http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/rinorevolution/ en-us Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:59:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140531/posts The Battle for the GOP Is On - Palin, Romney or JindalNovember 30th, 2008 By: Michael van der Galien | Tags: Leave a comment | Trackback The latest polls of Republican and all voters indicate that the conservative Republican base favors candidates voters in general do not think too highly of. For instance, 24.4% Republican voters want Governor Sarah Palin to be the Republican candidate for president in 2012. Only 13.4% of all voters agree. At the same time, Governor Mitt Romney ranks second among all voters, six points behind Palin, but leads among all voters (be it barely). Among... Poligazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140531/posts#comment Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:59:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134440/posts As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit. Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D. I'm bathing in holy water as I type. To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn't soon cometh. Simply put: Armband religion is killing the Republican Party. And, the truth -- as long as we're setting ourselves free -- is that if one were to eavesdrop on private conversations among... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134440/posts#comment Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:24:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134416/posts Door, meet Hagel. That's how many Republicans are likely to react after the retiring Nebraska senator blasted Republicans in general and Rush Limbaugh in particular, claiming Rush and fellow conservative talkers "don't have any answers." David Shuster, subbing for Olbermann on tonight's Countdown, highlighted Hagel's remarks of today. View video here. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2134416/posts#comment Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:43:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133798/posts In the aftermath of the 2008 Republican electoral bloodbath, many are discussing what direction the party should take to recapture its vitality and viability. Liberals -- as if they have the best interests of the GOP at heart -- and so-called elitist, Northeastern Republicans seem to agree the party should tack center. I disagree. Traditional conservatism and its advocates invariably get bad raps. They're painted as uncompromising, uncompassionate extremists who won't adjust to the realities of the 21st century. But those familiar with modern history understand that these intramural debates have been going on for decades. I remember my father... davidlimbaugh.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133798/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:03:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133343/posts In a span of 252 days, the National Review lost two Buckleys — one to death, another to resignation — and an election. Now, thanks to the coarsening effect of the Internet on political discourse, the magazine may have lost something else: its reputation as the cradle for conservative intellectuals and home for erudite and well-mannered debate prized by its founder, the late William F. Buckley Jr. In the general conservative blogosphere and in The Corner, National Review’s popular blog, the tenor of debate — particularly as it related to the fitness of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska to be... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133343/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:51:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132247/posts Pawlenty in Miami was publicly angry, agitated, and even cranky, possibly because he found himself at odds with the far more conservative tone of every other speaker here. Hundreds of RGA members, who paid thousands of dollars to attend this Conference, wildly applauded “red meat” conservative pronouncements by speakers and not the more moderate and conservative-jabbing words by Pawlenty. And then there’s his “Palin problem,” real or imagined, that hit the fan yesterday in front of the national media, possibly upon the insistence of Pawlenty himself, as the above-reported comments to CNN by an anonymous presidential aspirant indicate. human events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132247/posts#comment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:38:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2127477/posts I just saw a disturbing guest on the "O'Reilly Factor." Margaret Hoover, a supposed "Republican Strategist," was blathering on about how young people "get it" about "gay marriage" and "women's reproductive rights." Proposition 8 may have passed, she argued, but the kids of her generation will overturn it. Disturbing, indeed, if she represents the future of the GOP: a quick web search will reveal that she is quite a hyped-up figure, given that her great-great-grandaddy was Herbert Hoover. The lefties are all saying that we need to pay attention to her. Precisely the reason that she needs to be shamed... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2127477/posts#comment Fri, 7 Nov 2008 01:40:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130654/posts Republicans sent out an SOS in hopes of lifting the fortunes of a party that suffered a political shipwreck. The RNC launched a Web site - Republicanforareason.com - to gather advice on the best way to plot its comeback...... "We need to hear what our volunteers, activists, elected leaders, and party members think about the Republican Party as we renew our bond with the American people," said RNC chairman Mike Duncan......a video featured on the Web site waxes nostalgic by providing footage of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and outgoing President Bush. The video does not mention John McCain...... NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130654/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:38:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125401/posts Did the choice of Sarah Palin show a strong, sober mind? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2125401/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 04:28:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122493/posts WASHINGTON -- By midnight Tuesday, millions of conservatives probably will believe that the nation, foundering on the reefs of sin, is ruined. And millions of "progressives," emboldened to embrace truth in labeling by again calling themselves liberals, probably will have decided that Heaven is at hand, the nation revived like a flower in an April shower. In any case, political numeracy can illuminate the hours before midnight. So as Tuesday's numbers accumulate, here are some benchmarks to bear in mind: The House of Representatives currently has 235 Democrats and 199 Republicans; the Senate has 51 Democrats (including two independents who... townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122493/posts#comment Sun, 2 Nov 2008 13:54:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121242/posts Professor Charles Fried, an advisor to John McCain's presidential campaign, has announced that he can no longer support the McCain/Palin ticket. In a letter to the general counsel to the McCain/Palin campaign, he cited McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate as too dangerous "at a time of deep national crisis", and has asked for his name to be removed from several campaign committees on which he has served. Fried also publicly stated that he had voted for Obama via absentee ballot. Fried later clarified to The New Republic that he had voted for Obama because he no... Harvard Law School Record http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121242/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:15:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120402/posts The case for Barack Obama, in broad strokes: He has within him the possibility to change the direction and tone of American foreign policy, which need changing; his rise will serve as a practical rebuke to the past five years, which need rebuking; his victory would provide a fresh start in a nation in which a fresh start would come as a national relief. He climbed steep stairs, born off the continent with no father to guide, a dreamy, abandoning mother, mixed race, no connections. Obama and the Runaway Train The race, the case, a hope for grace. He rose... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120402/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:19:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120367/posts Ms. Palin has emerged as a flash point for a split dividing talk-radio populists and conservative traditionalists from some of their former intellectual allies at National Review and the Heritage Foundation. “These are the people who are embarrassed by Sarah Palin,” Rush Limbaugh recently declared on his radio program, pointedly criticizing several columnists by name, “ ’cause she’s not an intellectual and she didn’t go to Harvard or have a college degree from approved universities and she drops her g’s from words like ‘morning’ and says ‘mornin’.” One of the columnists, David Frum, fired back on National Review’s Web site.... NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120367/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:33:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118686/posts It looks like there might be some truth to those rumors former Mitt Romney supporters are already trying to clear Sarah Palin from the GOP presidential deck to make room for their man Mitt in 2012. Former Romney Spokesman Kevin Madden was particularly harsh on Palin in an interview on CNN. His criticism of Palin is especially noteworthy because we're only days from the election. In a spot with Campbell Brown Madden said Palin's wardrobe flap showed how "unseasoned" Palin is. BROWN: And, Kevin, even defending this whole controversy over the clothes, the RNC buying all the clothing, it keeps... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118686/posts#comment Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:27:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2116791/posts My husband called it first. Then, a brilliant, 75-year-old scholar confessed to me over wine: “I’m sexually attracted to her. I don’t care that she knows nothing.” There can be no denying that McCain’s selection of her over others far more qualified —— suggests other factors at work. His judgment may have been clouded by ... what? Science provides clues. A study in Canada, published in New Scientist in 2003, found that pretty women foil men’s ability to assess the future. “Discounting the future,” as the condition is called, means preferring immediate, lesser rewards to greater rewards in the future.... KC Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2116791/posts#comment Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:38:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2116854/posts ... Sarah Palin is in revolt, it’s reported, angry that John McCain’s handlers forced her to wear haute couture; that she’s not been able to be herself before the media; and that Republican campaign strategy -- like the decision to give up on Michigan -- is askew. .... It's all about the political makeover of the Republican Party’s new great hope. For many senior Republicans, Obama appears sure to prevail Nov. 4 ... Advice is already incoming: She should at all costs avoid running for Congress, writes Ron Bonjean, former communications director for Speaker Dennis Hastert and Senate majority leader... National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2116854/posts#comment Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:56:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2116842/posts Some aides to Sen. John McCain say they weren't happy that running mate Sarah Palin went off script Sunday...Palin deviated from her prepared remarks to talk about her wardrobe controversy Sunday. ... A senior McCain adviser told CNN those comments "were not the remarks we sent to her plane." ...A Palin aide said that the governor clearly felt like she had to say something to defend herself, because "that's really not who she is." ... sources told CNN that long-brewing tensions between Palin and key aides to McCain were on the rise. McCain advisers suggested that they have become increasingly... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2116842/posts#comment Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:38:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2116099/posts I've had enough, after watching Gerry Rivers of all people, an inveterate Obama fan, throw dirt on McCain/Palin, I think the list of traiterous Republicans otherwise known as Vichy Republicans should be assembled before the election. Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2116099/posts#comment Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:41:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115020/posts Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president yesterday, citing Obama’s “deep sense of calm” and “first-class political temperament.” Weld, a Republican, said he has never endorsed a Democrat for president before, but in the last six weeks or so, it became “close to a no-brainer.” Obama has a history of bringing Democrats, Republicans and independents together and is the best choice at a time when America’s standing in the world is at a low point, he said. “It’s not often you get a guy with his combination of qualities, chief among which I would say is... The Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115020/posts#comment Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:12:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113689/posts Contrarian that I am, I'm voting for John McCain. I'm not talking about bucking the polls or the media consensus that it's over before it's over. I'm talking about bucking the rush of wet-fingered conservatives leaping to Barack Obama before they're left out in the cold without a single state dinner for the next four years. I stand athwart the rush of conservative ship-jumpers of every stripe — neo (Ken Adelman), moderate (Colin Powell), genetic/ironic (Christopher Buckley) and socialist/atheist (Christopher Hitchens) — yelling "Stop!" I shall have no part of this motley crew. I will go down with the McCain... ibdeditorials.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113689/posts#comment Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:32:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113546/posts NEW YORK -- Scott McClellan, President Bush's former press secretary, says he is backing Barack Obama for president. McClellan made the endorsement during a taping of Comedian D.L. Hughley's new show that is premiering on CNN this weekend. Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113546/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:27:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113376/posts The former governor said Obama represented the best hope for an America facing an economic crisis.Former Republican Gov. Arne Carlson endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama today, saying Obama represented the best hope for an America facing an economic crisis and criticizing Republicans for waging a mean-spirited campaign that has "been going down all these side roads." Introduced to a standing ovation at the State Capitol by U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, Carlson said his party had strayed from the moderate philosophies of past Republican leaders such as Ohio Sen. Robert Taft and President Dwight Eisenhower. "I consider... Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113376/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:01:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2108585/posts I read today where Philadelphia talk show host Michael Smerconish has endorsed Obama. Michael also worked in the Bush Administration and has been a frequent guest host for Glenn Beck. He will be paraded about as another "conservative" who is voting for Obama by the MSM. This is not like voting for Bill Clinton in 96 or voting for a local Democrat for governor or Congress. Any national "conservative" who supports a Marxist like Obama and thinks it would be best for America to elect him along with a Congress controlled by Pelosi and Reid has either lost their mind... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2108585/posts#comment Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:44:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108524/posts If the election were held today, Barack Obama would be the new President of the United States of America. The latest Real Clear Politics average of national polls shows Obama ahead of McCain by nearly seven percentage points. It looks like the Democrats are going to have control of both the White House and Congress for the next four years. And, mark it down, if there is a Democrat sweep, conservative Republicans will get the blame. The fact of the matter is, however, that President Bush and the Republicans who dominated Congress during most of his administration governed as anything... Renew America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108524/posts#comment Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:52:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108109/posts The truth few wish to utter is that the GOP has abandoned many conservatives, who mostly nurse their angst in private. Those chickens we keep hearing about have indeed come home to roost. Years of pandering to the extreme wing — the “kooks” the senior Buckley tried to separate from the right — have created a party no longer attentive to its principles. Instead, as Christopher Buckley pointed out in a blog post on thedailybeast.com explaining his departure from National Review, eight years of “conservatism” have brought us “a doubled national debt, ruinous expansion of entitlement programs, bridges to nowhere,... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108109/posts#comment Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:34:11 GMT