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."
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We have to create one. See post 21.
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.
It's dead Jim, the GOP is dead.
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.
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.
And the GOP takes another step towards socialism!
Good Lord, it appears that Soros has bought and paid for people on our side of the aisle now.
It's looks like something me and mine can get behind. The GOP doesn't want us anymore.
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.
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.
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.
Yes, it certainly is.
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
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GOP runs off with the DNCs 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...
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.
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?
I’ll wait until Obama is safely defeated to think about third parties.
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.
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