[teldon30]

I wonder who is to blame for the current Republican “funk”.

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I’m not going to blame Bush for all the woes in this country...we’re still a fat, dumb and happy society for the most part...but he is the top dawg and his bloated budgets, lax borders 6 years after 9/11 and an inability to get out a coherent message as to what he wants to truly stand for, imho is part of it....also add continuous carping from Holywood and wimpy RINOs.....i don’t think ONE person is soley responsible.

[teldon30]

Let me change the “RINOs” to CINOs....i think RINO confuses people that Republican actually stand for some kind of conservatism....not lately as i see it.

[billybudd]

No, it’s pretty much Bush. His actions have cast a shadow over every Republican in the country and have caused great damage to the conservative image - without any conservatism on his part. The RINOs find it easy to be RINOs if they know there will be no resistance to the liberal agenda whatsoever in the Executive.

[stevio]

Unavoidable risk of being cliche, I lay the majority of this on Bush, he’s our leader and he’s not leading the Conservative movement. I understood he wasn’t a true conservative when I voted for him, he is still better than the alternatives and I had hope.