Posted on 11/12/2008 7:02:27 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
I would like to suggest to those who are discouraged by the results of the Republican Primary, and the Presidential Election outcome, that you join your local Republican Party as soon as possible.
That you actually attend the meetings, take on the jobs, do the work, not for your own political gain, but to support your conservative priniples and conservative candidates who will have mass appeal( like Sarah Palin).
Four years will be here before you know it, and we can not take another setback of this magnitude.
It is time to start promoting NEW CONSERVATIVE TALENT ,not just promote the same old codgers who run year after year. You can not wait til the year of the Presidential Election, it should start immediately, so you can see how the process works, if you are not already involved. Our Republican politicians are not getting any younger, and we need candidates who can stand up to the rigors of campaigning.
I know four years is a long time to work without pay for the Republican Party, as officers, and footsoliders, and attend meetings that might not be your cup of tea. But SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT!
I remember sitting in a local Republican meeting over a year ago, when the state campaigner for McCain attended our meeting and starting his promotion of John McCain, even before Obama was the nominee he would be running against. I grilled him over and over on McCain's age issue, and told him I was not ready for another failure in a Presidential Election because the candidate was too old ( remember the Bob Dole vs. Clinton )election. Well of course , my worst fears came true, only Hillary Clinton did not come President, it was worse than that, it was Barack Hussein Obama.
WE HAVE TO START NOW! WE NEED A NEW GENERATION OF CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS TO GROOM FOR HIGHER OFFICE, NO MORE FROM THE GERITOL GENERATION.
You may think you need to start up a third party, but the reality of it is, that the Third Party will not win. When was the last time a Third Party Candidate became President of the United States? Of course no one remembers, because it has not been in our lifetime.
Get out there and reform the Republican Party to fit your conservative principles, and find New Younger Candidates to run for President of the United States in Four Years. We have no one to blame but ourselves.
McCain lost because of his age, not on what he stands for. If he had been younger, he could of run a more successful and agressive campaign.
Your story is a testament to why Republicans need to start early in the election process.
to get your plan implemented you have to join the Republican party and changed the Republican party rules of selecting a candidate, and I think the rules are different in each state. Good Look with your Plan.
You must be kidding!
Do you have blinders on? Twenty percent of conservatives refused to vote for him. He went after the undecided and they broke 70 -30 to Obama.
McCain lost because he was more of the same.
McCain was more of the same and OLD , not energizing his base.. that is what I am saying, we need New Faces, Younger faces in the Republican Party.
I am saying that is exactly why he lost.
Utter crap. McCain not only had a bad message, he delivered it badly as well. The guy has as much charisma as a bowl of moldy pudding. One of his very first speeches after winning the nomination was pushing "green" energy initiatives and talking up the global warming crap. Hardly a ringing clarion call for conservatives to "get out the vote" for him.
I agree. I was very impressed with Tim Pawlenty when I saw him speak on behalf of McCain on the Sunday talk shows. Jindal, though young, is another up and coming voice for the party. Whether Sarah runs in 2012 or not, she will have a big megaphone between now and then. She has “it” - however “it” is defined, which is why the media’s crapweasels cannot leaver her alone.
You have aptly described the Republican County Chairman in Saratoga County New York.
Nah, I’m not THAT cracked up over it. I just need some time to get back on my elephant. :)
Ryan/Sensenbrenner 2012? :)
By the way, who would I talk to about a plan that would solve global warming, the energy crisis, unemployment, and world hunger all in one really simple package. It would also make the operators $billions.
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