Posted on 05/20/2005 6:45:36 PM PDT by RWR8189
People who claim to be Republicans but oppose our elected party leaders are Republicans In Name Only. They need to get on board or stop claiming to be Republicans.
People who claim to be independents or third party members should butt out of Republican party business and tend to their own affairs. Their advice is not needed or wanted.
Socialism and the libs' welfare society is killing America -- and the losers in our society DON'T CARE.
Worth saying again.
Here's the bottom line: the 51% of the electorate that are moochers will always vote to enslave the 49% who are not.
From what I understand, less than half of the people in this country pay taxes. I'm of the opinion that this country is toast. There is only one way out, and it ain't pretty. Just wait until the geezers are taking HALF your pay. At this point, it is demographically inevitable.
You are missing your calling. Sage advice indeed.
"Dean is killing the RAT party, he is a GOP gifthorse."
No, you fool. Harry Reid is the GOP gifthorse!
[This leads to a hundred posts arguing who is the bigger dufus, Dean or Reid]
People who claim to be Republicans but oppose our elected party leaders are Republicans In Name Only. They need to get on board or stop claiming to be Republicans.
People who claim to be independents or third party members should butt out of Republican party business and tend to their own affairs. Their advice is not needed or wanted.
Damn. You sound like a Democrat when you say that. That's the express route back to being a minority party.
The GOP sure wanted my support when they were. They wanted my money, and my vote, and wanted to hear what I had to say. Hell, where it really matters - at the ballot box - I vote GOP more often and more reliably than do most Republicans.
The arrogance of those statements is simply staggering. It's folks like me who are the reason the GOP has a majority now.
All of the RAT leadership is pathetic. Pelosi, Reid and Dean, a triple header.
I'll wager that we're still lacking the pure sense it requires on the national level to abstain from playing minority politics.
You go to a black church and you say you believe in being able to pray, of a man marrying a woman, not his daughter's dog. You believe in someone working hard and getting ahead, not sitting on their rump waiting for the next great social fiasco to come devastate the neighborhood.
You go to a hispanic group and you note that you begin each session of congress with a prayer, you are against teenagers getting abortions during class recess.
You basically go out and say, hey, we're like what your values are. And you'll pick them up like crazy.
"People who claim to be Republicans but oppose our elected party leaders are Republicans In Name Only. They need to get on board or stop claiming to be Republicans."
Ok, you win.
I'll stop sending in money and cancel my party registration. I'll knock off the pollwatching too, now that you mention it.
And if a specific candidate, be he Republican, Democrat or Independent, moves in the right direction on opposing abortion and euthanasia, well, I will vote for him and send him money, regardless of party.
I suppose others, impassioned by the immigration issues but appalled by the Republican opposition to their position on that will do the same.
Maybe the fiscal conservatives will do the same thing too.
All those RINOs out of the tent.
Have it your way.
How is Dean going to reach out to those people? Are they supposed to be seduced by his expressed hatred of conservatives, Republicans and traditional religious believers and his dismissal and ridicule of people's sincere moral and religious beliefs.
Maybe the education as to what constitutes party membership ought to start at the top. When GOP Senators routinely stab their own caucuses in the back on critical party issues, it's folly to demand that the rank and file fall into line. This is especially true when that rank and file - the very lifeblood of the party itself - holds strong beliefs, such as small government, anti-spending, anti-tax, anti-entitlement, and anti-illegal immigration beliefs - and the party leaders up and down the line reject those beliefs when it comes time to govern.
People aren't as stupid as you think. They see the real meaning of a party - fund-raising and organizational logistics. And when it comes down to those substantial items, one's registration is insignificant.
Party membership means something more than just waking up each morning and deciding which party one wants to be a member of that day.
But in fact, the way the rules of party membership are set up, it is exactly that easy. If you want to be a Democrat tomorrow, all you have to do is re-register as a Democrat. If you feel like being a Republican again the next day, do the same, and voila you're GOP again. Which is why I don't find a check box on a form to be really significant. It's what's in the heart that matters, and I can tell you for certain that my politics and loyalties don't change from day to day.
No bias in that headline. (barf)
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Dean, who reaches Day 100 as Democratic National Committee chairman Monday, is for the most part speaking to diehard Democrats
"diehard democrats" ---LOL!
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Actually, you are incorrect. You are a registered Republican voter, but that doesn't necessarily make you a member of the party, at least in my state. If you do not JOIN the party and attend meetings and pay dues, you are a voter but not an official member of the party.
The rats can try anything they want to expand their base, but it won't work because: The dogs don't like the food!!!!
"Dean told California Democrats he is visiting conservative states because "how are people going to respect you if you don't show up and ask for their vote?" "
I am sure when he leaves Conservative Kalifornia he will go to Conservative Michigan and do the same thing. After that, maybe Conservative Washington.
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