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Anger on Display Among Conservative PAC Audience
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Posted on 03/04/2007 4:15:07 PM PST by Sub-Driver

Anger on Display Among Conservative PAC Audience

Sunday , March 04, 2007 By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

WASHINGTON — America's conservatives are mad and they're not going to take it anymore.

That was the message the movement's leaders delivered throughout the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. last week.

One after another, conservatives told FOXNews.com that they are angry, irritated, frustrated and in some cases depressed. And the target of their angst and ire is none other than the Republican Party, which wants and needs their support to win the 2008 presidential election and avoid losing more seats in the Senate and House next election.

Many of these conservatives, whose national stars began to rise with the presidential election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, described the GOP's state of affairs in Washington with words like "failed," defeated" and "in the grave."

"The Republican Party apparently has a death wish, but that doesn't mean we conservatives have to go along with it," Richard Viguerie, a movement veteran who helped elect Reagan, said during his wildly-received speech delivered Thursday. "Let's focus on the conservative movement, not the GOP."

"We've got to stop being lackeys of the Republican Party. We've got to be a third force," said Bill Greene, head of RightMarch.com, an online activist network. He is running as a Republican in the June special election to replace the late Rep. Charlie Norwood, R-Ga., who died of cancer on Feb. 13.

Several candidates vying for the GOP nomination appeared at the conference. But one — Arizona Sen. John McCain — was notably absent, and the frontrunner in generic opinion polls — former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani — acknowledged to the crowd that he has differences with his audience on social issues.

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To: capitalist229

"...muddle class Republicans..."

Boy do we have plenty of them around. LOL.


161 posted on 03/05/2007 6:52:55 AM PST by justshutupandtakeit (Defeat Hillary's V'assed Left Wing Conspiracy)
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To: LtdGovt
"That was a statement from 1996, when Clinton had moved to the center,"

Well, that basically tells us all we need to know about you.
162 posted on 03/05/2007 7:43:19 AM PST by Old_Mil (Duncan Hunter in 2008! A Veteran, A Patriot, A Reagan Republican... http://www.gohunter08.com/)
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To: oceanview

"oh sure, let's dump the GOP - and go into the political wilderness for the next 40 years. there's a real solid plan."

Here's a news flash for you.

We're already there.


163 posted on 03/05/2007 7:49:41 AM PST by Leatherneck_MT (Duncan Hunter in 2008)
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To: Disambiguator
"As it stands now, there really isn't that much difference between the Rs and the Ds."

I've been quoted as saying, "The only real difference between a "D" and an "R" is in the shape of the crook standing behind the straight guy."

To that, I must add, "A "C" or an "I" are two unique individuals."

164 posted on 03/05/2007 7:59:13 AM PST by azhenfud (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: LtdGovt

Why does that poll ignore Hunter?


165 posted on 03/05/2007 8:02:03 AM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL ( **Hunter-Tancredo-Weldon-Hayworth 4 President**)
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To: oceanview
I was under the impression that the president withholding both support and funds from the RNC had a bit to do with that. I could be wrong.
166 posted on 03/05/2007 9:48:38 AM PST by dmartin (Who Dares Wins)
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To: WFTR

F. Thompson is on record voting against at least one amnesty.


167 posted on 03/05/2007 10:39:13 AM PST by Politicalmom ("Always vote for principle...and your vote is never lost."-John Quincy Adams)
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To: oceanview
oh sure, let's dump the GOP - and go into the political wilderness for the next 40 years. there's a real solid plan.

More accurately, Republicans are willing to dump conservatives - and go into the political wilderness for the next 40 years...AGAIN.

You did it once...and we know you'll do it again...before you'll work toward a more conservative party.
168 posted on 03/05/2007 11:15:00 AM PST by Maelstrom (To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
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To: LtdGovt
On the basis of what principle would someone refuse to support Rudy against Hillary?

Why, 18 months in advance, do people think that Rudy has a lock on being the nominee for the GOP?
If Rudy IS the GOP nominee for the office of President, running against Hitlery or Obama, then I probably would vote for Rudy.

Will I vote for Rudy in the primaries? No way.

169 posted on 03/05/2007 11:22:10 AM PST by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: LtdGovt
You really need to do something about the projection thingie.

That is what SHE said...

My projecting "thingie" is none of your concern Mr. Edweirds...

170 posted on 03/05/2007 11:49:28 AM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: Maelstrom

no, I don't see that. they can't win with the conservatives ALONE. now, they may well not be able to win without them if they stay home. but that is the dicey nature of coalition politics.

otherwise, the party is just going to sit around waiting for the next Reagan. and he was a once in a generation politician.


171 posted on 03/05/2007 12:24:42 PM PST by oceanview
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To: oceanview
...otherwise, the party is just going to sit around waiting for the next Reagan. and he was a once in a generation politician.

It is worth noting that "once in a generation politicians" are rarely Republican, let alone conservative Republicans.

172 posted on 03/05/2007 12:44:00 PM PST by Wallaby
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To: bjs1779
Hee-hee; the great white drag queen!
173 posted on 03/05/2007 2:53:10 PM PST by samm1148 (Pennsylvania-They haven't taxed air--yet)
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To: OneLoyalAmerican
"Mayor Giuliani polls well in the beltway and NYC. But without the NRA, Mayor Giuliani will never carry the GOP.

And I'm the NRA."

Me too. Don't forget the pro-life conservatives and the anti-government conservatives. Rudy polls well with the Washington Post but have you seen these unscientific polls conducted on FR? Apparently he doesn't poll well even given the shrillness of the Rudy supporters.
174 posted on 03/05/2007 3:01:21 PM PST by samm1148 (Pennsylvania-They haven't taxed air--yet)
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To: Politicalmom
F. Thompson is on record voting against at least one amnesty.

I'm surprised but pleased to hear of that vote. If he truly stands for border security as an important component of national security, he has a better chance of bringing together the party and winning.

175 posted on 03/05/2007 4:50:32 PM PST by WFTR (Liberty isn't for cowards)
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To: Tanniker Smith
Guiliani dressed in drag??? That's it, he's out. Next thing you know, HE'LL BE MAKING MOVIES WITH MONKEESS!!!!

Please warn me if it's rated Gay.

176 posted on 03/05/2007 5:07:22 PM PST by bjs1779
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood

Actually, LtdGovt and JustShutUpAndTakeIt are the Homer and Jethro team from the Giulliani campaign office. Only, they're not quite as talented.

Doesn't matter the thread, these two come on and prop up Rudy and rip at Conservatives.

Just give up on trying to talk to them.

It's no use.

Paul


177 posted on 03/06/2007 9:01:19 AM PST by spacewarp (Gun control is a tight cluster grouping in the chest and one in the forehead.)
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To: spacewarp
Actually, LtdGovt and JustShutUpAndTakeIt are the Homer and Jethro team from the Giulliani campaign office. Only, they're not quite as talented.

There is this new Rosie O'Donnell wing of the GOP...

They support the homos and hate the Religious folks.

But since I am an atheist, their anti-Christian blather has no affect.

I am tired of these people who try to pass some perversion of nature off as a normal thing. It is a fetish, a religion of deviance and I will not bend my knee in acquiescence to it.

I wish TED NUGENT was there at CPAC... That would really make these feminized males want to take their Midol!

178 posted on 03/06/2007 12:03:06 PM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: spacewarp
Actually, LtdGovt and JustShutUpAndTakeIt are the Homer and Jethro team from the Giulliani campaign office. Only, they're not quite as talented.

Its amusing how they think they can convince people by calling them 'clowns'.

Today's GOP attitude towards conservatives defined - 'cause & effect? whats that?'

179 posted on 03/06/2007 12:23:49 PM PST by skeeter
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To: sgtbono2002

Sarge, have you given a close look at Duncan Hunter? Please do. If we don't support a real conservative leading up to the primaries by supporting them to win the GOP nomination, then we'll never get the opportunity to vote for one in the general election. If the 2008 general election comes down to Guliani and Hitlery, then the liberals will have won either way.


180 posted on 03/06/2007 12:38:45 PM PST by OB1kNOb (After 20+ LONG years, a REAL conservative I can support 4 President - DUNCAN HUNTER '08)
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