While I applaud the ideal, the truth is, the only way to get the GOP to be more conservative is to ensure that the same party hacks who tried to gain this seat at any cost (and basically give it to the liberals) understand that wooing liberals to come to the Republican party won’t mean much if their base is heading out the backside of the tent to go to their own party.
That’s what this is all about. Anyone with a brain understands that the majority of Americans are conservative in one respect or another. There might be disagreements about specifics, but the majority hold fundamental beliefs that the liberals are seeking to destroy.
To overcome the D numbers with more R numbers, they’ve taken a broad tent approach, seeking, by default, to create a coalitionist government under the R banner. They do this by ignoring their base and instead giving the farm away in an attempt to look more liberal to woo in the blue dogs and Reagan democrats to be.
To them, it is all about party registration, because people generally vote their party. But it ignores that they’ve lost many many people not by being too conservative, but by being not conservative enough, and thus people declare themselves independent.
My vote’s no longer free, and I hope that everyone here takes a similar stance. I will vote, no matter what the cost, for the conservative in the race. I’ve learned my lessons, it’s time that the GOP leaders do the same.
I just received a “letter” from Newt yesterday, and you better believe I’m going to reply! I am going to give him a polite, but forceful earful! He is an opportunist, and that is all. He touts conservativism on one hand and rushes to support the most leftist candidate the Republicans can offer...as if we don’t notice. A Republican willing to work with Obama we DON’T need! Let the Dems carry the full responsibilty of this fiasco they are trying to ram down our throats! Newt didn’t deliver in 1994 after winning the Congress, then playing politics, as usual. He is a hollow suit, blowing whichever way the wind goes. It’s time we call him at it and tell him to shut up! He no longer represents conservatives (unless he sees some political gain for himself!). We’re done with the RINOs!