Posted on 05/16/2008 9:24:13 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
All week long, you and I have been blasting the bereft Beltway GOP leadership for their empty sloganeering and Obama-esque change obsession.
Now, the NRCC is hearing it directly on its website. Reader Fritz e-mails that the comments section in the NRCC blog post by chairman Tom Cole is sizzling hot with aggravated grass-roots conservative feedback.
Go check it out. A sample:
This is not the message I am looking to support. The message of the Replican Part should be fundumentally different than the Democrats. We don’t need to “fix” the government. We need the Federal Government to do wnat it is supposed to - protect our freedom. It should not try to be eveyones “Daddy” Healthcare is not the Federal Governments responsibility. If my new my situation, you might take these comments more seriously. I am not some rich guy who wants to pay less taxes and who can afford to pay for the high prices of healthcare. I just know that government, in general, is inefficiant and wasteful and would like to see less governement programs instead of more.
Posted: Steve Bryant on May 16, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Republicians think the way to Win is to Out “Liberal” the Liberals! McCain will be defeated by his views and disregard of Values. Obama will win. If we put up with Jimmy Carter for 4 years….Let Obama and the Dem’s take all the Credit for DESTRUCTION that will follow.I will either not vote or vote for Ron Paul. NO McCain.
Posted: Greatdanes on May 16, 2008 at 1:07 PM
PLEASE….you are kidding??!! John McCain is the republican candidate for President. So, which LIBERAL should I vote for. Let’s see OBAMA(Marxist), CLINTON(Marxist), MCCAIN(Open border/amnesty liberal). I have changed my party affiliation to independent. I will not vote for anyone who says one thing during the primary and when they think they have the nomination locked up, tell how they truly feel. John McCain “DIDN’T GET IT” after-all.
So if the RNCC is going to support this liberal RINO, then you and are at odds from here on out. No more money, no more support.
Posted: Terry on May 16, 2008 at 1:08 PM
No conservative American gets up in the morning looking for a government handout. They go to work and support their families. I have 2 questions for you. When everyone is collecting who will be paying? Why are we not using the resources for energy here in America that God gave us? STOP BEING RINOS. Either LEAD,FOLLOW, OR GET OUT OF THE WAY.
Posted: Maureen McInerney on May 16, 2008 at 1:15 PM
All you guys have shown us is how to loose. The Republicans had the Congress and the Presidency and you debated flag burning! Where is our energy policy? Why are we burning our food supplies? Where is the debate on “global warming”? I can’t support you, you all need to go.
Posted: 19852 on May 16, 2008 at 1:16 PM
It’s rather evident, the Real Republicans are telling you the GOP, the RINO’s are in charge, they are no better than the libs and their values are not those of conservatives. We want the Republican platform adhered to and the speeches to reflect our values as Republicans, not fence sitting RINO ways.
Real Republicans do not have barb wire rash.
Posted: ONTIME on May 16, 2008 at 1:17 PM
Your message sounds like more big government. I am conservative and want a conservative message. I want to support conservative candidates. The three congressional seats that the democrats just won were won by democrats that had a conservative message. Republicans have lost their way. The party has gone back to the good old boy party of elite country club moderates. That is not the way to win elections or raise money. I will certainly read your e-mails but will not support any candidate that does not espouse a conservtive agenda. I hope the party will adopt that philosophy and then carry through.
Posted: Lynda Shackelford on May 16, 2008 at 1:22 PM
…I’ve got a Republican Solution for you: Tighten the belt or lose the pants. And here’s a Positive Agenda Item for you: I Positively DO NOT need a Nanny and am tired of you thinking that I do.
Here’s a thought: Why don’t you figure out what you stand for? You’re starting to sound like you’re falling for anything. I won’t be following you there.
Posted: Colleen on May 16, 2008 at 1:31 PM
…I’m sorry, but there is no way I can/will contribute until I hear the Republican party taking on the fight against the global warming HOAX, drilling in ANWAR, and absolutely protecting our borders against illeagal immigrants. As an example of what I would like to hear, every Republican senator should have jumped on Dick Durbin’s comment “we can’t drill for lower prices” after the amendment to drill in Anwar was defeated. In the circumstances we find ourselves, that is one of the most stupid comments I have ever heard from any politician. To the best of my knowledge, the laws of supply and demand have not been overturned by the liberal judges…yet.
Just one example of many that could turn the party around.
Posted: Rod on May 16, 2008 at 1:42 PM
I’m a middle-class conservative business owner who is still outraged that the GOP leadership in this country decided to make medications part of the entitlements available for all medicare recipients.
I’ve reached that golden age when I am eligible for medicare myself. A lot of us can and should pay for our own prescriptions. For those that are unable to pay, there is a place for this largesse.
Since the government got in the business, the price of my meds has increased 30% across the board. I live on the Canadian border and have friends and family on both sides of the border. Heaven protect us from the kind of “free” healthcare they must endure.
When has the government ever done anything as cheaply and efficiently as the free market?
I come from 3 generations of straight ticket Democrats. Jimmy Carter was the last time I voted for a democratic candidate.
I doubt I’ll be able to stomach voting for McCain unless he gives me some solid reasons why I should. His “reaching across the aisle” only demonstrates a big lack of judgment.
Celeste Colson May 16,2008 12:51 CDT
Posted: Celeste Colson on May 16, 2008 at 1:45 PM
So let me get this straight - I have a choice between McCain or Hillary or Obama? Did I just say I have a choice? I think I just had a 52 yr-old brain cramp. I do not vote for RINOs. None of these 3 are qualified to run this country. If the Repubs are not different than the Demoncrats then what is the use? We speak with our votes - we vote for someone else. Vote for a spoiler? No, we vote our conscience. If the MSM or the NRCC want to consider them a spoiler - so be it. Get a clue already!. Abandoning conservatism means no money, no support, no vote from me.
Posted: PEPPER on May 16, 2008 at 1:49 PM
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The LOTUS blog is selling a fitting t-shirt for the times.
I hope you're right............... but I've never seen or heard John McCain say he BELIEVES IN A SECURE BORDER. I've heard him say, "I've heard the voters and understand THEY want the borders secured." And how will he secure them?!? He'll get the governors in border states to sign a piece of paper saying the borders are secure............ that's it!
Sorry, but the GOP is lost as long as McCain is the presidential nominee.
FreeRepublic had a rally in DC, I believe back in the late 90’s, early 2000 time range. Over 5000 showed up. The media didn’t even mention it! C-Span was the only coverage. Yet 20 libs have a rally and they get all the attention.
I like it and would participate in a heartbeat.
Your points are excellent!!!
Yet another propagandist slimeball tries to paint the rest of us as unpatriotic.
So I'll ask this moron the same question I've asked two other McCainiacs, and never got a straight answer:
Global warming is a scam, and McCain wants to tax us and regulate us over something that does not exist. What kind of a world are the McCainiacs preparing for our Troops when they come home and put their civilian clothes back on? And what kind of future are the McCainiacs leaving future generations by pimping the third Democrat?
Who are the real patriots? The mental cripples with their clothespins? Or the ones who dare point out the Emperor's clothes?
I think mine was #898...wonder if it will actually make a difference or if we are forever consigned to be the led until the Second American Revolution comes
“Global warming is a scam, and McCain wants to tax us and regulate us over something that does not exist”
What John McCain is acknowledging is an understanding of what happened to Tom Delay
In my mind, I keep coming back to what happened to Tom Delay.....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1802383/posts
Washington is so jammed with parasites looking for a teat...that ANY organized opposition-IOW any Conservatives-will be run out of town . Period. This, folks, is a far BIGGER problem than just one with the Republican leadership.
Pay attention the the Farm Bill that just passed. Its not the average American Joe that is demanding handouts that’s driving the bus here.
It’s any large organization that has the cash to buy a few K St. lobbyists to twist congress’ arm. The boys on Capitol Hill that are unresponsive to said arm twisting...well these organizations can afford to make sure they’re replaced in the next election cycle-and in fact, with what the new boys will send them legislatively will far more than make up for the cost of replacing a recalcitrant congresscritter. We American’s have a far bigger problem on our hands here than any of us could possibly imagine in our worst nightmare.
In other words....the corporate money driving this scam is so great and powerful...that politicos feel the need to play ball. Or else.
The one you found was unadulterated rage. Here’s a mild one (I think Mr. Cole would be lynched in person).
[Okay Mr. Cole- no one believes a single word coming out of your mouth!!!!!! Before you, McCain, and the liberal RINO’s go about drawing up schemes that sound right, maybe you should work on getting people to trust what you say!!
We don’t trust you people because you don’t share our values and beliefs........ in fact, Senator McCain has shown nothing but disdain for our beliefs and values.
Don’t be fooled by your own rhetoric: conservatives will not come around and magically accept Global Warming legislation, amnesty for anyone that breathes, or any big government legislation that usurps our freedom .
But why am I even wasting my time writing to you people? You’re soooo smart and we conservatives are sooo not necessary anymore: we’re dinosaurs right? Well these dinosaurs are going to make sure you RINO’s go extinct. Go tell John McCain that!!!!!]
hmmm...it seems that many posts are disappearring from this blog...now the number is down below 750...are the Democrats teaching the Republicans a thing or two about crowd control and free speech?
I like you tag line. I’ve got border collies that’d give the Three Stooges a run for their money.
Submitted for your approval:
Envision the Troops coming home, and hearing the disembodied voice of sneering, looking-down-his-nose McCain, the spiel about 50 dollar lettuce pickers .
"You can't do it".
The same people who backed Giuliani's losing strategy---- which has achieved cult status as the stupidest campaign in US political history....... are now backing McCain.
Candidate Giuliani stupidly said he was "saving himself for Florida." as he insanely ran and lost in every primary/caucus. He then campaigned 61 days straight in Fla, and came in a distant third......and dropped out. His handlers took off Rooty's leash and leashed McCain.
Giuliani (now McCain's) handlers are obsessed with religious cleansing of the Repub Party and with kicking conservatives to the curb. McC is continuing the purge---he has ejected from campaign rallies anyone who dares ask him about amnesty and has refused to meet with religious leaders.
Watch McCain when he talks about amnesty (SW giveaway), the Hundred Year War, and purging conservatives form the party---McC's posture changes---like his leash is being tightened.
Of course, it doesn't matter, because I figured out McCain's strategy this week. He's not trying to sway conservative voters -- his plan is to do this WITHOUT the support of conservatives, instead throwing his chances behind swaying the "Hillary Democrats." It is a strategy that will backfire on him greatly, IMO.
A question: have you been hearing the same sentiments (from the voters in your local GOP district) as the commenters on the blog post?
I dislike McCain. My first vote ever was for Ronald Reagan.
Yet...Imagine the troops coming home like they did in 1974-1975...being helicoptered out of the Green Zone...the subsequent slaughter of all there who worked with us...oil at 250/barrel... interest rates here at home 20-25%...maybe more as the rest of world sees us once again abandoning an obligation we assumed...thereby losing faith in America and the dollar....at least in 1976 we could all see the dust of Reagan’s galloping horse on the horizon....
This is magnificent! After the bashing a few FReepers have given me these last several months (”Do your duty and vote for McCain,” etc.), I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who sees through all the smoke and mirrors.
Thats easy! in one word: Bush! Bush for some reason is labeled a "Conservative". Bush is hated by most of Americans. Republicans seek love more than respect. Ipsofacto, if Bush is hated, and is a "Conservative" (I know he's not, but perception is reality) then all "conservatives" are hated and cannot win in the eyes of the RNC.
Only solution? Run a Republican like a liberal. RNC doesn't want conservatives, but need to make up that gap, so they appeal to moderates and whoever else will be splintered by the Clinton/Obama frakous! Its a naive and flawed strategy, but what choice does the GOP have? McCain was selected. Now their only choice is to:
A) Dump McCain and scrap the entire primary process (impossible to do the same thing the democraps are doing)
B) Embrace McCain, which you have no choice but steer to the left and pray that the base will be so scared of Obama that they will sell out their principles to elect a Democrap with an (R)
Only saving grace would be a 3rd party run on a straight Conservative Party ticket by a Duncan Hunter. But since he's in the party and has a 90% chance of loosing and will have to go back to that party and explain how he split the vote, it aint going to happen!
No, you choose to interpret the behavior of folks who oppose McCain as childish. You insult many people by your inability to assess your own perceptions accurately.
Revenge, anger, peevishness, are stupid and childish motivations for any action. Do you agree? I'll assume the answer is yes. THEREFORE you knowingly insult those of us who plan to withhold our votes from McCain when you assume and proclaim that those are our motivations.
I don't know about other people here, but by withholding MY vote from McCain (which I will do unless he chooses a small government conservative VP), I am doing the same thing as turning the steering wheel on a car to go a certain direction.
Anger, revenge, peevishness, have zero role in the turning of that steering wheel to get from point A to point B.
The same holds true in my carefully calculated decision (you erroniously, insultingly, and condescendingly insist that it is not calculated but made out of pure blind childish emotion) to withold my vote from McCain. That vote of mine IS THE SAME AS APPLYING A PULL TO THE STEERING WHEEL OF THE CAR TO CHANGE COURSE. The Republican party with the likes of McCain at its head is headed in the wrong direction, and I am doing what I can to point it in another direction.
Again, you insult me and people like me, and damage yourself in the doing, when you attribute the thinking behind our actions to "childishness."
Indeed, I think YOU are the one behaving childishly in your refusal to even acknowledge that others may have legitimate reasons for thinking differently than you about McCain.
But those letters are raging against the proper thing-liberalism. I don’t think that can be faked.
A lefist probably can’t even grasp what would make a conservative angry. :p
I've got news for the boys in the smoke-filled backroom. I haven't voted for a liberal in over twenty years and I'm not about to break my record by voting for MacCain in November.
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