Posted on 09/26/2013 4:22:14 AM PDT by Kaslin
Cruz’s plan won’t work. Both from a practical standpoint (there’s enough GOP squishes to ensure defeat) and from an implementation standpoint. Defunding Obamacare actually does little to no good. Most importantly, it doesn’t stop the subsidies which kick in on January 1, and once those come into play, good luck ever getting them repealed.
That said, I stand with Cruz on this, and want him to push it to the limit. Not because it will work, but because it forces Democrats and squishes to “own” Obamacare.
BTTT
But we still got folks like Cruz. The "establishment" went a complete 0-fer, if you recall, with their "safe" candidates.
You think I can’t read between lines?
Plenty of GOP-E candidates lost as well. But you GOP-E morons never admit to that.
The ones who had Republican establishment knives stuck into their backs driven by hostile mainstream media madness.
And you're wrong in both views. FR has always been about promoting conservatism, not about siding with one political party or another. The GOP is a sometime ally for conservatives, and the Democrats are a pretty consistent enemy, but that doesn't let the GOP off the hook when they start collaborating with the enemy.
BTW you your name fits you perfectly
IIRC, McCain went to the woodshed in his last re-election run saying that he had "learned his lesson" (then on immigration reform). The good people of AZ re-elected him - believing that such a conversion was possible. Many other RINOs used that same tact, and likewise were re-elected.
Some were "primaried" out, but the GOP tactics of scorched earth/attrition against the Tea Party worked perfectly, however.
Seems a grand plan might be: (a) primary-out in 2014 by any/all means possible (e.g., misinformation in "polls", repeatedly refresh memories of past positions,...) as many RINOs as can be got - all would be a good goal, no excuses and no "I promise to do better." and (b) defeat as many Dim-0-crats as possible.
Start yesterday for 2016. Do not go to "winter quarters" after 2014 - learn, refine strategies/tactics for better 2016 results. More targets to be got - some very high-value come to mind.
Words are not actions and actions are not results.
McCain "got" six more years, for example, of "same old, same old" RINOism. Fool me once today is once too many.
Or plan (c): vote all incumbents out - clean, simple, and a step forward.
Sub in Reagan for Cruz and that’s what the DC elite were saying in the 70s. Sorry, but you are completely wrong. Cruz is building a party based on principle to replace the failed party that has gotten destroyed for the past 7 years trying to go along and get along
Cruz vs a bag of mayonnaise.
Huh? is that you Rove? McCain?
You win for the most ignorant post of the year on FR.
The GOPe needs to be destroyed....
Cruz stands for Liberty. You and your pals in the GOP worship at the Alter of State Power.
/johnny
regarding McCain:
When you care more about what the other side thinks, it's probably time to switch sides or step down. There is new leadership in the GOP, whether the party wants to admit it or not
It’s not about a party or winning. It’s about leadership and representation. To assume otherwise is to believe Americans cannot think for themselves and are not responsible for their own destinies. We can and we are.
Maybe I am. If Cruz is one then I'm one too. You can continue to hitch your wagon to McCain and Graham. See what it gets you.
Standing on principle is more appealing than grovelling for approval.
It’s called “representation”. It’s the basis of our form of government.
This debacle has destroyed my faith in the GOP once and for all. As Rush said yesterday — could there be a better opportunity for a political party than this? Polls show upwards of 60-65% of people oppose this disaster, across all party lines. Whole campaigns were run and won based on the promise to stop it. But instead of seizing the momentum, a sure WIN, what does the GOP do? Sides with who is supposed to be the enemy; betrays everything they’re supposed to stand for. They have shown without a doubt what their true intentions and motivations are, and it has NOTHING to do with conservatism. They can all go to hell and take their empty rhetoric with them.
Thanks for posting the link. Excellent column by Michael Walsh
You are correct of course
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