Posted on 10/29/2008 9:36:08 AM PDT by NCDragon
BOSTON — The Republican Party was the model of unity leaving its national convention barely two months ago. But no more.
Displaying a fracture that stands to become a clean break if John McCain loses the election next week, Republicans of all stripes and stature have broken with their party's nominee and are not only supporting Democrat Barack Obama, but trashing the GOP in the process.
Former Sen. Charles Mathias of Maryland wrote Tuesday in The Washington Post: "For me, the decision is based on the long-range needs of our country and which of these two candidates I feel is better suited to recharge America's economic health, restore its prestige abroad and inspire anew all people who cherish freedom and equality. For me, that person is Barack Obama."
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The must be smoking some quality product in Boston these days to write this tripe with a straight face....
Anybody got a b.s. reading on this piece?
Former Republican Sen. Charles Mathias of Maryland was voted out of office back in the 80’s, he’s a Rockefeller Repub and old news, big deal.
He is a very good example of why the RINOs must be purged from our ranks.
Although some of these pukes serve as effective "place holders" to organize the Senate or the House, they also serve the bidding of their masters on the Left to stop legislation beneficial to the people.
And, as Mathias now shows us, they later on use their Republican "coloring" and "history" to justify support for a criminal from Chicago who wants to steal all our stuff.
WARNING:
This is a “Tee-It-Up” or “Divide & Conquer” post.
The IMs have gone out.
The newbie posse should be here shortly with wet their special brand of “reluctant” pessimism.
PARTICIPATE WITH CARE!
These people live in an alternate reality. They are clueless!
So good people have woken up and realized how wonderful Obama is? The evil Republican Party is cracking up and on the road to the graveyard? Why didn’t this “news” item start with “Once upon a time”?
No, only one stripe - a big yellow one down the middle of their backs. And their only stature is that of a RINO.
LOL!
Colin Powell and all of the other RINO’s are bandwagon jumpers and since they have no conviction they jump off the bandwagon if they think there’s trouble.
That is a good thing! They don’t hold to conservative principles and we don’t want them in the movement.
Ehh...old hat, they merely recycled old Vichy Republicans into a straw man argument.
Charles Mathias...welcome to the Vichy Republican list.
Chris Shays...welcome aboard.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
They can’t stand to see the Republican party and the people of that party starting to come together.
Honestly, McCain’s candidacy may be the straw that broke the camel’s back for me:
-Libertarianism doesn’t work.
-We will never get back to conservatism and small government.
Now we have liberalism & socialism sponsored by both parties, one more strident than the other. Most of it is in the name of pragmatism, a ‘principle’ used by most here to rationalize their support of McCain.
Ironically, it’s hearing the incessant call to ‘pragmatism’ here everyday that made me begin to wonder why I shouldn’t give up my principles for a philosophy of pragmatism across the board.
I would not take anything that a “republican” from Maryland says seriously - Maryland is a die hard blue state so this is just a bunch of BS - they should also be considered part of the New England elitist states although it is in the mid-atlantic - I know a lot of people here in Maryland that are scared of the big “O” and like Palin a lot! We are all voting but know the state will turn blue this election no matter what...
“Former Sen. Charles Mathias of Maryland... .
It says so much with so little.
Hey libs- take a look at Free Republic. It looked like a circular firing squad 6 moths ago. Now we are 100% united behind stopping Comrade Barry’s march to Caviar Communist revolution.
Why are you people posting this crap?
[He is a very good example of why the RINOs must be purged from our ranks.]
RINOs never do the important task of promoting conservative philosophy. Even in defeat, a conservative sets the intellectual stage for a later victory. All RINOs do is dilute the message and stab us in the back afterwards.
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