Posted on 09/14/2009 5:01:13 PM PDT by seanmerc
RUSH: And you enjoyed it for all the reasons that you've mentioned. But we've gotta be really, really careful here, Dana, about this left versus right government thing. You mentioned third party, and we've been through this with Perot.
CALLER: I know that. I know that. And I think Perot helped Clinton get in, I don't doubt that. I do believe there has to be a huge movement before people can vote that way.
RUSH: But a third party is not going to do anything other but ensure the reelection of Obama and every other Democrat running for office because even if you come up with a charismatic third-party presidential candidate, still isn't going to have anybody of any significance running in that party for seats in Congress of the US Senate unless this movement happened to become the majority movement in the country, and that's not what's happening. I respectfully disagree with you here. I understand the anger at the Republican Party. Hell, I've got it, too. I've had it for a long, long time. But don't make the mistake of thinking this is not a left versus right thing. This is a conservative ascendancy that's going on out there. You didn't show up and protest like this when the Republicans were in power.
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“Don’t make the same mistake again.”
Remember Dole? That’s all the Republicans do.
Back in 1975, Ronald Reagan called for a 'revitalized' Republican Party, 'raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people.'"I promise you I will not be going away. I will continue to be active in politics, speaking out on the issues - free market solutions, constitutional principles, strong national defense, pro-life policies, tough border security, lower taxes, and limited government. The Republican Party is strongest and most effective when we remain true to these policies."
I was part of Ross Perot's grassroots---went to rallies, did the bumper sticker thing, even met him in person. I deeply regret that I voted for him when it was abundantly clear that there was no way he could win after his selection of running mate James Stockdale.
I now believe that we have to weed out the RINOS and encourage true CONSERVATIVES to run for office, knowing they will have our full support.
The Republican platform is conservative. The republicans that win run conservative then screw up and govern as liberals. The Republican platform is quite good.
You have a good point and may be right. However, suppose TARP passed w/o him and “financial armageddon” did not happen. 0bama would’ve gone around saying that McCain would’ve caused a financial crash for political reasons.
You have a good point and may be right. However, suppose TARP passed w/o him and “financial armageddon” did not happen. 0bama would’ve gone around saying that McCain would’ve caused a financial crash for political reasons.
You have a good point and may be right. However, suppose TARP passed w/o him and “financial armageddon” did not happen. 0bama would’ve gone around saying that McCain would’ve caused a financial crash for political reasons.
We don’t.
Conservatism is all about choosing the lesser of two evils, always.
The other side can delude themselves into voting for positive visions and fairy tales, but real conservatives cannot, ever.
Everyone on that mall this weekend would thumb their nose at all of them, why do you think they were their?
Everyone on that mall this weekend would thumb their nose at all of them, why do you think they were their?
George W. Bush received 62 million votes in 2004. McCain received almost 60 million votes. Obama had 69 million.
Our voters didn't largely stay home. Even every vote that W got in 2004 wouldn't have been enough.
You obviously didn't read or listen to his words today. He's been calling out McCain since the beginning... along with others (Ridge, Powell, L. Grahmn, Snow, etc).
The truth of our political system is that it distills itself down to the two competing tugs of right and left. If you have some other "party" that you believe can move the country in the "right" direction as a majority, then pick your side of that right and left argument... and see where there are the most other like-minded people and convince them.
There is a lot of common ground between libertarians and conservatives. Independents tend to be more libertarian and conservative at their core (if you can ever find it). Moderates are worthless and need to learn the difference between right and left.
Wouldn't you rather have the arguments (like occur here on FR) within a majority that contains conservatives, independents and libertarians instead of the tired old pointless attempts at intelligent debate with people (on the left) who have to lie about what they believe in?
Give me people who want to argue about how to "conserve" the founding principals of this country any day over those that think we need to rebuild this country (into something else) from the ground up.
Our founding principals were right then and they're still right now. The objective needs to be to stop the republican party from drifting left to the center and DRAG it to the right.
As long as the GOP offers up RINOs, I won’t vote that party. Put the responsibility back where it belongs. I will never “hold my nose” to vote ever again.
The list of politicians in the fight is a very short one.
Palin, Cheney. Wilson just got in. Who else? Bolton isn’t a politician, but he’s been out there mixing it up. Beck and Limbaugh and a couple of our other favorite talkers. Beck’s the only actual activist, and he isn’t even a Republican and he isn’t a politician.
The actual elected GOP “leaders” are laying low. If they can’t find their voice or their courage pretty soon they can stay there as far as I’m concerned.
Roots ? What roots ?
The Republican party has never really been ideologically united. Or even consistent. Never. Not even under Reagan.
This requirement is not traditional, it is new.
A lot of talk about the "tea party movement lacking leadership"--
We are leading--and batting away the John Mccains and the Lindsey Lightloafers.
We endorse Joe Wilson--Republican "leadership", are you getting this?
The problem arises in 2012 with the open primary system where, if Obama runs unopposed, the democrats WILL attempt to screw with the Republican primarys. So if the worse happens in we get stuck with Candidate RINO, what are we to do?
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