The Death of Conservatism? - 43 Mistakes and the GOP's Dobson's Choice

Sideshow Bob | January 29, 2008 | Sideshow Bob

[ari-freedom]

As for me, I prefer Huckabee, but will take anybody over Romney. And that’s includes ‘rats if need be.
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after all both Huck and dems are for big government and against freedom

[Bryan24]

I agreee with you. Dobson’s attack on Thompson was disasterous.

[DannyTN]

Well I thought about going 3rd party. But if Romney gets the nod, I’ll only vote 3rd party if I’m relatively certain Romney will lose anyway.

[ari-freedom]

it’s people like Buchanan and Huckabee that excite people into writing big checks for Planned Parenthood and NARAL

[TexanByBirth]

See Mistake #40

[Sideshow Bob]

...Dr. James Dobson and other egotistical evangelicals

Credibility-flush. Writer has personal issues. I stop reading.

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No, Reader has personal issues and stopped thinking.

Believe it or not, evangelicals are not infallible and can fall to the sin of egotism. Dobson may be a strong man of faith and a learned Biblical scholar, but he knows little of the rough & tumble world of partisan politics and made a bad choice.

[DannyTN]

Oh and Romney’s not? Huck’s tax increases were mostly driven by a court order. Club for Growth gave Romney a 50 and Hucabee a 49. Not a lot of difference.

At least Huckabee is a social conservative. Giulani would be a lot better than Romney, if you have to vote for a social liberal.

[graceland]

That is what I have said. After 4 years disaster, country would be ready for someone really decent

[scripter]

If you want the National GOP of the future to resemble the Massachusetts GOP of today, vote for Mitt.

Indeed. Many nation-wide conservatives should have learned the lesson Schwartzneggar taught Californians with S.B. 777. Unfortunately, many didn't.

[ejonesie22]

It took a Carter to bring us Reagan.

[ejonesie22]

Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery.

[Bryan24]

The principles of Conservatism aren’t constantly moving to the left. All of the candidates, except Thompson and Hunter are moving to the left.

The MSM is a living, breathing force that is pulling/skewing everything to the left. McCain will be touted as a conservative by the MSM. In reality, McCain is probably leaning a little on the liberal side of the Liberal/Conservative meter.

On a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being ultra left and 100 being ultra conservative, here are where the candidates actually rate:

Clinton = 5
Obama = 8
Edwards = 10

McCain = 40
Giulinai = 40
Romney = 45
Huckabee = 45

Thompson = 75
Hunter = 85

[Bear_Slayer]

Actualy, Rush, like me is suggesting that the only thing that will bring Conservatives back together is for someone like Hillary to be in office for very long.

The problem is that conservatives will be more than ready to elect the first alledged conservative that comes along, when in fact he is barely less liberal than the opposing democrat on certain issues.

[britt reed]

The Evangelicals have been a pox on the political process of this great nation since they assisted in the election of the Georgia Peanut Boy in ‘76. Let them go and say good riddance to trash.

[dinoparty]

It also took a Carter to delay the defeat of communism, implement radical islamist rule in Iran, cause great humiliation to the USA in the hostage crisis and in other matters, and bring our economy to the brink of disaster.

As a patriot, I’d think you’d want to avoid these things.

[Sideshow Bob]

You blame Dobson for Fred’s loss, but the fact is, Fred ran a lousy campaign and thumbed his nose at the evangelicals.

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No, Fred thumbed his nose at Dobson. How did he thumb his nose at other evangelicals?

[dinoparty]

That’s ridiculous. Do you think “conservatism” has a chance without them, except in your head?

[Yankereb]

You seem to relish keeping the Republicans as a minority party. What exactly would that prove? I will vote for anyone the Republicans nominate, better half a loaf than none at all. At least we would have some influence on them, whereas with an Obama or Billary, we would have none at all.BTW I am what you would consider an “evangelical” conservative, and that doesn’t mean that I support James Dobson. I personally think he’s wrong. Just because you are an evangelical, doesn’t mean you’re a theocrate. There are a lot of us out there. The MSM has done a superlative job of painting us as wild-eyed, one issue voters. I am sure that there are some like that, most probably in the minority, I can assure you, the majority of evangelicals are not, and should not be written off by any Republican candidate.

[Sideshow Bob]

It’s Chuck Norris’s fault!

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Yes, and in response I will forever boycot all repeat episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger (no real loss - I've never actually watched that show) and pledge never to purchase his home gym system.

lol

[pa_dweller]

I count 44 total.

Conservative fears of repeating Florida 2000 helped Bush win reelection in 2004, despite the party's overall drift to the center. By now, any conservative elements in the House and Senate were in complete retreat. The moderates ruled the roost in both houses. RINO defections on the Iraq war (Mistake #28), wasteful earmarks (Mistake #29) and ethics scandals (Mistake #29) were now front and center for the GOP. The only conservative victories of 2005-06 were the confirmations of Roberts and Alito to the Supreme Court. And it took a battle to defeat Bush on his nomination of Harriet Miers to do it.