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My read is that the GOP has figured out that they need to hit the Democratic Party on its weak point -- IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID -- and are being careful to avoid distracting sideshow issues.
1 posted on 08/24/2010 10:06:20 AM PDT by TrueRightWing
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My read is that the GOP may be ‘rolling over’ for perversion in some misguided ‘expedience’.


2 posted on 08/24/2010 10:09:18 AM PDT by RoadGumby (For God so loved the world)
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Frum is all excited about our children being taught that anal sex is normal and natural.

How will Frum feel when his son is in a hospital at age 35 or 40, unable to hold his own feces in anymore?

Something for the GOP parents to look forward to I guess.

3 posted on 08/24/2010 10:10:11 AM PDT by roses of sharon (I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13)
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Consider the source of this story.

Anything from that idiot David Frumm OR his contributors is suspect UNTIL proven correct.


4 posted on 08/24/2010 10:10:20 AM PDT by Mr. Jazzy ("I AM JIM THOMPSON and moderates make me PUKE!!!")
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Public opinion is changing rapidly in favor of gay marriage rights....

That sure is true. Look at all the states in which people have gotten to vote on this subject. Victory after victory after victory. Every time this topic comes up on the ballot, it shows that public opinion strongly favors this.

Oh wait ...

5 posted on 08/24/2010 10:10:29 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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“Public opinion is changing rapidly in favor of gay marriage rights.... “

Funny, that is not what the voters of the majority of the states have said at the ballot box.

Frum = garbage.


6 posted on 08/24/2010 10:11:00 AM PDT by edge10 (Obama lied, babies died!)
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They are trying to provoke conservatives into making an issue out of something during THIS ELECTION CYCLE that will only remind D’s why they are D’s, and keep them on the reservation.

The problem with liberals is they are willing to starve before giving up on causes that they believe in. They will burn down the village to ‘save it’, if they indeed believe their idiocy will actually ‘save it’.


7 posted on 08/24/2010 10:13:13 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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This Frum.

more homo-agenda nonsense.

The majority of American sees homosexuals as sexual deviants. period.

This is probably from the foleys of the GOP who want to be out. Too many homosexuals in DC.

The vast majority of the military and the USA actually want DO tell and DO expell.

There is not social/fiscal conservative division that is just divisionary propaganda.

conservative is conservative.

compassionate conservative was a joke then as this attempt to divide is a joke.

Remember, homosexual conduct sanctioned with special “rights” COSTS TAXPAYER MONEY!


8 posted on 08/24/2010 10:15:06 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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My read is that the GOP has let the leftists pull it to the left again!!

This is why I am no longer a Republican, but a conservative. Republicans and conservatives aren’t the same thing, anymore!!


10 posted on 08/24/2010 10:15:36 AM PDT by DustyMoment
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Its a sad fact that most republican politicians aren’t worth a DAMN.


11 posted on 08/24/2010 10:17:53 AM PDT by skeeter
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Gay marriage is ruled a federal right for the first time and the response from the GOP is… tepid.

Hey - Frum - there are no federal rights, unless of course you have decided to give them the power to grant you any.

13 posted on 08/24/2010 10:19:29 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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...and the GOP again led the charge against gay equality.

Ok, I read until that part.

14 posted on 08/24/2010 10:19:40 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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My read is that the GOP has figured out that they need to hit the Democratic Party on its weak point -- IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID -- and are being careful to avoid distracting sideshow issues.

It looks like there's another newbie (or maybe a retread) calling conservative values and the fight against the militant homosexual agenda a "sideshow issue".

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16 posted on 08/24/2010 10:25:20 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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Fee Fi Fo Frum. I smell the writings of a limp-wristed squishy establishment moderate. Free Republic Founder Joins Boycott Of CPAC

"I’ll join that boycott. If CPAC is no longer for conservative family values then I want nothing to do with them. They’ll have to change their name to HOMOPAC." Jim Robinson

18 posted on 08/24/2010 10:29:30 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free ...)
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I have a hard time believing a majority GOP voters would support repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. While many if not most have accommodated civil unions (vs. ‘gay marriage’), I would think most GOP voters have too much understanding of and respect for the life of a soldier to think open homosexuality in the military is a good idea.


19 posted on 08/24/2010 10:30:13 AM PDT by EDINVA
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“Public opinion is changing rapidly in favor of gay marriage rights.... “

In the words of my graddad, “If all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you?”

The DoD survey on effects of repeal of DADT is telling: it basically assumes repeal and asks us to specifically identify each and every way the repeal would be a bad thing for readiness, families, workplace, etc. Nowhere (except at the “anything else” block at the end) are we asked whether we believe homosexual “rights” are valid. Makes me wanna puke.

Colonel, USAFR


20 posted on 08/24/2010 10:30:37 AM PDT by jagusafr ("We hold these truths to be self-evident...")
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Spocial issues are hardly unimportant. What this shows is that the left controls the media and education and can change the opsotion of the populace. The GOP sees this and follows.


21 posted on 08/24/2010 10:31:00 AM PDT by rmlew ("To put an end to amnesty once and for all...it is time to 'regularize' the status of John McCain.)
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I think you’re right—that the GOP is and should be focused on the economic message.

I also don’t think the GOP cares about this issue much. I suspect they look at the way the people are already voting against gay marriage, and then how the judges rule, and they don’t see a place for themselves in this fight. What are they going to do about it? Anything they say will allow the Dems to call them haters, which makes the middle uncomfortable and might lose GOP momentum.

I think they’re looking at the prevailing winds in terms of voting and know they’ve already got the support they’re going to get from folks on this issue, in this cycle. I suspect many people who vote against the issue do so without telling people; the defeats have been rather lopsided.

And the RNC certainly doesn’t seem to care about this issue, probably because they suspect how many gays are part of their country club set. Very Rockefeller Republican—moderate to liberal on social issues, caring only for tax cuts for themselves and their pals, and low-cost labor.


23 posted on 08/24/2010 10:34:54 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown. -- written by Robert Towne)
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There isn’t a more important issue than fixing the judiciary. Republicans winning elections is meaningless of liberty is being stripped from the people by judges like Vaughn Walker.


33 posted on 08/24/2010 10:53:31 AM PDT by Ol' Sparky (Liberal Republicans are the greater of two evils)
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Free Republic does not support or promote the homosexual agenda.


37 posted on 08/24/2010 10:58:42 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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Sometimes, when your "opponent" is pushing very hard against you, the best move is to step aside and let him fall under his own weight.

The gays are like adolescent teens...mired in rebellion and the more you protest, the harder they are going to push.

In raising four kids, I learned the best way to get them to see the light is to move out of the way and let them run into that wall. (all safely supervised, of course). Their own, failed experiences will teach them better than all the parental nagging on earth.
38 posted on 08/24/2010 10:58:58 AM PDT by FrankR (It doesn't matter what they call us, only what we answer to....)
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