Posted on 02/02/2009 9:17:17 AM PST by UCFRoadWarrior
Michael Steele, the new chairman of the Republican National Committee wants the GOP to reach out to candidates who support gay marriage and are pro-choice. Steele told Fox's Chris Wallace that it was "important" to reach out to those voters.
WALLACE: You are one of the co-founders of something called the Republican Leadership Council which supports candidates who favor abortion and gay rights.
STEELE: Yes.
(watch video)
WALLACE: Does the GOP needs to do a better job of reaching out to people who hold those views?
STEELE: I think -- I think that's an important opportunity for us, absolutely. Within our party we do have those who have that view as well as outside and my partnership with Christy Todd Whittman was an effort to build a bridge between moderates and conservatives.
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There are two elements in the abortion issue, and the "gay" marriage issue is the same. They are rooted in the morality of the issue. Abortion is baby killing.
The first element is the issue itself, which is always an issue, even if the courts have preempted it.
The second is the qualification, integrity, and personal character of the candidate as a candidate on other issues such as economic/ freedom issues. A baby-killing pervert, which is what pro-choice liberals are, is unsound on any issue as a candidate. They declare themselves amoral and it produces people who think they are above any moral standard or law, as is being illustrated by the tax cheats Obama is appointing.
Such candidates think there is no higher standard than themselves, not divine, not morality, not the constitution, not the public good. That is why they are always unacceptable. When it comes to economic and freedom issues, someone who sees nothing wrong with the torture killing of babies is driven only by self serving, and self interest, since that is the only basis for this infanticide.
The way to bring in more voters to the party is through RINOs, or near RINOs running in blue states and more liberal districts on platforms that can win there, much as Snowe and Collins do in Maine.
As bothersome as RINOs can be, a Yankee RINO is usually better than a Yankee, liberal Dem. But it would be beyond stupid to try and boost this "reaching out" business on a national level, or at the presidential candidate level (actually, that was just tried in 2008).
Many strategies can be used in liberal districts and states, but not on a national level, or we'll see more losses in presidential races.
We should not try to rid ourselves of RINOs as some suggest, but we should also not allow them to determine the national platform, or presidential nominee.
Funny--you believe it when I typed I was an atheist, yet not when I typed I was pro-life--the first thing I wrote.
Either you can't read, or you are incapable of rational discussion, so you do what you did--the lamest insult on FR, referring someone to DU instead of discussing the topic.
This place would be pointless if it were merely a collection of people, like you, who are terrified of other points of view. Why does it frighten you that someone can be both pro-life and an atheist? Why does being pro-life and an atheist somehow mean I'm pro-gay?
You obviously never read what I wrote because I explicitly said we SHOULDN'T become pro-choicers and pro-gays.
But your reading ability is selective, obviously.
But you've got that link to DU handy. Hmmmmm...
If you can't discuss the issue of how we can get more conservatives by showing how those who don't agree with us on everything can still start thinking our way, don't fill my inbox with your simple minded boobishness, 'kay?
P.S. I'm curious--do you think Sarah Palin is an acceptable conservative?
I'm a conservative.
The only thing wrong with conservatives is that they still think they have a home in the GOP.
I can picture 2012 already. They run another liberal republican and browbeat us to vote for him/her because it is better than 4 more years of Obama. In the end, we will still get 4 more years of Obama.
things really stay the same
So in your opinion, all Republican’s must be:
1) Christian
2) Anti-Abortion
3) Straight
???
Please explain, as I thought conservatism was:
1) Country and Constitution
2) Small Government, low taxes
Am I missing something?
The profound words of Ronald Reagan at the Conservative Political Action Conference Feb. 15, 1975:
“A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency or simply to swell its numbers.”
Always works, except we never win with that strategery. We now know why there was an undercurrent of dissatisfaction with Steele.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
We tried “reaching out”.
Doesn’t work.
Core conservative convictions do.
Reagan proved that.
This is very discourging news.
RINOs must be dealt with or 2010 will be very disappointing.
I fear the lessons were not learned.
Why? You don’t think there are gays who are basically Republican? I lean pro-choice...but it’s not my big issue...does that mean I’m not welcome in the Republican Party?
Tolerance brings deviance, both political and moral.
Sounds like his policy is double-speak and ambiguity. Here is a link that discusses this some:
You are more like a crank..
No one is suggesting those be abandoned.
If they are Pro-Choice, anti family, they should lose, otherwise they are Democrats.
What is considered anti family??
How can I make that claim? Easy. You remind me of Joe Biden. He states that he too is pro-life. For him personally. But is OK fine with anyone who is pro-choice.
Hyprocrite.
About your PS. Wanna expand on your thoughts on Sarah Palin?
I bet she really frosts your cookies. She is a true pro-life candidate. She is a Godly woman who is unashamed to speak of her true conservative values. She is the bright and shining future of conservatism.
I bet she really pisses you off, huh?
Bring it on a$$hole, all of my scars are on the front!
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