Giant Sucking Sound: New Free Republic Third Party?

June 16, 2007 | Vanity

[SierraWasp]

Well I think I know a whole bunch of Repellican legislators that are going to be suckin air, here, pretty soon. The phone bank people at the DNC are already suckin air instead of a paycheck from the last episode of this scoff-law Kennedy-Bush-McCain-Lott-O'CONnel-Graham, el al midnite stealth legislation in the people's face!!!

I do wish we could organize a conservative caucus within the Good Old Party I used to belong to. I want to rejoin but I won't till I can respect what it's standing for and actually doing!!!

I and a lot of my FRiends have STANDARDS!!!

[snoringbear]

“Just like Perot did, right?
I remember how helpful that was.....

/sarcasm”

Yep, agree for sure. A third party conservative movement would only do one thing - assure the election of Dem’s/Liberals.

It’s a tempting notion but unless the ultra-Left should start their own third party movement (need a four-way split to be successful) it’s foolish for conservatives do it.

[RightOnline]

"What FReepers would be nominated for positions?"

I'll fulfill that office that requires such tact, such subtlety, such a deft touch......Secretary of State, damn you.

[elizabetty]

No, we are not interested in Ron Keyes or Alan Paul.

No, no, no!

[pgkdan]

Perot is no conservative but people thought he was in 1992, and he looked a lot more conservatve than Poppy Bush did...and he was more conservative than Poppy Bush, who was a tax raising, mealy mouthed democrat appeasing weakling. Like father like son, I’m sorry to say.

[Bommer]

Why not harness that resource and start our own third party with *REAL* conservative principles.

Heres why:

A FR candadate would have to have the courage of Ron Paul, with the winability of Fred Thompson with the appeal of Guliani; which eventually means that the only way to make everyone on the forum happy is for the candadate to kill all 3 of his personalities and that would give you a George W. Bush which is bad because he sucks because he is so great.

[sausageseller]

Kill the lawyers, then one less to deal with!

[spotbust1]

Herding cats..... That will leave a mark.

:-)

[pray4liberty]

If we did that, Hillary would win. She's counting on a "third party" to divide the vote. No, better we hit the Republicans hard in the primary and use that to throw out the trash. I suggest we run our own candidate. Who that is, is up for debate.

[LibKill]

I understand the feeling. The president has abandoned his own party in favor of illegal immigrants.

What to do? I have no good ideas right now.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

2008 Third Party = President Hillary Rodham Clinton.

A previous Third Party thanks to Ross Perot =’d President William Jefferson Clinton.

I’m not going there. Are you? (Hint: Don’t be stupid.)

[Doctor Raoul]

Two words, Ross Perot.

Two more words, Bill Clinton.

And I'm not happy about having to point that out.

[SoCalPol]

One of the benefits of living in a large city and county of over 3 million people, you see reality.

folks living in a burg tend to hunker down and don’t see the big picture. You have limited knowledge and a very narrow view.

I don’t believe in cutting off my nose to spite my face.
Third Parties only bring Democrats.
Maybe DU or KOS may suit you since you will ensure a Democrat victory with your thoughts.

[Phlap]

Roberts and Aleito. Is anything else important?

[JZoback]

But you wouldn’t be handing an automatic victory to the Democrats! Say what you will about any of the R candidates, but the worst of them is far better than the best of the Democrats

So having feckless elitist gutless 'R's is better than feckless gutless socialist 'D's both which will sell my soul to the highest bidder

Yes, I will sleep better at night. < / s >

[festus]

The sucking sound is generally from the woman Clinton never met.

[Designer]

"Steve is threatening to take on Tommy."

We'll have to get him nominated first, and you can guess how difficult that will be. Remember the last time?

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We have the government we allow and deserve.

[poindexter]

I think it's time to go guerrilla. Here in Washington State, the Republican party is about as dead as a party can be. Since we're in a de-facto one-party state anyway, my plan is to register as a Democrat (the thought makes me sick, but sacrifices must be made) and do what I can to advance the most radical, unelectable candidates available.

Then in the general election, I can vote for the more conservative candidates.

[speekinout]

OK, now tell us what a “real” Conservative is. That has to be someone who agrees with every position that every Conservative holds.
There has to be 100% agreement on abortion laws (not just pro-life position); immigration laws (no disagreement at all over nuances about guest workers or standards for new immigrants, or whether we even accept any more); tax codes; foreign policy - including Iraq; tax code; environment; racial and gender issues, etc.

And if you add up all the people who are in total agreement on all issues, how many people do you have? Maybe 1,000, half of whom don’t vote?