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
It will be a long hard battle. The Republic is at stake.
#1 still applies. I would go so far as to require consistent GOP registration for at least 2 years before voting in our primaries so that the crossovers don't come in and choose our weakest or most liberal candidates.
Ping for Later
So you won’t support a party or candidate unless they agree with everything you say? Good luck with that.
I’m not sure there is anything left to revolt against. At least twenty states, such as NM, OR, and NH are essentially shut off to the GOP, as well as CA, NY, MI, etc.
To those who are talking of bolting for a third party, how many of you have actually tried to work within the GOP to make it reflect your own beliefs? Or is your activism limited to posting on the internet?
Exactly! The Primaries are a MUST Win! And, in some States one must either Register as a Republican or a Democrat to vote in the Primaries. That must change in all States!
I stopped watching Lou Dobbs because he was urging his viewers to Register as Independents. I know that many States have a requirement that you Register as either a Republican or a Democrat to be eligible to vote in the Primary. I thought Lou Dobbs was trying to sway the Election Process by urging his viewers to register and Vote as Independents. Lou can go suck eggs!
I;ll look at Republicans again when someone tells me WHO AND WHEN was that looser McCain picked to represent us. I swear to God we PURPOSELY threw this election by picking a man who could do nothing else BUT lose.
One day he was almost totally out of the running , the NEXT DAY he was on top of the heap.Someone explain THAT to me .
The Republicans are the Edsels of the 21st Century.
We need aRADICAL > AGRESSIVE new party that is willing to take back America from the Marxist who have now taken over.
You all do realize that , right ? Yea?
We are now lead by a Marxist . Think about it .
I have given up on the pubbies, not a dime’s worth of difference between most of them and the ‘rats. We went socialist under a so-called Republican.
Real conservatives Home school or place in private school, if you can't afford to do either...shouldn't have had kids.
Conservatives should PROACTIVE and not excuse makers.
Liberals REACT and always have an excuse...it's too expensive, I don't have time...
Conservatives sacrifice and do what's right the first time, every time.
I think their are a lot of allies waiting in the wings for someone to lead them out... just as I told the RNC during their fund raising efforts... "put up a conservative candidate and I'll put up some of my hard earned funds"!
Their= There... looking sheepishly at the floor...
They get 3rd party candidates to split the vote, like 2006 in Montana and last year in Maryland.
Thank you!
Traditional values and closed borders or forget it.
Music to my ears! I just hope that new movement isn't the underground resistance-type of movement...
Thank you my FRiend, I wish more people could see this as clearly as you.
Agreed!
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