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Gallup: 59% of Republicans want GOP to become more conservative
HotAir.com ^ | 11/20/08 | Allahpundit

Posted on 11/20/2008 3:25:07 PM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Er...doesn't the GOP have to be conservative before we can start to wish it were more conservative? The GOP is an image of this entire past election cycle. It's simply the best of the worst, which means it's still one of the worst. It's Democrat-Lite.

We won't support best of the worst again. We're all stinging from where that got us last time. :-)
21 posted on 11/20/2008 3:47:35 PM PST by hiredhand (Understand the CRA and why we're facing economic collapse - see my about page.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Can I add my affirmative vote to that poll as well?

JoMa


22 posted on 11/20/2008 3:50:07 PM PST by joma89
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To: kesg; robert david
Oh they're around, right here on our own Free Republic.

Robert, I thought you said you were in the majority? It appears you're actually in the minority of the Republican Party.

Not "Conservative" Enough

Monday, November 17, 2008 11:44:17 PM · 127 of 177 robert david to sirchtruth

Newsflash! You are the RINO because you are not among the Republican majority. Help us build the GOP into a party for the 21st century or get out of the way. Your attempts to drag the party back into the past will not be tolerated.

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23 posted on 11/20/2008 3:50:56 PM PST by ozarkgirl (Sarah Palin: pro-life, pro-guns, pro-family, anti-government corruption!)
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To: Melas
Who in the heck make up the other 41%?

Most are from the northeast. Some are in congress, some have talk shows, some write for the NYT. They ought to do us a favor and drop the charade and go over to the jackass party.

24 posted on 11/20/2008 3:51:38 PM PST by Sir_Humphrey (With Obama in the White House for the first time I am ashamed to be an American)
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To: jessduntno

If they do not go “right” they are dead in the water. Back to the days of Barry Goldwater. If the GOP had stood fast and ran a conservative program with a conservative person (not Nixon) we would not be in the mess we are in today. The defeat of Goldwater by a huge margin scared the GOP and they have been running scared and stupid ever since. And look where we are.


25 posted on 11/20/2008 3:56:33 PM PST by mulligan (A)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
I remember waaaay back when. The ‘Pubs in the ‘94 election talked about eliminating the Dept of Education. IOW, cutting spending and devolving government. Some good things happened-that made Clinton look good-but it stopped there. Cut the fed government by 2/3. If you can’t, then let us go for incrementalism - like the Dems.
26 posted on 11/20/2008 4:05:00 PM PST by VRW Conspirator (Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it. - Pope John Paul II)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

If conservatism means actually abolishing federal agencies and protecting my right to bear arms, then I’m all for it. If it means crusading for “democracy” and for embracing “populism” then I will stay home.


27 posted on 11/20/2008 4:06:50 PM PST by Clemenza (Red is the Color of Virility, Blue is the Color of Impotence)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
59% of Republicans want GOP to become more conservative

How dare they! Exile them from the "Big Tent."

28 posted on 11/20/2008 4:07:49 PM PST by Mojave (http://laissez-fairerepublic.com/)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

When that number gets to 90% give me a call and I might call myself a Republican again.


29 posted on 11/20/2008 4:09:43 PM PST by iThinkBig
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To: ozarkgirl; sirchtruth; robert david; kesg

Psst...sirchtruth, you’re being discussed!


30 posted on 11/20/2008 4:13:48 PM PST by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" --Patrick Henry)
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To: mulligan

“If they do not go “right” they are dead in the water. Back to the days of Barry Goldwater. If the GOP had stood fast and ran a conservative program with a conservative person (not Nixon) we would not be in the mess we are in today. The defeat of Goldwater by a huge margin scared the GOP and they have been running scared and stupid ever since. And look where we are.”

Agreed. I am seeing a lot of these pompous a-hole RINOs - even here on these boards - running around talking about “getting along with the Dems” like it is possible. It is not...it is just not possible...


31 posted on 11/20/2008 4:16:20 PM PST by jessduntno (Barack - Kenyan for "High Wind, Big Thunder, No Rain")
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To: Melas

“Sounds good on the surface until you stop to actually think that even if 5% of Republicans were to jump ship, the party would be effectively neutered. What the “we need purge” crowd doesn’t seem to comprehend is that margins are narrow. We can’t afford to lose any votes.”

Perhaps we could become Democrats???


32 posted on 11/20/2008 4:18:02 PM PST by jessduntno (Barack - Kenyan for "High Wind, Big Thunder, No Rain")
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To: rabscuttle385

Yeah, I thought after I posted that I should have included sirchtruth since his/her name was on there.

Thanks!


33 posted on 11/20/2008 4:19:30 PM PST by ozarkgirl (Sarah Palin: pro-life, pro-guns, pro-family, anti-government corruption!)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

I’m surprised it’s that low....where’s the 75-80%??


34 posted on 11/20/2008 4:22:47 PM PST by WillT
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

“What I want to know is this: who are the knuckleheads that are in the other 41%??

People who enjoy losing. ;) “

And then blame it on conservatives rather than get out of the squishy middle with the democrats.


35 posted on 11/20/2008 4:29:40 PM PST by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
It will not make any difference which way the GOP swings. Until you have to pass a small test to become a voter, the Rats have it until the welfare is cut off.

Sorry to be pessimistic, but when lowlifes learned they could vote for Robin Hood to rob the rich (producers) and pay the poor(Lazy),its over with until their right to vote is removed.

36 posted on 11/20/2008 4:31:48 PM PST by MrPiper
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To: Coleus; nickcarraway; narses; Mr. Silverback; Canticle_of_Deborah; TenthAmendmentChampion; ...

To: freedumb2003; goldstategop
From the ashes of defeat, a phoenix slowly rises.

Ronald Reagan's speech to CPAC in 1975, "Let Them Go Their Way" is the most inspiring template for conservative success you can ever read.

Let Them Go Their Way (Ronald Reagan's Post-Watergate Debacle Election Address Alert)

24 posted on 11/05/2008 4:26:27 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)

37 posted on 11/20/2008 4:31:52 PM PST by cpforlife.org (A Catholic Respect Life Curriculum is available FREE at KnightsForLife.org)
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To: cpforlife.org

Bookmark, thanks.


38 posted on 11/20/2008 4:36:56 PM PST by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925)
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To: cpforlife.org

Reagan’s 1975 CPAC speech DEFINES conservatism and lays the foundation for what the Republican (or an emerging third party) MUST be.


39 posted on 11/20/2008 4:41:26 PM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

“No specifics on the how and why, but since party orthodoxy’s already firmly hawkish, pro-life, anti-gay marriage, and anti-amnesty (among the grassroots, at least, on that last one), presumably what we’re talking about here is spending and bailout backlash.”

Or that PLUS putting your money where your mouth is on social issues and small government.


40 posted on 11/20/2008 4:48:55 PM PST by MoTiger
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