Conservatives roar; Republicans tremble

Politico ^ | 10/22/2009 | JIM VANDEHEI & MIKE ALLEN

[DH]

The problem with Republicans is twofold. First, it’s the two party system with all others being shut out due to the costs associated alone. Second, it’s the fact that Republicans EXPECT your vote instead of hoping to EARN it.

For time exceeding my life span, you basically had two choices; Democrat or Republican representatives. Notice I did not say Liberal or Conservative representatives.

Now our country has been mortally wounded by these spineless Republicans in their quest to satisfy only their egos and pocketbooks.

It’s time to throw all of them out of office and start once again with those who FEAR THE WRATH of those who put them into office and those who will protect the Constitutionality of all that transpires within the governing body of this country.

[Altura Ct.]

Congressional leaders talk in private of being boxed in by commentators such as Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh.

Boxed in? Really? The way out is simple unless of course conservative principles mean absolutely nothing to you which I believe in the majority of cases within the current crop GOP that is true.

Constitution, Western Values & culture, Sovereignty, Dismantling the Leviathan we call DC. All of these lead you out of the box.

[bustinchops]

Politico is a bunch of whoring lefties.

[thecabal]

The illusion that the oligarchy has put up is being shattered.

[Biggirl]

The good news is that 2010 is coming, and it will make 1994 look like a day at the beach.

[bustinchops]

It’d be nice if the pubs for once were prepared and had their own bomb to drop.

[Ulysse]

“MORE VOICES”?

What voices?

[rasl04]

Imagine it’s 1776. Our founders feared that sounding too radical against the English crown would just turn off too many people.

So they attempted to be more “moderate” in their dealings with the Crown.

After the war, as they attempted to write the Constitution, they were worried that some of the language in it may turn off moderates

[italyconservative]

Did not read all of the responses so if someone already said this - sorry. IMO, we will continue to see articles like this to try and push us to a third party there by rendering us ineffective come the next set of elections. Bad idea. Don’t fall for this fluff! No third party! It was our party to begin with! We are making a difference! Stay the course!

[StatenIsland]

Lots of straw-men and framing of the argument in this hit-piece.

If the party doesn’t move in the direction of its impassioned and energized conservative base, of course party ID will go into the crapper. I’ve identified myself as a Republican since Barry Goldwater, and now, to my own amazement, I find that I cannot do so.

Dede is about more than just one upstate NY county - she’s become a cause celebre, and is probably the best thing that could happen to conservatives, even if we lose a seat we’ve held forever. MAYBE THIS WILL OPEN THEIR EYES!

[o2bfree]

McCain is either behind this push, or he’s in agreement. He’s not on our side anymore.

[Altura Ct.]

Indeed.

[Two-Bits]

Both parties are brought & paid for by George Soros. One party is open about it, the other tries to keep it hidden. As to McCain, he was never on our side to start with.

[x_plus_one]

The only legal entity that can stop the democrat party, at this time, is the republican party. It is better to have dead cats in office under the republican brand than to turn over the levers of power to Soros financed progressives, moderate democrats and anyone affiliated with the demoncrats.

[Liz]

New York Times columnist and faux Republican, David Brooks, is standing up to Beck and other conservative activists ..............

If you destest Brooks, you will despise this media prostitute.

Announcing the Winner of the 2008 Best Election Night Performance Award in the category of: "Neos Know Nothing About this 2008 Republican Disaster."

Billy Kristol (pukeneo chieftain and McC campaign mastermind)

"Thank you very much. But I could not have done it without the help of all the
punkeos--David Frum, Michael Gerson, David Brooks, Richard Perle.....and
my Dearest departed Daddy."

"Sniffle---my Dearest Daddy (who was Giuliani's foreign policy advisor) said,
"The historical task and political purpose of neoconservatism is.....to convert the
Republican Party and American conservatism in general, against their
respective wills, into a new kind of conservative politics suitable to
governing a modern democracy."

"Sob."

"I especially want to thank punkneo Douglas Feith for faking documents on his
home computer so we punkneos could dupe our lapdog, President Bush."

"Without Doug we would not have been able to transfer trillions of US dollars
into the Mideast, into the pockets of war profiteers, which enabled Richard Perle
to startup an oil business in Iraq with his cut."

Kristol smirked: "Making Iraq safe for Perle's oil business with US tax dollars was truly a noble punkneo effort."

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AS FREEPER TADSLOS COGENTLY POSTED: "People forget that candy-a** Kristol, and his crony, metro-sexual David Brooks, are the original makeover artists for McCain post-2000. They are McC's original groomers and media switch operators.....obsessed with religious cleansing of the party. Kristol at his most smirkiest---urging McCain to fire his 2008 staff, to start all over at the 11th hour, as McC's numbers tanked. Shows how how ill-conceived, advised, equipped and poorly managed McC's campaign was. But then, what else to expect from a Republican candidate made up of neopunks Kristol and Brooks."

Watching Kristol smirking and squirming in his Fox seat election night as McC lost was a consolation prize to this abortion of a losing 2008 election cycle.

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COMMENTS The 2008 political entrail readings showed the crucial conservative base stayed home. Too bad the pukes "forget" to tell McC that would be one outcome of the punkneo-RINO bi-partisanship. Be aware that many senior neocons are rank opportunists who squatted in the Repub Party for their selfish stealth purposes-----they are actually former Trotskyites that flew the coop when Stalin executed their hero.

[nathanbedford]

A few observations to put the lie to this spin:

A look at Real Clear Politics,http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/, reveals that all the pollsters save one, Rasmussen, have the Democrats above the Republicans in congressional job approval. But all of the polls save one, Rasmussen, survey either of adults (perfectly useless) or registered voters (not very useful). Rasmussen alone polls likely voters. Rasmussen has the Republicans in Congress up six points over the Democrats.

Other polls show that since July the Republicans have gained nearly 20% approval and the Democrats have lost nearly 10% in approval. Although that polls shows the Democrats still ahead, the value of such polls which do not poll likely voters is limited to revealing the trend and those data show the trend is our friend.

Citing numbers attend the show that Obama is retaining his popularity do not support this kind of spin. First, there is no reason to believe that Obama's popularity will rub off in a midterm election in which he is not a candidate. Second, although I do not have polling data, it is generally accepted that intensity is on the side of those who vehemently oppose Barack Obama. Third, recently Obama's approval numbers have been dropping like a stone down a well.

The authors do not tell us that, although the Democrats remain the plurality party, conservatism remains the majority philosophy. If that is ignored exhortations of Rinos and intermeddling liberals in Republican domestic affairs which call for Republicans to move left in order to gain independence, makes sense. But if one understands that the bulk of the country is inherently conservative, one understands that Republicans need only articulate an attractive conservative message and avoid being painted as crazed out of the mainstream zealots by people like JIM VANDEHEI & MIKE ALLEN who wrote this Politico article.

[Carley]

IOW, Politico is a wholly owned subsidiary of the White House.

[EBH]

Dede Scozzafava

Sorry, nope, can’t do it and won’t ever do it again.

Snowes, Voinoviches, McCains, et al. Yeah, “The Party,” put them up and I voted.

They have done more to destroy our country as moles from within than my refusal to vote “The Party” line.

Don’t like my stand. Tell “The Party” to put up candidates worth voting for.

They picked this lady. If they really had garnered the middle the few conservatives running to support Hoffman wouldn’t split the vote. It is time to stop blaming the conservative voter and start blaming the lame duck party.

[NoGrayZone]

"Dede Scozzafava, despite her liberal views on abortion and other issues,"

RIGHT THERE is what is wrong w/ the republican party....liberal views DO NOT belong. She can be as liberal as she wants, on the OTHER side.

[norge]

LOL

My response is “unless you’re calling on behalf of Sarah Palin, you haven’t got a chance of getting one penny from me.”