Posted on 04/24/2009 8:15:54 PM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance
I just got a phone call from a nice lady who said she had a message for me from Michael Steele.
She told me how shameful it was that Mr. Obama would bow to a Saudi and was urging my support of the RNC.
I cut her spiel short and agreed that the bow and overall moral cowardice of that man is a disgrace. (I am praying that Mr. Obama will become a man of courage and decency.)
I then made it very clear that in my eyes, Mr. Steele has been less than a mighty force for Conservatism--so far. I pointed out how he has been wimpy on the Second Amendment, got thoroughly feedbacked and has taken a better position of late.
I noted that the RNC is not yet taking a strong enough stand about the BLOODY hands of the Kansas Governor/HHS candidate, nor about the loathsome loose lips of the DHS figurehead Napolitano.
I told her I'm the last person who would hope to see the GOP divided but I am not satisfied that the RNC's agenda is satisfactory--and as a result I will support local/state and national candidates directly instead of through the RNC.
At that comment, my Gentle Caller protested that the RNC does not support any candidates in primaries.
I told her it was TIME THEY DID.
I told her it was time they posted criteria on who and why they supported such.
I told her it was time for CLOSED primaries.
She again told me the RNC doesn't support closed primaries.
I didn't have the chance to mention the RNC's general vacuum-like absence of SUPPORT of its GRASSROOTS BASE at the 4/15 Tea Parties.
I did tell her I would be posting details of this conversation here at FR.
I didn't get around to mentioning how the last two Christmases I've been wished "Happy Holidays" instead of Merry Christmas so I'll add that thought here as well.
/ RANT OFF
I told mine, no money for RINOs.
Good rant.
i.e., they'll support anyone who even CLAIMS to be a Republican - this must be how disgraces like Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, and Lindsey Graham got elected.
Tell them what I tell them:
When Steele resigns, I'll contribute again.
You are so much kinder and forgiving than I am.
TT
Damn fine rant.Maybe we should all get the phone number and make similiar calls and let em know that open primaries is one of the major problems conservatives have with the rnc and steele just aint cuttin it.Time for him to go.
Great rant. At least yours was G rated.
What I said to the National and State RNC caller was X rated and not fit for a family friendly site.
PING.
How do you do that?
Just doing the ranting that tepid-Americans won’t do...
“At that comment, my Gentle Caller protested that the RNC does not support any candidates in primaries. “
Bull. Last election and as late as this week they were pulling out all the stops to get Arlen Spectre reelected.
Not one thin dime.
The fact that ANYONE can call themselves Republican and then run for office under the GOP ticket is exactly why the freaking left has almost taken over BOTH parties. The courts ruled int Tennessee that merely winning the primary did not guarantee that you would be your party’s candidate. The state party may put anyone they desire on the ticket. With a strong state party chairman (or chairwoman in our case), the RINO leaning Republicans have straightened up and are flying right.
I live in Maine.
The reason RINOs like Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe get elected is this: Every time one of these senators is up for re-election, their democrat opponents are ultra, far leftists in the mold of Cindy Sheehan or Ted Kennedy.
Collins and Snowe come off looking like mainstream conservatives when compared with their looney tune opponents (even though Collins and Snowe are not conservative).
This has got to be a good read!!
Save for tomorrow
Obviously I’m not the only one disgusted with the lack of Conservative conviction by the OP you conveniently overlook. Nor am I the only one who won’t support them so long as they continue down the path towards socialism.
Contribute Zero to the RNC. Max out contributions to PAC’s such as Sarah Palins and individual conservatives nationwide. The RNC needs a major wake-up call. They are DNC Light.
Seems like they need some Competition?
Run (just know that your true competition is the media, not your opponent)
TT
You are awesome!
Thank you for the great rant at just the right person!
She really said all those things?
Wow. No wonder the GOP ended up with McCain.
Well, the RNC has good reasons for:
a) Not supporting closed primaries;
b) Frontloading the primary schedule with liberal states and penalizing any conservative states that try to move up their dates.
These reasons are obvious. They want to see Big-Tent Country Club RINOs win as often as possible.
There’s no way in hell that Loser McCain, the feeblest candidate since Bob Dole, could have won the nomination if the primaries had been decently run. But by the time most conservatives got to vote, it was already too late.
OUST RINOS IN PRIMARIES, NOT GENERAL ELECTIONS
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1696003/posts
That does not say much for the intelligence of Maine residents.
It is up to we, the people, to take back the country. We cannot leave it up to Michael Steele, talk radio, Congress, the President, or anyone else. That is why we have to push back until we get our country back. That is what http://pushbackuntil.com is all about - a 5-10 year battle to make Constitutional amendments that will protect our republic from this and future Congresses that display ineptness and irresponsibility.
Be in D.C. to Push Back Until!
It is up to we, the people, to take back the country. We cannot leave it up to Michael Steele, talk radio, Congress, the President, or anyone else. That is why we have to push back until we get our country back. That is what http://pushbackuntil.com is all about - a 5-10 year battle to make Constitutional amendments that will protect our republic from this and future Congresses that display ineptness and irresponsibility.
Be in D.C. to Push Back Until!
I just tell them that I am no longer a republican. When they begin to phumpher, I tell them that I am a Conservative and give my money to known Conservatives......
Thank you for speaking for us. Perhaps we should print it out and keep it by the phone!
Excellent my FRiend! So many of my friends are doing the same thing, the only thing that will wake them up is when we take it all back. I am rockin and rollin here locally. Another big protest May 9th and heads are going to roll!
I got called tonight too. Cut off the caller before he got into his Obama spiel and hung up.
Then I explain that most of the people in Congress, Republicans included, should be in jail for not upholding their sworn oath to uphold the Constitution and supporting the Rule of Law!
Further, I advise that my political contributions go to Conservatives, not gutless jellyfish, and RINOs.
Great rant!!
Good for you.
You’re an American Patriot.
Not the NE Boston type who think Patriots are a football team and Tom Brady is Sam Adams.*
*Although the Patriot with the 1775 Era 3 point hat on their helmets was cool back in the 80’s and 90’s. Than Bill Parcells changed the uniforms.
What if we created a conservative PAC that did exactly what you described: supported conservative candidates in primaries and in elections, publicly praised candidates and elected officials for their conservative stances, publicly dissed candidates and elected officials for their liberal stances, pushed the GOP for closed primaries and for changes to the party machinery.
Thanks for the ping!
Good rant Spirit. We’ve all been telling these callers things like this for well over a year and they still don’t get the message.
Wasn’t the Murphy/Tedisco election supposed to be an indicator of Steele’s prowess?
“She again told me the RNC doesn’t support closed primaries.”
I do and they should. I live in NYS where they have them. When I was in Georgia, it made me feel somewhat dirty voting for the weaker of the Dems.
I did the same thing a couple of days ago. My wife was sitting across from me when I took the call. She said, “Wow, that was some speech you just made. I don’t think even those idiots could misunderstand what you said.”
She was trolling for donations, yes? You should have cut to the chase and asked for the address, so you could send a tea bag.
thanks, for the info. 
“She told me how shameful it was that Mr. Obama would bow to a Saudi and was urging my support of the RNC. “
I would have countered how shameful it was for the RNC to give us a presidential candidate who was chosen to lose.
The GOP has become Democrat light, and that is shameful.
These people require the example of force because they are under the delusion of their cult. With them there is no middle ground or negotiations. Islamists require "Wack-A-Mole" response - as fast as possible.
You're a better man than I am-- anything from the Stupid Party gets refused here, right off the bat.
I did not leave them- they left me, before the 2006 debacle and they've gotten even stupider since then.
Show me a candidate who will fight for smaller government, fewer taxes, and laws, and regulations, and who understands the importance of the Bill of Rights and a strong military, and I'll give 'em my heart and soul.
Others need not apply...
BUMP!
I feel sorry for these either paid or volunteer G.O.P. fund seekers.
I have been called or written many times by the party asking for money. I tell them all that as soon as the party takes a stand against RINOs I will give only to those deserving.
Actual real less govt. is best got. types if ya can find any.
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