No, I would describe a "moderate" as someone who gets an American Conservative Union rating of about 75 or 80, rather than a 95 or 98. A "liberal" gets about a 20, and a "left-winger" gets a 5. Let's keep it real.
And so, no matter what nice conservative words you might utter, because you refuse to return to fundamental republican principles and stand firm for them in your actions, you're guaranteeing the continued decline of the patient. Your party is dying because of consistent and ongoing compromise of fundamental American principles. And you say you're going to do nothing about it.
Incorrect. I'm doing everything I can about it. Our group threw everything we had into NY-23 to support Doug Hoffman, not Dede Scozzafava. I was personally working behind the scenes, calling people I know in the Scozzafava campaign to convince her to drop out of the race. It worked, but not quite soon enough.
Again, according to the people who run the GOP, "conservatives can't win" anywhere. The party's resources continue to be focused on pushing liberals, not true conservatives. One other thing: the GOP long ago abandoned those areas you're talking about. They refuse to use any resources to do what you say.
Again, you're wrong. In district after district, we're finding real conservative candidates and pushing them up to the top. We're making real progress in states like North Caroline, Tennessee and Pennsylvania. But we won't get to a 100 percent conservative level nationwide this year. As I said, we can't go to war with the army we wish we had. We have to go to war with the army we've got. We can make it more conservative, and we're trying.
You might be able to fool some with what you're saying, but not me. I know too much about the reality of today's Republican Party.
Oh really? In what capacity have you worked for the party, or any of its nominees? I worked for Jack Ryan's Senate campaign in 2004. If we had won that race, Barack Obama would still be an obscure state senator in Springfield, Illinois (and he'd still be working his day job as a community organizer and ACORN lawyer in Chicago).
Let's keep it real.
The reality is that the corruption of the GOP has invaded almost all the cells of its body politic.
American Conservative Union rating
Which do you think is the more dangerous to the sheep: A wolf in wolves' clothing, or a wolf in sheep's clothing?
It sure did work. It elected the Democrat.
Dang "third party spoilers" those Republicans. And they spent a million bucks of the rank and file's money to do it.