Posted on 03/28/2006 7:52:53 PM PST by Karl Rand
Republican pollster Jan van Lohuizen, in a memo written for RNC chairman Ken Mehlman, warns that if members of Congress try to drive a wedge between themselves and Pres. Bush, it'd be akin to adding weight to an anchor. GOpers are "W Brand Republicans" whether they like it or not. And van Louhizen, who has polled (often secretly) for the Bush White House under the RNC aegis for years, is worried about low turnout.
Time Magazine first reported on the memo this weekend, but the full text is below.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com ...
If the QB on your team was running the wrong way it would make sense to tackle him rather than block for him.
Jim, I'm a farmer (among other things, at the moment). If we have leaders who are willing to allow the nation's food supply to be sold to the lowest bidder (and trust me, we fight that EVERY DAY)..well, then we are really sunk.
A safe and stable food supply is an absolute necessity for any nation.
zook is a globalist who hates America.
I understand Spanish pretty well, but I don't let those in the neighborhood know it. They make fun of us all the time, and say some pretty awful stuff.
Today when I was at the Food Bank, three tough looking Mexican Farm workers came in demanding some bread and were not happy to hear that it was not being given out today. They gave one of the staff who speaks pretty good Spanish a lot of guff, and we had to make it plain they needed to leave. I'm sure the place will be tagged tonight.
We will have cheap lettuce. Either our farmers go out of business because of cheap imported lettuce, or you and I get to subsidize lettuce growers in order for them to be competitive.
Yeah, I know. Rock and hard place.
You know, I don't know the answer that question! I buy the most locally grown "hothouse" tomatoes that I can find. I'm rather "picky" about tomatoes.
Once in a while, I buy some Romas for sauce...I think they were about $2.49/lb last I checked.
Thanks. I paid .99 cents a lb this afternoon for some little ones. I always wondered if food was cheaper in the "heartland."
If you ever come to NYC, you should arrange to visit here:
http://www.huntspointcoopmkt.com/
You will be amazed.
Well, we eat too much salad anyway. To heck with lettuce.
Well, we eat too much salad anyway. To heck with lettuce.
I'm a little confused by your post ... We already have laws that Bush refuses to enforce. While I agree with stricter laws for employers who hire illegals, those laws are useless if unenforced. The American worker is powerless and scorned by the elites of both parties. It appears that Bush is beholden to the globalist thought. We are no longer a sovereign nation. Our laws are mocked by illegals and presidents alike. I have never voted Democrat and likely never will -- however, if I vote for a Republican again, it won't be a blue-blood Bush type.
Question to elitest Republicans: Do you really think you'll gain votes by telling Americans they're too lazy to work, they're racists becasue they expect the laws of the land to be enforced and unpatriotic if they're not globalists?
I really have to disagree with this statement. The contentious issues are ones that are at the heart of the conservative agenda. It's not really a question of leeway--W got a lot of leeway from his base in his first four years and, where he had slack, he usually exercised it in a leftward direction.
I really think the argument on this thread is not about tactics--it is about ideology. By and large, I suspect that most of the 'stay calm, it'll get better' folks are not from what I would call the conservative branch of the party and are not displeased with the leftward lurch of the party under W. Like W, they don't think controlling federal spending or the borders is worth spending political capital on. I really don't mean this as an epithet. There's a wide range of opinion in the party.
What is really going on is a hardheaded (and sometimes hysterical) appraisal by conservatives about whether the Republicans are (or can be brought around to) representing some serious conservative values.
I am still hopeful that they can be brought around so I am still dealt in. But, to be honest, I am a lot less sanguine about that than I was a few years ago.
I've seen how things work from the inside over the past few years. There is no question that the money in the party has ruthlessly worked to exclude principled conservatives (I'm not talking Pat Robertsons here) from candidacy and decision-making influence in the party. Simply put, principled conservatism is the best single way of making sure that your opponent in the primary gets money from the RNC. That has come from the top-down. The party is not a better place for it and the fall-out is a lot of bitter conservatives who are wondering if the Republican party even wants them.
Conservatives, by and large, aren't dumb or hysterical. We understand that progress is made in small steps--sometimes you even have to take two back to move forward again. The problem is that the footprints have generally headed left for the past five years. I really question whether the folks who control the money spigots in the party are interested in even baby-steps to the right.
If they are not and if conservatives cannot make them behave, then the sole remaining rationale for being a republican is that the democrats suck even more. I'm not sure I will be willing to spend my nights and weekends year round working without pay for that 'principle' because at that point, America cannot be saved--the only question is how quickly we reach the sewer because that's where both parties are taking us.
At that point, it is time for either: (1) quiet resignation to living out your life in a declining culture and doing your best to help your children lead a godly life in the midst of decline or (2) Peasants with pitchforks--and I'm too old to wield a pitchfork :)--I'll have to leave that to the youngsters.
My sister and I are starting a melon; heirloom tomato; and pepper (unusual peppers...not bells) operation this year.
My family already farms row-crop and livestock.
At this seminar we had the VP of one of the largest food distributors in the country; folks from large grocery store chains; and others.
They are literally "begging" for locally grown products...at the request of their customers. The American people like their food homegrown, it appears.
Now we get to the heart of why you have totally ignored the original point and steered the conversation exclusively to the one arena - halfway across the world - where we can claim any success, to make this pathetic, totally predictable, and false ad hominem, like anyone with a swiss cheese argument and a subconscious lack of confidence in it. What I question is the strategy, specifically if we are still following the strategy that got us in there in the first place - it's quite demonstrable that we have abandoned it.
We only have a limited amount of resources and that is the reality most don't like to deal with.
Our President doesn't seem to think so WHEN HE'S GIVING OUR TAX DOLLARS TO ILLEGALS AND TERRORISTS!
Yes, they'll pay a premium for good looking, good tasting, "vine ripened" home grown produce and specialty items.
Actually, it is the right to pay all the bills for the non-citizens who are seeking the American Dream here. Aren't we lucky?
I watched a guy today buy a four dollar tomato...
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