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The GOP has left me.
Self | Juse 1, 2007 | Natural Law

Posted on 06/01/2007 5:22:56 PM PDT by Natural Law

I am really getting sick of the "Whiny Bitch" wing of the GOP blaming its conservative base for losing control of both houses and now undermining the party further by not continuing to fund or vote for a more slow descent into socialism. This shows a complete lack of integrity on their part.

I for one refuse to vote for a Democrat, even when they call themselves a Republican, no especially when they call themselves a Republican. In fact, I would vote for a Democrat before I would a RINO because they at least have the integrity to admit to what they are. I for damned sure refuse to give them any campaign contributions when they have demonstrated that they can't manage the tax dollars they collect in the trillions.

Ronald Reagan, who began as a Democrat, once said he didn't leave the Democrat party, it left him. Me withholding my votes and financial support for the Republican Party isn't because I have changed political philosophy or party affiliation. I am withholding my votes and supports because the Republican Party has morphed into the Democrat Party.

The Whiny Bitch wing will say that there is no alternative and that not voting means that the Democrat Party (the old one that has now morphed into the Socialist Party) will prevail. The Democrat Party, or at least its principles, is prevailing anyway. One only need look at the actual status of Secure borders, immigration reform, government spending, balance of trade, energy self-sufficiency, whacko environmentalism, and voter fraud to see this.

If the GOP doesn't right itself will fade to irrelevance and will be replaced by a conservative party. When either of these two options happen I will again break out the check book and resume voting. Until then I will refrain.


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KEYWORDS: amnesty; conservatism; elections; gop; illegalimmigration; wastedvanity
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To: claudiustg

“What President Bush is doing, and has been doing for some time, is sundering a great political coalition. This is sad, and it holds implications not only for one political party but for the American future.”.....

What Bush is doing, is laying the groundwork for the next Clinton presidency........


161 posted on 06/01/2007 9:40:37 PM PDT by mo
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To: durasell
even if by some miracle you do halt it, Mexico turns hugely unstable.

That's great! Mexico needs to be unstable. Mexico needs a revolution to overthrow the corrupt ruling class.
162 posted on 06/02/2007 12:00:30 PM PDT by Iwo Jima ("Close the border. Then we'll talk.")
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To: Oberon
So don't call it "extreme," please, when all we want is what the Republicans are supposed to stand for in the first place. It's not extreme to expect a Republican to act like a Republican.

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Agreed, although it seems that there are plenty of those, even here on FR, who would call that extremism.

163 posted on 06/02/2007 12:14:36 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: HitmanLV

“As for Duncan,.....”

While I am far from pleased with the current frontrunners, I place candidates like Duncan on par with Dennis K and other “no chance in hell” candidates on the Dem side. Makes for good debates, but are not going to garner more than single digit numbers, if that much.


164 posted on 06/02/2007 2:01:31 PM PDT by Bogtrotter52 (Reading DU daily so you won't hafta)
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To: Natural Law
The Republican Party has to become the Party of Common Sense, and the first thing they need to do is have the courage to run new candidates, which they do not. They have become ossified!

Nope, instead they run the same old, tired old politicians espousing the same old crap. Enough already. We need new, fresh faces, smart and fairly young candidates (40ish) who can also relate to younger people and give them a reason to vote.

165 posted on 06/02/2007 2:40:36 PM PDT by pray4liberty
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To: takenoprisoner
Think we got snookered?

Yup.

166 posted on 06/02/2007 2:42:47 PM PDT by pray4liberty
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To: Natural Law

“the Republican Party has morphed into the Democrat Party.
... the Democrat Party (the old one that has now morphed into the Socialist Party).”

We, as a country, are listing portside, and that’s definitely not a good thing.


167 posted on 06/02/2007 3:22:20 PM PDT by FReepapalooza
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To: Iwo Jima

That’s great! Mexico needs to be unstable. Mexico needs a revolution to overthrow the corrupt ruling class.


Gee, there’s something you don’t hear everyday.


168 posted on 06/02/2007 3:49:00 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: durasell
Au contraire.

If you hung out with the right kind of people, as I do, you would hear that all the time. Your statement is an admission that you have inferior friends and are in dire need of a better class of people with whom to associate.

There is very little else that we talk about -- Mexicans need to take care of business at home and stop coming here to escape the hellhole that is Mexico.

Instead of coming here to try to build a better life for their families, Mexican peasants need to revolt and overthrow the oppressive regime by which they have been stomped into submission. They need to create in Mexico a decent society which takes advantage of their tremendous natural resources so that they don't even think about needing to come here to provide for their families.

Revolution = good. Submission to tyranny = bad.
169 posted on 06/02/2007 4:38:08 PM PDT by Iwo Jima ("Close the border. Then we'll talk.")
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To: Natural Law

If they nominate Fred, I’ll give them one more chance.


170 posted on 06/02/2007 4:41:46 PM PDT by Poser (Willing to fight for oil)
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To: Iwo Jima

Mexico got screwed over by China big time. All of the inexpensive manufacturing jobs (Perot’s sucking sound) that would have gone south of the border went to China.

Even if we assume that a Mexican revolution would clean house and not turn them commie, the chaos required to revolt would cause a massive influx of folks across the border trying to escape what would probably be a civil war.


171 posted on 06/02/2007 4:43:22 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: durasell
And why would a civil war in Mexico be of such importance to us???

Seal the borders. No mass influx of escapees or anyone.

I yearn for the coming revolution in Mexico against the corrupt ruling class,as I yearn for freedom everywhere.
172 posted on 06/02/2007 5:16:06 PM PDT by Iwo Jima ("Close the border. Then we'll talk.")
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To: Iwo Jima

Name a country neighboring a revolution, civil unrest, etc. that has effectively sealed its borders.


173 posted on 06/02/2007 5:26:16 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: Natural Law

Lord help us all if Hillary serves an eight year term as President. Even if all else were equal just the damage she would do in judicial appointments could take decades to repair.

Only a liberal or mental incompetent would truly believe any of the democrat candidates would be preferable to any of the announced Republican candidates.


174 posted on 06/02/2007 5:31:04 PM PDT by Oklahoma
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To: Dog Gone
"Good, because you're not wise enough to participate in the political process. If you can't figure out how to support candidates that represent your views in the only conservative party that can make a difference in this country, please stay home and eat Cheetos."

I am wise enough to that a more slow descent into socialism is still a descent into socialism and not a viable choice. I am also wise enough to know that when you put lipstick on a pig it is still a pig and when you put a republican label on a socialist it is still a socialist. I will still support individual candidates who walk the walk, but I will not support the GOP until it undergoes a major reform and return to its principles.

175 posted on 06/02/2007 8:46:38 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: takenoprisoner
"Think we got snookered?"

We can't put all of the blame on the politicians. We too willingly put far too much credence in what politicians say during election campaigns and not near enough on what they have done repeatedly over their careers. If you would vote for a politician just because they suddenly tell you what you want to hear you deserve the consequences.

176 posted on 06/02/2007 9:10:16 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law

“If you would vote for a politician just because they suddenly tell you what you want to hear you deserve the consequences.”

My recollection is that the realistic choices were Al Gore or George Bush. Then four years late, our realistic choices were John Kerry or George Bush.

Lacking a better choice, I held my nose and voted for Bush twice. So yea, guilty as charged. But did I really have a choice other than the two fast track socialists? None of us did. There were those who were yippie-yi-yeah for Bush, and then there were those like me who had to hold their noses
to vote knowing full well he was part socialist, part benefactor, and an oil man buddied up with the Saudis and other rich oil barons kings and princes.

So don’t count me in as one of those who deserved the consequences. Thank you.


177 posted on 06/04/2007 4:53:01 PM PDT by takenoprisoner
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To: Natural Law

form the tinfoil hat party.... then vote for yourself.


178 posted on 06/04/2007 4:58:01 PM PDT by Porterville (2 SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND POSSIBLY THREE..... SO THINK ABOUT IT IDIOT)
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