Posted on 05/14/2008 2:31:52 PM PDT by ovrtaxt
Republican leaders in the White House, the Congress, and the Republican National Committee and its affiliates, along with most Republican leaders at the state level, have failed – or outright betrayed – the conservative voters who put them in their positions.
The result is that the party’s “brand” has become a negative, to an extent greater than in the Watergate era, perhaps worse than in the days of Herbert Hoover.
The number of new Republican voters is flat while Democratic voter registration is skyrocketing.
Contributions to GOP candidates and Republican parties are way off, while donations to Democrats are setting records.
In primaries, votes for Republican candidates at all levels are running far behind the Democrats.
And in recent special elections, the party lost longheld congressional seats in Illinois, in Louisiana, and, yesterday, in Mississippi – all in districts carried overwhelmingly by President Bush. A single election can be a fluke, but when Republicans lose three seemingly safe seats in a row, disaster is looming.
The hard work of the last 50 years by millions of conservative campaign workers, donors, candidates, writers, intellectuals, and activists has been trashed. The conservative movement has been set back 10-20 years – possibly even permanently – by politicians consumed by power, including but certainly not limited to Denny Hastert, Tom DeLay, John Boehner, Roy Blunt, Mitch McConnell, Trent Lott, George W. Bush, Karl Rove, party chairman Mike Duncan, and their friends.
Some deserve more of the blame than others, but they are all part of a party Establishment that has brought the party down.
For things to change, for conservatives to be justified in giving our contributions, our volunteer efforts, our energy, and votes to the GOP, the party must clean house. The party leadership should resign immediately.
We must replace the Big Government/Big Business/Establishment Republicans with principled conservatives, most of them young. By “principled conservatives,” I mean leaders who will stand up to the liberals and fight for freedom and traditional values.
Republicans are doomed to wander in the political wilderness until this generation of weak-kneed, no-vision, inarticulate, afraid-of-the-liberal-media politicians are replaced mostly with principled conservatives in the mold of Bill Buckley, Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan.
Voters almost always reject a pale imitation in favor of the real thing.
The Democrats have firm principled beliefs. What motivates most Republican leaders? Nothing except a craving for power. What do Republicans offer voters? Nothing except “Elect us because we’re not Democrats.”
To Republican leaders, I say: You turned against the principles you once espoused – conservative principles – and, in turn, conservatives and the American people have turned against you. Things will not get better until you accept responsibility, and resign.
You have stayed too long. For the future of the Republican Party, for America and the cause of freedom: Go!
Operation Dump McCain for starters.
Don’t tell me you respect the Republican ‘leaders’ who have given us the 2008 election dilemma. Who among the GOP is a gutsy Conservative these days? Who do you feel like cheering on to win and represent you? I can’t think of ONE myself.
I won’t be deny that I could be wrong about the referenced article being pro-Obama even if it doesn’t mention Obama. But given that the article is essentially pro-Democrat, Obama, not Clinton, stands to benefit most from the news, in my opinion.
BTW, what’s your opinion about Obama’s contempt for the Constitution concerning constitutionally unauthorized federal spending?
Tell me how, cause that would be awesome. We need a revolution at the convention.
That is true as of today. It may not be true six months from now. McCain aside, there is a real danger of our getting totally smoked in Congress and Senate elections.
What the 'rats plan to shove down America's throats will not be just theoretical either. But the GOP has no leadership, no agenda, no interest from the grass roots (read: conservatives), and relatively little money. We keep losing seats to 'rats who run to the right of us. That means we have few candidates who themselves stand for anything, just as Viguerie said. For every Bobby Jindal we have ten complete nonentities for whom no one has any reason to vote, much less man a phone bank, stuff envelopes, pass out fliers and signs, etc. etc.
After eight years as titular party chief, Bush goes home to wherever, smugly consigning our futures to "history," while we have to live with the empty shell of a party he has left.
Given Richard Viguerie's immense and inarguable contributions to the cause of principled conservatism, over the past thirty years (give or take): "I could be wrong" is the absolute least one might reasonably expect in the way of concession, really. The man's track record is, quite simply, unassailable.
given that the article is essentially pro-Democrat
Absurd. Re-read, please.
Perhaps Amendment10 is one of those who is doomed to repeat history.
What you said makes more sense than much that I have heard today.
Revolt, riots, at the convention, ok steam off, call your congress critters, tell them you will not vote for McCain. Give no money to the Repubs, return there requests with a letter why you wont contribute. There are many things we can do. This is a nightmare, everytime I get convinced to vote for him, another day goes by and I am back to screw mccain, will not vote for him. I would rather see Obambi/clinton screw up the country, then someone with an (R) next to there name. I quit the repubs for good, they want me back, CHANGE!
You bitcons are the RINOs and you deserve to lose your standing in the party. Go wander the wilderness.
“You bitcons are the RINOs and you deserve to lose your standing in the party. Go wander the wilderness.”
Aren’t you liberals happy dominating one party? You have to dominate the Repub party as well?
That in itself is great, but the problem is they are trying to pull the rest of us over with them. Not content to commit political suicide they wish to take down the entire party in their jealous rage. They are homicide voters.
Sounds good to me. We can eat Polar bears.
I’m not the doing everything they can to get Obama elected.
Republican “leaders?” Where?
Many on FR can't stand him because he is a conservative instead of giving his blind allegiance to the Republican party no matter how far to the left it moves.
“Im not the doing everything they can to get Obama elected.”
No, you are backing the other liberal in the race. The old one.
I hear ya,, history is a mystery for latter day Progressives masquerading as conservatives here.. I call ‘em TWirPs.
It’s just one more side effect of the liberalization of public skooling institutions, yaknow. ;-)
Are you a Paulbot or just another unprincipled bitcon who is allied with them? Nothing will change at the convention. John McCain is the Republican nominee and will be the next president of the United States of America. Any insurrection by anti-Republican McCain haters will be dealt with swiftly. Go screw up someone else’s party.
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