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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: EDINVA; Melinda
educate yourselves...the Wall Street Journal ...hardly a far right org says this:

The Wall Street Journal also says the Steele pick is a hard move to the left, writing: “GOP leaders sought to broaden the battered party’s ideological and regional appeal beyond its conservative, Southern base…His moderate views and charisma could help the party combat the impression that it is insensitive to minorities, working people and those with divergent views on social and economic issues. He’s also likely to bring more openness and diversity to the RNC.”

21 posted on 02/01/2009 12:26:03 PM PST by wardaddy (The GOP hasn't learned shite)
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To: DCPatriot

Since Jan 15, 2009


22 posted on 02/01/2009 12:26:20 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: DCPatriot

see #18, Steele had some things to say this AM on the subject.


23 posted on 02/01/2009 12:26:58 PM PST by Tarpon (America's first principles, freedom, liberty, market economy and self-reliance will never fail.)
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To: Peter Andrew Conservative
What are you talking about? Steele was no where near the moderate candidate. Conservatives were backing him. Duncan and Dawson were way more moderate.

Is there some plot to smear Steele as a moderate. Can anyone find a citation claiming Steele was the moderate before he was elected? Before the election, he was the "evil conservative."

24 posted on 02/01/2009 12:27:02 PM PST by nickcarraway (Are the Good Times Really Over?)
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To: Peter Andrew Conservative

“Do you think the election of moderate Michael Steele to run the republican party is a move to kick the conservatives overboard?”

YES!

That is why the REPUBLICANS are the STUPID PARTY!

He’s another COLIN POWELL.

He’s another J.C. WATTS.

BOTH were put in there because of their COLOR

and beimg MODERATE.

It didn’t work.

If being a MODERATE worked then McPain in the arse would be our President. He’s a BIG TIME “MODERATE”.


25 posted on 02/01/2009 12:27:48 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: wardaddy

A troll, No. Misguided, I sincerely hope so.


26 posted on 02/01/2009 12:28:18 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: traderrob6; Tarpon

If she was referring to the OP, I would say ‘okay’....but her post was a reply to Tarpon’s post in #3.

That infers she is responding to Tarpon and not the OP (original poster)


27 posted on 02/01/2009 12:29:15 PM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: DCPatriot

Folks here have gone rah rah GOP moderates even though that just got rebuked by 9 million votes two mnoths ago

conservatism is on the wane at FR

maybe it’s just the weekend

Blackwell or Dawson were much better choices


28 posted on 02/01/2009 12:30:50 PM PST by wardaddy (The GOP hasn't learned shite)
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To: wardaddy

Please explain it to me. Would the TNC be better of electing Duncan, who thinks Lincoln Chaffee is too rightwing?


29 posted on 02/01/2009 12:31:25 PM PST by nickcarraway (Are the Good Times Really Over?)
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To: Peter Andrew Conservative

Good post.

Don;t let the RHINOS bother you.

They have NO conservative values or beliefs.

All the do is BRAY when someone who is a conservative is upset with more liberal hijacking of the GOP. Steele is another RHINO who is BLACK. You’d think that after COLIN POWELL and J.C.WATTS the GOP would wise up - it’s not about COLOR. It’s all about IDEOLOGY and Steele is a RHINO like McPain. It won’t work. People like myself are FED UP with this HORSE CRAP.


30 posted on 02/01/2009 12:31:50 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: DCPatriot
From RedState: Steele is brilliant when he asserts that the Republican brand needs to start working together on the 80 percent of the issues conservatives agree on, fiscal, defense, law and order, education while not abandoning recognition that there are 20 percent of issues that the party disagrees on, mostly in social issues.

The big tent is needed, led by conservative principles. Purity may lead to disaster.

31 posted on 02/01/2009 12:32:37 PM PST by Tarpon (America's first principles, freedom, liberty, market economy and self-reliance will never fail.)
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To: traderrob6

You can have Steele.

Hope yall are happy.

He’s milquetoast, uninspiring, so-so speaker and just more of the same Fox News Reports type GOP head.

He was picked over more conservative options on purpose.

See WSJ article above


32 posted on 02/01/2009 12:32:49 PM PST by wardaddy (The GOP hasn't learned shite)
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To: Peter Andrew Conservative

I guess I’m glad I turned in my GOP Membership after this last election. My nose STILL HURTS from holding it HARD ENOUGH TO BE able to vote for Palin and WHATSHISNAME!


33 posted on 02/01/2009 12:38:13 PM PST by gwilhelm56 (MULLAH HUSSEIN - which part of "Congress shall make no Law" - do you NOT UNDERSTAND??)
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To: KeyLargo; All

Geeeeez! If you had listened to the speech you might have learned something.

I’m not sure why Steele is being called “moderate” because in all the times I’ve seen him on FOX, he’s never appeared to me to be very moderate about anything.

And .. if he was moderate .. then why did the dems BREAK THE LAW - STEALING HIS PRIVATE PAPERS - TO KEEP HIM FROM WINNING HIS ELECTION. If the guy was moderate they would have been able to deal with him - and obviously he could not be dealt with.

Can anybody explain to me - logically - why Steele is being called a “moderate” ..??


34 posted on 02/01/2009 12:38:32 PM PST by CyberAnt (Michael Yon: "The U.S. military is the most respected institution in Iraq.")
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To: wardaddy

I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised, time will tell.


35 posted on 02/01/2009 12:38:35 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: nickcarraway

Woa now.....I never said I supported Duncan.

My first choice was Blackwell and then Dawson.

Do you know all of the Steele’s positions?

His big tent vision?

Have you read his RKBA comments?

His membership in Whitman’s group he only left last summer to get in line for this run?

Have you seen him speak in a chaellenged environment...he’s ok but he’s no Haley?

He’s just more Ken Mehlman which is what got us where we are...he may even be left of Mehlman.

I’m sick of moderate GOP jockeying for the outer perimeter position of the Democrat party.


36 posted on 02/01/2009 12:40:06 PM PST by wardaddy (The GOP hasn't learned shite)
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To: Peter Andrew Conservative

Another newbie using the screen name buzz words like life, taxes, conservative.

Ho hum.


37 posted on 02/01/2009 12:40:15 PM PST by dforest (life is now good again....he has been inaugurated)
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To: wardaddy
"I think the election of Michale Steele advances moderation in the GOP". -----------------------------------

Doesn't that mean "go along to get along"?

38 posted on 02/01/2009 12:43:21 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: CyberAnt; DCPatriot; nickcarraway; traderrob6

He cofounded thus group just 18 months ago for starters:

http://www.whitmanstrategygroup.com/ourteamctw2.html

tell me if you think this group represents conservative values

wake up folks


39 posted on 02/01/2009 12:43:23 PM PST by wardaddy (The GOP hasn't learned shite)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

pretty much

it’s about party not ideology


40 posted on 02/01/2009 12:43:58 PM PST by wardaddy (The GOP hasn't learned shite)
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