Posted on 04/28/2009 11:14:42 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Moderates blame conservatives By: Lisa Lerer April 28, 2009 01:38 PM EST
Two leading Republican moderates say Sen. Arlen Specter's decision to become a Democrat highlights the hostility moderates feel from an increasingly conservative GOP.
“You haven't certainly heard warm encouraging words about how [the GOP] views moderates,” said Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, one of the few remaining moderate Republicans in the Senate.
Snowe said the party's message has been, “Either you're with us or you’re against us.”
Her frustration was shared by Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.), who slammed right-wing interest groups for pushing moderates out of the party.
Specter switched parties Tuesday after a recent poll showed him badly losing a Pennsylvania Republican primary next year to Club for Growth founder Pat Toomey. Toomey’s staunchly fiscally conservative political action committee backs only those Republicans who support a low-tax, limited-government agenda and comes down hard on those who break with party orthodoxy.
"I don't want to be a member of the Club for Growth,” said Graham. “I want to be a member of a vibrant national Republican party that can attract people from all corners of the country — and we can govern the country from a center-right perspective.”
“As Republicans, we got a problem,” he said.
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Get out and take McCain and his daughter with you.
Ya’ll RINO’s don’t let the door hit your arse on the way out. On second thought, I hope it hits pretty hard.
Good riddance. Time for these so called ‘moderate’ traitors to leave, as all they do is give cover to Democrats.
Preciouth.
Just to make sure there is no confusion, the term daughter was aimed at McCains real daughter and not Graham.
Conservatives have been leaving the GOP. RINOs are to be hunted to extinction. Their only hope is to go native ‘rat.
Good why don’t they all switch parties. Hellooooo Meghan McCain you’re a moderate why don’t you switch? Frum, Parker, etc.
But he can go as well...
Yeah, when “moderates” constantly stab us in the back we should all just roll over and say thanks, right?
Just how many times has Specter, Snowe, etc. stabbed us in the back? Gang of 14 anyone?
at this point Snowe (as I am sure she was courted by the Dems) can move over to the party that she acts like. Pipe cleaner time. If someone is a Democrat we aren’t gonna support them as Republicans. It is line in the sand time. Spector switched because he is a self centered POS that only thinks about one person—Arlen Spector. Snowe can go as well.
...and Snow, and Grahamnesty, and all the other RINOs. The sooner we clean out all the rats, the sooner we recapture our party from the destroyers.
of course, the democrats were oh so tolerance of Lieberman, a guy’s who farther to the left than any of these clowns are to the right
Democrat moles begin revealing themselves. Deep moles to remain.
Senator Specter Never Really Left Democratic Party!
"Forty years and dummy Republicans never figured it out."
“How can we expect to be a vibrant national party if we oppose trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see? Government billions going to support ACORN and other leftist groups? Government laws shutting down talk radio, opposition films, books and websites? We cannot be a real national party if we oppose nationalizing banks, auto companies and health care!” they should just right out and say.
Snowe, please, please leave too...today, right now!!!!
We do NOT need the likes of you or Collin or any other RINO.
Get out..now, today!!!! Thank you.
yep.
Your welcome.
Frankly Arlen is a selfish person who can’t stand the fact that he was losing.
....and the horse they rode in on............
LLS
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