Posted on 01/19/2009 3:56:08 PM PST by The Mayor
Time for a revolt? Yes, it is. It is actually long past due for one, and now is the time to start.
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first." Thomas Jefferson
All over the country Republicans have been losing elections, from here in New York to the National elections. Why? Simple, they have lost their way and have strayed so far from their base no one wants to support them or vote for them.
The Republicans have had their chance to set the agenda, but over the past eight years they proved that once in DC, they throw their constituents under the bus. I feel sorry for the people that call me from the RNC looking for donations, I give them an earful, tell them to pass on my thoughts and concerns to the supposed "Leadership". I have refused to donate but still get letters and questionnaires in the mail. We know these are only pretentious efforts to make us believe we are helping to set the agenda. No, the only thing the RNC looks for is that check in the envelope. I have been tempted to send these back empty.
Now it seems that all the Leaders are scratching their heads wondering what they have done wrong. We need new leaders they say, yet the ones that come to the forefront are from the same group that had a part in putting us in the situation we are in today.
Why are they scratching their heads anyway? If they had been listening to us, as they say, they would know why we are in the losers seat. Their answer to the question? Well that was revealed by Limbaugh in an insiders report from the Republican Retreat. Their orders are to basically "Retreat", and now GW Bush is saying we all must get along. Who are they trying to kid, what are they trying to hide? Basically they want us to surrender to the left. Surrender? Sorry that word is not in my vocabulary.
This weekend we had our first meeting of Primary Challenge. The agenda for the next couple of years is to find candidates to run for the Erie County Legislature and other seats that are up in the county. Next year we will be running candidates to challenge the Party committee seats, both Republican and Democrats. The politicos have been in their own world of greed and corruption for so long, it is time to clean house.
It's time to bring Primary Challenge to the National level.
So how do we take back the Republican Party and Congress and rebuild? We have to do this on two fronts. Taking over the committees at the local level is one step and is a long and tedious process but one that must be done. Usually committee seats are only up every two years. Here in New York, that election just occurred, so we have two years to get the right people in place. We need people, people that are fed up and willing to stop sitting on their apathy, stop being keyboard activists, to get up and do something about it.
The next step is one that has to start now, and the House of Representatives is a primary concern. Searching out Reagan Conservative Republicans to run in a Primary against the incumbents is the place to focus. We need to list the RINO's that need to be eliminated in the next election and the Primary is where they are most vulnerable. By listing them now, making this list very public and in their faces, we can hold them accountable for their votes over the next two years. If they know we are coming and they lose, maybe, just maybe they will get the message that the base is taking the Party back..
We are fed up with the excessive spending, the bloated government, the taxes, the patronage, regulations, restrictions, earmarks, government intervention, government control and the surrendering of all we stand for as Reagan Conservatives. Smaller, more efficient, less intrusive government, the free markets, Capitalism and the infrastructure that made this the Great Country we are. We have become a government dependent society where government supposedly has the answers for everything. The same people that got us here are going to fix this mess? I think not.
Last I knew Congress had an approval rating of 12. This proves the point that WE, The People are no longer in control. It is time to put We The People back in charge.
If Limbaugh, Hannity, Ingrahm, Boortz, and the rest of the Conservative talk show hosts are serious about what they say, and their desire to take back the country to put Reagan Conservatives back in charge, they should be all over this plan.
"It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work -- work with us, not over us; stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it." --Ronald Reagan
People have been saying a third party would gain traction for years. It’s never happened. If we want to affect change, we must work within the GOP.
No you got it on the first hit, with today’s technology we can fly from the U.S., Guam, Midway, and any U.S. Aircraft carrier to and hit pretty much any target anywhere in the world within hours.
We need to get back to protecting our DIRECT interest, and not laying down American lives and wealth for another country that spits in our face and knifes us in the back two minutes after we finish saving their asses.
A lot of my brothers in arms have died over my career doing just that, and I refuse to support such actions anymore!
AS you stated “many countries would turn on us in a minute”... THEY ALREADY HAVE... Russian GPS jammers in Iraq located during the invasion, German weapons, French weapons, Russian weapons the list goes on and all this dated and delivered just before our troops hit the ground... and at the time these countries all our (supposed) allies!
We gotta get back to taking care of our own or we will end up in... well, the position we are in now!
Rant ends...
Hey, we tried to boot a RINO outta office in GA during the last election, and oh what a fit a lot of freepers threw, oh we can’t lose this seat, oh we gotta have that one and not that one...
We tried to help out by losing a RINO and just got sand kicked in our face for our efforts... a lot of us have been trying to purge the party of RINOs for years and what did we get for our efforts... scorn and a couple of knives in the back by our own side...
So unless you (FR) GOP activist can get on the same page, I’ll just save the time and stress by supporting the Constitution Party.
The GOP is a wastebasket and needs to be emptied, times are a changing my friend... people are tired of the status quo and the destruction of our country, the last election was a very BIG wake up call... Constitution Party
The GOP is a party of no consequence... They have helped to hasten the destruction of the constitution and our country just as quickly as the Dems... I supported them for 30+ years and I will no more...
BUMP
Closed primaries are a MUST. The notion of an open primary is ridiculous on its face.
I’ll also add we have got to get better organized and more effective with PR. We have to go beyond preaching to the choir. The Left and the RINOs have so sullied the name Republican, and have lied so much about who’s to blame for problems. We really need to do alot more than just get true conservatives elected. I think their needs to be a groundswell against politicians. We need to present our candidates as anti-politicians, as Joe the Plumbers and as Sarah Palins, as statesmen/public servants and not political hacks. Most people are sick of politicians from either side. Obama did us all a favor by filling his administration with Clinton hacks as he gave us a means to expose his change as more of the same. I also think that the can do no wrong aura does not extend beyond him personally. He will get a big pass because he was first but that doesn’t mean that everything around him can’t be taken down and exposed as same-old same-old.
Too late, Tommy. It's already here.
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They are National Guard youth Challenge members, as discovered by another FReeper. So they are not O-bots.
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I would like to give a big bump here to the American Independent Party and the Constitutional Party. Without them, most of our suits and efforts wouldn’t have gotten this far. I know where my efforts are going after this election.
The Republican Party can win the next election. Free ice cream to everyone. That always works for the Rats. ;0)
Have you thought this through, or are you an erstwhile agent provocateur?
A late, yet timely response. Include me....please.
I admire the effort!
I’m afraid that the conservative personalities and ideas will have to come before the money will start flowing.
You can’t start with a fist full of dollars in search of a conservative voice.
Hear Hear!
I agree with all that but we are focusing on Congress not the Presidential election. 2010 all of the House is up for re-election and 1/3rd of the senate. Individual states will have primaries for their congressman.
I didn’t get a chance to vote for my candidate in the primary, had no choices for Pres, the decision was already made by others.
Agreed. The representatives that have stuck it out and not sold out need to stay. How many stayed in chambers refusing to jump on the bail out bandwagon. There are good congressman, but we have to focus on the rinos and the corrupt.
Thanks Meek! Haven’t seen you in a while.
Sounds like you are right on target. To me when this gets going the name Primary Challenge will mean more than people know.
Backing Conservative candidates against rinos and getting Conservative Democrats to challenge their leftists....
We already have a couple candidates to challenge Dems... This needs to be a unified effort with everyone working together to make it happen.
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