years of destroying the party label, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck went on the offense, cracked the national media’s protective shield of the President and exposed Obama as a committed Leftist with a radical agenda designed to bankrupt the nation. Their clarion call energized and excited the movement, and led to citizen revolts at town hall meetings and tea party rallies that have, at least temporarily, derailed Obama’s efforts to nationalize health care.
These talk show hosts, their conservative colleagues in the media, the Tea Party activists and the Town Hall protesters voluntarily headed to the front lines in the battle to take back our country. And the hierarchy of the twenty percent party is embarrassed by their “flamboyant rhetoric and angry tone”? So accustomed to the mushy, empty, carefully scripted, feel-good messages of party moderates it is little wonder the bold, clear, honest, deeply felt statements of the conservatives sent Republican operatives into feverish chills.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Being a "conservative" is more in line with America than being a "Republican".
I OFFICIALLY became a “FORMER” GOP, the day after McLAME’s transformational DEFEAT.
Those who will say... gotta vote GOP to save us from the DEMS... WE TRIED IT YOUR WAY.. Look what it GOT US!!
Great article...and soo... true! Still waiting for the GOP to wake up but not holding my breath! They can be such idiots these days...
Isn’t Bay the one that converted from Catholic to Mormon and supported Mitt Romney?
You are not alone... Both me and my brother and sister finally gave up the Republican label and registered as Independents. That is 3 of 4 just in my family...imagine what is going on in the rest of America...
The Republican GOP had better wise up or become extinct - not exactly a problem for me these days!
The party hacks would love for every conservative to quit the party and ignore the primaries.
She converted to Mormon back in 1976.
Right, from Roman Catholic to Mormon and she supported Mitt Romney in 2008.
couldn’t get to the article.. will keep trying.
They hadn’t learned from ‘06-’08, so our leaving probably didn’t either.
I just Can’t wait to see the SMACKDOWN the GOP gets if they try to take credit for a possible Hoffman WIN.
What you say is true
and even today there is not a single person in the R party willing to speak Truth to Power.
Ha ha . The Dems are now the Man, the Power.
Look at Newt for example, what the hell happened to that guy?
Where is our aggressive take it to them campaign??????????
It’s Glenn Beck and a little help from Rush!!!!!!!!!!!
Gee, that’ll get us elected.
With the MSM 100% backing the Kenyan Usurper .... look what they did to Sarah Palin.
Know what her crime was?
She was a natural, normal, honest, hard working American who actually had run her own business -—— and was not a Lawyer !!!!! (Unlike Hillary, Bill, Michelle, Big O, and all the others)
So, the media hated her from the first moments of her nomination, and tore her apart, and now half of America is set in their (moron) opinions about her .....
I voted in Primaries for the last 38 years... I’ve always voted Conservative and other than Reagan, my vote in Primaries have meant SQUAT..
SO THE GOP are on their own... if they don’t run a Conservative, they don’t get my VOTE...
Since you used the PRIMARY TALKING POINT, Next your gonna say.. VOTE THE GOP to protect us from the LIBS... I DID THAT LAST TIME ... LOOK WHAT IT GOT US.
POLICY before PARTY
Heh...you’re right there... actually I would like to see them try just to see the uprising - ha.
The GOP seems to be so idiotic that they might even try that which would be really fun! Think Gingrich at his best...
maybe it should be Rush/Beck 2012
Ah come on now - you’re mixing entertainers/Radio hosts with those that actually have to run the country. Understand why you might be confused though since only the aforementioned seem to make any sense these days.
Don’t despair though, if nobody else emerges to challenge the current crop of stupid politicians, we can always count on Sarah Palin - now doesn’t that just chaf your chaps?
In my state and district, the primary election is most important. Whoever wins the primary as an (R) generally wins the general election, as the district is very conservative and Republican. There it is important for the most conservative to get on the ballot as an (R). For many years the homeschool families were the vetting machinery for all candidates. Don't know how that will work now since our legislative liason moved out of state, and the organization is thinning out.
Being a "conservative" is more in line with America than being a "Republican".
Don't know and don't care....
couldn’t get to the article
here’s how I managed to get it
-went to townhall. that gave me page 2, though it wasn’t obvious at first.
-stopped that one loading. clicked on “previous” making sure that I opened a new tab (or new window if you don’t use tabs).
I’d hate to think what my locals call me... in my County (which Usually goes NADER) Scuzzywhatshername is a Republican..
And today alone, I’ve managed to TICK OFF dems,Libs,Rinos and a bunch of Paulistinians.. So, My day was NOT A TOTAL WASTE!!!
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