Posted on 09/16/2009 1:05:19 AM PDT by GeronL
George Soros took over the Democrat Party through his activities. It took years and hundreds of millions of dollars but through his many leftist organizations, especially the Center for American Progress, MoveOn, MediaMatters etc etc, he did it.
Neutralizing the Republican Party was much easier.
Open primaries and willing liberal Republicans were all that he really needed. The establishment of the GOP was more than willing to help. As a matter of fact John McCain was the candidate Soros wanted to be nominated, McCain was willing to fulfill this role. Did you know that John McCain spoke at the Soros-sponsored shadow convention in Philadelphia?
The Republican Party today is two parties. There is the McCain faction that cannot wait to compromise and then surrender to the leftists... and then there is the average GOP voter who is shocked at what his own party is doing.
Conservatives have rightly grown not to trust their own party, if the Republican Party can be said to be theirs. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, though, and that is Sarah Palin. Let me explain.
It has become quite clear that conservatives must form a party-within-a-party if they are to wrest control of the GOP from the idiot faction. They need to form their own local councils, state assemblies, national council and hold their own conventions. They need to set up their own fundraising arms and online media outlets. These things need to be kept completely separate from the Republican Party itself.
The conservatives must recruit and fund their own candidates for every race on the ballot. They must run candidates against established RINO's after selecting their candidate through an internal pre-primary. Everything from state legislature to the Presidential primary must be done this way. No need to have multiple movement candidates splitting the vote running against a RINO in an open primary where ACORN voters can make the difference.
This conservative faction must be able to communicate with its membership online as well as set up its own media outlets. From press releases to online radio to online television will be an important part of keeping members engaged.
An online TV "channel" with multiple newscasts per day, opinion pundits and pro-conservative programming is a must. It could be set up sort of like the Christian Broadcasting Network has theirs set up. Note they have separated CBN News Channel and CBN-TV and also have a spanish-language channel.
I would expect there to be an online radio system, with feeds from different regions that focused on state and local politics, not just national. But its not just politics is it? It's the culture, its the family and everything else thats being countered by the far left. We must respond.
So which conservative has the support, the charisma and the "can do" attitude that could actually get this done? The only one out there working tirelessly to counter and even ridicule the left and those in power is Sarah Palin. She even makes other conservative "leaders" look lazy.
Of course it needs to be done no matter who leads it to getting done. It will not mean we have support them for President, we can still support them for conservatism.
John McCain surrendered a long time ago. If he had made a stand when it counted, he would be president, today.
I do not disagree with their conservatism. I simply think we should take over an existing party. The GOP is ripe and happy to be taken over by RINO’s which makes it fair hunting grounds.
I am glad he isn’t President. He would probably be doing most of the same things Obama has done. McCain has been bought and sold so many times that he is a used up commodity. No more recycling please.
When he agreed to show up at the Soros shadow convention, it should have been a sign that it was all over.
bump
Actively, I'd start there.
Passively, I'd keep letting them expose themselves at their expense.
I love the ACORN take down. I can’t imagine what else is coming.
Shrubbery!
The Valley Girl Part 2 tomorrow I think
Closed primaries and in a method that picks a candiate closest to the base of our party. Don’t start off in liberal states and go from there. If anything give more influence to the states that keep voting to the right.
I’m not looking for the perfect person, I’m just looking for someone that reasonably to the right and i don’t feel guilty for voting for them. McCain was too much for me...he’s not independent...he’s old democrat, if anything.
King Arthur: What are you gonna do, bleed on me?
Well, this describes it why I felt that I voted for Sarah Palin only.
I think many of us see the problem of open primaries, sending support to the GOP and then having them take our dollars and give them to RINO candidates, throwing their support behind the incumbent when he/she isn't a conservative. Working from within the party seems like a much better plan than leaving it altogether.
I think it might be moving along too slowley. I just want to try and speed things up.
OK, what were the alternatives to McCain?
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religious nutcase Huckabee
Guliani, who got 7 votes in Florida
Thompson, who was not really interested (my fav)
Romney, I don’t like ex-Govs from Democratic states
no-name Hunter
who am I forgetting?
A lot of people were voting for Palin last November
If thats all we have, then yes, lets bleed on them.
or was that something else =o)
That is my point.
We are not organized.
Are you/we considering too much on POTUS?
Isn’t the greatest strength within the States?
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