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Whose Side are you On? If you don’t care whether Republicans win, care that Democrats lose.
National Review ^ | 3/29/2014 | Kevin Williamson

Posted on 03/29/2014 8:02:51 AM PDT by shuck and yall

March 29, 2014 4:00 AM Which Side Are You On? If you don’t care whether Republicans win, care that Democrats lose.

By Kevin D. Williamson

For conservatives, the story of the Obama years has been the depressing spectacle of Republicans fighting a rearguard action covering their retreat from a Democratic agenda backed by superior numbers. Republicans began the Obama administration with effectively no leverage: Barack Obama in the White House, Nancy Pelosi in the speaker’s chair, and Harry Reid running the Senate. The outcome of that was the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, the worst domestic defeat for the cause of limited government in a generation. The 2010 congressional elections gave Republicans some relief... .

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Politics/Elections
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To: Democrat_media
Amen and Amen!

Fighting TWO WARS at once is ill advised

the Fight to Free the Nation from the DEMOCRAT BEAST must be won FIRST

the war against creeping liberalism within the R Party can't be fought EFFECTIVELY...while fighting War Number One




41 posted on 03/29/2014 8:39:13 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: molson209

/bingo


42 posted on 03/29/2014 8:40:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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To: Democrat_media

/bingo


43 posted on 03/29/2014 8:40:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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To: Democrat_media

/bingo


44 posted on 03/29/2014 8:40:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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To: Logical me

/bingo


45 posted on 03/29/2014 8:40:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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To: Blackirish

/bingo


46 posted on 03/29/2014 8:40:46 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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To: skimbell

/bingo


47 posted on 03/29/2014 8:40:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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To: Democrat_media

/bingo


48 posted on 03/29/2014 8:42:00 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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To: MeshugeMikey

/bingo


49 posted on 03/29/2014 8:42:03 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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To: RedStateRocker
My analysis- worth everything I’m getting paid for it :-) - has always been that the GOPe controls the party structure and thus determines the outcome; they are slick enough to let ideological purists strut, preen, preach and holler aplenty during the primaries knowing they hold the keys to the machinery come the endgame.

Maybe, but they haven't proven 'slick' enough to figure out how to get enough voters to the polls in the general.

So now the geniuses in the GOPe think the winning strategy is to attack their base.

My guess is this will not work either.

50 posted on 03/29/2014 8:43:07 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: shuck and yall

Heard it all before.

It seems to be the only message the GOP-E has for conservatives. It’s disconcerting hearing their claim to your vote being “the democrats are worse.”

That’s it? That’s all you’ve got?

That’s what makes it so easy to listen to Cruz and Palin. The others are just empty suits.


51 posted on 03/29/2014 8:43:10 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: shuck and yall

If the R’s don’t go conservative, I want them to lose and the Dem’s to win. This will so weaken them that, on a relative basis, some party like the TEA party movement will be empowered.

And things under the Dems will get so incredibly bad that we will be ready for anything. Of course this includes another Stalin or Hitler...

I sometimes wonder if Roberts saved Obamacare to give the people what they wanted and righteously deserved, knowing they would choke on it.


52 posted on 03/29/2014 8:43:11 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: MeshugeMikey

See 2003 through 2007.


53 posted on 03/29/2014 8:44:43 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: xzins

Heard it all before.

It seems to be the only message the GOP-E has for conservatives. It’s disconcerting hearing their claim to your vote being “the democrats are worse.”

That’s it? That’s all you’ve got?


Exactly The problem is there is no evidence the GOPe will engage in a hard battle on things like repealing kenyancare “root and branch”. They need to fight like Dems to do it and their is ZERO evidence they will. They can’t even stay on message for a week. GOP Mavericks are given free reign to damage the GOP message.

It’s fantasy to think blue state undocument Democrats like Collins and Ayote are going to vote to remove the legacy of the “first black POTUS”. They just don’t give a rip about us folks on Main Street. The GOP is happy to sell us down the river as long as their donors get some pork.


54 posted on 03/29/2014 8:53:14 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: shuck and yall

I don’t vote for Liberals. It’s pretty simple. If there is a political party out there that wants my vote, they can get my vote. It’s not that hard.


55 posted on 03/29/2014 8:55:52 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: shuck and yall

What’s the difference between Senator McInsane and Senator Dingy Harry? Nothing, so why follow either party that places these guys in the lead?


56 posted on 03/29/2014 8:58:41 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: shuck and yall

Just another fancy way of saying “Shut up, hold your nose and vote for another liberal GOP.”

No.


57 posted on 03/29/2014 9:02:36 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: shuck and yall

The elites of both parties are on the same side. They are the greatest threat to real Americans.


58 posted on 03/29/2014 9:03:13 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: CodeToad

What’s the difference between Senator McInsane and Senator Dingy Harry?


The difference is Reid sticks to the Dem game plan. McCain just gets up in the morning and says whatever is on his mind. The Dems use tools like McCain to undermine opposition to their pinko agenda. GOP leadership is well aware of this tactic yet they still allow the mavericks free reign. Uniparty, indeed.


59 posted on 03/29/2014 9:04:26 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Logical me

There are no perfect candidates so we should vote for the leftist that will face no opposition since he has an R by his name.
If compromise for the good of the party is such a good thing then why doesn’t the GOPe try it?


60 posted on 03/29/2014 9:09:50 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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