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RNC Pushing Conservatives Out
The Conservative American ^ | 2/1/9 | Peter Andrew

Posted on 02/01/2009 12:16:20 PM PST by Peter Andrew Conservative

"Why on earth would 168 leading republicans in the RNC pick “the most moderate candidate” after such a huge defeat of the centrist, moderate McCainiac’s Disease in 2008?" http://conservativeamerican.org/conservatives/does-this-sound-conservative/

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: bigtentlibs; conservatives; gop; mclamesposse; out; pushing; rnc; rncchairman; steele
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To: wardaddy
I do not want a moderate and I do not think that Steele is a moderate based on what I know about him and when I had seen speaking on many occasions. I have not watched TV news since the elections (boycott) so I am not sure if since then he expressed non conservative positions.
121 posted on 02/01/2009 4:29:07 PM PST by jveritas (God Bless our brave troops)
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To: EDINVA

WSJ editorial page is more conservative.....although kinda moderate on social stuff which is why their Steele piece surpised me:

WSJ writers are of ncourse lefties like most news writers...Al Hunt like you mentioned

Here’ the editorial page:

Paul A. Gigot Editor, Editorial Page, The Wall Street Journal
Daniel Henninger Deputy Editor, Editorial Page
Melanie Kirkpatrick Deputy Editor, Editorial Page
Robert L. Bartley In Memoriam
James Freeman Editorial Page

they are all sorta conservative

If Rush supports Steele enthusiastically I’ll bite my tongue....I swear.....I don’t dislike Steele, I like him actually I would just like a more firebrand righty

as silly as it sounds right now Limbaugh is my mouthpiece politically....bigtime


122 posted on 02/01/2009 4:29:19 PM PST by wardaddy (The GOP hasn't learned shite)
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To: jveritas

He cofounded a liberal GOP group with Whitman and then left it when he started this run.

He has made commenst on RKBA less than desirable.

He moved left to run in Maryland....pragmatic I know.

He preaches big tent and solicitaing more moderate voters all the time....that is his schtick.

I fail to see that as aplus. I’d prefer someone who drives home Reagan-Rush-Early Newt ideology.

That’s just me.

I love Palin, no secret to anyone here who knows me.

This is from newsweek last nite:

“The GOP today elected its first black chairman — former Maryland Lieutenant Governor and Fox News commentator Michael Steele. Steele, the most moderate of the Republican candidates who ran for the chairmanship, is a pro-life Catholic and an advocate of limited government and lower taxes.

According to the Associated Press, it took six rounds of voting to select Steele as he defeated the incumbent party chief and three other challengers.

Although he personally opposes the federal marriage amendment, Steele has said he would support the amendment as chairman because it is in the party’s platform. In his acceptance speech, he continued with his tone of inclusiveness.

“We’re going to say to friend and foe alike: We want you to be a part of us, we want you to with be with us, and for those who wish to obstruct, get ready to get knocked over,” Steele said.”


123 posted on 02/01/2009 4:35:00 PM PST by wardaddy (The GOP hasn't learned shite)
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To: Peter Andrew Conservative

Vote American Conservative Party in 2010.


124 posted on 02/01/2009 4:36:06 PM PST by nufsed
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To: Godebert

Dang, Switzerland is more conservative than the head of the Republican party.

There, at least, heads of households are required to have a functioning assault rifle... and know how to use it.


125 posted on 02/01/2009 4:36:13 PM PST by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: jveritas

Weekly Standard:

Segments of the conservative movement have been questioning Michael Steele’s commitment to conservative values, particularly social issues, posing the first obstacle in his bid for RNC chair.

At issue is his part in founding the centrist, pro-choice Republican Leadership Council with Christine Todd Whitman and John Danforth, whose mission includes embracing fiscally conservative candidates with diverse social views. But Steele told the Washington Times this week that he is no longer on the RLC’s board, having left in spring of this year when the organization began getting involved in Republican primaries (audio, here):

“I shouldn’t be listed on their site because I’m not on their board anymore...I have a fundamental issue with organizations getting involved in primaries, and the organization was endorsing candidates in primaries, which I am fundamentally opposed to...I get what you’re trying to do, but if you do it in a way that will alienate people, then it’s not ultimately to the benefit of the party...I can’t be a part of that.”

RLC’s mission, as stated by the group’s website:

Inspired by a drive to get back to the fundamentals of the Republican Party, Senator John Danforth, Lt. Governor Michael Steele, and Governor Christine Todd Whitman created the political organization the Republican Leadership Council, which advocates for the historic Republican principles of liberty, individual responsibility, and personal freedom.

RLC-PAC’s vision is a Republican Party that is unified by the basic tenets of fiscal responsibility and personal freedom, but that allows for diverse opinions on social issues by its members.

If you’re having a “one of these things is not like the other” moment in reading that line-up, you’re not alone. Whitman is constantly and openly at odds with social conservatives in the party and Danforth has become recently critical of the influence religious conservatives have, writing in 2005, “Republicans have transformed our party into the political arm of conservative Christians.”


126 posted on 02/01/2009 4:37:09 PM PST by wardaddy (The GOP hasn't learned shite)
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To: jveritas

DU loves Steele too btw

they consider him a thumb in the eye to social conservatives.....whom I guess they think are all racist


127 posted on 02/01/2009 4:42:01 PM PST by wardaddy (The GOP hasn't learned shite)
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To: wardaddy

>> tell me if you think this group represents conservative values

As a conservative, I would not be allied with Christine Whitman in any way, shape, or form. I did read the page you link, but I really didn’t need to. Just the name says it all.

I am very concerned about Steele’s 2nd amendment softness.

Mind you, I think Steele is a better pick than Duncan, only in the “they all suck, but Steele sucks less” sort of way.

Since I don’t currently support the RNC and have no plans to do so until they prove worthy, I guess my opinion really doesn’t matter anyway. But there it is, FWIW.


128 posted on 02/01/2009 4:42:01 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Party? I don't have one anymore.)
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To: Nervous Tick
pretty much my view too

but Steele is sorta pliable so if by some chance a hard right wind blows his way, he'll accommodate it to keep his power

but let's be honest ...were Steele white , like Obama he'd be nobody

129 posted on 02/01/2009 4:44:07 PM PST by wardaddy (The GOP hasn't learned shite)
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To: Nervous Tick; wardaddy
As a conservative, I would not be allied with Christine Whitman in any way, shape, or form.

Yep thats how I feel about it too. She's part of the problems in the GOP not the solution.

130 posted on 02/01/2009 4:46:23 PM PST by cva66snipe ($.01 The current difference between the DEM's and GOP as well as their combined worth to this nation)
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To: wardaddy

>> but let’s be honest ...were Steele white , like Obama he’d be nobody

True, but let’s carry the honesty further and admit that there wasn’t a single non-triangulating conservative running among the six (sorry Blackwell supporters, not even him).

In turn, that reflects the chamber-o’-commerce big-government elected-for-life moderate-kissass leanings of the RNC and, sadly, 70% of the republican party at local, state, and federal level.


131 posted on 02/01/2009 4:50:12 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Party? I don't have one anymore.)
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To: cva66snipe

Your tag line is a good summary of the problem.


132 posted on 02/01/2009 4:51:49 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Party? I don't have one anymore.)
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To: CyberAnt; All

I think all this rush to judgment is all very premature. Why don’t we give the guy a chance and let’s just see where he stands on what.


133 posted on 02/01/2009 4:57:46 PM PST by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE--GO SARAHCUDA !!)
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To: rodguy911

agreed. But there are people who will damn any republican who does not agree to the nth degree with their opinions.

It is expectation of some kind of echo chamber politically.


134 posted on 02/01/2009 4:59:16 PM PST by cajungirl (no)
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To: Nervous Tick

We all stand in awe of your purity.


135 posted on 02/01/2009 5:33:42 PM PST by gtsamson (The GOP has no place for extremism.)
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To: gtsamson

>> We all stand in awe of your purity.

Is that a hint of sarcasm I detect in your post?

Look, FRiend, you do what you want. I’m only saying what I intend to do.

In my opinion, future hope lies not in abandoning conservatism but in embracing it. The RNC is currently of, by, and for RINOs, and supporting RINOs is simply not the way to get the republican party back to conservatism.


136 posted on 02/01/2009 5:39:17 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Party? I don't have one anymore.)
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To: cva66snipe

In order to form a successful political party, one has to ally one’s self with those with whom they disagree on a number of issues. Would you really rather have Whitman and her supporters join the Democrats? Our numbers are few already.


137 posted on 02/01/2009 5:40:01 PM PST by gtsamson (The GOP has no place for extremism.)
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To: Nervous Tick
Noticed that, did you?

What exactly is a RINO? By that, I mean what policies does a Republican have to support in order to be considered a RINO?
138 posted on 02/01/2009 5:47:10 PM PST by gtsamson (The GOP has no place for extremism.)
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To: nufsed

and help elect Democrats.


139 posted on 02/01/2009 5:51:42 PM PST by gtsamson (The GOP has no place for extremism.)
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To: gtsamson
Yeah. Hows that republican thing workin for you? Keepin the dems out of office are we.

I'm 62 and I through waiting for Barry Goldwater's ghost to take over the GOP. Next time I'll vote for a conservative if I have to write in my wife's name to do so. You go ahead and vote for the next Rockefeller-Bush-McCain.

140 posted on 02/01/2009 5:54:46 PM PST by nufsed
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