Posted on 08/28/2014 6:47:19 AM PDT by iowamark
Some idiots of the GOP should start talking on TV and in print about the importance of this election and what it could mean, and make it sound desperate. The chorus should be picked up by all republicans once it’s started.
ONE BIG THEME : if you voted for Obama, what has it gotten you? Six years. Are you better off now? No one was ever elected with such promise (remember the little children singing) — for the whole world — but what has he and the democrats done that has been a good thing?
Otherwise they don’t want to win.
In the past I voted for McCain, and Romney nationally, and for Scott Brown in Massachusetts. But I guess it depends on your belief in how far gone this nation is, and what it will take to restore it, assuming that is even possible at this point.
Personally, I now believe that the only way to save this nation now (assuming such a thing is still possible) is to put conservatives in political offices and enact an agenda based on free markets, limited government and the rule of law. As long as we have a Republican party that actively opposes those ends (and we do, obviously), then I believe our only (slim) hope is drastic action.
As long as the Republican Party establishment believes that it can continue to survive by being Democrat-lite, and that it can continue to maintain power while actively fighting against the core principles of liberty, free markets and Constitutional law, it will never make the necessary change of direction.
Only when the Republican party understands that it must change or die can we hope to turn this country around. Our too-long-serving entrenched establishment politicians can still enjoy their comfy lifestyles, their wealth, power and prestige as members of a minority party. So why should they bother to change direction?
Surely a John Boehner (or an Eric Cantor -- had he not been defeated -- or a Mitch McConnell) would be just as happy to be minority leaders if the election cycle didn't go their way. Yes, they would prefer to be majority leaders, but what good would it be to them if a conservative Republican Party won the majority and then threw them out of their cushy positions and all those perks, replacing them with real conservatives?
Ask yourself -- which do you think Mitch McConnell would prefer -- a majority Republican party in which he was stripped of his position by a conservative majority, or a minority Republican party in which he could remain Senate minority leader because the majority of Republican senators were RINOs?
You may argue that we have no time to wait for the Republicans to realize that their only choice is to change or die as a viable party. But if we don't have time for that, then what makes you think we have time to wait for the RINOs and the GOP-e to pursue a "moderately marginal" course of action designed only to maintain their personal fiefdoms at the expense of a free America operating under the rule of Constitutional law?
The GOP had majority power in the House and Senate, and occupied the White House, 10 years ago. What did all that power do to move the agenda of liberty forward? Answer: nothing.
A GOP that cannot even sell liberty, limited governments and free markets to the American people is worse than useless. It is a party of tyranny enablers, and I will have none of it.
Unbelievably, today we are facing once again the stark choice between liberty and death.
Once again, these are the times that try men's souls. Conservatives need to be waging aggressive war against the totalitarian leftist tyrants on all fronts -- in the branches of government at the federal and state level, in academia, in the media, through public demonstrations, and in the voting booth.
Many argue that we must continued to vote for "the most electable conservative," which means "vote for the RINO if no conservative is running." But I respectfully disagree with that choice. I am done enabling.
If we really are to lose the greatest country in the history of the world, then let's at least be fighting for it when it goes down.
And who knows, maybe -- just maybe, if we show sufficient resolve and conviction -- divine Providence will once again provide the support that gave our founders their unlikely victory in 1776, and grant us once again the "new birth of freedom" that Lincoln called for a century later.
*****I’VE GOT THE PERFECT STRATEGY.*****
This will have the GOP being listened to and groveled at by all the talking heads of the liberal media, dying to understand what conservatives want.
Republican congresspeople should start rioting inside chambers. They should steal the belongings of other senators and members, especially of their own party. When the armed guards come out, they should get a bit more violent. Best is if a guard injures or kills one; have the rest go even MORE crazy.
This works.
bookmark
From a story earlier today on Fox talking about how NH is in play: “The party has yet to lock down races in Arkansas, Alaska, Louisiana and North Carolina — where Democratic incumbents were once considered to be in deep trouble, which makes the New Hampshire race a bonus opportunity.”
NH is the State where everyone from Mass goes to vote a second time. If they are pinning their hopes there rather than states that should be a slam dunk, then they are in trouble. And why not, some of those states that should be slam dunks are CONSERVATIVE to the core. It is not hard to understand why they are not sewn up when your campaign says, “vote for us or else you racist, sexist hicks.”
The GOP-e is going with Karl “The White Board” Rove’s strategy of “don’t say anything and above all else apologize for breathing, we don’t want to offend the moderates!!!” Accept the narrative created by the MSM and Hollywood that you suck rather than having the courage to stand on principle and convince the voters you are right. Mr. Rove again showing he and the GOP-e have the full courage of the lack of their convictions.
That is ballgame to me, right there. Game over and I think there are going to be a ton of mystified people in the Chamber of Commerce and GOP-e come election night. How could this happen, they will say, we got all of our candidates. What am I saying, I am sure, somehow, they will continue to find a way to blame conservatives.
Slogan for 2014: “Vote Republican, Because” Disclaimer in fine print: “please forgive us, we are sorta like the democrats but not as liberal. We apologize profusely and, in the spirit of forgiveness, hope you will vote for us. Oh, and did we mention that John Bohner played a round of golf with Obama? Pretty cool, huh.”
Final note, this is not a typical off year election where you can count on apathy to keep dem voters at home. The die hard base is going to see this election as a desperate moment to save the Dear Leader. The White Hut will get the moola from donors and pull out all the Lois Lerner stops. A smart opposition party would see this and be in Presidential Election Year mode.
Quote: “A GOP that cannot even sell liberty, limited governments and free markets to the American people is worse than useless. It is a party of tyranny enablers, and I will have none of it. “
Even worse, that sell is characterized by the leftist propaganda machine (MSM and Hollywood) as being “extreme.” The GOP’s response is to not only acquiesce but to accept that narrative. Losers.
A GOP that wouldn't understand or suppport liberty, limited government or free markets...
I love Rush, but he never says in 50 words what he could easily say in 5000
For an example of how Republicans should be campaigning, consider this article at my Conservative Resource Center (Truth Based Logic) on how to support the Ted Cruz campaign to block funding for "Obamacare," and refuse to be intimidated by threats of a Government shutdown: How To Respond To Anti-American Lies In An Election.
What we need is candidates who will confront the present realities, head-on--without fear of giving offense to those who would, like mythical ostriches, bury their heads in the sand.
William Flax
What they are not--as a whole--is smart. They also tend to equivocate as a matter of habit; to rationalize intolerable departures from the brilliant design of the Founding Fathers. We are betrayed by cowards & dolts, who will not even bother to try to understand the legal tapestry that they are abandoning!
William Flax
So what is he supposed to do the other 2 hours and 49 minutes?
Pray America wakes up
What Rove offers the Republican Party: No sense, no guts, no future.
McConnell just came out and said he would NOT shut the government down ever again. If he and the GOPE do not have the guts to shut the government down do you think they will employee impeachment? I think not.
He has just told you the GOPE intends to do absolutely nothing, but vote for us because we are not as bad as obama and the democrats.
Tell me what is the GOP offering me as a conservative that I am supposed to fine inspiring?
By voting against every Democrat....you are voting for your country to survive with freedom & liberty!!! Look....I can’t stand the GOPe as much as you do.....but I can’t stand Obama and his Obamabot, low life, hate America, Democrat Party more!!! This is the year that decides whether we remain free or fall under the dictatorship of Obama and his destroy aAmerican Democrats!!! Your choice!!! You best think about your choice!!!
‘brevity is the soul of wit’
Rush just isn’t into Shakespeare
How many radio listeners did Shakespeare have?
That is a well kept secret that Marconi took to his grave.
“Republican pushback.”
LOL
There’s no campaign because there’s no money.
GOP fundraising, at least at the national level (RNC. NRCC, NRSC) sucks. And based on a thread posted a little while ago they’ve plowed about $100 million into an ORCA II GOTV system.
With so little money, they’re hoarding what they can for a massive ad dump in late September and October. Expecting that it and ORCA II will make the difference. But the new system fail and will the ad drop come too late?
I have heard this argument sine 1992 and I am not buying it anymore. Name one thing the GOP has done since 1995 that rolled back liberalism? Just one.
All you are doing is fighting a delaying action at best with people who if they could and still get elected would sell you out lock stock and barrel. The democrats set the agenda and the GOP comes out and tells them yeah we can go along with that we just don’t want to pay as much as you do. There is no vision, no push back, no anything from the GOP but more of the same canned we are not the democrats garbage.
I choose not to ride the tiger and hope to be the last one eaten I prefer we jump kill the beast that is liberalism and if that means the GOP dies in the process so be it.
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