Posted on 03/03/2009 7:15:44 AM PST by pissant
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Pawlenty Says Republicans Need to Move Beyond Reagan to Rebuild....
Want to ‘move’ beyond Reagan???....
Go join the Democrat Party...
I wouldn’t be so annoyed by this nonsense if it wasn’t for the fact that millions of Republicans wasted their vote by voting for exactly the kind of candidate the RINO’s and lefties wanted! We ran with an empty moderate who only showed passion when poking conservatives in the eye!
We already tried to move past Reagan by voting for McCain so it’s time to reassess our strategy and return to Reagan.
The Democrats are returning to FDR and the 1930’s, certainly Reagan and the 1980’s is more up to date! Of course, the Democrats true love is Karl Marx and his “ideas”.
Although I love Palin, her amnesty stance is a deal breaker for me. I won’t vote for anyone who is pro-amnesty for illegals. Every.
(And here we go assuming that there will BE another free election in America; I have my doubts.)
Pawlenty doesn’t understand the results of past elections: when Republicans stand on conservative ideas, they win. When they blur the distinction between Democrats and themselves, they lose.
I agree that by 2012 she needs to clearly address her position on the the border and immigration.
If she touts a McCain/Bush line we can still support another candidate. But I concur with you that this could be a deal-breaker.
Pawlenty once again shows what is wrong with Republicans.
The only three models of who can save the GOP are Reagan, Rush and Palin.
And all three are being trashed by the RINOs.
Before 2010’s elections, we will have a battle royale for the GOP. Despite soothing noises the RINOs make to conservatives, we can see with the defections of Spector, Collins, and Snowe on the porkulus bill that the GOP is not serious about opposing Obama. They are not onboard about the danger Obama is to America.
Steele, Pawlenty, McConnell and others still will not battle the Dims. They will cave on the 50 vote majority rule change—you’ll see.
Well, conservatives cannot back up anymore. If the GOP goes the way of the Whigs next year, so be it. No tears will be shed from here.
The conservative principles exhibited by Reagan, Rush and Palin are America’s only hope. Without those principles, America will fall into the mediocre level of failed experiments in liberty in human history. The rest of the world will applaud our fall, and no one will rescue us like we have rescued others.
Our generation has not been called to battle like our fathers and grandfathers for an ideal.
But we are being called.
Will we answer, for the sake of our posterity?
She had better do it well before 2012.
Pawlenty doesn’t even have to be a Ronald Reagan Republican to oppose the Democrats. All he has to do is object to the Dems’ squandermania.
We need to ALL leave the GOP and join our State Conservative Parties, the GOP cannot be fixed.
That’s why I said by 2012.
This sounds more like he expects conservatives to compromise on issues that we feel strongly about. This is no time for compromise, it's time to fight harder than ever to bring back limited government and lower taxes. I guess Pawlenty is the latest to get put on "Take out the trash list."
See post 45.
Pawlenty, we did move BEYOND Reagan — to Sarah Palin and Bobby Jindal. Pawlenty if you want to cuddle with Democrats — JOIN them!!
I like Mike Pence.
I like Mike Pence. and Newt Gingrich.
Pawlenty moving left?
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