To: upchuck
With regard to Sen. Jim DeMint's comment that it's better to lose with 30 committed conservatives than it is to win with 60 unprincipled opportunists (or, what the media refer to as a "big-tent coalition of moderates"), he correctly reads the tax-day protest tea leaves.He's probably one of about five or six correctly reading the "tea leaves."
2 posted on
05/03/2009 10:56:37 PM PDT by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: rabscuttle385
Change We Can Believe In.
3 posted on
05/03/2009 10:58:09 PM PDT by
period end of story
(Give me a firm spot, and I will move the world.)
To: rabscuttle385
It’s a hint that the rest of the RINOs should follow him.
4 posted on
05/03/2009 10:59:20 PM PDT by
Outland
(Proud Member of The DHS Right-Wing Watch List. Ping me when the revolution starts.)
To: rabscuttle385
The Dems need a little “moderation”. :)
5 posted on
05/03/2009 11:00:51 PM PDT by
Tzimisce
(http://groups.myspace.com/nailthemessiah)
To: rabscuttle385
Yep, the GOP has already lost the Conservatives (and the next time, they will NOT fall for the GOP bull-speeches). The loss of Specter is just a sample of what is to become of the GOP.
Yes, there are those that think we need a bigger tent (the newly elected McCain daughter - ha), well, they will find out (if not immediately) that they would be a permanent minority if they continue to spout that line! I am sure that like many of the Conservatives I stayed at home on election day for McCain!
If they do not offer a Conservative choice (Smaller Government (real - actionable), lower taxes, less Federal government (through Constitutional Convention if necessary), and many other principals to get back in line with the original Constitution, then they will NEVER again regain control - but a third party might...
6 posted on
05/03/2009 11:13:49 PM PDT by
Deagle
To: rabscuttle385
7 posted on
05/03/2009 11:15:17 PM PDT by
Danae
(Amerikan Unity My Ass)
To: rabscuttle385
Conservatives don’t have much to lose right now. Might as well clear out the dead wood.
8 posted on
05/03/2009 11:18:26 PM PDT by
smokingfrog
( Don't mess with the mockingbird! /\/\ http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
To: rabscuttle385
One less A-hole to get rid of.
To: rabscuttle385
Arlen Specter’s sole legitimate claim to fame in his lengthy public life is Ira Einhorn’s extended bail jump.
13 posted on
05/03/2009 11:45:42 PM PDT by
cynwoody
To: rabscuttle385; LS
It means the letter next to his name in news articles will be a “D” instead of an “R”. And that’s about it I would say.
14 posted on
05/04/2009 2:58:25 AM PDT by
Impy
(RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
To: rabscuttle385
First lets get it correct.
This was no defection.
This was a RINO going home.
We don't need them I wish they all would leave.
Then we would be lean and mean. Even though they would have the 60+ dedicated conservatives could keep the bee hive stirred up.
15 posted on
05/04/2009 3:01:57 AM PDT by
DeaconRed
(Three Things to know about torture: 1-.Red is Positive. 2-.Black is Negative. 3- Nuts must be wet..)
To: rabscuttle385
The irony is that Speceter and his supporters believe they are the Spartans!
16 posted on
05/04/2009 4:48:46 AM PDT by
Theodore R.
(GWB is gone: Now the American sheeple can sleep at night!)
To: rabscuttle385
IMHO..all it means is that those who thought they bought the Senate in November felt they needed a little more “insurance”
21 posted on
05/04/2009 5:48:40 AM PDT by
mo
To: rabscuttle385
Oh, sorry, I thought the headline said "defecation".
I was going to say I didn't give a..., uh, rat's patootie.
23 posted on
05/04/2009 6:13:59 AM PDT by
OldSmaj
(I am an avowed enemy of islam and Obama is a damned fool and traitor. Questions?)
To: rabscuttle385
This wasn’t a “defection”, it was a “defecation”.
24 posted on
05/04/2009 6:29:43 AM PDT by
BlueMondaySkipper
(Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
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