Posted on 10/25/2009 11:33:32 PM PDT by dalight
The GOP reminds me of the ECUSA. The more members they lose the harder they run to the left, determined that they aren’t tolerant, inclusive and progressive enough.
Then we should all send them one dollar...ripped in half. Let them spend their time, energy and money sending receipts and taping dollar bills together.
In sports the coach often gets a public vote of confidence shortly before resigning even as the owner/GM are working to arrainge the resignation. If the GOP is smart, they will be promising support for her as they work behind the scenes to get her to withdraw.
If the Polls are as I read late last week, withdrawing might be her most face saving option. Only time will tell.
Not to far off. Just understand that there is an army of handlers and professionals running the party in Washington, working for Congressmen and Senators and prospective candidates.
They are hired guns, and like Steve Schmidt, don't really think that much of loyalty or Conservatism, or the intelligence of the American People.
They know they are in control and the Tea Party people are not playing by the rules and they want all of that power in Washington so when they get their turn, they can play.
Ultimately, they have to be pushed aside, at least some of them by others who understand, the game has changed.
I cannot adequately express the chagrin I felt when the Republicans failed to reverse even some of the policies implemented by the four decades of Democrat inflicted self-destruction of the Republic, and the bitter disappointment continues with the insistence of the Republican Party on backing candidates to the Left of JFK.
It is past time, and hopefully, we will accomplish the shift toward conservatism this country needs to survive, and ultimately prosper.
The GOP also is not going to stop lying about Obama’s Natural Born Citizenship, either. They are into lying and putting on false airs and fronts a lot these days.
They haven't listened since the days of Lincoln; and they aren't about to start listening now.
They will only listen when their contributions drop to ZERO, and every RINO candidate they put forward or support is defeated, either by a more conservative candidate in the primaries, or by a more conservative candidate in the general. And when their even more desperate appeals for money amount to ZERO.
They do not mind being the minority party. They don't care if Democrats have 100% of all electoral positions. So long as they can keep collecting donations to resist the eeeeeevil Democrats, they can stay in business, and keep living high on the hog.
The enemies of their fund-raising scams are conservatives, not Democrats. They will funnel money to Democrats under the table, if necessary, to keep conservatives from having a voice in our government.
How much does it cost to process a donation?
Send less?
Maybe we should do it to both parties!
During the pres election, they couldn’t beg, borrpw, or steal money for mcCain. Then he named Sarah Palin to the ticket and the flood gates opened like Moses parting the Red Sea. What they did to Palin was beyond disgraceful. If it had not been for her, McCain would have sunk to the bottom of the sea where he rightfully, (or leftfully,) belongs.
As it was, he sunk his own self and everybody who follows politics KNOWS it.
THIS time, they will ave committed suicide if they don’t get right, (no pun intended,) with the Base. I will never, ever, ever again vote for the lesser of two evils. In the end, evil is just evil. No less, no more.
Absolutely. It's the political equivalent of the war on drugs. The most important thing is to keep it going and you can't do that if you have won.
Hildy, I have done that since the Terri Schiavo crap when the Bush brothers said the right things and did NOTHING. They still send my “lifetime membership” card every year, and I keep sending it back shredded in their Postage Paid envelope along with a hand torn donation solicitation.
I have long since had it.
GOP won't realize how wrong they are until their Presidential Candidate suffers a MONDALE or McGOVERN style Defeat..
Thus my recurring NIGHTMARE... ‘12 GOP Convention we see the GOP Candidate... OLYMPIA SNOWE
Actually, there is some really good analysis going on about just this effect. As Conservatives say crap on it.. and leave.. the Republican party is by force shifting left. There was a really good analysis of this effect posted on the C4P site trying to understand why Huckabee is doing well in poling when Conservatives generally aren't really that interested in him. The answer is that the Palinites are not reporting Republican affiliation to the polsters as much anymore.
The percentage of people identifying as Republicans is down to 20% and of them, still 73% say the party has lost touch with their concerns.
The officials and functionaries and a growing percentage of the remainder of Republicans are liberal and they are hoping for a return of the 60's and the era of Country Club Republicans without the messy and unpleasant ideas of the unwashed masses.
Newt was once at the vanguard of the demand for change, but now, he is caught on the page looking at how are we going to grab a share of the liberals pie. They like what Rahm did running to the right of the conservatives and gaining control and think they should play the same game against the Dems, but it won't work for the same reason it didn't in 2006 and 2008.
The base is loyal to ideology, not a brand. The party elites believe that ideology is spent and decrepit but just like the earth not playing along with the Global Warming hoax, the country yearns for values, honesty and integrity. People know the consequences of spending like there is no tomorrow, because they are in our face every day now.. and as the dollar plummets while Obama plays his fiddle, saying "Rome must burn so I can make it better." Our Republican party is thinking, mmmm.. pretty.
“I will never, ever, ever again vote for the lesser of two evils. In the end, evil is just evil. No less, no more.”
Well said, and I am with you.
The GOP is in freefall to oblivion.
The GOP.
Burn it down and turn it around. Get rid of the old growth and allow the new trees to flourish. Then do a LOT of clearcutting to make sure it stays that way.
Hildy, I have done that since the Terri Schiavo crap when the Bush brothers said the right things and did NOTHING. They still send my “lifetime membership” card every year, and I keep sending it back shredded in their Postage Paid envelope along with a hand torn donation solicitation.
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Indeed. The state governor AND the United States Congress getting punked by a district judge? Please.
They didn’t want to fight, and don’t intend to start.
Menshevik bastards. The weaker, pinker reds.
Here’s ANOTHER sample:
Oct 25, 7:32 AM (ET)
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Republican Gov. Charlie Crist probably wasn’t worried that literally embracing President Barack Obama back in February and strongly supporting the $787 billion federal stimulus package would hurt his U.S. Senate campaign.
Sure, the hardcore party base wasn’t happy, but the appearance was an opportunity to win over Democrats, independents and moderate Republicans who voted for Obama. The president’s approval ratings were high, and any Republican thinking about running for an open seat in 2010 stopped thinking about it when Crist signaled interest.
All except former House Speaker Marco Rubio. Political insiders said it wasn’t logical to challenge an incumbent governor who had high approval ratings and could raise gobs of money. However, Rubio said it didn’t make sense for the highest-profile Republican in Florida to embrace a Democratic president and a plan that would raise the federal deficit.
Now Rubio is gaining momentum as he reminds Republican voters of Crist’s hug. And the same political insiders who downplayed Rubio are starting to think the unthinkable: Crist’s campaign might be threatened by another Republican.
“I just knew that if we were true to ourselves and what we stand for, and we went out and told enough people about it, that we would begin to make progress and that’s what’s happening,” Rubio said.
Rubio has swept 12 straw polls held by county Republican committees by enormous percentages. He nearly tripled his fundraising last quarter, topping the $1 million mark to provide a financial and psychological boost to his campaign. Conservative radio talk show hosts adore him, as well as party activists. He’s been praised by conservative columnist George Will and endorsed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Sens. James Inhofe, R-Okla., and Jim DeMint, R-S.C..
We GOT to fight them. And we got to do it so they NOTICE!
But, you will abandon her the night of the election, right after she loses. Choose wisely, RNC. (not that I think for a moment you will)
Screw 'em.
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