I’m sorry Ma’am, but RINO politicians are saying the GOP must run to the left (translation: so-called moderates who are willing to accept what ever crumbs the demrats throw their way). In short be more like the demrats. Sen. McBipartisan and RNC leaders are savaging Gov. Palin. She is a conservative. But the main reason they are disparaging her is that she beat the Alaskan GOP machine. The Belt Way GOP go along-get alongers fear her more than they do demrats.
Political suicide for thinking conservatives is relying on the GOP as their vehicle to achieving political power. The GOP has refused to run a conservative candidate for president since Ronald Reagan. Bush I was no conservative. Bush II turned out to be more moderate than conservative. And then we have the McBipartisan travesty.
Finally, as I said above, we have the RINO GOP leadership trying to pin the blame for McCain’s loss on Gov. Palin. Fact is, until McCain selected her for Veep, his campaign was going nowhere. I, along with many other conseratives, had not intended to vote for him until he selected Palin. She drew the crowds and she is still drawing them. Meanwhile, McCain and other RINOs are nuzzeling up to the Marxist Onada’s boots to lick up any scrap The Messiah allows to fall to the floor.
And please, don’t give me the hero BS. That was then. Now is now. I’m retired US Army. My son is a career soldier.
Been in 17 years and is now a Sergeant Major. Deployed to harms way four times. Been shot at and has killed. It has been sad to see McCain, once a great patriot and warrior, debase himself on the horns of political expediency.
The GOP is not the conservative party. Conservatives are really not welcome at its table. But most importantly it has ceased to be in opposition to the demrat party. That is dangerous for America—let alone people who continue to believe in the US Constitution and the framework it provided for building the greatest nation in the world.
The GOP has refused to run a conservative candidate for president since Ronald Reagan.
It is the Republican voters who ultimately choose the candidate. Was I happy about McCain? Absolutely not. I'll never forget his campaign/finance debacle. I couldn't believe I actually brought myself to vote for him but I happily did in the end as he did choose a good VP candidate and he looked pretty darned good compared to the Marxist/Muslim alternative.
I am proud I voted for him.
We're starting the new cycle all over again. We must get in there and work for the guys (or gals) we want to be viable candidates.
Living in Iowa, we have a disproportionate amount of power in choosing the next candidate. The rest of the country doesn't understand the direct access we have to those considering a run for the WH. We actually meet these people on a one-one basis. Admittedly, I'm very poor at choosing a winner. Iowa does a good job of choosing the top three and weeding out the bottom ones but we're not very good about choosing the ultimate winner. The rest of the country has to do that.
My favorites now are Palin, Jindahl, and Sanford.