Brown draws ire on the right (No Money To The GOP Until The RINOs Are Gone!)

boston globe ^ | 12/23/2010 | By Matt Viser

[tobyhill]

Senator Scott Brown’s decision to buck his party leadership in recent days on the “don’t ask, don’t tell’’ military policy and on a nuclear arms treaty has set off a new wave of anger among some of the activists who helped elect him — and renewed talk among conservatives that he might face a primary challenge.

Some Tea Party movement leaders who dislike Brown’s votes acknowledge that the Massachusetts Republican has demonstrated his independent and pragmatic streak, and by doing so may strengthen his chances at reelection in 2012. No primary challenger has emerged, and it is unclear whether a newcomer could wage a serious fight against Brown and his $6.8 million war chest. But the threat of a primary challenge from conservatives — as well as the potential that national Tea Party groups will withhold financial support — appears to have grown, according to the movement’s activists. Brown’s votes in the past week follow his crucial support for the overhaul of financial regulations, which remains a particular sore point with conservatives. “I think that there will be a primary challenge,’’ said Christen Varley, president of the Greater Boston Tea Party. “There’s enough of an underground movement in the Tea Party movement as seeing him as not being conservative enough. There probably will be multiple people who attempt to run against him.’’

[dagogo redux]

On top of everything else, RINOs give the Marxists the ability to chant their “bi-partisan” crap every time the RINOs betray us.

Rather have a declared enemy in there, rather than than this sort of Quisling.

[Conservative Tsunami]

It isn't about MA; it's about RINOs in all 50 states. Lugar, Graham, etc. - purge them all!

Yup. This humoring of liberal "Republican" candidates simply because of that (R) besides their name means NOTHING. It's wound up undermining the entire party and everything it's traditionally stood for. For all intensive purposes it's neutered. REMOVE THE RINOs!

Who can deny that the GOP has ZERO leadership, ZERO cohesiveness, and ZERO unity (but notice the Democrats DO.)

[Conservative Tsunami]

What's better? A flaming liberal Democrat senator from Massachusetts? or a RINO? I'll take the RINO over the flaming lib any day.

Then enjoy your chains just the same (they just won't be as tight around your neck.)

[Conservative Tsunami]

On top of everything else, RINOs give the Marxists the ability to chant their “bi-partisan” crap every time the RINOs betray us. Rather have a declared enemy in there, rather than than this sort of Quisling.

AMEN!

High time to fumigate. Before we ALL die.

[Sparky1776]

“Amen, Amen, Amen!!! It isn’t about MA; it’s about RINOs in all 50 states. Lugar, Graham, etc. - purge them all!”

Scott Brown served his purpose in cutting the 60 seat Dem majority and for that I voted for him.

He won’t get all the $ he got nationwide this time around with 20+ Dem Senators up for re-election in 2010 - folks in the other states have to flip those seats back to conservatives as Brown retires in 2010 - giving the seat back to the Kennedys.

[tobyhill]

“he opposed obamacare”

and how has that helped the GOP?

Obamacare got passed and Brown has sided with the Rats on everything else.

[muawiyah]

Hairy Reed is a madman. Ignore him.

[muawiyah]

You are very strange. The Democrats do things that are anti-American in the Senate and you want to call that leadership.

It's not.

[muawiyah]

The RNC didn't pick Scuzzyfodo ~ the local Republican party did ~ I gather people left it up to the chairman and he had his interests in her for some reason.

Why do you imagine the RNC selects candidates for Congress? Is that because the Democrat DNC does?

The two parties operate quite differently. The Democrats march in lock step and base selections on seniority and contributions from special interests. They are very Stalinist. The Republicans have a much more open and locally based selection process.

[shield]

Exactly....we always knew he was a Dem lite...he did what needed to be done; shocked the evildoers that MA would ever elect a Republican...he has served his purpose...with that R after his name he might help with a senate majority...

[GOPsterinMA]

“Scott Brown served his purpose in cutting the 60 seat Dem majority and for that I voted for him.”

And so did I Sparky, along with volunteering for his campaign and donating $.

He has effectively pissed off most of his $upporter$. No way he gets the funds and the boots on the ground like he did a year ago.

“Who can deny that the GOP has ZERO leadership, ZERO cohesiveness, and ZERO unity (but notice the Democrats DO.)”

In the past, I've preached the need for “GOP Party Discipline” here on FR and been rebuffed for it. “You want the GOP to operate like the Mafia?” is one comment I received. If it means sticking to Conservative principles and defeating the leftists, G-D right I do!!!

[muawiyah]

We've got better things to do than waste our time piddling with Massachusetts. As one poster noted we can get rid of Webb in Virginia and Lugar in Indiana.

That's two Senate seats where we might well be able to get a Conservative inserted.

No matter what you do in Mass the best thing is to get a Republican, and second best is to keep out a Kennedy.

[Clara Lou]

is it better to have a good man, with some conservative ideas get elected than to have a good man, with solid conservatives NOT get elected?..
Right now, no matter your political persuasion, the attitude seems to be "Gimme all or nothing." It goes along with polarization.

[GOPsterinMA]

This state is hopelessly lost. The ~35% of sane folk are hopelessly outnumbered, bottom line. At least in the other “blue” states, like CA and NY you can get some US Reps elected and possibly capture a chamber of a state legislature or win the occasional statewide office. This state - no way.

It is a complete waste of time for the Grassroots/GOP/RNC/etc. to even bother here. If Bwaney Fag couldn't get booted last month, in this political climate, that's it - light out, permanently.

[matthew fuller]

ACU rating: 48 20 13 49.43 (2009, 2008, YOS, Life Avg.)

[Steve_Seattle]

RINO

I think this expression needs to be questioned. The history of the Republican Party is not well-known, even by most Republicans. (For example, prior to FDR, most Blacks voted Republican.)

Going back to at least Theodore Roosevelt, the party has had liberal and conservative wings, with the liberals mostly centered in the Northeast. So to say that someone is a "RINO" because they don't embrace every aspect of the social conservative agenda is not historically accurate.

If Free Republic wants to define itself as a social conservative forum, it has every right to do so, even a responsibility to do so, if it so believes. But that has little if anything to do with the historical Republican Party, which has often been splintered into factions as it is now.

[Randy Larsen]

You are absolutely correct in your post!

[packrat35]

Hes not just a RINO, hes a democrat pretending to be a Republican. If he votes against your side MOST of the time, he is USELESS.

[Clara Lou]

Okey doke.

[muawiyah]

You wanna’ find out how important it was to GET RID OF THE KENNEDY family and their running dog lackeys you have to go to : http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2647797/posts