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CPAC Unwise to Snub Christie, Gays
Townhall.com ^ | March 1, 2013 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 03/01/2013 4:58:38 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

I guess Jonah would have given space to NAMBLA Republicans too


41 posted on 03/01/2013 5:55:57 AM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL

When the fairies are displeased with anybody, they are said to send their elves to pinch them.

The ecclesiastics, when they are displeased with any civil state, make also their elves, that is, superstitious, enchanted subjects, to pinch their princes, by preaching sedition; or one prince, enchanted with promises, to pinch another.

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan: with selected variants from the Latin edition of 1668. Ed. Edwin Curley. Indianapolis: Hackett, 1994.


42 posted on 03/01/2013 5:56:29 AM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood ("Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???")
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To: Timber Rattler

He has a right to his opinion as you have to yours. Get it?


43 posted on 03/01/2013 5:58:45 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin

And you agree with him, I suppose? Otherwise, why post his lib DC bubble GOP-E nonsense?


44 posted on 03/01/2013 6:01:41 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: muawiyah

Jonah should also understand that what little piece of conservativism that’s left in the GOP will cease to exist if homosexuals are given their demands. But, since Jonah is one of the enlightened talking heads who makes a living playing what if drills without having to acccept the consequences of the outcome, I doubt that he cares what the great unwashed consevatives of this nation think or how they react.


45 posted on 03/01/2013 6:01:49 AM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Nanny Bloomberg was first elected as a republican, then he was reelected as a democrat, which he originally was. He was a second time reelected as an independent


46 posted on 03/01/2013 6:03:32 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin

CPAC is the conservative element of the R party. It isn’t saying Christie should not be a Repub but he isn’t representative of the conservative part of the R party. CPAC is about conservatism and we should expect CPAC to focus on conservatives and conservative points of view. This should not be controversial in the least. This should not be a criticism of either CPAC or Christie.

Dem party members are often bizarre, hard left anti-American, and idiotic—but I never hear the slightest criticism of their failure to include varied viewpoints or failure to respect the law and their oaths of office.

By the way, Christie may have been a sufficient force to reduce Romney’s votes so that he lost a presidential election. Should that be forgotten? Should a high approval rating in a blue state mean that similar candidates should be foisted on voters in red states? He will probably win reelection in NJ. Fine for NJ but how does that help conservatives or free people anywhere? As best I can tell, he is a local phenomenon. He is dangerously close to being another Colin Powell, a man who severely weakens the party he publically claims to support but which he is strategic and deliberate in damaging. He is not someone you want in your tent, no matter how many voters you want to welcome.

I think there is some confusion here in the R party about how to be inclusive, how to create a winning and popular brand image, and how to welcome varied points of view while not insulting one’s conservative, long-time, base supporters.


47 posted on 03/01/2013 6:08:16 AM PST by iacovatx (Conservatism is the political center--it is not "right" of center)
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To: GladesGuru
Townhall is going “Squishy”, perhaps even “Poofter”.

I don't see Townhall.com as the author. *rme*

48 posted on 03/01/2013 6:09:11 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin

I wonder if there is ANYTHING Christie could say or do or espouse that would be over the line for Jonah.


49 posted on 03/01/2013 6:10:25 AM PST by Mangia E Statti Zitto
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To: Little Ray

This is about the most stupidest reason not to read a magazine *rme*


50 posted on 03/01/2013 6:11:38 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin

Obama hugging, gun banning, East coast RINO...

Yeah... No. I wouldn’t invite him to hold a door open at CPAC much less let him give a speech.


51 posted on 03/01/2013 6:11:57 AM PST by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood

bump


52 posted on 03/01/2013 6:12:29 AM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: TADSLOS
The non-conservative sector of the GOP, the part we call the GOP-e, can call upon little more than 15% of the Republican vote, and then most of that is in states where we regularly lose.

What the GOP-e has done is to hunt up and corral wealthy former Democrat donors. They have misrepresented themselves as being the legitimate core of the party. The donors give them the money in the mistaken notion that they are real Republicans.

The result is we end up with a Romney and not a real Republican candidate for President, and a series of folks who run for senate who get plenty of money but who can't win.

53 posted on 03/01/2013 6:16:30 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

Hey, Jonah.

You wrote Liberal Fascism, essentially making the case that today’s leftists are yesterday’s Nazis, so you know where both Christie and the gays want to take this country: to a decadent state that is run by the iron fist of hardcore socialism.

If your beliefs and values are rooted in truth and proven to be the best system of prosperity and liberty for a couple of hundred years, it is always wise to select as your representatives those who truly represent those beliefs and values.

It is always UNwise to allow your enemies to represent you.


You should post this on his Townhall blog.


54 posted on 03/01/2013 6:20:32 AM PST by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness)
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To: Kaslin

Well then, let them speak at RINOPAC!


55 posted on 03/01/2013 6:21:07 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: muawiyah

We end up with Democrat-Lite, which will lose every single time.


56 posted on 03/01/2013 6:22:20 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Kaslin

Neither Chris Christie nor the “Girly Boys” at NRO are good for the conservative cause any more. The Republican Party may be headed in way of Christie and the Girly Boys but true conservatism is not. I don’t care to listen to Christie and stopped reading the weenies at NRO a long time ago.


57 posted on 03/01/2013 6:24:26 AM PST by Reddon
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To: Kaslin

Why? NR ditched Derb for telling the truth about urban blacks. They pretty much advocate giving in to liberals at every possible opportunity. For a conservative magazine they’re pitiful.


58 posted on 03/01/2013 6:42:11 AM PST by Little Ray (Waiting for the return of the Gods of the Copybook Headings.)
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To: Kaslin

” Townhall is going “Squishy”, perhaps even “Poofter”.

I don’t see Townhall.com as the author. *rme* “

True.


59 posted on 03/01/2013 6:52:06 AM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles."..)
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To: Kaslin

The more I see of Christie the more repulsive he becomes.


60 posted on 03/01/2013 6:56:05 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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