Posted on 05/13/2009 5:15:49 PM PDT by pissant
The GOP needs more Charlie Crists, fewer Rush Limbaughs, Dick Cheneys and Sarah Palins as it seeks, phoenix-like, to rise from the funeral pyre.
Crist has agreed to do the party a major favor and run for the Senate, instead of for reelection as Florida governor. As CNN reports:
The Senator from Texas and chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee on Tuesday reeled in a big catch as popular Republican Florida Gov. Charlie Crist announced he'll forgo a re-election bid and instead run for the seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Mel Martinez.
Crist is a moderate, a tree-hugger (by Republican standards, anyway) and supports civil rights, unlike high-profile members of the Bush administration (Cheney et. al.) who seem to revel in trashing them. From Time:
Crist is a peppy populist who has bucked his party on the environment, civil rights and the stimulus bill.
Go, Charlie! You're just what the party needs to start reopening the doors of the big tent.
(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...
“We Real Republicans need not listen to the babbling Left Wing Moonbats about how to rise from the Ashes! Lets remember they picked the Most Far Left Socialist/Communist Candidate who won by 6 percentage oints, hardly a Landslide, against the Most Far Left Old, Delipadated RINO Candidate The Republicans could Dredge up from the Quagmire called the OLD Timers Senate Club! and e still just about Won inspite of fighting Hundreds of Millions of Illegal Campaign Contributions to ZERO HUSSEIN from the Likes of Hugo Chavez, Saddam Husseins Tuition Reimbursement Programs and Quaddaffis Gold Reserves along with the Palestinian Telephone Banks! Considering all of that, A Good Conservative candidate will Obliterate the demorats in 2012!”
Yes, I think this could happen. We’ve got our work cut out for us, but it just could happen.
The demorats Love Crist because he is GAY and helped starve Terri Shiavo to death thru Dehydration:-(
“A gay can not win as a conservative. The Left will vilify him.”
Remember, the left gets to package us to most of the country - cause they own the media, er the propagandists. We’re gunna need squeaky clean candidates - know anyone?
A person who takes advice from his sworn enemy is a fool. A person who gives such advice means not to assist but to destroy.
Where`s the barf alert?
the Dem and the whack job left wing loons are really scared of what is going on right now that they feel the need to tell us how we should be
Nope Crist is my Gov and I will be working to not get him in the senate.
The old divide and conquer tactic now by the left
sarah and others should come out swinging and sell our message and yoiu know what it would work and that is what the left, the media, did I say media , sorry left wing propaganda and the Dems know
Bonnie. Take your RINOs and get out!
“Were gunna need squeaky clean candidates - know anyone?”
Um, no.
Our new GOP-lite has been doing NOTHING to support GOP conservatives. In fact, many are joining the Left/MSM attack.
I saw an article that stated that the Republican that the Obama administration feared most was the governor of Utah, Huntsman. I figure that he must be a real RINO.
Crist is not the only Republican in the Senate race.
The real Republican is former State house speaker Mark Rubio who Jeb is supporting.
Save the venting if Crist wins the primary, a snowballs chance in hell.
“Our new GOP-lite has been doing NOTHING to support GOP conservatives. In fact, many are joining the Left/MSM attack.”
Yup. We’ll need good Conservatives, who are squeaky clean. Conversely, we need ot learn to use the media like the leftists do - to even the playing field.
It amazes me that the libtards think that we want any advice from them. Do they think we really believe they have our best interests at heart? They need to step away from the bong for a few hours and let their remaining two brain cells attempt to sync up.
It is way past time to trim that fourth branch from the tree of government, IMO.
Everything that this woman just said is bullshit....
Vinny Gambini...
No barf alert?
Columnist John Leo was the only bright spot in that otherwise leftist rag. I don’t know if he even writes for USN&WR any more.
No doubt. Thanks Bonnie, we appreciate it.
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