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The Republican Party has imploded. It is in need of leadership which can inspire it to become once again the Party of Lincoln and stand up for a true new birth of freedom that includes the freedom to be born.
1 posted on 01/31/2009 9:26:31 AM PST by tcg
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To: tcg

A “pro-choice” Catholic is not a Catholic. Or, he is deaf and can’t read what the Pope puts out.


2 posted on 01/31/2009 9:28:24 AM PST by Goreknowshowtocheat
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YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS

You go, Michael

:)


4 posted on 01/31/2009 9:32:36 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: tcg

If he is now the Captain of that ship he oughta make McCain walk the plank and run up the Stars and Stripes.


5 posted on 01/31/2009 9:32:53 AM PST by screaminsunshine (f)
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To: tcg

Compassionate Conservatism was anything but a huge success; I see no need to revisit it in the future.

I guess I’m not that up on where Steele fits in on the policy spectrum, and I’m not certain it matters too much anyway; the RNC chairman primarily works behind the scenes planning electoral strategy. A moderate (i.e. less principled and more pragmatic) is probably a better candidate for the job anyway; while the place we need strong and principled conservaitve leadership is in the House and Senate.


6 posted on 01/31/2009 9:35:28 AM PST by eclecticEel (Wall Street isn't a charity ... so why are we giving them money?)
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I have often called myself a “Reluctant Republican”. -

While registered as a republican, I am not one.
I am an American. I vote for the person that is most likely or more inclined to serve America and Americans rather then the democrat political party or the republican political party. Unfortunately far too many Americans vote for all the wrong reasons. Political Party, skin color, some single personal issue. This is how the Country ends up having Pelosi as House Leader and Obama as the President.
Unfortunately with our system there is no requirement for intelligence to cast a ballot, In fact little is required including proving you are alive in many cases... So the Country gets what these people vote for and in many case that is a empty suit or worse.


7 posted on 01/31/2009 9:36:05 AM PST by SECURE AMERICA (Coming to You From the Front Lines of Occupied America)
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To: tcg
the very word “conservative” is becoming almost a chameleon in its usage these days.

I'll give it a try: "CR" for Constitutional Republic (& by default that means original intent in constitutional law, laissez-faire free-market economy, and biblical values of life, liberty, and opportunity).

8 posted on 01/31/2009 9:36:07 AM PST by Jim W N
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Well, the liberals can no longer legitimately play the “race card” in dealing with the republican party. Maybe all these people’s guilt will finally be assuaged.


9 posted on 01/31/2009 9:37:28 AM PST by ronnyquest ("Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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leave the Democratic Party when its leaders turned their back on the poorest of the poor, children in the womb.

Pretty much the Rats are against anything pro human. Their view of humans is that they are useful for the acquisition of power and wealth, and gaining that, people have no further value.

This explains why genocide only occurs in extreme socialist environments.

10 posted on 01/31/2009 9:42:01 AM PST by Navy Patriot (John McCain, the Manchurian Candidate, makes a Marxist President.)
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To: tcg

Is Steele the same guy that had a hit with “The Humpty Dance”?


13 posted on 01/31/2009 10:04:09 AM PST by Battle of Tours
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This Deacon sounds like he would be gleeful to vote for a socialist, as long as that socialist were against abortion. That seems to be the case with a number of his ilk. That is why I have never been comfortable fighting with this sort on my side.


14 posted on 01/31/2009 10:07:40 AM PST by shempy (BOYCOTT GM & CHRYSLER - support American VALUES!)
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Michael Steele is an excellent Pro-LIFE choice!!

Perhaps he is not the most dogmatic conservative.

But his relative youth, passion, and yes ... him being African American will put the GOP in much better play better than any of the other choices.

The GOP got demolished in recent years because the MSM successfully made the craggly face of McCain and GWB as the proto-typical conservative Republican. (plus both Bush and McCain are word-fumbling bores)

Steele will prove once and for all (not that WE needed convincing ...) that the GOP principals are for all people, and that Republican leaders can actually be articulate and exciting.


17 posted on 01/31/2009 10:33:44 AM PST by Edit35 (.)
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I just know that I am going to get totally flamed for this but, IMO the republican party needs to not have the anti-abortion as their foremost foundation of the party. It needs to be one of the “top five” pillars of the tent but not the center pole.

1. fiscal conservatism
2. open and honest government
3. right to life
4. social conservatism where govt is held accountable
5. market driven economy with very slight regulation to prevent the mess we are currently enjoying

I just think that reshuffling our priorities would win us elections that we so desperately need. If we do nothing we will get nowhere, and that deeply frustrates me. I think that Michael Steele will be the type of leader that may be able to get this done.


20 posted on 01/31/2009 10:53:20 AM PST by Cyclone59 (Energizer Bunny arrested.......charged with battery)
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To: tcg

Conservative American means adherence to the Declaration of Independence. Government policies that advance equality to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Michael Steele is a true proponent of this theme.


22 posted on 01/31/2009 11:08:10 AM PST by Steelfish (Our Winning Video)
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He is an affirmative-action pick (who indecently does support those same racial preferences in hiring). Were a white man with his background and some of his past wishy-washiness picked people would be up in arms.


27 posted on 01/31/2009 11:47:30 AM PST by DemonDeac
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Michael Steele on Roe v. Wade:

“The dance we do is, we put too much pressure and weight on one decision...”
“We have to re-evaluate that.”
“...have to live with the reality of a decision that was made 33 years ago.”


31 posted on 01/31/2009 3:17:04 PM PST by familyop (combat engineer (combat), National Guard, '89-'96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote, http://falconparty.com/)
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