Deliver a Spanking

The Pittsburgh Tribune Review ^ | October 22, 2006 | Colin McNickle

[Conservative Goddess]

I am your typical Republican "supervoter." .... But I'm seriously considering ending that streak this Nov. 7. ...

I'm also a contrarian -- a conservative with libertarian leanings. Combine all these characteristics, then mix in the aggregate Republican record, allow the ire it has created to rise and bake it for a few years and here's what comes out of the oven:

A party base that's mad as hell and no longer willing to rationalize GOP failures. It's a base whose crust grows darker and thicker -- i.e., angrier -- when prominent conservatives and Republicans -- politicians, pundits, radio talk-show hosts and think tankers sensing impending electoral doom -- pop out of their pumpkins and upbraid the watered-on for complaining about being wet.

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...Pay no attention to the recidivists behind the curtain who, once every two years or four or six, make grand promises of fealty to conservative and party principles only to repeatedly fail to deliver. ... What's the definition of insanity again? In this case it's constantly returning Republicans to power and having the audacity to expect different results. And what could be more stupid than that?

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Look, folks, it's time to take a stand. Returning this current crew of Republicans to power will only embolden them to spend more time, not less, off the conservative reservation. This is no time to dance the Rationalization Rumba. It is time for the GOP base to deliver a very big SMACK. It's the only way to start the process of true Republican/conservative reclamation.

Fellow Republicans and conservatives, do what you must on Nov. 7. But I, for one, refuse to yet again enter my polling place, vote for the usual GOP suspects...

It's time for the long-spanked to do some spanking.

[Petronski]

Perhaps some kind of left-handed attempt at "divide and conquer." Or maybe gutlessness.

[Arrowhead1952]

In this case it's constantly returning Republicans to power and having the audacity to expect different results. And what could be more stupid than that?

As liberal as the Supreme Court is now, I don't think we can afford to make a mistake of letting a liberal ever nominate another Justice. Can you imagine what more Ruth Gizzies would do to these rulings?

Scalia says Constitution silent on abortion, race in school

Justice Scalia: Abortion Issue Not Constitutional

Scalia rips judges on abortion, suicide

[Howlin]

The current Democrat senator from R.I., Reed has a 7% lifetime conservative rating from the ACU.

And he's Hillary's butt boy.

[smokeyb]

We didn't set around a whine that the establishment was fighting us, we just worked on it for 2 years and got it done!

Which we are not doing but since we have a different opinion of how to get it done everyone else whines because we don't agree with them.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

We have GOT to let the moderates who control the party to know that there is only so much we will tolerate.

As noted before, that's a job for primary elections and grassroot organization.

I realize that the primary route doesn't always work. I also realize that the party bosses will often back a RINO.

But the solution to both those problems isn't to elect a democrat. That only buts a guy whose against you 100% of the time in power over a guy whose against you 50 to 95 % of the time (actual percentages may vary).

The solution is to take over the party apparatus.

[hosepipe]

[ This is no time to dance the Rationalization Rumba ]

That would be the Democrat Party Mobmbo.. because the democrat party is a MOB.. A vitual criminal enterprise..

[HarleyLady27]

And that took 'teamwork' and thats the only reason it happened....

now get busy on the 8th of nov and get someone in there to take over Specter....and the Govenor....and the GOP of PA....

We got lots of work to do ahead of us....

[Howlin]

Take that crap back to the PA board if you dare.

[FreeReign]

So spare me the "TAKE OUT RINOS IN THE PRIMARIES!" BS. Whenever conservatives tried to do that, we get dumped on by the party bosses.

BS.

In Ohio, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and other states more conservative candidates were on the ballot in Republican senatorial primaries and they all lost.

The R voters of those states had every chance to elect a good conservative and they chose the RINO's Chaffee, Spector and DeWine instead.

Spare me the party-bosses-made-me-do-it, liberal propagand-induced B.S..

The buck stops with those who vote. They are responsible for their choice.

[RasterMaster]

Meanwhile, you can continue to sow the seeds of discontent.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1633739/posts

[pollyannaish]

Wrong. I have worked hard in primaries here only to get bulldozed by the Republican Party! THEY are the ones that eat their own! I am sick of the "do it in the primaries" when they won't let us have one.

Dude! Just WHO do you think the Republican party is? Other people who apparently disagree with you! Work on winning them over, you might have something.

[guinnessman]

I remember Pat ran for President on the Reform Party ticket in 2000, when did he rejoin the Republican Party?

[oldbill]

I have three things to say: 1) War on Terror

to which I reply Hagel? Chaffee?

2) Judiciary

to which I reply Graham? McCain? DeWine? Specter?

3) Taxes

to which I reply, check a list of RINOs who want to rescind the tax cuts

[Tamzee]

Make things clear to everyone. YOUR posts were pulled too.


Your implications are erroneous, you are either deceiving yourselves or trying to deceive others. Jim pulled the entire day's posts without regard to content... the only folks suspended were your comrades.

[torchthemummy]

I have added you to the list of Suicidal Freepers that have no credibility and should be ignored. Whether you like it or not RINOS in Blue States are better than Dems in any state. A RINO that votes 40% of the time with the majority is still far superior to a Dem that votes 10% of the time with the majority. There is no ideological utopia to be had so spare me with your unattainable goals.

[Sisku Hanne]

....To be honest, he is about as conservative as we can put up from this state. What we have to do, is simply provide you guys with the numbers you need to set the agenda and we rely on those of you in less liberal areas to consistently move us rightward. If you get too far ahead of the country as a whole, you will lose those at the tail end. If you go too slowly or aimlessly, you will lose the base....

Really excellent and thought-provoking post. It's all about an effective strategery.

[pollyannaish]

That was not the general interpretation at the time, but I am open to believing it was miscommunication. Whatever you like. It is a petty argument.

Please understand: Chaffee gets my "conditional" support because we need him to retain leadership. Period. He won whatever primary he had as determined by the voters in his state.

Another day, another situation, perhaps another vote. I don't know. To say he gets our unconditional support is to completely misunderstand every point on this thread. He may be apostate, but that would be to assume he once was not. And I don't believe that for a second.

[CyberAnt]

Thanks! I just couldn't hold it in anymore. LOL!

[smokeyb]

I saved some of the posts. Would you like me to post them?

Would you like us to go back in the archives and post what you guys have posted?

[edsheppa]

ed, I already told you I am not replying to you again in Freepmail.

Why don't you post my private reply here? Then everyone can see that, not only didn't I ask you reply privately, I urged you to post one of your private comments to the thread for public discussion.