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Real Republicans didn’t lose this election – they didn’t play this election. They stayed home, or they held their noses and voted for a man they admired but didn’t agree with.

We gave the Republican Party the presidency and both houses of Congress, and it gave us the finger.

1 posted on 11/14/2008 5:36:26 AM PST by shortstop
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If it helps me serve my country, fine. If it doesn’t, to hell with it.

Now, that's what I'm talkin' 'bout! ;)

2 posted on 11/14/2008 5:38:13 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (G-d watch over and protect Sarah Palin and her family.)
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We gave the Republican Party the presidency and both houses of Congress, and it gave us the finger.


Wait’ll you see the finger the Democrats will give you.


3 posted on 11/14/2008 5:38:29 AM PST by Senator Goldwater
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4 posted on 11/14/2008 5:39:58 AM PST by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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..went from prom queen to town slut in record time...
Sad, but true.
5 posted on 11/14/2008 5:41:12 AM PST by ComputerGuy (HM2 USN M/3/3 Marines RVN 66/67)
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The GOP has lost it’s “sole”................


6 posted on 11/14/2008 5:41:12 AM PST by Red Badger (Hey! Look on the bright side! At least Joe Biden is out of the Senate!..........)
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So like spoiled children you took your toys and went home. We would have had more influence with McCain than we will ever have with barry.
7 posted on 11/14/2008 5:41:20 AM PST by sticker
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I agree! The Republican Party is the worst party on the planet! Um, well except for all the other... </sarcasm>


8 posted on 11/14/2008 5:42:01 AM PST by MarkLevinFan
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I saw governor Crist on this morning and he said we needed to "reach out" more to blacks and hispanics.

Reach out? He has to be joking. These people will NEVER become conservatives. Neither will union workers, gays, feminists, welfare recipients, illegals, teachers, and the entire state of New York.

FORGET REACHING OUT!! TRY REACHING WITHIN!!

9 posted on 11/14/2008 5:42:16 AM PST by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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I agree with every word. Bob is right on target. If the Republicans attempt to resurrect themselves according to Schwarzenegger, then they are done.

Conservative ideas won in this election, even in California.

10 posted on 11/14/2008 5:43:02 AM PST by Wonder Warthog ( The Hog of Steel)
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So to hell with them.

The hell with them.

The Constitution Party

11 posted on 11/14/2008 5:43:19 AM PST by cowboyway ("The beauty of the Second Amendment is you won't need it until they try to take it away"--Jefferson)
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When the balance of power seems delicate, one can feel the need to hold the nose and vote for whichever Republican happens to be on the ticket. But at this point, there's just no point to that exercise.

I'll vote for the Conservative on the ticket, if there is one. If not, I'll stay home.

Personally, I think the GOP will stay in the wilderness for quite a long time. I tried to help them but they scorned me. Now, let's see how they like it.

12 posted on 11/14/2008 5:43:41 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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Well said, Mr. Lonsberry.

A few months back, I received a letter from the RNC, to which I have not sent any money in several years, asking me why I seemed to have “abandoned” the party.

I had a VERY fun time writing a response in which I defined the word “abandon” for them, detailed every issue they had abandoned me/us on, and told them they needed to look in an f’ing mirror.

The Republican Party is dead to me.


13 posted on 11/14/2008 5:44:02 AM PST by WayneS (Cynic? I prefer "Realist")
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The GOP is now the DOP. What was once Grand is now Dead. Bush, the Republican Congresses prior to 2006 and now McCain have damaged the 'brand' beyond repair. As far as most people are concerned Republican means failure.

It's time for conservatives to strike out and form a new party. It'll take time and hardwork and it would probably be a few elections before we could field a Presidential Candidate but it could be done. It could be jumpstarted by asking what few real conservatives still survive in Congress to come aboard. Caucus with the Republicans when necessary and work constantly to recruit quality candidates.

19 posted on 11/14/2008 5:50:07 AM PST by pgkdan ("White folks greed runs a world in need," Jeremiah Wright as quoted by Barack Obama)
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The GOP ran the worst campaign I can remember, and I'm two years younger than dirt. I could have run a better campaign and I know nothing about such work. For the GOP to make a come-back--if that's even possible--they need to gather the few Republicans left in Washington and tell them that they had better get back to the basics of the GOP (and I mean smaller gov't and lower taxes) or we will finish the job on the next ballot.

I worked as an economic adviser for Senator Lugar back in the 70's. Now, I don't even recognize who he is. He's a Democrat in sheep's clothing. We have kept more RINO's in office than deserve to be there. It's time to clean house and start over. If I don't see a heart-to-heart from the GOP and a change in the GOP voting record, I may as well vote democrat. More and more I think I side with the Libertarians than the GOP. Perhaps that's where I should start putting my political energies.

The GOP is a rudderless ship without vision or direction. They spend and tax like drunken fools and I will no longer support them. I'm pissed, and they are going to have to work hard to get me back into the fold.

21 posted on 11/14/2008 5:50:30 AM PST by econjack (Some people are as dumb as soup.)
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We gave the Republican Party the presidency and both houses of Congress, and it gave us the finger.

That is the truth. They took years of effort designed to protect life, balance budgets, protect America, and restore decency, and they took avarice, corruption, and hunger for power to heights beyond which even Democrats had not achieved.

Can this Republican brand be stolen and turned to something good?

Can the Contitution Party amass the numbers that would split the nation into three camps? It would require the Dems and Reps to fight over the other 2/3rds...or would they more likely join forces?

The Libertarians are out, because they refuse to protect life.

22 posted on 11/14/2008 5:50:35 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain Pro Deo et Patria)
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Wednesday, a young phone-pool jockey called and wanted me to listen to a message from Newt Gingrich. I shouted back that I had no desire to listen to someone who had helped throw the country into the pit just for the pleasure of a b*** j**!

Well, he sputtered for a few moments and finally offered up the thought that I should remember that a former president had had a similar experience.

The GOP and the upcoming trainee/interns are absolutely lost!

25 posted on 11/14/2008 5:56:02 AM PST by pointsal
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Republicans need to start their own long march back through all the institutions they ceded. Otherwise, the default mode of this society will be liberal, and what’s left of the Republican party will be reduced to begging the electorate for the occasional opportunity to prove it can run the liberal state just as well as liberals can.


30 posted on 11/14/2008 6:01:09 AM PST by Ouderkirk (Those who live by the sword risk being shot by those who donÂ’t.)
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Excellent, excellent article


37 posted on 11/14/2008 6:13:59 AM PST by wastedyears (Every FReeper is on Obama's Black List. He will try to have us all "taken care of." Mark my words)
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I was shocked that the gop selected mccain, but I voted for him in the end because
a) I was terrified of obama, and
b) Governor Palin as VP meant there was still hope for the country.

I've watched the savagely partisan msm/dnc get away with treason and deceit for years while the gop tried to play nice. But now that the gop handed the entire leadership of our country to these barbarians, all that's left to do is to impotently watch them rape, pillage and burn everything I cared for.

There is only a one party system in the United States today: the democrats. They own the media, the educational institutions and all three branches of government.

Heil obama!

39 posted on 11/14/2008 6:15:45 AM PST by Schnucki
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LOL Tell us how you really feel, Bobby.

I sure hope he feels better after his little rant.

41 posted on 11/14/2008 6:19:12 AM PST by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall cause you to vote against the Democrats.)
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