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The 19th Hole Country Clubbers and the Entitled Party Elite remain at the helm; meanwhile, the grassroots and Conservatives are locked below deck like 3rd and 4th class passengers..
We've seen this act before..
The Titanic sinking was more than just a world famous event, it also came to describe the size and scope of failures.. a failure of titanic proportion.. a titanic misread of public sentiment.. a titanic failure.
The GOP can’t support a moderate like McCain and hope to get elected. We need a Reaganesque leader, someone who has a backbone and calls the Dems out for their march toward socialism.
Message to GOP: Join or Die!
The Democrats are socialists, plain and simple. The best that the GOP can claim is that they’re not quite as socialist as the Democrats. When Obama wants to nationalize health care, what is the GOP response? Not “Hell no!”; it’s “Not so big... Make it a little bit smaller and we’ll be OK with it.” They’re the Dem-lite party.
The "leaders" are putting on another magic act, all smoke and mirrors.
“...conservatives should withhold financial support from all GOP national committees and establishment politicians but support principled organizations and candidates. They should run candidates for every party and public office except when there’s a principled incumbent conservative.”
“Conservatives should no longer look to Republican politicians for leadership and should assume the role of leading the opposition to Obama and the Democrats. We believe we have a party and a country to save, and the GOP establishment is in our way. Let the rebellion begin.”
"Full speed ahead!"
Epic fail.
The 19th Hole Country Clubbers and the Entitled Party Elite remain at the helm;
If the public at large believed that, the Republicans would still be in power!
The Republicans are disliked generally because religious conservatives are disliked generally and the public think religious conservatives are in charge of the Republican party.
I'm not saying it's fair. But the perception is that the Republican party is the Christian fundamentalist party.
This week I attended a "dinner" for someone who is getting ready to start her re-election campaign as a DA in south Texas. It was a typical "we're going to need your support" type thing of little consequence as she is running basically un-opposed and I went because of a family connection and the free hotdogs.
However, I did get to rub elbows with some of the "little guys who rub elbows with the big players" in the Texas GOP. Among those people was a lot of talk about a rumor about a very well known Texan who is planning to jump onto the national scene for 2012. According to "people who know" he was energized by the TEA Parties and has reached a point in his life that he is ready to make the plunge.
Although I thought it was an exciting rumor I figured it was just a rumor until I got home and called a few friends that know him. They confirmed that he is considering a run at Perry for the Governor's job, but just to get his name out there and to let people know he is serious.
Since it is still all rumor right now I wont post his name, but I'll give you a hint, he is a former Naval Officer who volunteered to serve a year in Vietnam when he was granted a waiver by the Navy to stay state-side, he is an un-apologetic Christian, a Heisman trophy winner, has two Super Bowl rings, six Pro-Bowl appearances, was inducted into the Hall of Fame, and would be considered one of the greatest living leaders the State of Texas has ever had.
If the rumor turns out to be true he will energize the Right in a way we haven't seen since Reagan. He is very well spoken and I can't imagine what the press would be able to do with him. He has no skeletons in his closet and aside from traditional rivalries, I don't think there is anybody in this country that would ever speak badly of him. He would appeal to both "Joe Six Pack" as well as all the white collar Americans who will respect him as a leader and a self made business man. And to top it all off, he's a NASCAR owner too. Although it is just rumor, I am excited and ready to start making bumper stickers "#12 in 2012!"
Didn't goldwater lose by 25 points ? Not that it was his fault.
bfl
I love it...I have not given a dime t the party since the Gang of 14...If the elected party could care less about the folk who put them in office, to hell with them. Lets put new folk in who know who is in charge. I am tired of the tail of senior elected republicans trying to wag the dog of the base.
A mutiny on a sinking ship is a farce.
The keel for a new Reagan republican vessel has been laid:
The LA Times telling the Republican Party what it needs is like Bob Dylan giving Pavarati voice lessons!
Lieutenant Colonel Allen West in 2012./Just Asking - seoul62......
The current inept and losing liberal infested Republican party seems to think that playing a game of musical chairs will fool the conservative base once again. No dice, many of us are not buying a repackaged RINO party. We all see what is going on. This social conservative hasn't seen any reason to throw out his core beliefs and sign back on to a sinking Republican ship.
Until the party pulls back away from the brink of oblivion and do a course correction back a good deal to the right of center I'll just keep supporting independent conservatives as I've been doing for a number of years now. Republican RINO's can keep on pounding sand.
Helloooooooooooooooo?!
Did the left move right after Kerry played the centrist in 2004?
Move the “center” back to the right ... and kick McCain to the curb a la Kerry.
