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House GOP unveils 'change' agenda for fall (change from closet libs to openly lib)
CNN ^ | 5/14/2008 | Ed Hornick

Posted on 05/14/2008 6:48:54 PM PDT by tobyhill

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sensing trouble in the fall, the House GOP leadership on Wednesday addressed recent losses in special Congressional elections by unleashing a new agenda aimed at changing that party's image.

House Republican leaders pushed the retooled message, which they call "Change You Deserve."

They rolled out the first version Wednesday, which focuses on working mothers and military families.

"This agenda is a reflection of House Republicans' commitment to providing American families with the change they deserve: common-sense solutions to the challenges they face in their daily lives," according to the agenda provided to CNN.

"Today's families face challenges that yesterday's laws don't address. Sixty percent of mothers with children under are 6 are now working outside the home. The majority of families have not one parent working but both parents working."

The agenda goes on to argue that laws need to be changed to provide American families with "more freedom in their jobs; greater health care and retirement security; safer communities; access to quality, affordable education; and the ability for future generations to compete in the global economy."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 110th; boehner; changeyoudeserve; gop; pelosi; rebranding
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To: exit82

The time to start anew is now, so we can save our bacon in 2012.

http://falconparty.com/


21 posted on 05/14/2008 7:19:14 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: BallyBill

We have to create one. See post 21.


22 posted on 05/14/2008 7:20:05 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: processing please hold

That is why I’m now a member of FALCON, not the GOP. It is imperative something be done, and it is imperative someone do it.

http://falconparty.com/


23 posted on 05/14/2008 7:21:20 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: tobyhill

It's dead Jim, the GOP is dead.

24 posted on 05/14/2008 7:28:09 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (No mas Juan "Traitor Rat" McAmnesty)
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To: tobyhill
"If this isn't a turning point, we're the airplane flying into the mountain. ... If we don't veer off to the side, we're gonna crash and burn this November," he said.

It appears that the GOP has decided that the best way to avoid the mountain is to push the throttles to the firewall. We gave the TWELVE YEARS to do something, four with a Republican president and all they managed was a minor tax cut and to expand government! And now their message is that the government will take care of you? How? With less government and lower taxes and more freedoms?

I am about a half inch from tell the GOP to go pound sand as it looks that there are only two left wing parties to vote for.

25 posted on 05/14/2008 7:29:18 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: pissant

I like the party from what I read about it and will probably support it but this election year I’m not voting for anyone because I know of no one to trust.


26 posted on 05/14/2008 7:31:49 PM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: tobyhill

And the GOP takes another step towards socialism!


27 posted on 05/14/2008 7:31:49 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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To: tobyhill

Good Lord, it appears that Soros has bought and paid for people on our side of the aisle now.


28 posted on 05/14/2008 7:33:46 PM PDT by Marathoner ("Only Hillary Clinton or Barak Obama can get me to vote for John McCain." Thomas Sowell)
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To: pissant
Thank you for that link. Bookmarked. I very much liked what I saw there. Is there a join-up party list?

It's looks like something me and mine can get behind. The GOP doesn't want us anymore.

29 posted on 05/14/2008 7:34:45 PM PDT by processing please hold ( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
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To: xcamel

This is the fuel “not another damn dime” needs to become a grassroots firestorm.

These guys are on the verge of causing me not to vote, an irresponsible horror I could not imagine even a week ago. I have held firm to the conviction that “incremental” success was better than no success at all, that a 5% chance of conservative judges was better than a 100% chance of liberal ones....but...I’m beginning to wonder if it’s not just time to reject, outright, all of it.


30 posted on 05/14/2008 7:34:51 PM PDT by prov1813man (While the one you despise and ridicule works to protect you, those you embrace work to destroy you)
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To: tobyhill
this election year I’m not voting for anyone because I know of no one to trust.

Neither are we and for pretty much the same reason. Mcpain scheduled to speak at La Raza should be the last straw for any conservative.

31 posted on 05/14/2008 7:37:53 PM PDT by processing please hold ( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
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To: prov1813man

The GOP is betting that a majority of Conservatives will forget about how they screwed us by election time and will jump on their “new” Republican Socialist bandwagon.


32 posted on 05/14/2008 7:38:58 PM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: VRWC For Truth
It's dead Jim, the GOP is dead.

Yes, it certainly is.

33 posted on 05/14/2008 7:42:22 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The GOP death march to the gravesite is underway.)
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To: processing please hold
While we're trying to get rid of the illegals, McLame is courting them. While we're trying to lower gas prices by getting more oil to market by drilling, McIdiot is jumping on the Polar Bear bandwagon. He has fought us every step of the way and he will not get my vote. Now that the GOP has thrown us under the bus none of them will get my vote.
34 posted on 05/14/2008 7:43:31 PM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: processing please hold; tobyhill

We are in the process of sending our ‘invitation to the revolution’ letter to the blogosphere and conservative media and various forums. We have been getting some great responses. But it will be a lot of work ahead to get registered in the states and nominate some candidates. We might skip the nomination process and hand pick them instead. LOL

Yes, if you hit the login button, you can register & your email will be kept on file and we will forward all new articles and activities to you. We are working on a “join” button, but for now it is login, then register.


35 posted on 05/14/2008 7:44:43 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: xcamel

GOP runs off with the DNC’s platform.

oh joy...


Been seeing alot of this...people claiming to be “real” conservatives...

Pro-choice

Anti-ANWAR (or drilling of any kind)

Pro-gun control

Anti Iraq war

Pro -universal health care

No nuke

No coal

anti-American SUV...pro foreign car

Basicly huge fans of McCain...


36 posted on 05/14/2008 7:46:28 PM PDT by Crim (Dont frak with the Zeitgeist....)
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To: pissant
We are not opposed to a national sales tax, one version being the FairTax, but such an endeavor must be accompanied by an elimination of the 16th amendment to prevent the possibility of future congresses straddling the nation with both an income and a sales tax. A flat tax is more easily instituted and will still drastically reduce the size and scope of the Internal Revenue Service and force tax consultants and lawyers into a productive line of work.

Therefore, tax incentives designed to keep industrial and high tech manufacturing and R&D on our shores are imperative. We propose to eliminate all taxes on manufacturers that produce the majority of their products in US based factories.

The two statements contradict each other. It appears the "Falcon" is a bit confused.

37 posted on 05/14/2008 7:49:52 PM PDT by politicalwit (AKA... A Tradition Continues...Now a Hoosier Freeper)
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To: tobyhill

When it comes to giving away money, you can never outbid the Democrats. How about a program that restores opportunity and freedom to all Americans?


38 posted on 05/14/2008 7:51:14 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Concerned about the price of arugula)
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To: tobyhill

I’ll wait until Obama is safely defeated to think about third parties.


39 posted on 05/14/2008 7:54:23 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Concerned about the price of arugula)
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To: politicalwit

No. No confusion whatsoever. Perhaps we should not support elimination of the cap gains tax, or the Bush tax cuts until the entire code is reformed as we want. Anything to cut taxes, especially on our industrial producers right now, is imperative.


40 posted on 05/14/2008 7:57:28 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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