Posted on 12/14/2013 2:33:46 PM PST by AstralisLux
Asked how the GOP could win the Senate in the 2014 elections, Walker explained that Republicans must not be viewed as the 'party of no' as Democrats have tried to brand them. "As they're running for Senate, focus on the two key issues: an economic concern in our country, [and] there are still too many who are not coming through." Walker explained that Reagan's 1980 acceptance speech should be a model for the Republican Party to message for voters. "If you live in poverty, we want to lift you out, he said. We don't want to leave anyone behind. We need to embrace that across the board."
Ohio tried that path - a no-exceptions bill was passed and later undone by referendum.
I know. If we can agree that unions for government employees and collective bargaining for union employees are bad things then it's true for all of them.
You're YouTube links mean nada since Walker gave a rather convincing argument against amnesty to Breitbart.
Anywho, Walker can't do anything about amnesty anyway. I'm more worried about the Rubios and McCains before worrying about Walker's position.
If you can’t distinguish between big government statists, who also always seem to be for open borders/amnesty (e.g., all Bushes), and actual small-government conservatives, how are you one to comment on the cause at all?
Amazing - one person cherry picks my original statement because his feelings were hurt and others jump on from the cherry-picked bit. The meat of my originals statement was in response to another saying Walker wasn't really a small government guy (not something I disagree with). The article had nothing to do with that sort of politics and the statements by Walker, in the gist of the article, were valid, so I asked:
And that is relevant to the topic of the article in what way?
I get that many have found faults in all politicians, but I have trouble fathoming why the faults automatically trump any good/relevant opinions put out by these "flawed" politicians. Are you going to respond to the next Ted Cruz article with "He said nice stuff about Mandela"? Or the next one about Sarah Palin with "There wuz rumors that she was for amnesty"?The reason I said what I said is because there are those here who, having heard that a turd is a Tootsie Roll, will eat these "Tootsie Rolls" if a Walker tells them that it isn't a good idea because Walker has other areas where they absolutely disagree with him.
Hard to believe I have to go through this to make my point - just because someone has ideas that you find abhorrent, doesn't mean that they don't have something valuable to say on other topics. Do you now discount what he did against the unions? Is it now all BS because he believes in letting illegals crawl around like cockroaches (I hate the amnesty crap too)?
So, from my point of view - if YOU can't distinguish between the good and the bad that may come out of a mind, and are willing to discount all the good ideas because of a few bad ideas and consider a question such as mine as being "against the cause", who are you to comment about anyone else's comments? It reminds me of the "hate-the-Mormons-until-it-consumes-me" folks.
Walker’s playing the same game that Rubio is—and that the Bushes have always liked to play.
“Don’t look at my positions (e.g., amnesty, ever-larger government) that will end liberty and conservatism in this country, just focus on this one particular position that I think we can agree on!”
And that is how the GOP plays its part in killing the country. It is entirely relevant to this thread to point out that Walker is playing a shell game, trying to distract you from the deadly policies that he advocates and would enact.
Keep FR'ing
Don’t worry, I will!
I think it’s important to communicate such RINO positions whenever one is lauded here for some selectively conservative stance they take.
Otherwise, posters mistakenly fall for their game.
E.g., if you ever check out the ricochet.com “center-right” site (read: squishy, ill-informed RINOs), you’ll see them all lining up behind Walker for president because co-founder Rob Long has been touting him—often at the same time that he says he won’t back another GOP pol because of a pro-amnesty position. Somehow, none of the ricochet leadership has figured out that Walker is as bad as they come on the issue.
Walker seems to have something of a “Jeb Bush problem” with a Hispanic wife, but maybe that’s not fair to say since most of the GOPe have gone pro-amnesty without having Hispanic wives.
So many issues, so few acceptable solutions, and zero acceptable solutions coming out of D.C. - at least we have a place to air it all out.
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