Posted on 11/07/2006 8:02:25 PM PST by Philistone
The most important thing that Republicans should learn from tonight is that America is a representative democracy.
This does NOT mean that your congress critter shares ALL your beliefs, or that he is a perfect human being, but rather that, in general, he votes the way you want him to.
It's like hiring a lawyer. You may despise his personal life and his principles, but what is important is that he WINS YOUR CASE.
Democraps could care less about the morals of their elected officials as long as they win.
Republicans could learn a lesson here...
I can assure you that I don't cling to any blankets.
For the record, I can't stand John McCain or most of the other RINOs. I'm a dyed in the wool conservative, and if you look at many of the democrats who won tonight, many are strong supporters of the 2nd amendment, some are opposed to abortion, etc. .....in other words, many of these democrats are themselves conservatives. If the democrats ran Congress as conservatives, republicans would be screwed. But the committee heads will be mostly ultra liberals. I 100% agree that republicans need to stick to conservative principles, or should I say go back to them.
Stop coddling illegals, rein in spending, stop looking to government as the solution to every problem, etc.
George Will stated that the new Congress will be more conservative than the old Congress. Interesting point.
roses of sharon, it is conservatives like you that will make it very difficult to win back the house and Presidency in '08.
Blaming the media instead of what is the real reason for tonight, the Republicans leaving their conservative values, will only cause whatever majority the Dims have now to increase in '08.
It is unfortunate that you have given up to the MSM. Exactly what they were attemtping, exactly what they wanted, and exactly what they got.
My petulance is expensive..
Democracy = Mob Rule.. always in every case, absolutely..
"You're absolutely right. If we're going to build a true movement, we have to build a strong media (including print, radio and film) movement."
Ok Im in how do we do it? The libs own hollywierd and the press - what is the strategy to appeal to conservatives to give up their cash or time to choose a conservative news outlet to the liberal lying leftest media?
Hayworth lost...holy sh*t....
We lost some good consrvatives tonight. I would have expected to lose only RINOs
"Weed out closeted gay pederasts well before the month prior to the election."
The big tent strategy is over - either Republicans stand for family values or they dont. No more read my lips and watch me act like a leftest. Bush's Wife supports abortion and homosexual marriage. Its time to get rid of the RINO trash. The sooner the better.
The basics...
Democrats are for a democracy...
Republicans are for a republic..
There is always hope for the future...
Remember, not even Reagan was blessed with both a Republican Senate and House for long...it's just the nature of things...and yet he accomplished much throughout both his terms...even if some argue not much was accomplished in his second.
Anybody know how tonight could effect judges? Or is it too early to say?
...Especially when the incumbent is a big spender who fiddles with our private lives, seizes our property without due process and ignores the border insurgency problem right here at home.
...And 100% true. "fillistein" (and the other Wednesday Morning Pundits) can take his pompous, moronic lecturing, print it on a sheet of paper, crumple it up into a ball, and stick it where he puts his head when he feels like doing any heavy thinking.
"Hayworth lost...holy sh*t...."
Tell me it aint so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! holy crap - Bush is in deep sh*t now. The big tent strategy is no longer.
Why? Historically, this loss isn't to out of whack. This happens, and fact is, the current crew up there got lazy and got what was coming to a lot of them. Dewine especially.
If we manage to hold the Senate, I'll be amazed. That, in my book, will be a victory. The D's took on a lot of DINO's tonight.
Nancy hasnt been the Speaker nor should they have been treated like the majority party.
By the way...now they're saying Allen is down and Webb is UP
Was Allen a RINO?
Hastert is going to win, but he'll be out of the GOP leadership.
Considering the extent to which the House districts are gerrymandered it's increasingly obvious that the Democrats opened a big can of whupass all over the GOP.
The only thing I have learned tonight is it that most Americans are (politically) uneducated, unaware and just stupid. To give America over totally to a group of pacifists is unconscionable. America, by vote, wants to lose in the overall scheme of things.
Praise Allah as a national theme is next.
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