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Republicans Kick Off Campaign to Shine Party Image (RINO's Meet at VA Strip Mall Pizzeria)
CNN ^ | updated 1 hour, 40 minutes ago

Posted on 05/02/2009 12:51:01 PM PDT by lewisglad

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said it's time for Republicans "to listen a little bit, learn a little bit." He advised Republicans to work on the party's message and "not be so nostalgic."

"I would say you can't beat something with nothing. The other side has something. I don't like it, but they have it," said Bush, who praised President Obama's tactical approach to politics and commended his 2008 campaign as "forward-looking."

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney compared the GOP to Americans fighting the British during the Revolutionary War. "We are the party of the revolutionaries, they [Democrats] are the party of the monarchists," he told the overwhelmingly Republican crowd, saying the Republicans

The venue -- a packed pizzeria in an Arlington strip mall -- had the feel of a small-town campaign stop Saturday morning, with a supportive crowd tossing friendly questions at the panel. But outside the front doors of the establishment were reminders of the challenges facing the party.

The parking lot out front, even with the heavily Republican crowd inside, was dotted with Obama bumper stickers. Northern Virginia has shifted solidly Democratic in recent elections, and surrogates for John McCain's campaign made statements late in the race that acknowledged the party had all but conceded the area.

But the handful of peaceful protesters out front weren't Democrats -- they were conservatives upset over the new group's agenda and leadership. They brandished signs criticizing McCain, calling the NCNA "RINOs" -- Republicans in Name Only -- and urging them to push for stricter immigration enforcement.

McCain is prominently featured in materials for the new group. Health care, education and small business growth were all major topics of discussion Saturday -- but immigration was one entry on a long list of potentially divisive social issues that went unmentioned.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: arlingtonva; gop; jebbush; rebuilding
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1 posted on 05/02/2009 12:51:01 PM PDT by lewisglad
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To: lewisglad

TRANSLATION: Forget about all those ‘old fashioned values’ the party has traditionally been against, like abortion and gay marriage, and COMPROMISE already!! Get with the times!!

/sarc

NO, THANK YOU, JEB. >:-(


2 posted on 05/02/2009 12:52:50 PM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
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No thanks to the Meghan McCain wing of the party!


3 posted on 05/02/2009 12:54:23 PM PDT by lewisglad
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To: lewisglad

Well with McCain as the poster boy how could this go wrong?


4 posted on 05/02/2009 12:55:51 PM PDT by benjamin032 (http://noslaves.blogspot.com/)
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To: benjamin032

Sounds like McCain didnt even bother to show up


5 posted on 05/02/2009 1:00:09 PM PDT by lewisglad
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To: lewisglad

Jeb, if it’s wrong and/or unconstitutional, I’m just not going to support it. I’ve already compromised too much, for too long.


6 posted on 05/02/2009 1:00:12 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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Jeb did a good job as gov. cause he kept spending way down.
But he is a social RINO and I am so very tired of the Bush’s, Clinton’s, and all the other politicians who refuse to go away.


7 posted on 05/02/2009 1:00:38 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (yEP,i)
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To: lewisglad
Jeb Bush ... advised Republicans to work on the party's message

It isn't the message that has been the problem.

The problem has been with those claiming to be Republican and acting like Democrat-lite.

That was true of the last 'standard bearer' John McCain. And that was true of Jeb's sibling who occupied the White House the last 8 years.

Whenever the party leadership continues to push issues that a significant majority of the public, much less the party membership, are against, that signals a massive disconnect. And that massive disconnect has been the problem for too many years.


8 posted on 05/02/2009 1:01:56 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: lewisglad
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said it's time for Republicans "to listen a little bit, learn a little bit." He advised Republicans to work on the party's message and "not be so nostalgic."

Translation: Full RINO ahead. Guess what, Jeb? If your brother had listened to the base more instead of the country-club wing of the party, the GOP wouldn't be in this mess today.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney compared the GOP to Americans fighting the British during the Revolutionary War. "We are the party of the revolutionaries, they [Democrats] are the party of the monarchists," he told the overwhelmingly Republican crowd, saying the Republicans

This from the guy wwho signed Romneycare into law.

McCain is prominently featured in materials for the new group.

Oh, that's just brilliant. Feature the guy who just got his arse kicked, and the only reason he didnt' get his arse kicked three times harder was Palin.

If this is the future of the GOP, it's time to pull the plug and start over.

9 posted on 05/02/2009 1:02:00 PM PDT by dirtboy
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Mitt needs to get away from this crowd if he wants to be a serious primary contender in 2012.


10 posted on 05/02/2009 1:02:23 PM PDT by lewisglad
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To: lewisglad
Mitt needs to get away from this crowd if he wants to be a serious primary contender in 2012.

Why would he do that? Mitt is a perfect frontman for this bunch. They think it's all about re-packaging the GOP, as opposed to embracing GOP core values. And Mitt is an expert at repackaging himself and NOT having core values.

IMO this flushes Jindal down the toilet as well. This group is the exact opposite of what we need.

11 posted on 05/02/2009 1:04:35 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: lewisglad
Jeb Bush is the idiot who sat around and did nothing while the property tax man and the the insurance companies savagely raped Floridians.

Another "Do Nothing GOP hack" who lets his corporate buddies and his bureaucratic friends in the government sock it to working people.

He and his kind are the reason the socialists have taken power.

12 posted on 05/02/2009 1:04:51 PM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: TomGuy

“Republicans Kick Off Campaign to Shine Party Image”= gay marriage, open borders immigration, Nationalized Obama-healthcare etc.


13 posted on 05/02/2009 1:05:30 PM PDT by lewisglad
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To: lewisglad

Mitt would have a lot of explaining to do, about some of his past actions. He has played Hell with the Constitution several times that I know of..


14 posted on 05/02/2009 1:06:25 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: dirtboy

I had hope for Jindal but this is unfortunate that he is throwing in with McQueeg.


15 posted on 05/02/2009 1:07:31 PM PDT by lewisglad
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To: lewisglad
And Haley Barbour as well.

This basically leaves Palin and whoever else might emerge - are there any other solid GOP governors? Even Stanford has gone wobbly on AGW.

16 posted on 05/02/2009 1:12:33 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: lewisglad

They called me for money again today, and again I hung up on them. No money from me since they sent the solicitation that looked as if it came from the IRS. Bastards.


17 posted on 05/02/2009 1:12:39 PM PDT by Crawdad (If you're in a fair fight, your tactics suck.)
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To: lewisglad

There wasn’t anything wrong with the party or message until Bush and Hastert & Frist ruined it so the fix is easy.
Go back to basics and tell jeb to shut his pie hole.
We’ve heard enough from the Bush family twice before.


18 posted on 05/02/2009 1:14:20 PM PDT by RED SOUTH
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To: dirtboy

Rick Perry maybe? He’s the only other one I can think of rumoured to go in 2012


19 posted on 05/02/2009 1:21:56 PM PDT by lewisglad
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To: dirtboy
McCain is prominently featured in materials for the new group.

If you like losing where else could you get better advice?

This group could be very useful though. We should read their recommendations carefullly because it will be exactly the opposite of what needs to be done. They are primarily concerned about keeping the old-boy republicans in charge of the party.

20 posted on 05/02/2009 1:25:10 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Suppose you were a clueless idiot, and suppose you were Barack Obama; but I repeat myself)
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