Posted on 10/19/2009 4:04:39 AM PDT by Kaslin
CAREFUL! Carol Platt Liebau sounds lik a French name!
Based on your posts here on this web site. You’ll have to forgive me if I sincerely DOUBT your boast.
But... then again, thats the problem with the label “conservative” It can mean anything and nothing. I guess its possible that you define “conservatism” as sucking up to socialist pricks. And in that case, I guess your right, you have actually sucked up to more socialist prick than I have in my life.
Although, when it comes to actually advancing the cause of freedom and liberty.... Heh... well.. the white stains on your shirt do not count as badges of honor.
To turn the GOP into a weapon against the Socialists and marxist revolutionaries we are going to have to make it hard core. That means purging it of the enemy. You know, those who are not 100% committed to the cause of freedom and liberty. I guess youll have to continue your lifes work in the democrat party, I hear Barny has a spot available...
Yes...
They really are that stupid...
The GOP has been trying to take over the Tea Party movement, at least, there were a good many pols who thought to be the headline-speakers at events, as though they were the head of the train. Wrong-o, if they're lucky, some reasonable conservative Republicans get a good seat in a forward car, most however are to be relegated to the caboose. This is not about the GOP, never has been ... the only thing it's time for the Tea-Partiers to do is get even more active, to my way of thinking.
I've grown very suspicious of Hugh Hewitt acolytes such as Ms. Liebau. Hugh was in the tank for Romney, and probably still is.
Conservatives shouldn’t give an inch to the GOP. The GOP is a liberal organization.
Again...
If you have really been around that long “working” for “conservatism” then please stop now, before you do any more damage than has already been done.
Then what the hell are you doing here.
FreeRepublic does not cater to REMFs.
Two thumbs up for this analysis.
You are spot-on, sir!
Needs a barf warning.
Just like Obama avoiding Fox News...another loser's tactic.
Using another example, I never "blamed" Perotistas for Bush 41 losing to Clinton. Sure, they had an effect, but the real reason Bush lost was he ran a terrible campaign.
A more recent example are the RINOs and Dems that say Palin lost it for McCain. The only reason why I voted for McCain was because of Sarah. Her crowds outdrew McCain's by a factor of 2:1 if not more.
Same here, or at least partly. I wasn't going to vote for McCain even AFTER he named Palin as his running mate. My kids (aged 14, 13 and 10) and wife urged me to "vote for Sarah," and both my wife and I did so.
In hindsight, that was a mistake. The top of the ticket is the only position that matters, as far as a vote decision, unless the two at the top are too difficult to distinguish from each other. In the recent election, neither McCain nor Obama represented a choice that was acceptable to me.
I do not understand why the NSRC is selecting preferred candidates in primaries when there is no incumbent Republican. As a person out here away from the Beltway, that smacks of insider dealings and infuriates me, as well as a lot of conservatives.
On the other hand, I do feel we have to prioritize our efforts. Snowe and Collins are not really a problem unless there is a close vote, and their being labeled Republican kept Harry Reid from being in charge of the Senate for two years, as well as giving us committee chairmanships.
The very first priority, to my mind, is stopping Obama. That can only be done by electing Republicans to the House and Senate in enough numbers to regain the majority. That has to be the number one goal. If it takes Snowe and Collins, so be it. If it means Crist should withdraw and let Rubio have the nomination, then that's what should happen.
We are in a real domestic war with the liberals. Strategy and tactics needs to be drawn up.
I will remind you guys that the running of "conservative" democrats in close districts was a deliberate tactic Emmanuel used in order to capture the House. The RNC needs to realize that the only way those seats can be recaptured is by showing that these fake blue dogs enabled Pelosi to control the House and ram through her legislation. Voters need this explained to them, and we need candidates in those districts who will get the misguided voters inspired to vote the democrats out.
In areas that are more liberal, like the Northeast, we are going to have to settle for people like Snowe and Collins. That's just the way it is. They are marginal people whose value is in that vote for majority leader. If we get a big enough majority, we will be able to ignore them.
Bush had trouble with those two plus McCain because the majority was so close. We need greater numbers.
So, I find the points this woman makes pretty much spot on. but I find her condescension a little bit off-putting.
Which comes down to asking the protesters to elect RINOS instead of Conservatives.
Personally, I can at least trust a liberal more than a RINO.
Who needs the RINO's vote on all the easy issues when the vote isn't ever going to be close but then lose it when it is needed most, ala Snowe, Graham, Specter, McCain?
I don't give a rat's tail that they vote 95% Republican if when it comes down to crunch time they support the worst BS the libs have to offer.
Again, libs won't disappoint you and may surprise you. Rino's will surprise and dissapoint but rarely if ever make you happy they are in place.
Please explain to me the difference between what you decry here and the ubiquitous "the perfect is the enemy of the good" or "a vote for a non-R conservative candidate over a liberal R is a vote for the dem" tripe that gets flung about willy-nilly?
The people are sending a message to the party. The message is simple - the people are sick of Scozzafava-type travesties. The people want more conservative candidates - heaven knows the more liberal ones are failing in droves.
But instead, we the people are told to "grow up".
Excellent. Since the GOP is in the mood to bow to whatever liberal special interest group it feels it needs to in order to win elections, it can try bowing to Conservatives first.
If it gets that right, perhaps there’s a way forward.
That is sad. And how many others are there with that same attitude?
Indirectly you are saying that you will always vote GOP over an otherwise solid candidate of another party.
GOP uber alles?
Sorry, McCain was a waste vote, wasn't he?
IMO, if Palin goes Constitution Party then the GOP becomes the defacto third party.
I remember reading posts very similar to this during the recall election for California Gov.
How is Arnold working out for you guys?
Please understand this and take it to heart. We will never back down on our aggressiveness towards socialists in the democrat or republican parties. We oppose an ideology of slavery, not just a party or a man. We want our freedom and liberty and will not cooperate with anyone who is less than 100% committed to that cause. No amount of discussion, theatrics, or name calling is going to change our direction or determination.
Our goal is not coexistence with socialists (liberal, marxists, progressives, etc). Our goal is to completely remove them from having any influence in our lives at all. That means the marxists that are voted into office and the idiots who vote for them. We WILL radicalize the right and we WILL gain our freedom from the marxists and the usurpations of the fedgov.
You know... I honestly think that most in the GOP are really not even aware that the revolution has started.
What do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments, of their duties and obligations This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution. John Adams
Everything has changed... Its too late to go back, nor would we want to if it were possible.
What elections? Do you think the left is going to hold free and legitimate elections in 2010? You’ve got to be kidding.. When the radical left takes power legitimate elections are a thing of the past. That’s the history, why should next year be any different in this country? Too many americans are stuck in the can’t happen here mentality.
The RINOs have been saying for years with smirking arrogance..."You don't have anywhere else to go." Well, look where that got the GOP? We're under the heel of the Democrats thanks to these elites. Now they appoint a socialist to run against a democrat. And, there's a third party candidate.
Let them see how things might go. This could be a lesson for them, and maybe they'll listen to conservatives more closely if they watch their hand-picked ACORN union thug go down.
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