"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Don’t let the screen door hit you in the ass!
Yeah, if you’re not one of us, what the hell were you doing on our side, anyway?
I thank God they are leaving and sure wish a bunch more would.
Is a RINO someone who believes in limited government in all its forms? That includes telling the social-cons to take their Big Brother agenda and stick it.
Rush kind of has to walk on eggshells with that. After all, he has been banging the drum for those GOP moderate Republicans for years.
IIRC, he was intially on their side for the Dubai ports deal, the Miers nomination, amnesty for illegals, etc.
It was only after the 2006 GOP Congressional massacre that Rush declare he was “no longer carrying the water for the GOP.”
I heard Medved today passionately defending those type of Republicans. He contends that no “true conservative” has ever won an election. He further stated that Regan was one of them by virtue of his appointment of James Baker (SoS), and his choice of Bush as VP. I never cared for Medved much.
And who was screaming this after the 2006 election? ME, and a few other conservatives!
Remember, McCain is one of those moderates, do not forget this. The only ray of light in this whole republican debacle is Palin.
I know that I’m going to get flamed for this, but I believe that conservatism doesn’t have a single meaning: it has several strands. We know that some people are conservative socially, the others are conservative economically, and so on. Some people are both social and economic conservatives. The great thing about Reagan is that he could put different strands of conservatism in one umbrella. The way I understand Rush is that a person has to hold every single conservative position (in social, economic, patriotic, etc.) before he can be called ‘conservative’.
The neocons are abandoning the GOP after ruining it. Maybe they can ruin the Democrats too.
So McCain, Romney, Thompson, Giuliani and their constituents—Hillary’s old women—have left the Republican Party? Oh...no, apparently not.
How the hell is it that moderate Republicans are fleeing their own party and we are not attracting other moderates and independents? How in the hell did you people figure this to happen? So the Republican Party’s own strategy here not only has it backfired, it’s embarrassing. ....”The Republican Party, we gotta be a big tent,” and that’s code words for, “We gotta have some pro-choicers in our party to get rid of the influence of these hayseed hicks in the South who are pro-life.”
***Here’s a Big-Tent analogy I introduced on my SUPOI
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821435/posts?page=6245#6245
Take a small box and fill it with some rocks. Then add some rice, filling it to the top. Now take all the same stuff, but in a different order. Put in the rice first, then add the rocks. What you’ll find is that if you put in the big stuff first, the small stuff will fit around it. But if you put in the small stuff first, the big stuff won’t have room. The republican tent is the box. The Big issues are the socon issues, to be put in first. The little issues are things that can be accommodated around the bigger stuff. A candidate who tries to focus on the smaller issues first and leave out the bigger issues has no way of getting all of us into the tent. He splits the party. The candidate who gets the big stuff right and as much of the little stuff that will fit, he can fit more into the tent. We’re often amazed at how much rice can keep fitting in. Rudy Giuliani flunks some of the big issues, and on some of the little issues it looks to me like anyone else’s rice would do just as well. All that remains for us to agree on is which are the bedrock principles and which are not. Why would there be so much invective aimed at rudy from the right? Because there are some bedrock principles that he is leaving out. Bad move. I see rudybot postings all the time saying that they would vote for Hunter, and I see socon postings that say they would not vote for rudy. That’s a BIG indicator of a few bedrock principles that are being left outside the tent in order to let in some rice.
I detest the far right almost as much as I detest the far left. Both groups are idiots in my opinion! I and one proud RINO who does not follow the herd and makes up his own mind! I believe in States Rights and a small federal government. I believe in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and I am rejoining the NRA as soon as I get back to the states. As these “Ol Boys” say it and play it: OBAMA, NO MERCI BEAUCOUP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUrZltfJv5c
Indeed...Dont’t let the door....
And just think, there are some Rush haters who claim he isn't pro-life.
Separating the wheat from the chaff, the dross from the gold, and the loyal from the traitors. This election cycle was good for something.
I don’t think it was a plan that ‘backfired’. I think these jerks purposely gave us McCain to try to sabotage the party. They knew what they were doing all along. I’ve felt that way since the primaries began.