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.

[photodawg]

Still, if it were me, my algorithm would be: If polls are 10% or closer vote Lieberman, if Lieberman is way out in front, like 15-20 points up, vote for the GOP candidate to show the flag.
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To do this we would have to trust the polls. I don't. Watch these 15% calls for democratic candidates in August turn into 4 or 5 point toss ups over the next couple of weeks. Look at the exit poll fiasco in 04. a blatant attempt to insure a Kerry victory. Voting is no longer a political exercise, its a chess game with the stakes being the survival of our civilization. I am even preparing for a senario over the next few years that might involve civilian take over of the government if the vote radicalizes a large segment of the country. I'm sure M-13 is being imported over the border to infiltrate cities and work with islamists to destroy US government through violent revolution.

[submarinerswife]

Who said that the republicans aren't worthy of my vote?? Did I say anywhere in my posts that we should vote for DEMS???

Democrats or whining pseudo "Conservatives" are the only ones who are willing to sit at home instead of voting....essentially giving the Dems their power back, little by little.

Now, perhaps YOU should try your own advise, Madam Badray, and please think before jumping to rash conclusions when referring what you think I said and what I actually said in my posts.

[FreeReign]

The Conservative Party almost beat out the Republican party a while back in New York (think about that...they would have been listed above the GOP on the next election ballot!)...but the Right to Life party ran their own candidate instead of endorsing the Conservative Party's pro-life one. :-(

Ironic. Third party CP done in by those darn -- 4th party Right to Life spoilers.

[photodawg]

First of all, I don't live in CT in case you weren't paying attention. I don't need to know what you do in the voting booth, however a vote for any democrat based on "he is not a choice" is same as giving DUmocrats control.
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Its not relevant to the argument that you don't live in CT. The discussion of who to support is on the table and is being debated. I'll take cogent advice from any state in the Union. Besides its obvious to me that regardless of the state you are living in , you are living in a vacuum and the state you are most comfortable in is the state of confusion. (smile)

[smokeyb]

I like that one too. However, RINOs are RINOs in primary elections. In the general election they are just Republicans.

So you are a conservative until the election? Interesting.

[RasterMaster]

No need for violent over-throw....they mislead enough republicans to support a DUmocrat candidate, they'll be in like Flint!

[mamelukesabre]

I am a fed up republican as well. But in my opinion, all these cry babies thinking of not voting are just that...cry babies. This is the reality folks, the GOP does NOT HAVE TO BE GOOD TO GET ELECTED. They only have to be better than the opposition. That is the way it works. So until a viable third party candidate comes along, stop your whining and get out and vote. I voted for Ross Perot once. Because He was a legitimate third party candidate. But look what that got us. Nowhere. If someone really wants to make an effort to create a new party that really is better than the republicans and put in enough work and money to actually give us an electable candidate, then I say go ahead and vote for him. But to just stay home is absolutely STUPID AND IMMATURE.

[RasterMaster]

No confusion here....the moderate RINOs were purged in the last primary. Tom Coburn is my senator.

DNC must pay you very well to earn your unwaivering support.

[RasterMaster]

The DNC party masters are going to be deeply dissappointed....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1724037/posts

[HarleyLady27]

I don't know if I would believe her anymore than any of the 'mediacrats'....

VOTE REPUBLICAN VOTE REPUBLICAN VOTE REPUBLICAN

[Gondring]

Yep! :-)

The problem I have with it, though, is that the Conservative Party and Republican Party candidates were Right versus Left, while there seemed to be no reason to run a separate candidate for Right to Life. Oh well.

[Gondring]

Taxpayers Party = Constitution Party.

The Conservative Party of New York State is a different entity.

[RasterMaster]

The only lever I could pull for a DUmocrat is attached to one of these:

[NYC Republican]

Jeez, you are quite the looney bin. What a troll. DU is more your cup of tea, try it. Loser

[edsheppa]

I don't accept your information as relevant. In not a single one of those years did the house change hands.

With considerable effort I've got the actual information about the House changing hands in every midterm election since 1898 and similarly with the Presidency. Here it is.

                Presidency changed parties
                next election
                    Yes   No
House
changed     Yes       1    3
parties     No        9   14
in midterm  

It looks to me like, based on historical precedent, a House change is three times more likely to indicate that the Presidency *won't* change hands than that it will.

[edsheppa]

If you post your email I was replying to, everyone will see that was a natural inference about *your* position to which I was reacting with horror.

[edsheppa]

ed, if anyone is a barking moonbat, it is the small but VERY vocal group here, who are the UNAPPEASEABLES

Nope, the left has a far higher percentage of moonbats.

[WOSG]

"To do this we would have to trust the polls. I don't. Watch these 15% calls for democratic candidates in August turn into 4 or 5 point toss ups over the next couple of weeks."

Ya got a point there. I too am hopeful the polls are just MSM pollaganda and the GOP will surprise on the upside.

But we wont know until it happens.

[TheDon]

Politics is about the power to implement your ideas, not just having ideas that never get implemented.

[WOSG]

"It is only because we did vote GOP in those elections that the GOP won. "

What's this 'we', paleface? Yeah, you voted for Bush, but so did 60 million other people. Did you work the polls to get many other people to vote for the Republicans? Are you an activist or just an armchair know-it-all?

I know you've been bashing Santorum for months. ... we are now down to the wire on a race where prolife profamily protaxcut conservative Rick Santorum faces off with Soros and moveon.org-funded Schumer/Hillary/Kennedy sockpuppet, the mediocrity known as Casey Jr.

Santorum gave a brilliant speech that laid out the stakes in the global war on terror and the threat - Islamic fascism - that we really face. Casey is clueless and wrong on the whole matter.

For any PA citizen, it's an easy choice, Santorum is the better and more qualified candidate who is right on so many issues that Casey is wrong on.

Either you defend Santorum's seat and help the conservative cause, or prove yourself a cut-n-run conservative deserter to the cause and help (through the default of inaction and dissent) the leftists gain a hold of US Senate. LEttign Casey win means Schumer and Kennedy have veto power over the next USSC nominee.

"if the GOP loses it will because we are sick of the GOP's lies to us."

I'm sick of the lies about the GOP lies.
Politics is like baseball. Nobody bats 1.000, but the record of the Republicans on judicial nominees - Roberts and Alito; on taxes - cutting taxes vs Democrats opposition to tax cuts; and on war on terror - supporting terrorist detentions and interoggations and Patriot Act, instead of Democrat position to demagogue all 3 ... makes it clear who's batting average is better.

There is only one party that respects right-to-life, 2nd amendment rights, and God's place in public discourse ... and it isnt the gun-grabbing secularist pro-abortion Democrats!