Posted on 11/03/2009 12:48:58 PM PST by BGHater
This is, BTW, what Sarah Palin did up here in Alaska. She ran against the Republican establishment and established her own coalition. Even if those Outside (our term for the Lower 48) manage to somehow marginalize her, her tactics still work. Speaking personally, I haven’t felt represented by either party in years. The Dems are the Marxists; the GOP are Fabian Socialists. A conservative party would have my support.
"Everett Wilkinson, an organizer for the Florida Tea Party Patriots, said his group plans to take part in get-out-the-vote activities and other efforts to deny Crist the GOP nomination, despite the fact that Crist leads both Rubio and Rep. Kendrick Meek, the likely Democratic nominee, by a comfortable margin."
And, next year, Floridians will have a top-notch and truly conservative congressional candidate in Lt. Col. Allen West, Ret., (see westforcongress.com). When he begins getting his message out nationally, the National Party will have to take notice.
Nope. No way. No more "electable" compromise candidates just because he or she has an 'R' after their name. Either they are Conservative or they or not. And I don't care if the party loses because of it. No more RINOs period.
Excellent...
Dick Armey BUMP. Conservative to the end (unlike Newtie, who can change views as often as he changes ties).
NO JUANnabies either!
One of the biggest things Republicans have done is allow Democrats to paint conservatives as radicals. Now is the time for the Republicans to identify where the real extremists lie: on the left in the Democratic Party. We now have visual aids to prove it: Obama, Pelosi, Reed, Frank, Van Jones, Valerie Jarrett, Cass Sunstein . . . .
Republicans need conservatives or they DON’T HAVE A PARTY. RINO’s need to move over, admit defeat, and allow conservatives to regain power in the party. Most importantly, conservatives need to remind voters over and over and over again that the Democrats repeatedly lied to them about being moderate.
Finally, if Republican party elite can admit the truth and invite the conservatives back to the table, Republicans need to carve their well stated values and platform just right of center. If done properly, and if Republicans will adhere to their STATED principles, they should regain control for a long time.
The “compassionate conservatism” of W and the so called McCainiac Moderates have all but wrecked the party. We conservatives are not going to forget that, just like the voters in this country are not going to forget that the Democrats have perpetrated a total fraud on the electorate. . . at least if we behave ourselves in power and remind the public what was done to them.
“Uncivil War: Conservatives to challenge a dozen GOP candidates”
Uncivil?? When conservatives express a preference for candidates that reflect their views the media is shocked and dismayed. How dare the lemmings refuse to follow the Rinos off the cliff!
What would they have us do, vote for those we dont believe in? This is ridiculous.
WHAT YOU SAID!
No more "best we can do" crap; it's TOO LATE FOR THAT.
We gotta go all-in with ONLY those who are in support of the Constitution as it was written and intended, and no more of the "big tent" bullshit.
There ain't NO WAY that the entitlements-dependent base of the socialists' voters will EVER vote for anything or anybody that DOESN'T GIVE THEM SOMETHING FOR NOTHING, as that's how they've been living for 4 generations.
We need candidates that will force people to be responsible, accountable, God-fearing Americans who work for a living and are proud of their efforts.
This is only a “nightmare” to the left, as it is a sign that the American people are beginning to awaken both to the thuggery of the left and to the betrayal of the nation and the public by RINOs.
HHmmm, I thought at least one of them was both.
The single biggest voting block in AMERICA is the self described “CONSERVATIVE” its 40% of the electorate, why the Republican Party decided to ever turn its back on this block shows they were listening to dems in the first place, and not reality.
“moderates” that are nothing more than liberals are not welcome in the party. True moderates are welcome, but they won’t and should not be the ones steering the ship.
Thanks, Uncle Miltie, for the sensible suggestion.
As much as I just LOVE the revolt in NY23, third-party candidates are almost always losers, guaranteeing victories for the least diluted vote. (Consider Mister Perot).
There are, hypothetically, some cases in which a squishy GOPer will be better than a Marxist Dem, and to be practical, there is nothing more important than trying to get ... at a minimum... the House back in 2010.
That said, the Country Club Rockefeller Republicans are very worried...and that's a good thing.
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RINOs aside?
It's not as if Joe "STAND UP, Chuck!" Biden didn't warn the faithful. Remember, at the fundraiser right before the election when he ominously asked how many in the room would still be as enthusiastic in the ensuing 6 months following the inauguration?
Good 'ol Joe.
Nope, he didn't lie that time. LOL
I say, they all need a challenger, this is part of their job review.
If they pass their review, they keep their job, otherwise they are fired and someone else will take over.
GOP needs to understand, they are politically bankrupt just like a business that is downsized, we need to take inventory or decide who will be laidoff and who will stay.
We need the best team for this business.
I absolutely agree. I'm against any politician, R or D that will not pledge to dramatically reduce the size of government. The status quo and simply winning a majority in the House or Senate is meaningless to me.
We elect candidates to shrink the federal government of more deliberate action will be necessary (10th Amendment, Constitutional Amendments to start).
It appears the Conservative Tea Party Movement (CTPM) is effectively turning heads. This is a good thing.
NOW the CTPM must place hand on shoulder, and steer the Republican Party in the direction those heads have turned.
Money quote from Rubio:
“They want us to vote for their candidates, but they don’t want us to run for office.”
Nice to know you are all together on that.
Is it punishment we want? Nope, not really, but an end to the veering left that the GOP has been doing form decades.
It is time to get back to solid, Constitutionally based government, and we simply aren't going to get there electing people who are heading the wrong way.
We have tried to tell the GOP.
We have written letters, sent e-mails, posted on the internet, withheld donations, filled out surveys, and we not only got no response, but the wrong response.
That leaves me looking for a reason.
Are these people sellouts who do not care what we think, who have no values nor love for our Republic?
Or is it something uglier?
When Hillary was 'co-president', she grabbed 900 FBI files on "ranking Republicans". Though the files were eventually returned, I have little doubt the data was thoroughly mined beforehand, and was doubtlessly recorded somewhere.
With the folks currently in office, who'd say anything if the Holder Gang was merrily digging away for dirt on all the rest?
I have little doubt, and first suspected when Bill squeaked out of Prejury and Obstruction of Justice charges despite being caught red-handed (or blue dressed, or whatever), that people have been compromised by information which could end careers, sink businesses, dissolve marriages, and otherwise pound the target into poverty and ruin if not prison.
Whether they be media people, 'ranking Republicans', staffers, whomever--high or low, the Republican Party establishment has not been consistently supportive of Conservative values in their candidate selection and support on a widespread basis.
Even after the DC Tea Party, accompanied by numerous similar events throughout the country, the GOP is out schilling for candidates who espouse liberal talking points, and they continue to insist that (as they drag the canvas off the Religious, fiscal conservative, and Constitutionalist Right) that they need more people under the tent.
The people have spoken. Ignore us at your peril.
In te meantime, it is time to clean house.
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