As I've said to other Freepers before, we are a fringe phenom. According to Alexa.com, freerepublic accounts for 0.025% of web traffic. RINO's will always win red states. The problem they have is winning swing states. Back in the day, Clinton and Gore were considered DINO's. And that's why they won both 1992 and 1996 - because they won some swing states in the South. We need the reverse strategy to win swing states in the North.
The real truth about this election is the ever growing takers beat the Makers. And the takers will only grow in the next 4 years. I will leave it to you moderates to carry the water in the future. Me... I will continue stocking up for the coming collapse. Greece is Coming to America sooner than later.
I'm an extreme conservative who believes that capital punishment should be mandatory for murder so that 100% of homicide perps are executed instead of the current rate of 1%. I also believe capital cases should have a special judicial track so that arrest to trial to conviction to appeals to execution should take no more than 3 years - what they were back before the 1960's.
I'm also realistic. The world around us has changed. Between freebies and their stance on social issues, Democrats have succeeded in locking up close to 50% of the electorate. We need pols who can pry loose a small number of their coalition. We can do it by either adopting big government or loosening our stance on social issues. It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of RINO's are RINO's out of political necessity.
We just ran two back to back RINOS against Obama and both lost. They cannot win. Cain would have won.
Well I agree, but disagree. I don’t think the electorate has changed that much and I suspect in 2014 it will be back to a D+2 as the GOP makes gains in the Senate and House again.. However our problem is a lack of ground game in battleground states and this election proved it. When Obama won in 2008 he did not pull up stakes and go home... he paid for those election offices and Dem operatives to stay in place and get ready for 2012. Until the GOP can put together a similar apparatus we will wind up with the same results.
Yancy
I'm afraid you are correct. I'm as pro-life as they come, and I hate to admit it, but I think the phony "war on women" really worked.
I was shocked to find so many women, including women who are very active in my church (I'm a Catholic) told me there was no way they would vote for someone who would take away a woman's right to choose.
More than shocked. I was sickened.