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Is the Republican Party Finished?
The American Thinker ^ | December 29, 2010 | Michael Filozof

Posted on 12/29/2010 3:23:30 AM PST by Scanian

The lame-duck session of the 111th Congress proved one thing beyond a doubt: the Republican Party does not represent the interests of conservatives. Despite the midterm election tidal wave, in which the Republican Party gained 63 House seats (eclipsing its historic1994 success against Clinton), congressional Republicans failed to leverage their victory into political clout and collapsed like a house of cards in the lame-duck session.

The last two weeks ought to have sickened conservatives. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spectacularly failed to hold his caucus together to even delay ratification of the START treaty until the 112th Congress is seated in January. Republican leftists Olympia Snowe and Lisa Murkowski sided with Democrats to end the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, forcing the gay agenda from the streets of San Francisco right into the U.S. Marine Corps. Congressional Republicans agreed to cut FICA taxes for Social Security (which is underfunded already) and expand the Democratic Party's welfare state constituency by extending unemployment benefits -- in exchange for maintaining current tax rates for a paltry two years. The deal will add billions to the deficit. Tea Party darling Scott Brown, mocked by Obama for driving a truck in his insurgent 2009 campaign in which he stole "Ted Kennedy's seat" from the Democrats, voted for Obama's agenda on all of these issues.

Give the Democratic devils their due. They are astute students of Machiavelli.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; dadt; dontaskdonttell; gop; homosexualagenda; mcconnell; start; taxbill
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To: A Strict Constructionist

Conservativism IS compassionate. Liberalism is tyranny.

Those two simple facts are completely beyond the grasp of every RINO in America and the entire Bush family.


21 posted on 12/29/2010 4:26:25 AM PST by samtheman
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To: MCF

The problem begins with the plethora of authoritarian statists right here on FR.


22 posted on 12/29/2010 4:29:22 AM PST by Emperor Palpatine (I'm shocked! Shocked to find out that gambling is going on in here!)
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To: Scanian

I have always only thought of the Republicans as what they are: The lesser of 2 evils.

This way, the disappointment is easier to swallow.


23 posted on 12/29/2010 4:32:58 AM PST by kingpins10
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To: samtheman

“Liberalism is tyranny.”

The O crowd is proving this every day.


24 posted on 12/29/2010 4:45:28 AM PST by A Strict Constructionist (Oligarchy...never vote for the Ivy League candidate.)
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To: central_va; ThePatriotsFlag
The Va. Tea Party Chairman is running for the Republican Senate Primary in ‘12.

I do not live in VA and I know nothing about this individual, but I have several questions. How did this person become Chairman? Was there a vote? If so, who voted? Was it an appointment? If so, who did the appointing? Or was the position merely assumed by this individual?

IMO, FReeper ThePatriotsFlag said it best about a year ago;

Something special is happening with the Tea Party Movement of today. Of course people will try to gain control of it because it is a very powerful source of energy. But the concern that it is “not controlled” and therefore “doomed” is unfounded. It needs not be nor should it be confined ... to a leader, to an organization or to a specific plan. Such activity would nullify the greatness of what it has become to date and could grow to in the future. One needn’t worry ... one only need to join the energy, shun people who attempt its control and allow plans to be spur of the moment. With a leader, there is a target, with an organization, a counter-organization, with a plan, a thwarting of the plan. But as pure ENERGY ... nothing can stop it. Think of it is energy ... join it, and be a part of this historical change-making effort.

25 posted on 12/29/2010 4:46:50 AM PST by Roccus
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

I don’t understand this sentiment at all. This was NOT the 112th congress — it was the 111th congress! To expect THAT congress to act like the elections meant something is sheer sophistry.

Besides, during the lame duck session, we got the most liberal President in American History to admit that Art Laffer supply side Reaganomics WORKS. That is a stunning accomplishment.

This article is out of place — unless the 112th congress acts like the 111th — in which case it will be on the money.


26 posted on 12/29/2010 4:48:31 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright
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To: Scanian

They have until the end of 2011 to convince me that they have really turned toward real and true conservatism. They also have to convince me that they are truly making a serious effort to overturn any (and every) non-constitutional action the government has done over the past 100 years.

At the end of 2011, I will make the decision whether to dump them in lieu of a serious third party that will do what I expect.


27 posted on 12/29/2010 4:51:48 AM PST by DH (The Second Amendment is the only protection for the First Amendment)
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To: ClearCase_guy

its what I do. No money to the rnc in years, they do not represent me,


28 posted on 12/29/2010 4:52:46 AM PST by reefdiver ("Let His day's be few And another takes His office")
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To: Scanian

Democrats = 100% Commie
Republicans = mostly commie with a few members who try vainly to be conservative
Tea Party = mostly conservatives and a few commie infiltrators who think nobody is noticing


29 posted on 12/29/2010 5:00:22 AM PST by BuffaloJack (The Recession is officially over. We are now into Obama's Depression.)
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To: Scanian
Perfect slogan for "Conservatives" to begin hammering Lefist Demo-Rats AND RINO's and continue driving it home thru the next election:

HAD ENOUGH?

I heard this on Beck last night and he was repeating what was the slogan of some Republicans in the 1940's

It is akin to the "Are you better off today then......!"

Moreover, it is generic and can be used against all incumbents, especially those who we want to oust from both parties.

30 posted on 12/29/2010 5:04:27 AM PST by Conservative Vermont Vet ((One of ONLY 37 Conservatives in the People's Republic of Vermont. Socialists and Progressives All))
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To: ClearCase_guy
You people are nuts. The Republicans had no more votes in the Lameduck session than it had in the regular session.

If you expected more voting power to suddenly appear because Democrats were motivated to bow to the Republicans over that win, you really don't know Democrats ~ which is a good reason to NOT LET YOU GET INTO POWER.

The new day starts on the first day of the new session in January.

31 posted on 12/29/2010 5:04:49 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: C. Edmund Wright; SWAMPSNIPER

The people doing the kvetching are Mitbots and Democrat disruptors. Don’t listen to them.


32 posted on 12/29/2010 5:08:59 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: Scanian

If the republican senators don’t come together in the new session and vote in our interests, I’ll certainly be finished with them.


33 posted on 12/29/2010 5:12:28 AM PST by jersey117
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To: muawiyah

Its amazing how many have bought into this tactic. The new congress hasn’t even taken office and they want to throw them overboard.


34 posted on 12/29/2010 5:14:30 AM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Scanian

GOP is dead to me, unless I see a Leadership a substantive change, pure and simple.
THe Bushes, and their fellow travelers have brought us to this point.
McConnell isn’t cutting the mustard in my book.


35 posted on 12/29/2010 5:21:38 AM PST by J Edgar
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To: cripplecreek

It is not the House that is the problem - it’s the Senate. They certainly didn’t have to jump on board with the lame ducks.


36 posted on 12/29/2010 5:21:58 AM PST by jersey117
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To: cripplecreek

It is not the House that is the problem - it’s the Senate. They certainly didn’t have to jump on board with the lame ducks.


37 posted on 12/29/2010 5:24:20 AM PST by jersey117
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To: jersey117

Usual suspects.


38 posted on 12/29/2010 5:25:04 AM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: muawiyah
Understood.

I've seen freepers who seemed to indicate that the new folks elected last November have been casting bad votes. Obviously, they are not yet seated, so they have not been casting any votes, good or bad. I get that.

My anger is with the old stalwarts like Snowe and Collins, and the relatively new Brown. They saw the results from Nov. They know which way the wind is blowing. They understand that Obama is a disaster -- and those establishment Republicans STILL INSIST on helping Liberal Democrats push their agenda forward.

The Lame Duck Congress was the perfect time for the existing Republicans to show that they "get it".

Well, they don't.

39 posted on 12/29/2010 5:26:57 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: J Edgar

“McConnell isn’t cutting the mustard in my book.”

Nope-—he gave away the store in the lame duck.

Look what it did for 0’s poll numbers-—the best he’s seen in over a year.


40 posted on 12/29/2010 5:29:14 AM PST by Scanian
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