Posted on 09/18/2009 9:05:18 PM PDT by Josh Painter
The Value Voters Summit is underway in Washington this weekend, and many political animals are looking forward to the straw poll which will be taken Saturday at the conference. While it's just a straw poll, and the 2012 presidential race is still pretty far down the campaign trail, some pundits think they will be able to read something significant in the tea leaves. One of those is Bernie Quigley of The Hill's Pundits Blog:
It should be useful in cutting through the ambiguity and denial about the various grassroots movements around the country. In a poll six months ago, Palin and Paul came in tied for second, behind Mitt Romney. Romney will come back as we get closer to 2012, but he should sink some this weekend because of his association with healthcare insurance as governor of Massachusetts."Ted Nugent Republican"... Hey, we like that. We like the sound of it so much that we're considering a change in our voter registration from independent to GOP just so we can call ourselves "Ted Nugent Republicans." The "Kill It and Grill It" rocker is one of Sarah's staunchest advocates.The brooding ambiguity in the heartland has both Jeffersonian aspects (Ron Paul) and Jacksonian aspects (Sarah Palin). Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry registers in on both of these. All three might be categorized as Ted Nugent Republicans to varying degree and manifestation.
The straw poll at the Value Voters conference should give some indication about the Nuge Factor that is rattling some traditional Republicans. Nugent was the star of the show in some of the Texas "tea party" rallies on April 15.
Quigley continues:
Lindsey Graham, the Republican senator from South Carolina, was sent almost to seizures when a purely conservative crowd started chanting "Ron Paul, Ron Paul, Ron Paul..." to the tune of "USA, USA, USA..." during one of his speeches. Paul is not a Republican, Graham shouted back at the group.We never thought we would find ourselves in the position of defending Ron Paul, considering the unkind and incorrect things he has said about Palin supporters, but he's a heck of a lot more of a Republican than Lindsey the Liberal claims to be.
Quigley suggests that Mitt Romney might just be the leader who can pull the various factions of the GOP together, and he cites Mitt's success in turning around the 2002 Winter Olympics as evidence. We're not seeing it. The failure of RomneyCare in Massachusetts doesn't bode well for him, and there are a significant number of conservatives in the GOP base who consider Romney too much of a changeling on the issues to trust him. And we don't see the Olympics as having much in common with a political party, either.
- JP
We need to THROW OUT old F**ks like Orin Hatch, John McLame and all the othere dumbasses who have been in office for 30 years while this mess was ccreated
Replace them with THE NUGE, SARAH PALIN, WALTER WILLIAMS, RUSH, HANNITY, BECk (I think the last three would win on a landslide in 2010)
BUT NOT OREILY (too much like McLAme trying to ‘reach across the aisle” )
that sounds like a whole new party
**”Ron Paul, Ron Paul, Ron Paul...” to the tune of “USA, USA, USA...” during one of his speeches. Paul is not a Republican, Graham shouted back at the group.**
Well Mr. Grahamnesty, NEITHER ARE YOU!!!!
Oh, OK...he does have one other cause which he cares about: he is a big-time Drug Warrior, & I bitterly disagree w/ him on that issue. I find it ridiculous that his musical library contains music about alcohol & gratuitous sex while @ the same time he comes off like Bill O'Reilly when it comes to marijuana & other recreational drugs. Absolutely pathetic.
What song was that?
Quigley is all wet if he thinks romney pulls the republicans together.The rino is part of the problem we are in today.
It’s on the tip of my tongue...(short term memory problem, LOL)
Try learning something about a person before slamming him.
Ted’s against illegal immigration, for stronger border security, a tireless supporter of our troops deployed overseas (and has travelled there to entertain them), against high taxes (especially gasoline taxes), for domestic exploration and production of oil and gas, for reducing the size of the federal government, for making English the offical language of the U.S., for executing child molesters, for self-reliance, against welfare, for reduced federal spending and anti-abortion, just to name a few issues.
He is far from being a single issue voter. Do your homework next time.
- JP
The stakes are high
& so am I
Got me a rock & roll band
It's a free-for-all
GREAT SONG, though!
I guess you’re right...I stand corrected, & thank you for the info.
I have NEVER heard him say a word about anything other than guns & drugs. From all I’ve heard Nuge is all 2nd Amendment all the rime. That’s just been my experience, I guess I haven’t had the TV on when he stated his opinions on other issues. Nugent is PRO-LIFE? hat’s awesome! :-)
No need for asterisks. It's perfectly acceptable to write "old folks" now.
Chris, many of Nuge’s issue positions are presented in his book “Ted, White and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto.” Others I got from various interviews he has given.
- JP
Agree with all the above, plus Chuck Norris. :)
Is this a Values Voter meeting or a Ron Paul meeting? I’ve heard stories of them taking over at local levels, cannot say that is encouraging to me (don’t get me wrong, I can’t stand Lindsey Graham... but I’m not a Ron Paul fan, either).
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