Posted on 03/20/2012 4:37:43 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
Fellow Conservatives:
It was only a matter of time before establishment Republicans started openly attacking conservatives. They did it aggressively in 2010 and now they're doing it again in 2012.
A column published last week in the Wall Street Journal outlines the establishment's strategy to blame conservatives if Republicans fail to win a majority in the U.S. Senate this year. As you know, Republicans in Washington and New York believe conservative candidates are less electable than moderate candidates.
Kimberly Strassel writes, "Two things stand between Mitch McConnell and the Senate majority leader's office: Democrats, and the conservatives who might help elect Democrats."
We've heard this before. We heard it when the establishment told us Pat Toomey was too conservative to win in Pennsylvania. We heard it when they said Marco Rubio couldn't win in Florida. And we heard it when they said Rand Paul would lose in Kentucky. Toomey, Rubio, and Paul are all United States Senators today.
What the establishment wants you to forget is that Republicans suffered major losses in 2006 and 2008 when party leaders failed to fight for conservative principles. But in 2010, with insurgent Tea Party conservatives leading the way, Republicans regained a majority in the House of Representatives and made significant gains in the Senate.
The Republican establishment has been proven wrong time and time again, yet they continue to attack conservatives who offer the Republican Party the opportunity to regain its standing with the American people.
If Republicans fail to retake the Senate this year, it won't be because of conservatives. SCF-endorsed candidates Ted Cruz (R-TX), Don Stenberg (R-NE), and Mark Neumann (R-WI) all lead their Democratic opponents in recent polls. And now even the establishment acknowledges that Josh Mandel (R-OH) is the strongest candidate Republicans could have in Ohio.
The electability argument used against these conservatives is designed to help their moderate opponents who have supported a number of liberal policies, including higher taxes, wasteful stimulus, ObamaCare, and the nomination of Eric Holder as Attorney General.
When the establishment puts party before principle, they do great harm to our country and the Republican Party. As President Reagan once said, promoting pale pastels instead of bold colors is not a winning strategy.
If Republicans fail to retake the Senate this year, it will have more to do with the failure of establishment candidates to inspire confidence with voters. It will also have a lot to do with the failure of Republican leaders to offer voters a real choice between the two parties by fighting President Obama on key issues like the debt limit and the full repeal of ObamaCare.
I don't know about you, but I'm tired of hearing these people lecture us about how to win a majority. Their strategy handed the keys of our government to Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barack Obama. I'm also tired of watching them work behind the scenes to defeat conservative candidates who have the courage to save this country.
Support the Senate Conservatives Fund
As a member of the Senate Conservatives Fund, you know how important it is for freedom-loving Americans to work together in a coordinated way to win races in key battleground states. I hope these establishment attacks against our efforts will motivate you to work even harder to elect true conservatives to the U.S. Senate this year. They certainly motivate me.
If you're tired of Republicans in Washington and New York blaming you for their mistakes and if you're tired of being told to abandon your principles, then please help the Senate Conservatives Fund fight back. We're trying to raise $100,000 for SCF and its endorsed candidates by this weekend and we need your help to do it.
If everyone makes a contribution today, we can overcome these establishment attacks and elect principled leaders to the U.S. Senate who will fight for less government and more freedom.
Thank you for your continued support for the timeless conservative principles that make this country great.
Respectfully,
Jim DeMint
United States Senator
Chairman, Senate Conservatives Fund
Jim DeMint is a helluva guy. I wish I could give more to his fund.
Yep, and us conservatives have heard enough of the "party above all" BS from the Rino republicans.
You are on your own you statist liberal liars.
No more!
We need a Tea Party sponsored petition whose signers vow to never vote for Mitt. Then we’ll see how much (or little) power we have.
AND Sharon Angle and Joe Miller would have won in the absence of major voter fraud. Of six arguable Tea Party Senate candidates that year, three won outright, two were cheated by extreme voter fraud, and one (Ken Buck) lost.
We only have to look at Lisa Murkowski's out-and-out liberal voting record this term to see what we can expect from "endorsed", establishment GOP types. No thanks.
Tell you what. Keep it civil. Let the “republican establishment” concentrate on New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Maine. Let the conservatives worry about the rest of the country.
Democrats lean more toward federal socialism and anti-competition regulations, and Republicans, more toward local socialism and anti-competition regulations. Together, they bring the pork home. They are the mighty taxpayers, paying the taxes from the debt/revenues received from the country that they ruin. Big debt/revenues in—little droppings of taxes out. See how that works?
IIRC, DeMint lobbied hard to put some off-shore oil reserves off limits to drilling. In many ways, Jim’s a part of the problem, not the solution.
“DeMint lobbied hard to put some off-shore oil reserves off limits to drilling. In many ways, Jim’s a part of the problem, not the solution.”
DeMint has proven himself to be one of the most conservative senators in the US Senate. You throw out a stupid charge without a source, a link or attribution. That tells me all I need to know about you.
I wish I thought they actually care if we vote for Mitt or Mitt wins.
The GOP likes being the minority. They attack mainly if they think we might win.
Here is a link since you are too damned lazy and full of worship to bother Googling.
Jeesh, do I have do do EVERYBODY'S work around here?
Jim, they have been doing that since at least Goldwater.
Ofcourse they are going to pass the buck. That does not change the fact that they pick loser after loser for the party nominee.
Conservatives, don’t vote Rino. You are their only political enemy. Get it clear. They are the Democrats and the Democrats are them.
GOP’s response if they poop out in November....
Top ten excuses:
1. Blame Palin
2. Blame Tea Party
3. Blame Conservatives
4. Blame Rush Limbaugh
5. Blame Mark Levin
6. Blame Palin
7. Blame Palin
8. Blame DeMint
9. Blame anyone who supports Palin
10. Did I happen to mention blame Palin???
I wonder what is in that bill?
I wonder what is in that bill?
Can Jim start providing names of these non conservatives republicans. I know the first couple McConnell, McCain, snow but can we put them in some order? They are all conservatives around election time.
GOP-e blames the TEA Party for taking back the house in 2010.
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