RNC Memo Warns GOPers Not To Distance Themselves From Bush

The Hotline (National Journal) ^ | March 28, 2006

[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.

[pissant]

Oh sorry. Join the Greens or the Reform party then. Didn't mean to insult ya, just trying to find you a good place where you agree with the agenda.

[Killborn]

We've had 12 years in power after the toon nearly dismantled everything Pres. Reagan and those before him had accomplished. 12 FREAKING YEARS. It took the DEMONS 40 (FOUR ZERO) nearly uninterrupted years to get the nation where it is today.

And many of you want to throw it all away right now because America did not return to the way the Foundng Fathers wanted in less than two decades.

Patience, thy name is not conservatism.

[Stellar Dendrite]

"Why don't they warn Bush to stop distancing himself from the people who elected him?"

bump!

[pissant]

I could list many conservative things he has accomplished. But I won't waste either of our time

[zook]

"Now YOU are the one that is speaking kooky."

I'm a mainstream Republican and very proud of it. If you disagree with me, fine. But knock off the crap.

[Old_Mil]

It is BECAUSE of GWB that the house (good) and senate (bad) are moving on the issue. he brought it up and he told the congress to do it. Now we conservatives need to stick together and push hard for the best possible version.

You are aware that Bush favors the senate version of this more than the house version, right?

[aureliusk]

Man is that true. You'd never know we WON , that's for sure. If the Dems ever get it they will.for sure, act like winners and pass EVERYTHING they want to and treat Republicans like dirt.
Bush screwed us BIG TIME on this immigrant deal.I think of all the fights I got in to in NY City being the only Republican within miles , right in the heart of leftist land. And now he does this to us..Welcome to Mexamerica !!!!!

[Stellar Dendrite]

ping

[dirtboy]

You don't consider helping Dems take over the Congress and the Presidency a sellout of conservative principles?

You forget the lessons of history so easily.

Parties win when they stand for something. They lose when all they do is run against the other party.

The GOP won in 1994 by standing for something. They lost ground in 1998 by running against Clinton instead of standing for their own positions.

The Dems lost in 2002 and 2004 because they ran against Bush instead of stating their own positions.

Now, in response to Bush getting ready for a sellout over illegal immigration - a move he has been warned about for five plus years - all you can do is say I'm helping the Democrats. And that is the same failed logic that was on the losing end in past elections. Instead of YOU telling Bush to listen to the base, you blame us for having the nerve to finally say there is a position for which we will not accept a sellout. And all you can do is point to the Dems in defense - which is a losing position.

[NJ_gent]

"He RAN on education reform, not elimination of the Dept of Ed."

Reform for a Republican candidate should never amount to massively increasing the size and scope of Federal involvement in education. The Federal government doesn't even have a constitutional leg to stand on when it comes to education.

"he RAN on prescription drugs for seniors."

Had he been conservative in most other areas, we would have tolerated a minor increase in this one particular program. However, I don't see the President fighting for cuts anywhere else in the Federal social welfare program. Instead, I see him pushing a $500 - $700 billion pill bill under the guise that it'd actually cost something like $350 billion. That's not the least bit conservative, and it wasn't what I voted for in 2000.

You forgot to mention nation building (see: Afghanistan, see: Iraq) and national security (specifically border security).

"If you are against the war, too bad. Support the troops and the mission now that it is under way. Or do you believe the NY times that its a quagmire?"

Against the war to oust Saddam? The only thing I was against was the timing. We had (and still do have) a far more serious threat looming in the name of North Korea. North Korea does have nuclear weapons, is developing the means to deliver them to the continental United States, and has threatened many times to do just that. Instead of dealing with that threat, we dealt with a far less serious threat. Might Saddam have sold some chemical or biological weapons to a foreign power or even terrorists? Sure. Can North Korea do the same thing (including nuclear weapons) right now? Yes. And North Korea already has an underground business selling weapons and weapons technologies to our enemies in Iran, Iraq (before the invasion), Syria, and other places. North Korea is arming the people we're fighting, and they're working on mass-producing nuclear weapons. Gee, I wonder who I'd go after first...

My second problem revolves around this whole nation building thing we're doing. The President specifically said he would NOT, if elected, NOT engage in the ridiculously wasteful and stupid exercise of building entire countries. What are we doing in Iraq and Afghanistan? Building countries. What are they doing in Afghanistan? Trying to hang people who convert to Christianity. Hey, maybe we'll nation-build them some electric chairs so they can fry Christians instead of hanging them...

We're not building allies, we're not making friends, and we're not doing anything other than dumping tens and hundreds of billions of dollars into building stuff for people who don't give a damn and either already hate us or will end up hating us in a few years. Let's build our Israeli-style security fence across our southern border, boot out our illegals, provide real, serious, comprehensive border, coast, and port security, and get serious about national security. If a nation becomes a serious and imminent threat to us, then absolutely deal with them in any way necessary, including militarily. But don't then step in and rebuild their entire country better than new when you're done. I can only imagine how Osama and friends are laughing at us right now, as we sink ourselves and our grandchidren deeper into debt in some feeble attempt to placate people who hold some irrational hatred for us after we've bombed their country/government to dust.

[FairOpinion]

"Umm... one little problem with your thinking. "Our Leader" is one of those "Dems/Libs" in RINO clothing."



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I can see that. Kerry or Al Gore would have been such great conservatives. (/sarcasm).

People with attitude like yours were the ones who gave us the "great conservative" Bill Clinton. And now you are working on doing it again.

[pissant]

Not Specters or Kennedy's version.

[pollywog]

Why don't they warn Bush to stop distancing himself from the people who elected him?

Exactly!!!!!!

[durasell]

Yes, but no city has reaped more benefits from the Bush Presidency than NY.

[Mojave]

"On Wednesday President Bush will be in Mexico meeting with President Fox. They'll be talking about the immigration reform bills that are before Congress."

http://www.ktsm.com/story_news.sstg?c=1799

[aureliusk]

Alito fell off the face of the earth .Where is he ? 1st thing he did was vote against us on the death penalty then faded into the dark.Big help he's been so far .

[tertiary01]

I'm sure you are very good at it. Is that another typical trait?

[NJ_gent]

Now there's some September 10th thinking if I ever saw it...

[Txsleuth]

You are the one doing backflips for John McCain...and I have seen you post in favor of him before...

I just don't get why you don't see how bad McCain would be for this country..

Besides, I meant "kooky"...in a nice way---I you saw my other posts on this thread...I was gentle with you...LOL

Relax.

[Stellar Dendrite]

"We're in Iraq because "it's better to fight them over there than it is to fight them here". But because our borders are wide open, they can fight us here by simply walking in with whatever weapons they like."



Iranian smuggling ringbusted near Mex border
Feds believe man brought 60 from terrorist state into U.S.
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44531



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