Posted on 11/03/2009 10:44:36 AM PST by Ragnar1337
Today Rush Limbaugh gave out his own list of Top 10 Republican Moderate Moments.
You can see a liberal example of the Top 10 at
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/top_ten_moments_in_moderate_go.html
If republican moderates weren’t so liberal I wouldn’t mind them so much. It’s one thing not to be an absolute conservative, it’s quite another thing to be LIBERAL in your views.
The Pravda Media is in overdrive LYING today claiming that Rush’s reference to “RINOs” was an implication of a sex act with actual animals when he said “Scozzafava screwed every RINO in America” by endorsing the Democrat candidate.
Lies by omission are lies too.
RINOs are real. The Democrat run media would pretend that “Republicans” love all Republicans “regardless”.
The talking point doesn’t fly.
McCain voting for bailout should be on this list, but I guess it could be considered part of his “campaign.”
Listening to Rush now. Democrats love big tent GOP thinking because it wins elections for them. Americans need a GOP with a conservative backbone, one that can persuade a majority of Americans to vote for something better than Democrats.
That's just it. If someone doesn't have an absolute conservative view on an issue, they are deemed "too liberal" for this forum.
As a challenge, pick an issue (taxes, federal spending, abortion, gun) and produce a "moderate" view that won't get ripped by most on this forum.
11) Arnold’s whole tenure as Governor
and what should be in the top ten:
Utter lack of support by the Republican Party for Sarah Palin during the 2008 election from ALL the unbelievable attacks by the media,the Democrats and from within the GOP itself.
Shameful!!!
2008 Republican candidate Debate
Question: Show of Hands. Do you think Global Climate Change is a serious threat and is caused by man?
Freeze the frame just as the hands start going up. Its UGLY. Rudy and Mitt were the first to raise their hands with a few more just starting to go up until Fred Thompson saved their buts when he said were not going to play the show of hands game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUn8GSbUl_4
Now this is a ‘Top X list’ I can get behind!
"Moderate" positions are incoherent and unprincipled, just watered-down versions of liberal or conservative positions. Present a watered-down liberal position and you'll get ripped, rightly, for the liberalism far more than you'll get praised for watering it down. Present a watered-down conservative position and you'll get ripped, again rightly, for the watering down far more than you'll get praised for the conservatism.
Liberals say, "We must build a bridge to the other side of this river!" Conservatives say, "A bridge would be expensive, and there's nothing on the other side that would justify confiscating taxpayer dollars to build a bridge to it." Moderates say, "I see the merit in both sides of this debate. Let's build the bridge just halfway across."
Rush attacking Newt.....BOUT TIME!!!!
I would tend to agree. There are a lot of FReepers on here who don't grasp the concept of someone being "conservative enough." That means that, for their district, they're about as conservative as you can get and still be electable. Many FReepers think that a FReeper-style red meat conservative is electable anywhere and everywhere - which is a bad mistake to make.
An example of someone who is "conservative enough" is Chris Christie. Sure, I and a lot of other people wish he could be more conservative, but for NJ, he's about all that will get elected. OnTheIssues says he is pro-life and anti-gay marriage, and has some good points on economic issues. While not perfect, he's "conservative enough" for us in that state.
I think Republican moderate moments can be traced right back to 1948 and Dewey losing to Truman.
Good find! There are moderates - they are just kind of dumb and can’t figure out complex political and social issues. You can get their vote if you explain things in simple, common sense terms to them.
Then there are the “moderates” whom the Democrats love- they are liberals, undermining the Republican party as best they can.
You mean, people express their disagreement with those viewpoints? That is exactly as it should be. Welcome to the battleground of ideas. This is not a Rodney King Zone. We do not all have to get along.
I wouldn’t say that’s entirely true, granted some exceptions. I’ve noted many times that I don’t have an absolute view on abortion and gay marriage. I lean heavily to the right, but I’m not absolute in my view. I’m more of a state’s right or constitution guy in that respect. Mostly because I know that if super majorities aren’t present that it’s stuff that can split a country apart. In ways it has already.....
Although I must admit,...when it comes to abortion I tend to think it’s murder...and I find it hard for myself to justify it’s purpose. But I would say that position is somewhat moderate, because I assume it will always be done and I think societies must admit locally how they wish to live with it.
I’m more of a federalist than I’m conservative. I believe localities and waves of movements ought to be the progression of society. Small to big...not big to small...unless that’s the long-term flow of things.
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