Posted on 05/20/2006 1:16:03 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Conservatives, nationwide are getting angry about the loss of principle by GOP'ers in office. Big spending in Washington and Sacramento. The inability to control illegal aliens. Failure to protect jobs and the failure to stop the social agenda of liberals in our schools in finally causing conservatives to say NO to GOP incumbents, even if it means we could lose seats in a legislative body. The thought is simple, why protect a Republican running for office if their voting record will differ little from the Democrats.
In Utah, GOP Congressman Chris Cannon could not win his Parties endorsement for re-election--his opponent got more votes in Convention then he did.
In Nebraska, Congressman tom Osborne, and legend in the state, was defeated for the nomination for Governor due to his weak stand on illegal aliens.
In Heardon, Virginia, five incumbent city council members lost re-election due to their creation of a "Day Labor Center" for illegal aliens.
In the California 50th Congressional District Special Election, the Democrat is ahead of the Republican, since the Republican has been portrayed as more liberal than many Democrats--has even supported Democrats in the past.
But, Pennsylvania last Tuesday should have been the two by four to every GOP candidate and office holder in the nation.At least 14 incumbent GOP office holders, including the top two in the State Senate were defeated in a Republican primary, by Republicans. The good news is that if they had not been defeated, many GOP voters would have stayed home in November. This is a lesson for us in California, and the nation, GOP voters have had enough of Republicans acting like Democrats. Our candidates need to stand for GOP principles, then vote and govern that way once in office.
No longer will GOP voters settle for, "well at least they have a "R" after their name." There is a revolt going on in GOP ranks and it is moving across the nation.
The fix is in. Can you say president Hillary ?
No fair. I asked first.
No, cheering conservative Republican wins (I hope).
John Adams quote: no good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.'
From what I have heard, George Allen is soft on "gay" rights. Heard he is pro-"gay" marriage.
If someone knows the details, post 'em.
Makes one weary...In the end, the right way will be exalted...That's the only comfort...You have been a wonderful example, Jim.
Posting disclaimer for Republican politicians who ignore the will of the American people. It's already beginning to hit the fan.
"We're talking about replacing rinos with conservatives wherever we can in the primaries."
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I am all for that, AS LONG AS those conservatives will be able to beat their Dem opponents in November.
I think we should vote for the most conservative, ELECTABLE Republican.
It doesn't matter how conservative a Republican candidate is, if he/she is defeated by the Dems. As we found out many times in CA.
A less conservative, but electable Republican who WINS, and defeats the Dem nominee, does more good for us, than the most wonderful, most conservative Republican who loses and we end up with a Dem replacing an incumbent Republican, RINO or not.
I don't like RINOs any more than anyone else here, but if it weren't some of the RINOs in Congress, the Republicans wouldn't have a majority, because those seats would be taken by Dems.
Defeating incumbent Republicans is always chancy, because that gives the Dems a better chance of winning, going against an unknown, instead of the incumbent.
Thank you for your comments.This is the only way we keep
from having a speaker pelosi
So it's better to saddle us with a Dem Congress and Dem President?
Do you have any concept of how much damage Carter and Clinton did to the country?
However it seems a good idea to replace "moderates" with "conservatives" in Republican districts. Turnout determines elections, so we don't have to worry much about "moderates" voting for the Democrats. They are more likely to stay home than to vote for the Democrat.
"In the California 50th Congressional District Special Election, the Democrat is ahead of the Republican"
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Is this cause for celebration?
The problem I see is that most RINOs come from areas which are heavily Dem and a conservative has no chance of getting any of the independent, or Dem votes and just getting Republican votes is not enough for victory, so you are trading away a Republican for a Democrat, taking the chance of giving the Dems majority in Congress.
But we still haven't recovered from the damage they did.
"In the California 50th Congressional District Special Election, the Democrat is ahead of the Republican"
Exactly. Bilbray has a good chance but the all or nothing crowd are making it possible for the Democrat to win and the National Dems are putting big money in this.
I do not want to end up with a Speaker Pelosi or Majority leader Harry Reid. This is where it is headed if folks don't get out and support the Republican candidates instead of sitting at home or the third party malcontents.
THIS is a direct result of Republican incumbents being defeated:
Republican vulnerability in House races may be growing
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635209216,00.html
Despite polls showing rising support for Democrats and scorn for Republicans, analysts have said Democratic hopes for big gains remain remote, because so few seats are in contention.
That appears to be changing.
Over the past week, a handful of once-safe Republican congressional seats have come into play, and other Republican incumbents are facing increasingly stiff re-election battles, according to analysts, pollsters and officials in both parties. The change amounts to a slight but significant shift in the playing field, and a potentially pivotal change in the dynamics of this midterm election.
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Republican incumbents being defeated puts the seat in play for the Dems. Doesn't sound like good news for us.
>"May the conservative crackdown continue."<
-That is a good way of putting it. I heard this mentioned on the Rush Limbaugh show a few days ago. We are not having a conservative "crackup"...we in in the middle of a conservative "crackdown".
Perhaps there is hope after all!
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