I was raised in NH but could never live there again. The libs have ruined it
I know I may catch hell here for saying this but if we MUST have moderates in the party...i’d prefer Sunnunu to McCain anyday.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Everything is a dying breed in England, except Islam and demands for sharia law. Soon The flag of the UK will be replaced with Mohammads flag of death and the UK will be just another 3rd island floating in the atlantic waiting for western aid while they plot to kill us all.
But today's GOP, led by big governnment liberals masquerading as compassionate conservativesa more socially conservative wing of the party, is finding votes harder to come by because Democrats are now a de facto socialist party.
It’s impossible to retain fiscal conservatism without retaining moral conservatism as the ideal for all.
I don't think conservatism is dead in New England, it just seems that the committed portion of it is too small to win elections, i.e. 30-35%. The middle in that region needs a galvanizing issue to make them form a coalition with the right.
If, say we were talking about the South, and they had no more Democrats in the house of representatives, they would be talking about "what's wrong with the South" in the same way they have been talking about how solid the South has been in the past for Republicans as far as the electoral college is concerned (until this election, of course). Because we are talking about Republicans in New England, it's "What's wrong with Republicans" rather than "What's wrong with New England". You will never get the storyline you instinctively feel out of the mainstream media, it's always going to be through their lens.
One last thing about Rinos and inclusiveness. I actually am not so against having Rinos in the party in certain circumstances, but I think that it's telling that some Rinos appear to have gone after Sarah Palin with such gusto, in such an underhanded way. I know the democratic party would not tolerate that sort of behavior, but we tolerate it on our side.
Using social conservatives as the face of the party and exploiting cultural wedge issues has been a disaster for the GOP, who has been bleeding voters for the last 4 years.
New England can come back to the fold again (especially with the disaster thats coming in the next 4 years economically), but the GOP must reposition itself to its Reaganite roots, and subdue the Falwell elements.
Conservatism cannot die because it works!
Liberals fleeing the blue states for safer environs have moved into red states and like all rotten apples, they have contaminated the entire barrel.
GOP IS DEAD EVERYWHERE.
Okay, then, I say Liberals are not welcome in Tennessee. If you northeastern Liberals are thinking of moving here to escape the messes you've made for yourselves, forget it. Just keep right on going to Florida or Georgia or North or South Carolina where you will be far more comfortable with the politics. We're turning darker red here in Tennessee. 'Pubbies just took over both state houses for the first time since reconstruction. We don't want you to coming here and screwing this state up like you screwed your home states up! There are enough of your ilk here already. We're all "bitter clingers" here. Everybody has guns. Almost everybody does for themselves, with the exception of the transplant crybabies. You won't like it at all. Pass the word: Tennessee sucks!
Morality is DEAD in New England....Rabidly PRO-ABORTION and GAY RIGHTS.
Oh goody, another Goldman Sachs guy. It’s not like we’ve had enough of those guys “fixing” our economy the last few years.
I figure when you have to get $10 billion from the government to hand out $8.5 billion in bonuses, there may be something horribly wrong.
They don’t die, they just move away.
In Milwaukee, the pundits can’t figure out why the ring of counties around Milwaukee voted 60-70% in favor of McCain while Milwaukee County went 72% for Obama.
Producers vs. consumers. Earners moving outside the reach of entitlement culture best they can. Many more head right out of state while the business culture hollers “brain drain” and struggles to figure out why.
I think the majority of problems in the Northeast and Florida too come from the spread of the Massholes as the libbing of the West has been brought about by the immigration of the Kalifornicators throughout the West. The premise has been floated here many times regarding the people moving from the totally blue states where they can no longer afford to live and then taking the same politically repulsive policies along with them to ruin their next home state. Sad!