Posted on 02/05/2008 6:26:15 AM PST by TinaJeannes
THERE IS A LEFT-WING conspiracy at loose in the world, dedicated to undoing conservative governance, only the people who see it aren't sure what it is. John McCain is in it, of course, in fact he is the cause of it, as making him president is the ultimate goal. He is blamed for running, (and perhaps, for breathing), but beyond him the face of the threat is less clear. In fact, the faces are those of other conservative stalwarts, who were their heroes and brethren until--until, say, just after the Florida primary, when McCain emerged as a serious threat. These include Mike Huckabee, the once well-thought of former Arkansas governor (and hero of the social conservative part of the movement), who unaccountably refuses to withdraw from the race on their orders; Tom Coburn and Sam Brownback, perhaps the most conservative members of the United States Senate; Jack Kemp, the supply-side Reagan enthusiast; Phil Gramm, the most conservative Republican to run in the 1996 contest; and Ted Olson, the hero of the Federalist Society, who argued and won the case of Bush vs. Gore. (They may also include the late President Reagan's widow, who, according to the Drudge Report, hearts John McCain.)
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Exactly. The Whig Party compromised itself out of existence. Lincoln, an ardent Whig and Congressman, walked away and went back into private law practice when that Party abandoned him. Later he joined a radical third party, the Republicans.
every thread now has a Messianic Mitt Message, maybe Mitt IS the Second Coming, Save us Mitt, save us from ourselves! Goin’ to Kanasas City, Kansas City Here I Come!
Mitt has abslutely no credentials when it comes to foreign policy. None !
I am a HUGE fan of Lincoln, but the historical fact is that the Republicans were simply a minority party that was able to capitalize on the fracture of the Democratic Party between north and south. Then came the war, and after the north’s victory and Lincoln’s success, everyone and their mom wanted to become a Republican.
The only way that is going to be successful is if simultaneously a large liberal party were to split away from the Democrat Party. Personally, I would rather see four major parties: conservative, moderately conservative, moderately liberal, and liberal. In my mind, four such parties would better represent the views of the country than the two existing ones.
What makes me mad about this whole process is the fact that I’m a longtime conservative republican who lives in Pennsylvania. Independents and in some cases dumbocrats in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida got to pick my parties representative for POTUS and I have no say in it. Our primary is in May.
I think that is what is honking a lot of people (like myself) off. I don’t like independents and liberals determining who my parties representative for elections is going to be.
[The result will be the call for a Conservative convention and the start of a legitimate third party movement that has a true ideological base.]
Not a Third Party, a Shadow Party within the Republican Party that holds its own convention, puts up its own candidates.
Revenge of AMNESATY man — business and political interest, Bush et al, think electing AMNESTY man is the path to eternal majority. Problem is, the handout crowd votes fascism Democrat. It’s in the South American blood, where they wouldn’t know what freedom is, nor what to do with it. See Venezuela and huge Chavez for references about fascism and government control of profits for their personal gain. Check out what the bread and circuses crowd have to eat daily.
and you with your name calling are no better then the whackos on move on .org.
It makes me mad too! I’m in Minnesota and will be going to my caucus this evening and I will not be voting for McCain.
It’s too little, too late though as the liberals and the media have already given McCain the nomination.
Now we have a fracture between conservative America and those that wish to see a European style socialism installed. The Republican Party has been moving toward compromise and cooperation with the left in order to capture the votes of a new demographic.
Conservatives are opposed to that as well as the curtailment of our free speech, our second amendment rights, and the incorporation of a huge body of illegal aliens here in violation of our laws. We will fight McCain every step of his miserable way!
what name calling?
Giving up liberty for safety? I seem to remember some words about that.
The difference is that conservatives are currently PART of the fractured party ... the only way that they could pull of an 1860-style miracle is if (1) there numbers were big enough in enough states to gain pluralities against both the Repub and Dem candidates, and (2) they have the good fortune of a massive crisis that they get the credit for solving.
As it stands, however, the Dems are unified, so a conservative third party would go nowhere.
it's not surprising that bob dole is perplexed by the resistance to mclame, afterall they're birds of a feather.
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