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(Vanity) Changing my mind on Mel Martinez as RNC Chair
Spiff | 14 November 2006 | Spiff

Posted on 11/14/2006 9:09:07 AM PST by Spiff

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1 posted on 11/14/2006 9:09:09 AM PST by Spiff
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To: Spiff

Thank you for an excellent post.


2 posted on 11/14/2006 9:10:08 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth? (Gal.4:16))
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To: fortheDeclaration

Thank you. Now it is time to look into Mike Duncan, the guy who is really going to be heading up the RNC.


3 posted on 11/14/2006 9:13:30 AM PST by Spiff (Death before Dhimmitude)
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To: Spiff

Very sincere.....thank you for the effort.


4 posted on 11/14/2006 9:14:21 AM PST by Niteranger68 (Big winners of election 2006: Democrats, terrorists, MSM, Hollywood, anti-war protestors, etc.)
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To: Txsleuth

Since we are trying to think this appointment through, here is some more information.


5 posted on 11/14/2006 9:15:43 AM PST by Bahbah (Regev, Goldwasser and Shalit, we are praying for you)
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To: Spiff
I don't know how you intend to convince anyone to support your position if you're not calling them names, typing in all caps or just being consistently obnoxious.
6 posted on 11/14/2006 9:17:19 AM PST by michigander (The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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To: MindBender26

FYI


7 posted on 11/14/2006 9:17:28 AM PST by eureka! (Heaven forbid the Rats get control of Congress and/or the Presidency any time soon....)
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To: Spiff
I hope you are right. I hope you/we are not simply grasping at straws hoping Martinez is "okay".

It is long past time. The knot-heads in DC need to start listening to the common sense of the base.
8 posted on 11/14/2006 9:18:18 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: Spiff
I respect your position and your reasoning for it. However, for me, I now have three, single vote issues...any of which will nix a candidate in my eyes because of the moral and fundamental nature of the issues themselves. They are:
  1. Abortion.
  2. Gun Rights.
  3. Illegal Immigration.
Simply stated:

...if a candidate will not aggressively and forthrightly defend the unalienable right to life of the unborn...they lose my vote.

... if a candidate will not aggressively and forthrightly defend our unalienable right to defend ourselves...they lose my vote.

...if a candidate will not aggressively and forthrightly defend our soveriegn borders and the legal means of immigration...they lose my vote.

9 posted on 11/14/2006 9:19:30 AM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be)
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To: Spiff

"Aside from his support for amnesty (see the Hagel-Martinez amnesty legislation and his pro-amnesty votes) Martinez is a good conservative."

Aside from his choice of meats, the "cook" in the movie `Texas Chainsaw Massacre' made some damn fine barbeque.


10 posted on 11/14/2006 9:21:02 AM PST by tumblindice
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To: Jeff Head

DITTO


11 posted on 11/14/2006 9:21:56 AM PST by longhorn too
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To: Spiff

Can you explain the difference between Guest Worker and Citizenship?

Pray for W and Our Troops


12 posted on 11/14/2006 9:22:27 AM PST by bray (Voting for the Rats is a Death Wish)
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To: Spiff

"That is that Martinez takes the job full time and is not just a figurehead for the beltway party bureaucracy. "

Are you suggesting that he give up his Senate seat?


13 posted on 11/14/2006 9:23:59 AM PST by Buck W. (If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.)
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To: Spiff

"I've posted over and over again in staunch opposition to amnesty and
cited numerous reports, studies, and criminal records to demonstrate
the terrible things the illegal aliens have done to our communities
and the crimes that they've committed against American citizens."

Just to help out those doubters, deniers and "moral equivalency"
justifiers of criminal illegal aliens, here is the FR resource
(KEYWORD: CRIMALIENS):

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=crimaliens


14 posted on 11/14/2006 9:24:16 AM PST by VOA
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To: Spiff

I really reject the Hispanic (or any other) label. We all shoud just be plain Americans.

Having said that, Hispanics have been deserting the Democrat plantation for a while now. Having Senator Martinez as the RNC Chair will solidify the support for the GOP from the largest "minority".

But I still would prefer Newt Gringrich in that chair.


15 posted on 11/14/2006 9:25:35 AM PST by cll (Newt Gingrich for RNC Chairman NOW)
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To: Spiff

Thanks for the post.


16 posted on 11/14/2006 9:28:06 AM PST by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: Spiff

Meet the new "real" RNC leader - Mike Duncan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1738373/posts


17 posted on 11/14/2006 9:28:09 AM PST by Republican Red (if you don't want to root for the home team then get the hell out of the stadium)
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To: bray

"Can you explain the difference between Guest Worker and Citizenship?"

One can vote. The other can only vote when Democrats control the polling station.

And a Senator in the minority party has virtually nothing to do 90% of the time. I'm not worried about him being a part-time chairman.


18 posted on 11/14/2006 9:31:46 AM PST by Hank All-American (Free Men, Free Minds, Free Markets baby!)
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To: Spiff
It's not a question of whether he's better than nothing, or if we could have done worse, or if he's not as bad as Mehlman.

It's a question of whether he's the right man for the job at this time. What talent or inclination has he shown in the past, for example, to actually sell a conservative message in the face of a hostile press?

That's the issue, IMO...and the first question I'll be asking any candidate is, "Where in the past have you sold a conservative message in the face of a hostile press?"

It's not enough to be right...candidates have to be able to sell it.

19 posted on 11/14/2006 9:32:34 AM PST by gogeo (Irony is not one of Islam's core competencies (thx Pharmboy))
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To: Spiff
I wanted Steele but I can live with Martinez.
20 posted on 11/14/2006 9:35:32 AM PST by spikeytx86 (Pray for Democrats for they have been brainwashed by there fruity little club.)
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