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Optimistic GOP Governors Want a Kinder, Gentler Approach to 2010
Politics Daily ^ | Nov. 20, 2009 | Melinda Henneberger

Posted on 11/20/2009 7:11:51 PM PST by Dajjal

AUSTIN – Here's what I did not hear at the annual confab of Republican governors held here this week: The words socialist, extremist, or government takeover. With the focus on jobs, jobs and jobs, the only red meat was the Texas barbecue. And by design, there was no Obama-bashing.

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Barbour cautioned Republican candidates to refrain from attacking the president, period: "People want the president to succeed; good Lord, they want the country to succeed, and particularly the first African-American president has a lot of goodwill. . . . We need to be careful, we need to treat the president respectfully, we need to make this about policies, not personal. . . . This is a guy people like.''

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KEYWORDS: 2010; barbour; christie; economy; elections; gop; gopcomeback; governors; haleybarbour; healthcare; idiots; mccain; mcdonnell; michaelsteele; moderates; morons; nj2009; obama; republicans; republicrats; rga; rinos; rnc; steele; thestupidparty; va2009
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To: Dajjal; stephenjohnbanker; FBD
The republic's fighting for its very life and The McQueeg Doctrine" is the best the asshole can come up with as a *strategy*??? Is this some kind of joke. This one really doesn't get it, not a clue.

So help me these types of gutless, spineless, rudderless career creeps must be purged & driven from the party like now, or why even bother.

Unbelievable.

61 posted on 11/21/2009 12:52:55 AM PST by Landru (Forget the pebble Grasshopper, just leave.)
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To: sonic109

Ok, first of all, talk of revolution is incredibly irresponsible particularly on a public discussion board. Second, we still have peaceful means to change our government that the Founders lacked. Use them. Lastly, the federal government is far more powerful in comparison to the civilian population today than was the case with the British and the colonists. Any group trying to overthrow the government would meet a swift and vicious end. Let’s not speak of violence but of sensible and realistic means at regaining our country.


62 posted on 11/21/2009 1:04:31 AM PST by w. Seymour (Third parties will lead to the destruction of America.)
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To: w. Seymour

I never spoke of violence.
By 2012 laws will be passed that will be irreversible and will literally destroy the nation..Your solution? Elect more Republicans perhaps.


63 posted on 11/21/2009 6:08:52 AM PST by sonic109 (and...what are we going to do about it ? NOTHING)
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To: Windflier

Once immigration is passed you will have millions and millions of illegals beholding to the Democrat party and voting for them endlessly. The plan is to have a majority of the voters dependent on the party for all their needs and wants( handouts) They are close to that now . Once they let oceans of illegals have a say in things it’s all over. With the UN also involved the Dems with effectively shut out ALL opposition and have th eopower to do ANYTHING they want.
I’d like to know how long folks on here thing it will take before all that happens..Well before 2012 I can assure you of that . Do you think the Dems are seriously ever going to give us a chance to regain power now that Obama is in ?
.THATS THE PLAN FOLKS


64 posted on 11/21/2009 6:15:43 AM PST by sonic109 (and...what are we going to do about it ? NOTHING)
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To: Dajjal; All

“Barbour cautioned Republican candidates to refrain from attacking the president, period: “People want the president to succeed; good Lord, they want the country to succeed, and particularly the first African-American president has a lot of goodwill. . . . We need to be careful,”

No, you need to drop dead, you POS!


65 posted on 11/21/2009 6:26:09 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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To: Landru; FBD

“So help me these types of gutless, spineless, rudderless career creeps must be purged & driven from the party like now”

Now or never!


66 posted on 11/21/2009 6:28:40 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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To: gwilhelm56; Liz; All

“We need to be careful, we need to treat the president respectfully”

No, we need to find a way to impeach him. He is a low life gangster thug. I think the best avenue is nail him for stealing billions in stimulus money.


67 posted on 11/21/2009 6:31:31 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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To: Dajjal
" I know being right is better than being popular" - Sarah Palin

Without people like Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann the GOP would be rudderless.

68 posted on 11/21/2009 6:33:11 AM PST by jla
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Impeachment is a NON STARTER due to the fact his minions in House and Senate wouldn’t Impeach him, even if they had videos of Him with small boys AND A LARGE GOAT!

we can either... LAUGH AT, SCORN, MOCK, and RIDICULE the “community organizer” or.. we have to just roll our eyes and say... Not WASTING my time commenting on that scumsucker...Next Question”.

They Treated Stalin, Lenin and Hitler RESPECTFULLY, got them far, didn’t it??


69 posted on 11/21/2009 6:38:44 AM PST by gwilhelm56 (Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his office. ")
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To: jla; stephenjohnbanker; FBD
"Without people like Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann the GOP would be rudderless."

Amen my friend, Amen.

Now, to find a few dozen more just like 'em.
And a few good men wouldn't hurt, either.

70 posted on 11/21/2009 7:50:49 AM PST by Landru (Forget the pebble Grasshopper, just leave.)
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To: sonic109

“I don’t see the people doing a damn thing about it either.”

Run for your local council seat. Volunteer for the local planning commission. Local governments can pass ordinances and sabotage, hinder and thwart the dictates from the fascists in DC.

Run for county sheriff. You can organize an armed volunteer auxiliary deputy force that can be called out in “emergencies.” My local sheriff did that.

Don’t want to run for office? Form an “open meetings” strike force. With this law, you can throw leftist politicians in jail, fine them, sue them and even nullify local ordinances. Check out your state’s open meetings law.

There’s a lot you can do locally to clean out the leftists in your neighborhood.


71 posted on 11/21/2009 8:03:20 AM PST by sergeantdave (obuma is the anti-Lincoln, trying to re-establish slavery)
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To: Dajjal

We woould recall how as RNC Chairman Ol’ Haley saved all the money saying he was going to launch an ad blitz later. And then proceeded to lose very badly because by the time he used it it did no good. Could this be similar advice? I recall the wisdom of the White House similarly in the Hopfmann case. If you don’t use the constitutional fraud that has been handed you, you will lose it as an issue and we as a people will lose the Rule of Law based upon a Constitution. It would be nice if “conservative” Haley gave a damn about the Constitution. If he won’t conserve the Constitution what else is there that he won’t “conserve” out of misperceived political “pragmatism?”


72 posted on 11/21/2009 8:42:36 AM PST by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them or they more like we used to be?)
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To: Landru
And a few good men wouldn't hurt, either.

They're too busy vying with each other to see who can get his head buried deepest in the sand.

73 posted on 11/21/2009 9:20:31 AM PST by jla
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To: hennie pennie; EternalVigilance
http://aipnews.com

Thanks for posting the link.

74 posted on 11/21/2009 9:21:45 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: sonic109

That’s defeatist nonsense. Once legalized, they will become more likely to vote Republican.


75 posted on 11/21/2009 12:09:49 PM PST by w. Seymour (Third parties will lead to the destruction of America.)
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To: jla

Sarah yes, but Bachmann? Isn’t she a supporter of Ron Paul?


76 posted on 11/21/2009 12:12:55 PM PST by w. Seymour (Third parties will lead to the destruction of America.)
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To: w. Seymour; sonic109

“That’s defeatist nonsense. Once legalized, they will become more likely to vote Republican.”

History proves you wrong. There have been several amnesties, including the big one in 1986. They vote democrat/socialist.
Fact.


77 posted on 11/21/2009 12:17:29 PM PST by AuntB (If Al Qaeda grew drugs & burned our forests instead of armed Mexican Cartels would anyone notice?)
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To: w. Seymour
Like Palin, Bachmann speaks admirably on those points advocated by Paul that are agreeable to them.
Neither lady is prone to throwing the baby out along with the bath water.
78 posted on 11/21/2009 12:24:52 PM PST by jla
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To: Dajjal

BARF!


79 posted on 11/21/2009 12:27:31 PM PST by lonestar (Obama and his czars have turned Bush's "mess" into a national crisis!)
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To: jla

From what I have been hearing, Bachmann was seen applauding Paul while he was giving a speech on his pro-surrender foreign policy.


80 posted on 11/21/2009 12:36:07 PM PST by w. Seymour (Third parties will lead to the destruction of America.)
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