Yours is the perfect thread to reiterate what I wrote back in May:
“Because of Operation Chaos, McCainiac will win in a land-slide.
Our job #1 will be to convince as many people as possible that they must also vote for their local/state Republican candidate who is running for the House or Senate seat in November.
We must convince them that they will be making a major mistake if they vote for the “RAT candidate (even if he seems/is more conservative than the Republican candidate), for this reason: McCain will not be able to come through on all the promises they like that he has made to them if the ‘RATS have a large enough majority in Congress to block everything he wants to do. We must keep ‘RATS from having enough votes to overturn his vetos.
If we can increase our numbers in Congress on McCain’’s coat-tails, we (conservatives) will be in a much better position to exert our influence to stop him from advancing the parts of his agenda we hate.
I cannot overstate the importance of our “Job # 1”, enough, but we should hold back until we get closer to the election (when the polls show McCain’s big lead) before we go into full-court-press in implementing it.
Friday, May 30, 2008 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2023515/posts?page=47#47
Addendum to the above: I think we can effectively use the energy / drilling issue as the wedge that will convince Americans to be willing to dump the congressional ‘RATS and go with the Republican in their respective states since it
can be demonstrated that the ‘RATS are the ones who are standing in the way even if they pretend that they have changed their minds (with the help of 5 Republicans = “Gang of 10”)
We must convince those 5 Republicans to back off of that deal.
I’ll have to do some research as I don’t remember the name
of the group, but I heard one of the radio talk show hosts interviewing the two founders that have/or will have an energy bill drawn up (#6566???) that has no ear-marks or other changes allowed, and are going to ask those of us in the grass-roots to have our respective congress members sign a pledge that they agree to vote for it. It will be with the understanding that those who don’t sign the pledge will have their names published so that Americans will know who to throw out of office in November, or at their earliest opportunity.
They plan to initiate this effort around the first of September or so. If anyone reading this knows the name of the group, please let me know.
Re: #68
I found the bill I referenced in my previous post:
An invitation for pro-drilling Democrats
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/08/05/an-invitation-for-pro-drilling-democrats/
By Michelle Malkin • August 5, 2008 02:23 PM
Put it in writing, pals.
GOP House leader John Boehner calls the bluff of “pro-energy” Democrats who say they support drilling:
- House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement in response to an article in today’s Politico that suggests Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has secretly signaled to rank-and-file House Democratic lawmakers that they should feel free to portray themselves publicly as pro-drilling if it helps them politically:
“My message to Democratic lawmakers is this: if you’re really for increased American energy production, then prove it by putting it in writing. Sign the discharge petitions House Republicans are circulating that will force votes on energy legislation Speaker Pelosi refuses to bring to the floor. And sign onto the American Energy Act, our ‘all of the above’ plan to increase conservation, innovation, and American energy production, instead of doing the Speaker’s bidding by voting against bringing it to a vote. If you aren’t willing to put it in writing, you’re fooling no one. You’re siding with the Speaker of the Drill-Nothing Congress and radical special interests that favor higher gas prices, at the expense of energy-strapped American families.”
NOTE: House Republican members have sponsored a series of discharge petitions on energy reform bills the House Democratic leadership refuses to allow to come to a vote on the House floor. Under House rules, if a discharge petition is signed by 218 or more House members, the majority leadership is required to schedule the legislation for a vote. House Republicans have also introduced the American Energy Act (H.R. 6566), a comprehensive energy reform bill to lower gas prices and move America toward energy independence through an “all of the above” approach. To date, however, rank-and-file Democrats have failed to demonstrate independence from Speaker Pelosi on American energy, refusing to sign onto the GOP discharge petitions and voting with Pelosi on procedural measures to prevent the American Energy Act from being considered on the House floor.
YOU MAKE GREAT POINTS, WORTH REPEATING:
Our job #1 will be to convince as many people as possible that they must also vote for their local/state Republican candidate who is running for the House or Senate seat in November.
We must convince them that they will be making a major mistake if they vote for the “RAT candidate (even if he seems/is more conservative than the Republican candidate), for this reason: McCain will not be able to come through on all the promises they like that he has made to them if the ‘RATS have a large enough majority in Congress to block everything he wants to do. We must keep ‘RATS from having enough votes to overturn his vetos.
If we can increase our numbers in Congress on McCain’’s coat-tails, we (conservatives) will be in a much better position to exert our influence to stop him from advancing the parts of his agenda we hate.
I cannot overstate the importance of our “Job # 1”, enough, but we should hold back until we get closer to the election (when the polls show McCain’s big lead) before we go into full-court-press in implementing it.