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The Republicans Have Failed the Nation
RedState ^ | December 13th, 2012 | Erick Erickson

Posted on 12/13/2012 2:15:52 PM PST by neverdem

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To: ansel12

EXACTLY!

(I wish I could express myself as well as you do.)


21 posted on 12/13/2012 3:38:46 PM PST by bimboeruption (Clinging to my Bible and my HK.)
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To: Luircin

Invent a Jump-to-Conclusions Mat.


22 posted on 12/13/2012 3:51:50 PM PST by EEGator
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To: ansel12
Which did you prefer - King Obama or Romney?

Oh yeah, I already got your stock answer, they both are the same so you didn't vote. Right?

23 posted on 12/13/2012 3:57:44 PM PST by Logical me
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To: neverdem

I listened to a bit of yesterdays Mark Levin show. Many GOP state governors are fighting the Obama care implementation of healthcare exchanges in their states. The first thing Boehner does after being reelected, is run to the press to declare he is giving up on fighting Obama care. He must attend the same parties as Roberts..


24 posted on 12/13/2012 4:02:50 PM PST by EVO X
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To: neverdem; All

Erick Erickson can blame republicans all he wants too. But the truth of the matter, imo, is that voters aren’t taking the responsibility to know basic constitutonal law, particularly the Founder’s division of federal and state powers evidenced by the Constitution’s Section 8 of Article I, Article V and the 10th Amendment.

In fact, the Progressive Movement agenda to unconstitutionally centralize government power in DC probably wouldn’t have made the strides that it has if it weren’t for the inadvertent support of the Progressive Movement by Constitution-impaired voters imo.


25 posted on 12/13/2012 4:07:14 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: Pollster1

I believe one Trent Lott got through a resolution clearing Admiral Kimmel of the liability of Pearl Harbor, right? But I had always thought Kimmel was a scapegoat.


26 posted on 12/13/2012 4:08:27 PM PST by Theodore R. ("Hey, the American people must all be crazy out there!")
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To: EEGator

Afraid that someone else already beat me to it.


27 posted on 12/13/2012 4:10:14 PM PST by Luircin
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To: Luircin

I was hoping you’d get the reference. Just trying to lighten things up. Everyone is stressed or angry around here.


28 posted on 12/13/2012 4:17:33 PM PST by EEGator
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To: neverdem
Until the Republicans change their message, they will keep losing

They don't want to change their massage. They threw their lot in with the libs at least six years ago. We do not have a two party system.

29 posted on 12/13/2012 4:20:38 PM PST by bgill (We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
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To: EEGator

Very true! Both about lightening the mood and people stressed and angry. Sheesh. I’m trying to remain optimistic, but other than Jesus, it seems that everything that they taught me to depend on while growing up is falling apart

One wonders if this is a good thing in a difficult-to-swallow shell. Because admittedly, I did need to stop trusting in the things of the world as much.


30 posted on 12/13/2012 4:40:03 PM PST by Luircin
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To: neverdem

I read what most are saying and I agree that the Repubs have lost their way. I would like to know if any of you have a candidate in mind? I think it is crucial that we come together with a man who would be able to carry the conservative banner and, most importantly, have the support of the good people in our Country? Is there anyone who believes we cannot ever win again, I don’t but I believe we must begin to find the right person and fully support him - starting now!


31 posted on 12/13/2012 4:47:42 PM PST by Rockiette (Democrats are not intelligent)
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To: Luircin

You have your faith and your family, that sounds like enough to me.


32 posted on 12/13/2012 4:52:25 PM PST by EEGator
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To: bgill
They threw their lot in with the libs at least six years ago.

Yes, but I'd say much sooner that that. When I noticed the glib way several prominent Republicans spoke disparagingly of Reagan during his second term, the same joking way as did the Libs, I began to pay more attention in the times that followed. Since then, I've not been surprised how remarkably the Republican Party has consistently failed to achieve goals conservatives might want.

Only conservatives have been accomplishing anything remotely positive for the USA since Reagan was first elected. Everything else the "Republicans" have worked for has been for political show. Never was a Republican and I'm happy that I disassociated from them many years before they finally took me off their mailing list.

Due to the Party's proven insincerity of "The Big Tent" ploy, and the fact we conservatives bought into it for a long while, there are now more Communists in powerful positions than conservatives.
33 posted on 12/13/2012 4:53:54 PM PST by Resettozero
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To: neverdem

the democrats, more so. but in general, yes.


34 posted on 12/13/2012 5:01:43 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: neverdem

This is why I became a registered Conservative. There is very little difference between the RATS and the RINOs.


35 posted on 12/13/2012 5:02:59 PM PST by AdaGray
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To: AdaGray
This is why I became a registered Conservative. There is very little difference between the RATS and the RINOs.

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How does one become a "registered Conservative"?

36 posted on 12/13/2012 5:08:02 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Theodore R.
I believe one Trent Lott got through a resolution clearing Admiral Kimmel of the liability of Pearl Harbor, right? But I had always thought Kimmel was a scapegoat.

I disagree. Kimmel had specific intelligence, not as far as I know of the intended date for the attack, but of the general planning for a Sunday morning sunrise attack on Pearl Harbor using multiple aircraft carriers, and that information should have led to higher readiness as war so clearly approached. Kimmel was not a scapegoat. Beyond that, the Navy tradition that the commanding officer is responsible when things go wrong is a good one. Kimmel was in command, he set the standards for in-port readiness, and his fleet failed spectacularly.

37 posted on 12/13/2012 5:15:58 PM PST by Pollster1 (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Resettozero
When I noticed the glib way several prominent Republicans spoke disparagingly of Reagan during his second term, the same joking way as did the Libs, I began to pay more attention in the times that followed. Since then, I've not been surprised how remarkably the Republican Party has consistently failed to achieve goals conservatives might want.

Every nominee since Reagan, except for McCain, was ANTI-REAGAN in 1980, Romney actually left the republican party during the 1980 campaign.

38 posted on 12/13/2012 5:19:58 PM PST by ansel12 (A.Coulter2005(truncated)Romney will never recover from his Court's create of a right to gay marriage)
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To: Finny
Heck, they defiled themselves.

That is sure true, it seems to be a serious situation, as the entire republican brand has been broken by this 2012 race.

39 posted on 12/13/2012 5:23:41 PM PST by ansel12 (A.Coulter2005(truncated)Romney will never recover from his Court's create of a right to gay marriage)
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To: Theodore R.

A non-binding resolution exonerating Kimmel and Short and requesting that the president advance them to the ranks they’d lost passed the Senate but not the House. No president has acted on it.


40 posted on 12/13/2012 5:28:00 PM PST by x
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