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Abortion Politics Didn’t Doom the G.O.P.
NY Times ^
| December 7, 2008
| ROSS DOUTHAT
Posted on 12/07/2008 3:37:53 PM PST by neverdem
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To: Neu Pragmatist
Everyone knew McCain was pro-life , but there was no need for him to incessantly proclaim it . Apparently not. McCain did not run commercials stating that he was Pro-Life and pointing out that Obama is Pro-Death.
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posted on
12/07/2008 7:49:49 PM PST
by
trumandogz
(The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at I00 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
To: neverdem
I thought that the Evangelicals were the current favorite for who was at fault. Now it’s the pro-life movement?!?
Next, we’ll find that gore-bull warming is to blame!
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posted on
12/07/2008 8:00:15 PM PST
by
gogogodzilla
(Live free or die!)
To: neverdem
Tim Tebow, almost aborted?
Not to mix football with the subject of abortion....
....but I was so impressed with Tim Tibow's takedown of #1 Alabama, carrying his own team on his back, that I looked up his bio in wikipedia. It says his mother was advised to get an abortion when she was pregnant with him. Amazing.
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posted on
12/07/2008 8:33:35 PM PST
by
cookcounty
("A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why the ship is built." ---Governor Sarah Palin)
To: madprof98
Ross Douthat wrote a book called “Grand New Party” this summer. It talks about how Republicans need to prove to the world that they must be pro-problem solvers and pro-competent. Douthat seems to be quite moderate in his views, but is for building consensus with Socons.
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posted on
12/07/2008 9:59:52 PM PST
by
yongin
(Converting people to Mormonism makes the world more conservative)
To: neverdem
Execllent article! Thank you for posting! This guy is right on!
To: Perdogg
>> what doomed the GOP was the Lehmans initiated crash followed by the bailout
We were doomed at the point the primaries began. Too bad Sarah was part of that process.
If the 21st Century Republican Congress is a measure of the GOP field, the problem continues. I think it’s going to take more than donations to fix the GOP — grassroots activism may be the only option — and the door-to-door activism needs to begin right away.
To: Gene Eric
The Fundamentalists are the ones who got Bush elected. I guess they still have he liberals nervous because they realize they didn’t support McCain and that is why he lost.
I would like to see Catholics fired up like the Evangelists and then we would defeinitly take this country back. We need a real person like Palin or Jindall to motivate people.
God Bless President Bush. He is certainly a martyr.I regret not being more vocally supportive of him.
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posted on
12/08/2008 3:32:06 AM PST
by
mgist
(Thus in Psalm 103, we pray, "Bless the Lord, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, hear)
To: Grunthor
Exactly. McCain ran the most anemic campaign I have ever seen. Perhaps he did not want to be leader of a country on the verge of economic collapse. Non-campaign.
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posted on
12/08/2008 3:55:42 AM PST
by
momincombatboots
(Not a journey for the feeble.)
To: bpjam
The NYT would love nothing more than for GOP faithful to commit suicide by casting adrift the social conservatives in the party You're right. The NYT has made it crystal clear that they are no friend of conservatives. I have trouble believing all of the people on FR who pay attention to their drivel. You can bet that they're not going to make any recommendations to us which would improve our lot.....if anything; we should consider what they say and do the opposite.
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:17:58 AM PST
by
Retired COB
(Still mad about Campaign Finance Reform)
To: cookcounty
they told this story last year when he won the Heisman. His mother was sick, they recommended abortion, she refuse, and we got a wonderful, caring young man named Tim. Pro=aborts hate this story.
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posted on
12/08/2008 7:36:20 AM PST
by
Jvette
To: neverdem
It seems there is no place for us in either party.
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posted on
12/08/2008 7:47:44 AM PST
by
Jvette
To: neverdem
A TRUE fiscal conservative who is also an outspoken proponent of Culture of Life issues is a winner in a general election. They are both wonderfully positive messages in the mouth of a competent orator.
McCain was half-hearted on both, unfortunately, and a mumbling, meandering orator.
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posted on
12/09/2008 9:02:19 AM PST
by
Antoninus
(America didn't turn away from conservatism, they turned away from many who faked it. - Mark Sanford)
To: Neu Pragmatist
Everyone knew McCain was pro-life , but there was no need for him to incessantly proclaim it.
I can't tell you how many people told me that Obama was "pro-life". McCain did need to proclaim it and challenge his opponent's record on the issue. He did so once in the three debates and let Obama get away with saying that McCain's claim wasn't true.
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posted on
12/09/2008 9:05:11 AM PST
by
Antoninus
(America didn't turn away from conservatism, they turned away from many who faked it. - Mark Sanford)
To: neverdem
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posted on
12/09/2008 4:03:51 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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