Posted on 03/21/2007 4:00:56 PM PDT by etlib
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Instead, the party’s presidential front-runners represent its liberal or corporate wings. These factions may have advocates among the elite—Beltway lobby groups, policy institutes, business councils, magazine writers and newspaper editorialists—but their support among voters is thin. Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney have not caught fire with the Republican base for one simple reason: They are liberals masquerading as conservatives.
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And this is precisely the problem not only with the GOP’s leading candidates, but with Republicans as a whole: They no longer believe in the core principles of the conservative movement. They long ago stopped caring about shrinking the size of government, securing the country’s borders, defending basic Judeo-Christian values, restoring civilized decency to our culture or winning the war in Iraq. They pay lip service to conservative principles. Yet they care only about power, perks and privileges.
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The November midterm elections should have taught Republicans that they ignore these frustrated conservatives at their peril. If Savage urges his hard-core millions of listeners to stay home on Election Day, he can swing the ’08 election to the Democrats. By ignoring its conservative base, the GOP is on a one-way street to political defeat and permanent minority status. Lincoln, Goldwater and Reagan must be turning in their graves.
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He may be talking tough now, but he likes cheap labor.
http://profiles.numbersusa.com/improfile.php3?DistSend=TN&VIPID=743
* Voted YES on allowing more foreign workers into the US for farm work. (Jul 1998)
* Voted YES on visas for skilled workers. (May 1998)
* Voted YES on limit welfare for immigrants. (Jun 1997)
I don't trust him at all on this issue. He refuses to punish businesses, refuses to help businesses see if employees are illegal, and likes to bring in H-1B labor.
"It would be more helpful to have 5 million supporters go out for a real candidate like Hunter or Tancredo."
I couldn't with you agree more.
We's been Bushwhacked!
Dr. Larry McDonald - The Ron Paul of the Democratic Party!
A tragic loss for the Country. Murdered by the Russians on the KAL flight that was shot down.
"If Savage urges his hard-core millions of listeners to stay home on Election Day, he can swing the ’08 election to the Democrats."
I guess Savage is starting a "CONSERVATIVES FOR HILLARY" movement.
That'll help the conservative agenda... putting Hillary into the White House with a Dem Congress with an increased majority and stuffing the courts with activist liberal judges, handing over ALL THREE branches of the government to the Democrats, just to spite Republicans.
This is like a wife blowing up the entire block with everyone's families and children, to get even, because the husband didn't take out the garbage.
Better analogy: It's like debating whether it's better to commit suicide with a Ruger or a Glock.
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