Posted on 09/09/2003 6:08:17 AM PDT by joesnuffy
Will Schwarzenegger terminate the GOP?
Posted: September 9, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
The candidacy of Arnold Schwarzenegger to become the next governor of California appears to be heading toward victory. But Republican elephants would be wise to consider that if they allow this RINO (Republican In Name Only) to win, he may also be responsible for permanently terminating their precious GOP.
What has apparently evaded the thinking of conservative pundits all over America is the long-term impact of Schwarzenegger on the Republican Party's national platform.
In particular, there has been an ongoing battle for many years inside both the California Republican Party and the national Republican Party to change the party's platform to support pro-abortion candidates. Additionally, there are many who would like to see Republicans get behind homosexual rights. This is all part of the Big Tent theory, i.e., if you embrace disenfranchised minorities (just as the Democrats do), you can win more elections.
What these bozos who push for this sort of change will erect, of course, is a circus tent. But should they succeed, the Republican Party will forever be relegated to minority status as they watch the tent collapse around them.
Why?
Because depending upon whose estimates you believe, a minimum of 30 to 40 percent of the Republican Party is composed of religious conservatives. Many conservatives are already suspicious of the party's leadership for not dismantling the Internal Revenue Service and for staying in the United Nations. But if the pro-life platform were to be replaced with a watered-down "we'll suck up to anybody" approach, religious conservatives will walk away in droves.
Regrettably, however, the IQ of the GOP's leadership has diminished over the years, along with their weakening spines. The Estrada debacle, for example, is one in a long series of failures to perform as expected. So it should be no surprise they see Arnold as their chance to get back into the game in California.
But should they succeed, they will then point to Arnold as proof that pro-abortion, pro-homosexual and anti-Second Amendment GOP candidates can win. "That being the case," they will reason, "let's dump the pro-life planks in both the state and national platforms." The death of the Republican Party will quickly follow if they do so.
If any of you doubt this, just remember how badly Perot messed up America by allowing Clinton to win. As a third-party candidate, he walked away with an amazing 19 percent of the popular presidential vote in 1992 simply because people took George Bush's advice to read his lips. If conservative voters will walk away from the GOP over taxes, just imagine what religious conservatives will do over the very passionate topic of abortion.
It is regrettable to see so many conservative pundits declaring their support for Schwarzenegger. Had they all rallied behind Tom McClintock early on, Arnold might never have even gotten into the race.
But McClintock is still a viable candidate and there is still time to turn this around. Indeed, he is the only candidate who has the knowledge needed to fix California. And he has the respect of many Democrats and Republicans alike.
If you elephants value the voters who put you where you are today – not to mention the future of your party – you had better get to Arnold fast and tell him it is he who needs to drop out, not Tom McClintock.
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This is one of the funniest lines I've seen since Dewey beat Truman in '48.
Obviously this retard hasn't noticed that the single issue hard right in California has indeed put the Republicans where they are today...,out of office.
What nonsense.
Ah, and the "big lie" surfaces again.
The 10% of GOP voters which are persistently threatening to bolt for the whackjobism of the Constimatooshin or Libertarian Parties if the other 90% don't do what they say are not the "base".
What they are is noisy far and beyond their actual numbers, radicalized, and are all too frequently coddled at the expense of good common sense.
What they are is, like this author, sniveling weasels, and the GOP is well to be rid of them.
You are right of course, I just don't take anything out of vermont serious, except their great law concerning carry a concealed weapon.
And jumping Jefford is a independant socailist like his buddy bernie saunders.
Calling the author a "retard"? I see the long term intellect awareness of the (R)nold defendors never increases. I find your reference to Dewey very relevant, there is a Dewey/Truman effect in this race, but you certainly are unaware of it. Hope you figure it out soon.
So let me get this straight, we’re supposed to line up behind a man whose principles can be swayed by the need to attract votes?
If you are one of them then have the guts to form a real conservative party in California and stop trying to reshape the Republicans into a knuckledragger party. The Democrats in California are so far over to the left that just maybe the Republicans could win without your support
Your graphics are as silly as your claim to any intelligent political ground. I'm no 'Arnold' supporter and as a Democrat would prefer to see Governor Davis serve out his term in the Comedy Club and avoid having to listen to Bustamente any longer. The Mayor of San Francisco just might take Bustamente to a complete cleanup of the treasury. Since I don't vote in California but do have property there I'm in favor of higher property taxes on a local level just to get the SFO/LAX thieves out of education entirely.
Get your talking points straight, I thought my fellow knuckle draggers destroyed the opportunity for the RINO party to win, how can they win without me all of a sudden?
You're as confused as your platform.
Your graphics are as silly as your claim to any intelligent political ground.
Pretending to intellectual all of a sudden? Kind of tough when you called the author a "retard"
I'm no 'Arnold' supporter and as a Democrat would prefer to see Governor Davis serve out his term
Well no wonder you hate Conservatives, say no more, say no more!
I'm in favor of higher property taxes on a local level just to get the SFO/LAX thieves out of education entirely.
That makes positively no sense. How can anyone be this naive about politicians and tax money? No wonder you are a Democrat.
Yes we are. Tom got more crossover votes than any other Republican in the last elections. He should have had our support from the start and we should not have been so eager to anoint Arnold as the chosen one. What are you going to do when enough dirt comes out about Arnold to make him unelectable?
In particular, there has been an ongoing battle for many years inside both the California Republican Party and the national Republican Party to change the party's platform to support pro-abortion candidates. Additionally, there are many who would like to see Republicans get behind homosexual rights. This is all part of the Big Tent theory, i.e., if you embrace disenfranchised minorities (just as the Democrats do), you can win more elections.
What these bozos who push for this sort of change will erect, of course, is a circus tent. But should they succeed, the Republican Party will forever be relegated to minority status as they watch the tent collapse around them.
Apparently you don't know how California is governed...it is run by fiat and ballot initiative, in other words, anarchy. Tax 'policy' does not exist in California. Tax anarchy does. Property owners who purchased property in say 1985 don't have to give a damn about the property tax because they can't raise it on appraised value as do most intelligent jurisdictions in the world. I pay more in automobile insurance in California than I do property tax and that is just plain stupid.
I don't hate conservatives. I loathe single issue blowhards who do more shouting than listening whether from the left or the right.
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