Posted on 06/16/2007 4:26:37 PM PDT by Frobenius
Hear that giant sucking sound -- It is the sound of a rapidly growing political vacuum on the Right in this country...
Free Republic is an amazing resource with many thousands of members.
Why not harness that resource and start our own third party with *REAL* conservative principles.
The Republican Party may have left a lot of us recently - but that does not necessarily mean that we have to leave our conservative principles.
Out of this large principled group, there has to be someone that is able to create a new party and make it a new force in national politics.
Qualifications: REAL conservative; Clean background; and the ability to clearly Communicate ideas to the American people.
Any takers?? You would have the beginnings of an organization with thousands of volunteers already in place in every state of the Union.
I agree, and I come from one of many states who’s Republicans are RINO’s, and the Socialists run uncontested. I think it is time we put faith in our fellow conservative Americans, and not in the government, and vote are conciences. There are a few Dems who are conservative, very few. Somehow we have to get conservatives to run and contest those of both parties who are not! To me that is a huge part of the problem, we are given conservatives to vote for! For one thing, we need to take the process back from the media!!
Something very similar was proposed, and followed through on, in the last couple of years.
Called "Free State Project".
It was greeted with disdain by many Freepers, I never figured out why.
They selected New Hampshire, only reason I didn't participate; just too damned many liberals with money to overcome. Made the goals seem unreachable.
Golly, I heard this idea before somewhere. Now where...where??? It’ll come to me, I know it will.
We don’t need to abandon the GOP ship. We just need to throw the pirates overboard by not paying a dime to any level GOP organization until we force new leadership into place.
For now, bail and pray. DON’T ABANDON SHIP!
I’ve never seen that before, that is hilarious.
What a pretentious, arrogant and stupid statement.
You look out your window on the "reality" of people living on top of one another like insects. You see the crime and filth of the third world taking over your environment. You see the exhibition of people dressing and acting stupid to draw attention to themselves rather than accomplishing that by the fruits of their hard work.
I look out my window on a forested lake often with a Bald Eagle soaring over the spring water. The colorful exhibition I see is of beautiful birds and wildflowers, not some pierced, tattooed freak.
We are both looking at "reality" I suppose, but I would not be as passionate in defending my rights if it only meant living in the reality of "a large city and a county of over 3 million".
Think of how many of Americas great leaders came from "big cities" as compared to smaller towns. Big cities just don't seem that beneficial to "seeing reality". As far as "limited knowledge" goes, your post would seem to prove the point that knowledge certainly has little to do with a persons home town population.
Keep your parochial opinions and limited abilities, us poor rural folks will somehow muddle through without the "view" of those mean city streets.
Too late, I already wrote-in DRAWBRIDGE on my ballot. Sorry.
Can we get Registered to make all the charts & graphs?
I'll say....
I have seen the burgs and prefer the world of reality.
I enjoy walking up the street and down a few blocks
and looking out to the USS Ronald Reagan. I appreciated growing up in my neighborhood and having respect for my neighbors who were fresh out of Hitler’s concentration camps.
It seems the people who post in favor of the illegals or against the war on terror are from the burgs.
You don’t seem to be talking to me.
Other than personal amusement, such efforts are fruitless.
Congressman Billybob
Latest article, "Bar Fight in the Blue Ridge: The Battle for NC 11"
Your sense of "reality" might be a little warped. The majority of liberals in this Country live in big cities. The conservative patriots mostly live outside of big cities in flyover country. This seems to be the natural order of things.
San Diego went for Bush, we are the largest city in the
U.S. with a Republican Mayor.
This is precisely what Hillary wants to invite in...especially with Bloomberg making his 3rd party attempt. Its 1860 all over again, except now its the Republicans that screw up.
Parts of San Diego are beautiful, I have a good friend who lives in the Scripp's Ranch area...I fear it may not stay that way if the amnesty bill passes.
I fear it may not stay that way if the amnesty bill passes
I am sitting 20 miles north of the largest and busiest border crossing in the world.
One of San Diego’s congressmen, Duncan Hunter has been fighting this issue for years and years..
He Authored the Border Fence bill which was signed and funded then blown off at 1600 PA Ave.
Well, for starters, a FR third party would have the effect of electing Hillary Clinton as president; and, she would waste little time in dismantling Free Republic, and repressing all other forms of dissent.
(Just think of how astoundingly few votes decided the last two presidential elections, and you can visualize a third party splitting the GOP votes into a landslide loss.)
It's no more complicated than that.
>> (Just think of how astoundingly few votes decided the last two presidential elections, and you can visualize a third party splitting the GOP votes into a landslide loss.)
It’s no more complicated than that.<<
It would appear that even Ralph Nader now gets the point that in an evenly divided country with a two party system, the side that splits, loses.
I’d hate to be dumber or more obstinate than Ralph.
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