Posted on 01/31/2008 5:27:28 AM PST by pissant
With John McCain’s all-too-easy road to the nomination paved through Florida and now nearly complete one thing is clear: The Republican Party has been hijacked. Over the past month a new Axis of Evil has emerged -- not one based in Damascus, Tehran or Pyongyang -- but instead in Cedar Rapids, Charleston, South Carolina, Derry, New Hampshire and Boca Raton, Florida. It is the liberal and “independent” voters in these 4 states that have nearly completed a deed that makes Kim Jong Il envious -- the near crippling of the American Electoral System. These four states have combined their native liberal populism with an imported liberal electorate and have forced the GOP to accept a nominee so distasteful that in more than one poll -- the numbers of voters choosing not to vote and those choosing to vote third party actually exceed those who will hold their nose and vote for Maverick, War Hero, Amnesty Supporter, John McCain.
I can hear you saying, “surely you aren’t saying that South Carolina has gone liberal -- are you?” Are you kidding me? Drive through the Carolinas and count the number of license plates from NJ, NY and Pennsylvania. There is not much Dixie in the Carolinas; it’s more like Trenton and Long Island with fireworks. “But”, you protest, “New Hampshire, is Live Free or Die, it’s been a backbone of conservatism since the 1950’s.” No longer my friends -- NH has become an exurb of Boston, with Boston’s sensibilities and, ugh, their voting tastes. NH hasn’t been reliably conservative since Reagan’s first term. These voters would rather be loved by the Boston Globe, than respected by the Union Leader.
But the evidence continues, you say, “Iowa, that’s America, with small town values and homespun sensibilities.” Wrong again -- Iowa is just a state brimming with farmers on the federal dole, college students and ex hippie professors looking to con, libs in training at Grinnell.
And Florida? As my bubbies would say in Bay Ridge -- puhleeeez. It’s the 6th borough and has been since the mid 1960’s. Liberals have been sliding down the I-95 corridor since Kennedy was elected.
Sadly these 4 states have done more than set the tone for the other 46 -- they’ve dictated terms. Frankly I could extend the analogy to include Nevada, which is down to about 13% native -- but why beat a dead horse.
What we have is the sick and twisted dreams of Pinch Sulzberger, Don Imus, Maureen Dowd, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews come true: the GOP has been forced to choose a nominee designed to cause the base to retch, and thereby not vote. Guaranteeing 4 years of Clinton score settling or Obama socializing entire corporate sectors.
Its time to simultaneously bring back democracy to the GOP and defang the left and her Rockefeller accomplices in the new Axis of Evil. It’s time for the nuclear option -- its time for the GOP to front-load the whole freaking process into one date. Make every state vote on exactly the same day. Make every candidate compete in EVERY state at the exact same time and hold every single GOP primary and caucus on Super Tuesday. When NH and IOWA complain, take a page from the Democrats and refuse to seat their delegates, or better yet, declare renegade states as straw polls.
This would balance our nomination process out. There will be no more “Big Mo”, no more singular precincts in obscure Iowa towns setting the tone for the rest of the country. If liberals from Englewood Cliffs NJ want to vote liberal, it’s going to get cancelled out by conservatives in Chattanooga -- who might actually get to vote for Fred. Its time to let Nebraska count as much as New Hampshire. Let Texas matter as much as South Carolina, let Florida be canceled out by California -- as it should be. The only two groups who have benefit from the current process are the media flacks selling the drama and John McCain establishment hacks. Does anyone think Fred Thompson got a fair hearing? Or Duncan Hunter? John McCain does not speak for me…or frankly for any one else, I know.
Folks, we have let the liberals and RINOS set the agenda. Open Borders, Higher Taxes, and surrender to Kyoto-worshipping technocrats. This is the Republican Party? But hey, the McCainiacs counter, “John McCain is a war hero -- right?” Let me be the first to say it’s not about what you did in the 60’s sir -- it’s about what you will do to America in 2009 and beyond.
This is our party, not John McCain’s or Mel Martinez's, or Lindsay Graham’s. The Republican Party is THE conservative party dammit. Let’s admit it and take it back. RINOS and Liberals have taken the GOP plane hostage, and its time for us passengers to revolt…and do what has to be done -- Let’s Roll.
Stop McCain now! Take care of the whackjobs and RINOs later.
Too little, too late. The Grand Experiment is finished.
Of course by doing that you preclude any late candidate you might want.
Consider if the primary season were stretched out like it used to be. At this point a Newt Gingrich could get in and that would transform the whole race.
As it is now unless you got in early last year and have the money you can’t do anything and the whole front loaded primary season keeps others from getting in that may be better.
No better example than this year’s lackluster group to chose from.
Exactly. When will we stop hearing about the "dying dinosaur media"? The dinosaur still looks pretty healthy. It keeps eating our lunch.
Many of those folks from NJ or NY were (or are) conservatives running from liberals.
I did just that , and the DNC caller got all sputtery!
I told them it would be a cold fay in hell that I would give a plug of already chewed tobacco to the RINO party, let alone my hard earned cash!
I gave to Duncan Hunter when he needed it , but thats water under the bridge. No more money for any of those ijits who think they can slack spike a party by nixing its conservatives. Hunter and Thompson were cut out of televised debates and the RNC didn't even twitch on their behalf.F'em
I won't even think about giving money or supporting the RNC until I see Tom DeLay as an executive officer of the RNC.
As far as this election goes, the RNC and all their jumped up ijit candidates can talk a long walk of the shortest pier they can find.
I'm done with them.
If they don't have enough sense to nominate a conservative at the Republican convention, then that will be the end of the Republican party for 2 more elections cycles. 8 years of dems folks. Read it and weep!
They allowed the perfect to be the enemy of the good. Not only that, but they seem to have no idea about the process of making amendments to the Constitution. They need supermajoritys in Congress and the states to do it, and that won’t happen in my lifetime. However, getting rid of Roe vs. Wade and throwing this issue back to the states could have happened, but won’t with the candidates being McCain vs. Clinton.
As opposed to Hillary? Right....
CFR? Campaign Finance Reform? Or, the OTHER one?
I’m curious...how many FReepers wish we didn’t have political parties?
I believe the party has abandoned my principles.
You are correct in your analysis, however if the Republican party would get back to keeping government out of our lives, cutting taxes, ending a lot of this entitlement spending, I think that is a few things many youth can agree on. Those are the things that draw them in, social conservatism generally comes later when they have kids although not always the case. Just my opinion anyway...
You can’t sell what you don’t believe in. And the GOP long ago stopped believing (if it ever did) in conservatism.
If the electorate has become more liberal, it is because they haven’t had anyone teaching them like Reagan did.
Agreed. The “leave me alone” conservatives have been forgotten in the rush for power and money.
We may have to fight this one out on the Convention floor in Minneapolis this summer.
Time to resurrect the Bull Moose Party
'When _I_ use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean--neither more nor less.'
Mecaca ruined everything. That was our Reagan. Then again Reagan would not have been that dumb.
RICK SANTORIM
Maybe he can be VP?
but we are whistling dixie chits here....TPTB are in control and they really don't care about "us"
I can't believe that people are demanding immigration changes and protection of our borders but that is all a non-issue apparently...
the sad fact might just be that MORE people are leftist and holding their hands out then we thought...
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