Posted on 10/22/2009 12:11:55 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
The Republican Party is in search of a message to attract voters who are angry with just about everything — healthcare, the U.S. deficit, Wall Street bonuses, increased unemployment and home foreclosures to mention a few.
“There’s a lot of anger out there and there’s a lot of frustration,” said Republican Senator John McCain, who was defeated by Democrat Barack Obama for president last year.
Thousands of people are turning up at townhall meetings and “tea party” protests against government policies, he noted.
“So there’s something going on out there. And I’d love to sit here and tell you that we Republicans are attracting all of those unhappy people but we’re not, we’re not,” McCain said at a Reuters Washington Summit.
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What, the original one--the Constitution--isn't good enough, McLame?
Typical RINO idiot. Thinks that he can mouth the right words and we'll all just come running into his arms again.
Yeah RIGHT!
Yeah, we are also angry over a Party that put you up as our Presidential candidate.
Honest to God, if I see his meddling ass in the headlines again I’m going to vomit. GO AWAY MCCAIN.......can’t you board a plane with one working engine?
If the original Constitution was good enough for McLame do you think he would have redacted the 1st Amendment in CFR?
Oddly, the nugget of the framing of a message...the best one I’ve heard lately was a bit of David Cameron speaking on Government being the problem/cause. It isn’t perfectly applicable, but the framing of it was something for a candidate to look at.
Of course, we also need candidates who BELIEVE government is a problem..but as far as message, we must start framing government as the cause of our woes not the solution.
One thing we on the right underestimate is the power of repetition. While it is all well and good to post here, or call into Beck/Rush etc, that is mostly preaching to the choir. The left is very adept at posting comments under articles and on message boards that may not be overtly political, but get into political discussions.
The mushy middle who barely pay attention are the ones who make the differences in some elections, and are affected by what they hear on the surface over a period of time.
For too long, the left (and some of the faux right) have reinforced the idea that you look to government for your life’s problems. It won’t change over night, but Cameron stumbled upon a decent phraseology...not that you shouldn’t look to government, but that recent government IS ITSELF the problem.
The concept of another layer of Federal Government that spends money has been accepted as “the way it is”. Us on the right have done a terrible job of fighting for the minds of the children and the mushy middle. The educational system was given away to the radical left without much of a fight.
Getting involved by calling local talk shows that are more issue based rather than left/right. Posting on the internet on other sites and presenting a point of view that challenges the current view can help over time. The dripping faucet fills a bucket over a long period of time...or whatever analogy you choose.
Geesh.
The GOP’s answer so far has been to back liberals in NY, PA and FL and for Graham to tell angry voters at his town halls to GTFO of his party.
These TEA partiers are fed up with people like McCain, thats what
We will not fall for “Contract with America” again idiots.
Sell out, roll over, throw, play dead, do nothing.
The rinos are looking for words, speeches.
WE are looking for CONSERVATIVES.
Message from angry voters to McCain;
GET LOST! And take your pudgy little pig faced daughter with you! And don’t forget to stuff a rag in her mouth and wrap it with duct tape when you leave.
(Is that angry enough for you?)
He is purposesly covering his ears and singing La La La.
For McCrap the words “I QUIT” would work fine.
We've come to expect overt treason from the Democrats. It's just who they are and what they do. We will no longer tolerate such from people claiming to be Republican.
Snowe-job and Graham-cracker. Two new dart board faces to shoot for.
“Yeah, we are also angry over a Party that put you up as our Presidential candidate.”
Sadly it was us, the voters, who put him in. Sure some elements of the party were behind him but without the heavy support of so many in the primaries McLame wouldn’t have been the candidate.
Not that the other “top” people would have been great bits either. Mitt was a phony who switched his key positions to further his ambition (gays, abortion, etc) and would have been exposed as such, Huck would have been smashed, and Rudy probably would have gone down too. We are also coming up against a difficult time. The economy was tanking and after eight years with one party in the White House people tend to want to switch horses when things are going bad. The circumstances were tough ones and Zero, for all the very true negatives that he has, was a tough opponent to run against. To win in this climate it would have taken a good candidate and sadly in a nation of three hundred million the Republican party primary process only managed to give us a handful of dopes, RINOS, and losers.
I would suggest that the Republican Party can find their missing message by listening to Sarah Palin, and Mike Savage, or anyone else with strong conservative principles (Ronald Reagan, e.g.).
Hellllloooo, Juan! We’ve been sending a message since the Tea Parties began in Feb. I attended the really large message party that we delivered to the foot of the Capital on 9/12. Weren’t you listening??????
“They’re out there kind of in the middle and they haven’t found a home. And in fact they haven’t even channeled their anger yet,” he said.
Kind of in the middle??? What a LIAR, (Liberal Impersonating A Republican)!
IMHO, open primaries probably had as much or more to do with McCain being chosen as the candidate than anything “... us the voters...” did.
Here in Virginia, open primaries have allowed (D)’s to choose (R) candidate for years. I have actually been in the presence of (D)’s laughing out loud at what we permit them to do to us.
I haven’t gone back to fact check yet, but I will, relying solely on my memory, wasn’t McCain’s position in the primaries somewhat diminished before New Hampshire? And doesn’t N.H. have an open primary? I suspect that a lot of (D)’s voted in that primary for McCain who then disappeared during the general election.
Look in the Mirror Idiot
Giggle. Sounds like some of the guys I used to date. At least McJuan could send flowers...a dinner invite...weekend getaway...
We got stuck with McCain in 2008 due to one thing and one thing only: Open primaries. Get rid of open primaries and RINOs like McCain will not get near the nomination.
I got it McCain, just tell them that you and all your pussy RINO twits are all going to retire.
You are right...SAME thing in New Hampshire. Democrats use open primaries to choose Republican candidates...this is a deliberate political strategy.
"A political party cannot be all things to all people.
It must represent certain fundamental beliefs
which must not be compromised to political expediency
or simply to swell its numbers."
-- President Ronald Reagan
"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party
over to the traitors in the battle just ended.
We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged
to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support.
Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates
wouldn’t make any sense at all.""
-- President Ronald Reagan
Hey Juan
First, watch this video..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6heXIdSpDdE
Then take your liberal RINO McFriends and your queer leftist “moderate” fat-arsed big mouthed daughter and move to San Francisco..... And STFU!
Huh? AGAIN?????? You gotta be kidding! I wasn't stupid enough to run "into his arms" to begin with. Anyone w/ half a brain (& little respect for the Constitution) should have avoided that before the 2008 election.
But like a beaten wife who continues to run back to her abusive husband, most FReepers will run back to the GOP in future elections.
Hey Juan, the message is simple” STOP BEING A RINO!
1. We will abolish the EPA, the Dept of Ed., the Dept of Energy, Dept of Labor, Dept of Health and Human Services and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. States, you're all on your own to take on these tasks and deal with them as you see fit.
2. We will amend the US Constitution to repeal the 16th amendment. The Federal Goverment will now collect taxes directly from the individual state governments based on the outlay of federal dollars directly to the individual states, excluding moneys that are used for the common defense which shall be based upon the populations of the individual states.
3. We will amend the Constitution to repeal the 17th amendment and return the power to the states as the founders envisioned.
4. We will amend the Constitution to incorporate term limits for members of Congress.
5. We will enforce border security and stop the influx of illegal immigrants to this country by any means necessary. We will deport any and all who are caught crossing the border.
6. We will repeal TARP.
7. We will repeal any private industry bailouts that have occurred in the last 10 years.
8. We will eliminate any federal laws that sanction or provide support for abortion. It's not a federal issue, if government must be involved, it's at the state level.
9. Any laws currently on the books that contradict any of the above will be immediately repealed.
Good points.
Some democrats but also some of the more centrist people and many of them would have defected during the campaign. Obama had a type of charisma that was able to get people to ignore his lack of substance and qualification. I never understood it myself but there is no question that he could charm folks. McCain came off as an unlikeable angry old man.
I don’t think Obama will have that advantage in 2012. He still might have the gilded tongue and the soaring rhetoric but he’ll also have a record and the voters will turn on him because of it provided the Republicans field a semi-decent candidate.
Hey McLame!!! You’re one of the main reasons we’re so angry!!!! Thanks to you we have “The 0ne” shredding the constitution for the next 4 years.
RETIRE!
Announcing his retirement would help.
‘I Quit’ from McLame....
All Other Limp Repub’s ..... Gurgeling sounds....
[from the Tea Bags]
Hey McCain...how about permanently suspending your campaign?
Hey John, that anger is directed at you and other lukewarm compromisers who call themselves 'Conservative' but stab us in the back at every opportunity...we are sick of corruption, period. You're part of the problem--get out and give somebody else a chance.
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