Posted on 12/15/2006 6:03:14 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Santorum didn't lose his base (though some of us weren't happy with him), he lost the large group of voters who don't vote along party lines.
And here in PA, those votes are hugely important.
good point...
self-ping
A certain 1631 printing of the Authorised Version of the Bible omitted the word "not" from Exodus 20:14, thus rendering the seventh commandment to read "Thou shalt commit adultery". The publishers were each fined 300 Pounds (about $60,000 today).
Maybe if the screecher-elect can have a year's salary forfeited each time she so grossly misreads the Constitution...
Exactly right, and we saw it play out vividly right her during the primary in Utah this year. But, when only 20% show up for a primary election we will never be able to effect possitive change... and I don't care what the ACU is, perhaps we need to start using primaries to creat term limits unless he/she is absolutely outstanding in every manner, eventually DC corrupts even the best of the people we sent up there.
If you could turn back the clock and they had both supported Toomey, I wonder what would have happened, this November? Of course we will never know, but we can live and learn.
Repeating myself.
There is no such thing as a VIRTUAL PROTEST.
We must make people understand the importance of the primaries. No more "well, I've been there for years and a new guy won't have the influence I do" excuses from the incumbents. We need to hold these people accountable for what they do or don't do during their whole term.
It will take some time but once we get the ball rolling we'll make our elected officials understand that they really are there working for us.
We may have lost Santorum's seat anyway but at least we wouldn't have Specter sabotaging everything the White House is trying to do.
I hate Nancy Pelosi.
Do you mean McCain, or Feingold?
PA is the best example for what we've been talking about; and am I sorry Chaffee lost in RI? Absolutely not, just disappointed we didn't kick him to the curb ourselves and at least run an honest Republican against the democratic candidate. May have lost anyway, but WE would have sent a message to Chaffee, who has been bragging about leaving the GOP since the election, that WE didn't want him in the party because he didn't represent our values.
Take away free speech from Americans, invent rights for illegals and terrorists. Sounds like the Democratic platform to me.
Indeed! Thanks for posting that link. I especially like this article:
I was off-line most of the weekend, and didn't see this thread until today. This legislation seems tailor-made to target organizations such as FR, which (1) has informal membership rules and (2) encourages members to be politically active. The legislation definitely targets the little guy, and seems intended to scare people away from political expression via the threat of lawsuits or criminal prosecution. In other words, this legislation strikes at the very heart of the 1st Amendment.
One would think this course of action would be self-evident. But apparently, some don't get it.
They are probably libertarian - 'conservative' fiscally, but liberal in everything else.
That would be my guess also.
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