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1. #1
   On May 16th, 2008 at 4:55 pm, sonofdy said:

   Will they finally get it?

2. #2
   On May 16th, 2008 at 4:56 pm, libocrat said:

   Sounds like the people are tired of the same old same old.

3. #3
   On May 16th, 2008 at 4:58 pm, md1964 said:

   Wow.. reminds me of the “Survey” that I got from Mitch McConnell…wanting my opinon on certain core Conservative issues…and ASKED for a donation to the GOP relection Campaign fund…

   I vented and vented…boy it felt good to tell them what I felt about them… Oh BTW, where it said write in my donation amount… I put ZERO in big letters, and said, when you quit trying to out liberal professional Liberals, I will consider donating again to the “Spinless Party, formerly known as the Republican Party”.

4. #4
   On May 16th, 2008 at 5:01 pm, DanMan said:

   Man that reads like a Michelle Malkin comments section. Let’s dog pile if for no other reason thatn to feel better.

5. #5
   On May 16th, 2008 at 5:02 pm, Mister P said:

   Right now I would say that the Republicans are shaping up as the liberal party and the democrats as the left wing radical party.

6. #6
   On May 16th, 2008 at 5:02 pm, Snooper said:

   On May 16th, 2008 at 4:55 pm, sonofdy said:

   Will they finally get it?

   Get what? Are they listening to anybody?

7. #7
   On May 16th, 2008 at 5:03 pm, jtex said:

   #1On May 16th, 2008 at 4:55 pm, sonofdy said:
   Will they finally get it?

   I’m afraid that would be a big NEGATIVE.
   Unfortunately we’re the one that’s going to “get it.”

   .

8. #8
   On May 16th, 2008 at 5:03 pm, love2rumba said:

   tHE lotus t-sHIRT is very apropos Michelle.

   It is indeed ironic this year that the Dems are doing more to get conservative me to vote for them (so far) than McCain is.

9. #9
   On May 16th, 2008 at 5:05 pm, Hangfire said:

   Not one red cent!!!!

10. #10
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:09 pm, amigoneus said:

    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:01 pm, DanMan said:
    Man that reads like a Michelle Malkin comments section. Let’s dog pile if for no other reason thatn to feel better.

    Or, how about as citizens of the United States, we’re all allowed to voice our opinions. No one got anywhere by “sitting down and shutting up.”

    Although that would be a good place for you to start.

11. #11
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:10 pm, uhangtight said:

    whoo hoo! those are the comments i have been giving to the emails, from John McCain and the GOP. i am glad to know that i am not alone. voting constitutional party this year.

12. #12
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:11 pm, akornzombie said:

    Great…. DC is going “euro”. I say we hang them all and start over.

13. #13
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:12 pm, sanity said:

    It is very frustrating to say the least.

    How we ended up with McCain I will never know, but he was the LEAST favorite of all the candidates to pick from for the republicans.

    Now that he is the ‘nominee’ the republicans figure we HAVE to vote for him, because look at the alternative.

    It makes me sick to tell you the truth.

    Conservative values get you elected, abandon that, you abandon us.

    You abandon us, we abandon you when you need us.

    Just remember, we did not abandon the republican party, YOU abandoned us!

14. #14
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:13 pm, letget said:

    I do not send money to the rnc and will not till they get my values as a R. I just hope the nrcc gets so many really, really, really mad true R’s that they get their heads out of the sand, (I’m being a lady), and do something. The t-shirt is a good one. Michelle, please keep their feet to the fire.
    L

15. #15
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:13 pm, brooklyn red said:

    Gee I would love to help, really I would but it is just that I pay soooo much in taxes…. sorry but errr, get a job.

16. #16
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:16 pm, love2rumba said:

    The diatribes by McCain revealed by Michelle’s blog is but a sample that one can reasonably expect with McCain in the White House…and imagine having to put up with this and fight the democrats too?

    Its going to be intresting to read the comments by others who still support McCain in 30+ days from now…

17. #17
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:19 pm, bloghooligan said:

    first: republicans need to start state efforts to close the primaries. this election has proven the problem with open primaries.

    second: can someone send the RNC a PR firm for a Memorial Day present?? even when they have the correct message, it’s always botched in translation. anymore, RNC ads look like caricatures of conservative ads that liberals make for jokes: they look like MAD TV skits.

    if it weren’t for the blogs, the RNC would be up poops creek. but if the RNC can learn to harness the power of technology and the blog networks, this can work.

    the new RNC slogan: No, we won’t!…and Screw you.

18. #18
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:21 pm, Ahh a Lion! said:

    A good selection of comments there Michelle. All people I’d like to have a beer with.

19. #19
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:22 pm, inspiredhome said:

    I’ve become so disillusioned with the GOP that I’ve decided instead to throw my support behind the Constitution Party. If more and more Republicans defected we’d really make a statement.

20. #20
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:24 pm, Mr.J said:

    Every conservative candidate we had (Tancredo, Hunter, Thompson, even Romney) got the boot post-haste from we conservatives.
    Now we have to bend over and take the “change we deserve”.

21. #21
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:28 pm, BOB said:

    Reading those NRCC post made me feel a bit better…..but, no, they won’t “get it”.

22. #22
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:30 pm, khan said:

    Michelle,

    Here’s one for you:

    “I’m 90% positive that I will not vote for McCain in November; but, like some others posting here, Bob Barr and the Libertarians are looking better everyday.

    The only way to guarantee my vote for a Republican presidential candidate is for you to get McCain off the ticket. Is that even still possible? If not, it’s good bye Republican Party, hello Libertarians.

    Sure, the Libertarians are a little out there on some issues, but they aren’t shy about promoting their principles. But you know, my differences with the Libertarians are more palatable than my differences with McCain.

    Greg”

    Come on, Michelle…vote Bob Barr!

23. #23
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:42 pm, scottwayne said:

    I didn’t leave the Republican Party,
    the party left me.

24. #24
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:49 pm, nyc123me said:

    Do you think for one minute they will listen? HELL NO. They are way too self-absorbed to listen to the “common-folk”. All these politicians do is wait to see who starts emerging as the more powerful, and then follow that person like a bunch of sheep in order to improve their own position. Representative? The only thing they represent is themselves. There is no Republican party anymore.

25. #25
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:50 pm, John Ansell said:

    LOL, I just received one of those emails from Tom Cole and here’s my response:

    Dear Chairman Cole,

    Have you totally lost your mind? Not one damn mention of the illegal invaders, yet everything you mentioned that needs fixed could be fixed if you address the illegal invaders. Crime, low wages, lower healthcare…etc. Illegals drive up the cost of Healthcare, they inflate the crime rate and they lower our wages.

    If I send you $1 will you put it towards buying a clue? The Republican Party is asking the base to go in a direction that we do not want to go. You know it and I know it so get your head out of your ass and swiftly get control of that Maverick Candidate the party has running for POTUS. The Fact that Juan Hernandez is still on McCain’s campaign should be enough reason to stay home or even actively support Barack Obama.

    You speak of changing the laws? Hell, you haven’t even tried enforcing the laws on the books!! How do you know they don’t work? Three things the party needs to do:

    1, Strictly follow the current immigration laws on the books and strip any State/County/City that provide sanctuary of federal funds.

    2, Open ANWR and Drilling off the coast as soon as possible.

    3, Dump McCain.

    Sir, I lived in Denny’s district and I can tell you that losing that seat in the Heart of Illinois should be a blaring alarm clock loud enough to knock out your ear drums.

    Sir, For the umpteenth time I’m asking you to do the party a favor and resign. We need somebody that is willing to listen to the base and to represent the base and not La Raza’s agenda.

    Best regards,

    John Ansell

26. #26
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:53 pm, libocrat said:

    Those in power in the Republican party still get a paycheck and pension.
    They aren’t interested in listening to the public as long as they are fat and happy.

27. #27
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:53 pm, tencz58 said:

    Your Great Michelle . I learn more from your insight and blogs than any where else on the net.
    Gop has turned to a pandering gutless Clown “College”. Where they teach good freshmen how to “Give it up”.
    And I STILL have No body to vote for

28. #28
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:58 pm, rooster said:

    #24 John Ansell,Good post.

    I also sent one penny to the party and told them what I thought of them and his leadership.

29. #29
    On May 16th, 2008 at 5:59 pm, Les in NC said:

    Lately I have been thinking that there are only a few out there that see the direction the party has been taking and are fed up with it. After reading all the posts at the RNC’s site complimented by some of the brilliant posters here, I have Hope that things can Change

30. #30
    On May 16th, 2008 at 6:04 pm, Micheleeroo said:

    Oh. My. goodness. Those RNC website comments are astonishing. You have to hope these RNC people actually GET IT by now, after that earful!

31. #31
    On May 16th, 2008 at 6:06 pm, coffee260 said:

    I’ve read the Republican’s “new” message. You know who it’s addressed too? The media. Not too hot and not too cold. They are petrified of the MSM. That’s why you get these focus grouped messages. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out the focus groups were made up of all liberal MSM reporters. (Yes, that makes me feel warm and fussy. Say that.) Ughhh!!!

32. #32
    On May 16th, 2008 at 6:06 pm, Micheleeroo said:

    Btw, I agree with John Ansell–stop fooling around and start drilling in ANWR. Enough of this “gee, demand is up but we don’t want to drill for the oil we already have.” ENOUGH OF THAT STUPIDITY!

33. #33
    On May 16th, 2008 at 6:10 pm, John Ansell said:

    Thanks Rooster. We need to let them know that we’re not afraid to face Obama. They think that we’ll vote for anybody with an “R” behind their name. Well not when it’s well known that McInsane is a Democrat. An Open Borders Democrat to boot.

34. #34
    On May 16th, 2008 at 6:16 pm, thefoundingfathers said:

    WCBM radio in Baltimore is running a Write-in Michelle Malkin campaign. WCBM is the Rush/Hannity/Savage affiliate. Would be great if Michelle won Maryland.

    I don’t know what I could add to what the NRCC blog and this one, but maybe on day our elected leaders will start listening.

35. #35
    On May 16th, 2008 at 6:21 pm, et said:

    At the beginning of the year, I was advocating sending McCain Mexican peso’s in protest of his gutless immigration stance.

    To protest the stupidity that reins supreme at the NRCC, I propose we send them $250,000,000ZMD bank notes. They are worth less than one U.S.Dollar. Maybe the idea that we need adults with true conservative values in charge will finally get through their thick skulls.

36. #36
    On May 16th, 2008 at 6:30 pm, simcoe said:

    I didn’t read anything there that I would disagree with. I wish I could have penned it all.

    I don’t understand where the paralyzing fear to be a real conservative comes from in the NRCC. The only thing I can figure is that they are mostly closet RINOs themselves and not real conservatives or are petrified of taking a stand for or against something for fear of a lable.

37. #37
    On May 16th, 2008 at 6:37 pm, gippergirl said:

    All of a sudden Lieberman fits the bill for best “Republican” for the job

38. #38
    On May 16th, 2008 at 6:41 pm, love2rumba said:

    I just tried to send the NRCC a polite letter similar to the above and it came back “undeliverable” -and this is using their own hypertext link (the bright thing you put the cursor over and click)…I wonder

39. #39
    On May 16th, 2008 at 6:53 pm, Mixer14 said:

    On May 16th, 2008 at 4:55 pm, sonofdy said:
    Will they finally get it?

    Not in this election cycle, I fear. It’s going to take an old fashioned butt kicking to bring things back to center.

    To quote Nixon:
    “Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.”

    Ifear we in the Republican Party (and the nation as a whole) are heading for a valley.

    I am prepared for the lowest possible altitude reading after the next election.

40. #40
    On May 16th, 2008 at 6:56 pm, Jeddite said:

    I was quite pleased to return my NRCC questionaire form with Sharpie-scrawled comments about what the GOP needs to do to retain my vote.

    Hmmm, if the GOP wants my vote, they better go looking for it in ANWR or off in the Gulf of Mexico waters.

41. #41
    On May 16th, 2008 at 6:59 pm, a crapweasel said:

    The NeoCon parasites infected its host and now the Republican party is on its deathbed.

    Ronald Reagan gave the GOP the blueprint to being successful and yet the Republican party still managed to paint themselves into a corner.

    Good job.

42. #42
    On May 16th, 2008 at 7:04 pm, TMoney said:

    Loving those comments. Perhaps we can shut down their telephones, Michelle?

    Let me know when to start dialing.

43. #43
    On May 16th, 2008 at 7:06 pm, Jim M. said:

    6 PM Central Time – over 220 comments, not one of them positive.

    Incredible. I doubt they will listen.

44. #44
    On May 16th, 2008 at 7:29 pm, karenhasfreedom said:

    This is a timely topic, as I got my Boener survey for the congressional election committee AND my McCain survey today. I think Fred gave him the list because I used an address that is rather new. In both cases, I answered the questions, wrote in I trusted neither party to control the borders or spending, and on the back where I am supposed to indicate an amount to give, wrote ZERO.

    On the Congressional survey, I told them that until they stop illegal immigration and get back to basics on reducing the role of government in our lives, I wasn’t giving them a dime. I also said I wanted to see a new Contract with America that pledged 1) No Amnesty and closing the borders down tight, 2) English as our ONLY language 3) must provide an official picture government ID to vote with proof of citizenship to register 4) eliminate all earmarks, and 5) fully fund the troops and the mission.

    That is all I had room to write. I also complained about McCain being a LIBERAL and how he stood against everything conservative except the war on terror. So I told them that until they remembered who their base was, to not expect their abandoned base to send them money.

    Do you think if enough of us do that, they just MIGHT get the message?

45. #45
    On May 16th, 2008 at 7:29 pm, MikeD said:

    In 2000 and 2004 I donated more money to Republican causes and candidates than I have ever given before. I was looking for any alternative to the slime-bucket Clintons and was hopeful. But compassionate conservatism has been a disaster and failure and it has become apparent that it is only “liberal lite”. I agree with GWB on a number of things but he has, frankly, been a large disappointment in his second term. John McCain is right on the war and judges; otherwise he is an idiot–playing nice with lying liberals and especially for buying into the AGW hoax. I will not support him–end of discussion, let him find some kind and gentle centrist independent to replace me. I got a questionnaire from the RNC this week, along with their unpteenth request for money. It was an insult to my intelligence and I told then so. Must I go to the RNCC site and voice more of the same sentiments? These people are just stupid! The self-serving bastards just never learn.
    F*** em all! I simply do not care any more!

46. #46
    On May 16th, 2008 at 7:36 pm, zorro said:

    I just cancelled Tom Cole’s RNCC emails. I am no longer a Republican and will never, ever join or contribute to that party again as long as I live. With a jackass like McCain running, who needs Democraps?

    Lotus was always one of my favorite race cars, so I had to click the link above. Love the Tee Shirt. I think I’ll buy one to wear on election day.

47. #47
    On May 16th, 2008 at 7:48 pm, brooklyn red said:

    zorro, RIGHT FREAKIN ON…as I mentioned earlier my response to Mr. Cole was “get a job”… I think he might get that one… now excuse me please while I go & unsubscribe.

48. #48
    On May 16th, 2008 at 7:51 pm, MCPO Airdale said:

    The sentiments in the comments section, for the most part, reflect my own. I doubt, however, that anyone in Washington is listening.

49. #49
    On May 16th, 2008 at 7:53 pm, tgusa said:

    Give me money that’s what I want, I got sick of hearing it every weekend morning. I started saying sure I’ll send you a check and then awhile later they would call me back and ask hey I thought you were sending us a check? I would then reply, I was just saying that I would do it when I really had no intention of doing it you know just like you guys have been doing to me. They don’t call me anymore, I don’t think they trust me.

50. #50
    On May 16th, 2008 at 7:58 pm, John Ansell said:

    Do you folks smell that??? I think the NRCC needs to change their pants.

51. #51
    On May 16th, 2008 at 8:02 pm, John Ansell said:

    tgusa said: #47, I’m going to use that one. I get calls all the time to give. Like MikeD, in 2000 and 20004 (even up to 2006) I gave more in contributions than ever before. So they are really pushing me to match those years.

    They are crazy if they think I’m supporting the death of our sovereignty.

52. #52
    On May 16th, 2008 at 8:06 pm, Marshall Russ said:

    I have said here before that I can’t turn my back on our brave men and women in the military by not voting but, McCain’s speeches this week made me ill. I said I would hold my nose but, I am going to have to wear a full contamination suit.

53. #53
    On May 16th, 2008 at 8:12 pm, suek said:

    Check this out…!!

    GOP 2.0!!!!

    http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2008/05/gop-20-resuscitating-brand.html

54. #54
    On May 16th, 2008 at 8:28 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    The GOP does not get it and I doubt they ever will. McCain is the nominee and he has revealed his true self this past week. Expect more and more of THIS John McCain. Expect less and less liberty.

    And the RNCC doesn’t get it and never will. Their solution to “fixing” the problem is a moronic PR campaign using Barack Obama’s “change” theme. And the person the RNCC is turning to for advice is RINO Tom Davis from Northern Virginia. Tom Davis can’t fix the problem because he and his ilk are the problem.

    They don’t get it and they never will.

    I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR JOHN MCCAIN.

55. #55
    On May 16th, 2008 at 8:29 pm, Joy said:

    Ha! I love it! I hope they can’t even afford to hold the convention. Losers.

    They want donations? Tell to get them from La Raza!

56. #56
    On May 16th, 2008 at 8:36 pm, MikeD said:

    Tom Cole is getting an ear full! I wonder if he is listening?

57. #57
    On May 16th, 2008 at 8:40 pm, libocrat said:

    I agree with Marshall. I have a nephew USMC on his second tour in Iraq. 25 next Sunday, earned a Purple Heart in ’04. To leave our military in the hands of a Marxist, elitist piece of crap like Obama is not an option.

    IT IS NOT AN OPTION PEOPLE.

58. #58
    On May 16th, 2008 at 8:44 pm, beenthere said:

    So what will the NRCC do with all these comments and suggestions? The same thing they always do — nothing. They will just put their hands over their ears and go “La La La La La … I can’t hear you.” I regret to be the bearer of dreary tidings but it is a bit too late for the traditional means for change, shall we say.

    Some of you may recall when way back in 2002, Ed Gillespie in an interview stated that the Republican establishment had figured it out at last: voters did not like it when Republicans cut spending and vetoed bills. Henceforth, to be the majority party forever, they were going to give the people what they wanted, all that they could, and more.

    At the time I was a member of a lame right-wing organization known as “Muth’s Troops” and we hammered Gillespie good. Mr. Gillespie just blew us off with a form letter. It was clear, however, that the mention of Reagan’s name annoyed him greatly so I guess it was kind of worthwhile. Now here we are, it’s six years later, and the situation is hopeless.

    The Republican Party Establishment will never change. To get what we want, we have to take the Party over — just as the Democrat base does when they get fed up — and purge the losers. Unfortunately, Establishment Republicans are certain we are not up to it so nothing will change. By all means send all the emails you want, but until the RINOs feel their positions are seriously threatened, they will not care. Even a disaster come this November, all but certain, will not cause them to budge in the slightest.

59. #59
    On May 16th, 2008 at 9:00 pm, SupportandDefend said:

    Tactically, the choice is simple:

    1. Vote for McCain because of the marginally less destructive consequences of McCain’s policies and the nominal control of the executive branch by “Republicans.”
    2. Vote for Obama, ensuring the overall control of the legislative and executive by leftists/socialists. This will cause horrible reverberating consequences, but with the chance that the public reaction to the consequences of the Carter II administration will spur a renaissance in the Republican Party, with the rediscovery of truly conservative values and policies.
    3. Don’t vote/vote for a third party candidate. Basically both have the same effect, leaving the election to the independents, Democrats, and RINOs. Probably a 50/50% shot of McCain or Obama winning. Message sent to party…?

    Each of us must make his/her own choice. I’m wavering between 2 or 3. Right now I’m leaning towards 2 to ensure a McCain loss – I’d hate to go for option 3 and have McCain win (with the “all knowing” “Republican” prognosticators in DC saying that the future was the “middle way i.e. liberalism except in national defense,” thereby missing the intended message.) The only thing that stops me from #2 is having the crime of voting for a person who unequivocally supports the killing of the unborn on my conscience…

60. #60
    On May 16th, 2008 at 9:07 pm, libocrat said:

    Beenthere, it is amazing to me that after the Democrat Party trotted out Terry McAuliffe, and lost, then they trot out Howierd Dean an incompetant boob, that the Republican party could possibly be this brain dead. Oppurtunity knocked and the GOP was away on vacation. And still is. Far too many self proclaimed Conservatives were quick to throw in with Fred Thompson. Giuliani miscalculated what it took to win and wasn’t up to the task. Huckleberry Hound sold himself to the Bible-belt and so called evangelicals. Ron Paul got the fringe 2% and McCain waltzed through like it was the last lap at Talledega and everyone else wrecked themselves.
    Mitt Romney was obviously the most capable and most Conservative (along with Thompson), but his baggage was anti-Mormon bigotry to some extent.
    The vote was split so many ways, and the State by state nature of the primary season made for favorites sons, and unfavorite sons. THE PARTY had/has NO CLEAR LEADER. The party leadership is non-existant. So our next slap in the face as Conservatives, will be the convention. We’ll be served a nightly diet of sh!t sandwiches and contrived Knute Rockne-esque speeches. We’ll turn off out TV’s or vomit.
    Meanwhile, a completely unqualified, non-patriotic, nobody, with no experience, no clue and no experience, a man who hangs with DOMESTIC TERRORISTS, racist pastors, Marxist professors, and served on boards that reward Islamofascist causes gets the MSM endorsement. Jesus Obama sold himself as non-racial and a racial unifier. He injected race by saying he wasn’t injecting race. He allowed the FAWNING neo-idiots of the media and University crowds to create a Obama-mania without having to say anything of substance. The elitists on the left saw Marty Luther King and a black Camelot. They saw their chance to prove their NON-RACISM. The media joined in the Kumbaya we have a black man who will bring us all together chorus. They never actually VETTED Obama, because they were in the midst of an ORGASM.

    And here we are. The Republican candidate calling us BIGOTS, because we want sovereign borders, and the Democrap candidate a Rebel without a clue close to having his finger on Nukes.
    And the MSM is still rooting for Obama.

61. #61
    On May 16th, 2008 at 9:10 pm, libocrat said:

    Supportanddefend. If you choose 2 or 3. The damage may be irreversable in our childrens lifetime. The damage to our military, the Supreme court, but worse MORE SOCIALISM, may be nearly irreversable.

62. #62
    On May 16th, 2008 at 9:10 pm, Bruce said:

    The Republican party has no purpose. It can’t have any leadership because it follows the Democrats on the pathway to disaster.

    Just remember: a vote against McCain by voting Democrat costs him 2 votes. Don’t just abstain or vote 3rd party, make your vote count by casting it for the Democrats.

63. #63
    On May 16th, 2008 at 9:16 pm, Joy said:

    Supportanddefend – Last night I came to the same conclusion, that voting 3rd party or leaving it blank wouldn’t get the message through. The only way they’ll figure it out is a TOTAL routing in November.

    But I agree with you on the abortion part. I’m not sure I can do that.

    I thought they’d get the message when Perot got 20% of the vote, and instead they decided what we wanted was even more liberal candidates. They just keep missing it!

    They may be getting a free clue today though on the NRCC site. It’s hilarious! I added my two-cents. Some jerk is accusing everyone of being liberal trolls posing as disaffected Rs. Sheeesh.

64. #64
    On May 16th, 2008 at 9:22 pm, Land that I Love said:

    If only Republicans would act like Republicans…

65. #65
    On May 16th, 2008 at 9:36 pm, katablog said:

    They say misery loves company. I somehow thought maybe I was the only person that is totally despondent over the direction of my country. Well now I know I’m not alone.

    I believe McAmnesty is doing everything humanly possible to lose this election and I sure as hell ain’t gonna stop him.

    Anyone wanna bet on whether the NRCC even bothers to read our comments, let alone break out calling us names?

66. #66
    On May 16th, 2008 at 9:51 pm, kakypat said:

    I left a little note.

    That was cathartic.

67. #67
    On May 16th, 2008 at 10:00 pm, Joy said:

    I just saw your note kakypat! It is cathartic isn’t it? I am so relieved to see so many others feel as I do.

    That post is going to end up with thousands of comments! 99.9% against them. Good! It’s about time. I hope they relay them all to Juan McCain. If he cares at all about this country, he’d back out. He, like most of the rest, is all about his own ego and power trip.

68. #68
    On May 16th, 2008 at 10:02 pm, libocrat said:

    I left the Democrat Party officially and forever on September 11, 2001.
    The Republican Party left me SINCE THEN.
    John McCain never impressed me with is Senatorial genius nor his political savvy. He did impress me with his SERVICE and his PATRIOTISM.
    His HONORABLE SERVICE is noted and admired. His service as a Senator is also NOTED. I’m not impressed. McCain is NOT nor has he ever been either a CONSERVATIVE nor a MAVERICK. He is a light weight. He has FEW political skills, and less CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES.
    What makes him a REPUBLICAN?
    And an even better question would be.
    What makes him a CONSERVATIVE?
    He is a Republican, because he found the Republican party a more viable option to getting elected.
    He is NOT A CONSERVATIVE, because……….HE IS NOT CONSERVATIVE.

    It’s called being a RINO.

    Forgive me, but there are WORSE RINO’s than McCain. And as much as he pisses me off, he is a better option than OBAMA.
    CLEARLY.

69. #69
    On May 16th, 2008 at 10:07 pm, Joy said:

    I have another new GOP slogan:

    GOP ’08 – No Soup for YOU!

70. #70
    On May 16th, 2008 at 10:09 pm, foxforce91 said:

    The problem with voting Democrat to show the GOP how ticked off you are will give Obama a landslide victory, which will make the GOP think that everyone wants the entitlements. It won’t help the GOP get more conservative, it will just re-assure them that they are “more in touch” with the public at large by being more Democrat-like.

71. #71
    On May 16th, 2008 at 10:25 pm, libocrat said:

    foxforce, if giving the Democrat party the win teaches anything to our CURRENT GOP, it will be MORE MEXIGRANTS, and LESS SOVEREIGNTY wins.

72. #72
    On May 16th, 2008 at 10:26 pm, Brian said:

    Well, whatever might be said to the RNCC about Republican lawmakers as a cohort, and however much I dislike many of John McCain’s positions, I think he’s running an absolutely brilliant campaign against Obama.

    He’s not trying to beat Obama by moving to Obama’s left, he’s trying to beat Obama by keeping ever so slightly to Obama’s right.

73. #73
    On May 16th, 2008 at 10:31 pm, Ignatius Reilly said:

    I heard David Brooks (barf alert) saying tonight that the GOP needs to “rebrand” itself, by which he meant start making decisions with all the ideological fervor of marketeers. I believe this is what Karl Rove and most of the other pros believe. They want to jettison the stale ideology (social conservatism/Reaganism) and find something that will sell to the emerging demographic (i.e., single moms, gays, a hipper generation, illegals and Hispanics in general, etc.). In other words, they want to pander to groups who are not naturally disposed to the message of Ronald Reagan’s GOP.

    This is corrupt beyond words. The only thing that they truly believe in is the need to have a successful “brand” that will allow them hold onto power. That old ideological stuff is not for them.

74. #74
    On May 16th, 2008 at 10:40 pm, Jimmie said:

    Run…..Run…Hide…Hide…cover yourselves with dirt….scourge yourselves all you little republicans that are left….The President of the United States made a speech which Obama misunderstood to mean some sort of criticism on the New National Policy of Obama’s administration. You must dissociate your selves before Obama notices you. You could be in trouble…..Hide…Run…Run…..Little CH Ch Ch….Chickens.

75. #75
    On May 16th, 2008 at 10:41 pm, Scottie said:

    They’re getting an earful over at Townhall about their new website, too!

    http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/PeterJWirs/2008/05/15/stop_griping_conservatives,_this_is_it?comments=true#comments

76. #76
    On May 16th, 2008 at 10:51 pm, vatodio said:

    Today’s Republican party is LIBERAL.

    Those so called Liberal Democrats have actually shifted further left to a position also known as socialist/communist.

    In this election cycle, I am sitting out.
    It is preferrable that socialists take control of the Federal Government and take the blame for screwing up.
    When otherwise decent people realize what an incompetant and fanatic bunch of people Democrats represent, they will come back to Republicans.
    I hope that the Republicans have gained their senses back by then, and are ready to govern again.

77. #77
    On May 16th, 2008 at 11:05 pm, libocrat said:

    Brian. Either you are kidding, or you are a moron.

    Moron?

78. #78
    On May 16th, 2008 at 11:06 pm, libocrat said:

    Vatodio. What you hope for, may not be reversible.

    A.k.a. Ginsburg.

79. #79
    On May 16th, 2008 at 11:21 pm, libocrat said:

    The President of the United States, gave a speech to the Israeli Knesset, vis a vis APPEASEMENT, and what said APPEASEMENT means in the real world. President Bush, made reference to 1939 and Poland being OVER-RUN and it’s relevance to NAIVE APPEASERS of that ERA. This happening on Israel’s 60th anniversary of Independence was completely logical and recieved a STANDING OVATION.
    So naturally a CLOWN APPEASER JESUS OBAMA was insulted.
    F’ING CLOWN.
    Obama is what Obama is.
    Nobody with a NICOTINE HABIT.

80. #80
    On May 16th, 2008 at 11:28 pm, SupportandDefend said:

    #74 (jimmie): if you’re calling those who think that the President has not governed as a conservative and those think that John McCain will not govern as a conservative “Chickens,” you need to think again. I would guess that more than a few of us here in this forum have stood fast where and when it counted, whether in civil protest, bravely injecting themselves into public sphere (which is stacked against us) in the national debate, or in service to country in action against the enemies of this nation… Think before you write: thoughtlessness and personal attacks in no way advance the debate on what to do now. S/F Mac

    #70 (foxforce91): I agree with your assessment of risk for COA 2. The national committee could willfully blind themselves to the truth and determine that the future is to the Left. However, it would be difficult to ignore if 5-10% of strongly conservative (Republican) voters voted for Obama – the after action polls would show the national party exactly why it (and their “middle way” policies) lost.

    I’m not saying the COA is not fraught with risk, but it is also the one with the biggest potential payoff. Wandering the desert for 4-8 years, while we all suffer the consequences, has a way of making people find their religion.

    In order to be useful in any meaningful way to the conservative movement (such as it is), the republican party must be purged of the RINOs. But we need good conservatives to fill the slots when the party rebuilds or it will get hijacked again.

81. #81
    On May 16th, 2008 at 11:32 pm, serfer62 said:

    NEWS FLASH!!!

    The GOP leadership on a talk show about the 3 losses in special election?

    Its an aberation and we’ll win decisively in November!!!

    NO, the’re not listening at all….

82. #82
    On May 16th, 2008 at 11:38 pm, INC said:

    I have to say that if I hadn’t read that Townhall Column myself I wouldn’t have believed it. It’s so arrogant. Just mindboggling. The crowning touch is when he throws in the Bible. It takes world class hubris and foolishness to play that authority card for a political donation! He’s forgotten that the devil can cite Scripture for his own devices.

    These people really are out of touch with reality.

83. #83
    On May 16th, 2008 at 11:45 pm, love2rumba said:

    The republican party is like a drug addict: they will only change when they’ve hit rock bottom…

    The question is if they don’y figure it out 1 year from today…Conservatives like us will probably have no choice but to form our own 3rd party apart from those already out there AND attract disgruntled politicians as well for credibility.

    The problem with this approach is that the process to success by this route could take years….

    If McCain slips into the white house, I suspect such a permanent movement may well come to pass, because the opportunity cost for doing so may be low enough…right now , today the better tack would be to retake the party, and purge the rinos

84. #84
    On May 16th, 2008 at 11:48 pm, lonewolf said:

    I do not know a single person who admits to favoring McCain for the Republican candidate for President. Can anyone tell me how in hades he won the nomination? His only redeemeing merit is he “gets it” on necessity of stabilizing Iraq in the war against global terrorism.

85. #85
    On May 16th, 2008 at 11:58 pm, katablog said:

    This is absolutely ludicrious! The RNC somehow thinks up a new fund raising effort by throwing by a slow and hard to read web site, names it GOPOnDemand.com and thinks they will get funds!

    Why on earth do they think I want to be included on the web talks or phone calls? Do they think I need to hear more about how Juan is planning to give us 20 million new lawbreakers as citizens?

    Do they think that I’m stupid enough after June 2007 to believe that they will listen to a word I have to say? Didn’t we say it loud enough? Bringing down the Whitehouse phone system wasn’t enough?

    Hey GOP you ain’t dealing with no Barack Obama supporters here. We do care about something besides the color of skin.

    Dear RNC: NO MONEY FROM ME. I will not vote for Juan even if he drops by the house personally. Is that loud and clear enough?

86. #86
    On May 17th, 2008 at 12:18 am, zeestephen said:

    As I write this there are almost 500 comments posted to Tom Cole’s letter at the NRCC.

    I read every comment.

    The scale and intensity of Conservative anger is unlike anything I have ever seen.

    This is serious political news, and it will be covered nationally, but, no doubt, twisted or misinterpreted as usual.

    The final humiliation for Cole – readers gave Cole’s letter “1.6 Stars” on a scale of 1 to 5.

87. #87
    On May 17th, 2008 at 12:22 am, Jerry said:

    I am ashamed to be a delegate for this party that has so lost its way. How did we let a bunch of Democrats get into our leadership. We need to vet better. The conservative cause will always prevail over the oppression of socialism. A free man can work miracles when you take the government off his back. No matter how dark the night, the light on the hill will always banish it.

88. #88
    On May 17th, 2008 at 12:25 am, INC said:

    Oh, and some of the readers at Townhall point out that Peter J. Wirs, the guy who wrote the column telling conservatives to stop griping (see #75 above) has a website titled Profiles in Courage Working for All of Us (humble, isn’t he?) that says:

    Pete Wirs is the first and only elected Republican officeholder from Pennsylvania to be elected to a ACLU Chapter Board

    Doesn’t that make you feel great to have a ACLU Board member tell you to stop griping and just send money?

    He must think people are too stupid to check his bio.

89. #89
    On May 17th, 2008 at 12:29 am, Send_Me said:

    You kinda have to feel sorry for the staff weenie who has to brief the NRCC Blog summary to the rest of the party…
    “Er… Um… So, you see, sir, we’ve got a lot of pissed off people out there, mostly conservatives, who don’t feel we’re providing a lot of smart, conservative solutions and leadership here in Washington.”
    “Oh? On what issues specifically?”
    “Well… there’s illegal immigration, energy policy, earmarks, global warming, health care, the war against Islamofascists, taxes, the economic stimulus package (bailouts, as they call it), our lack of spine in fighting for conservative principles, um…”

90. #90
    On May 17th, 2008 at 12:38 am, Brian said:

    vatodio wrote:

    In this election cycle, I am sitting out.
    It is preferrable that socialists take control of the Federal Government and take the blame for screwing up.

    I hope not. I’ll hold my nose and vote for McCain simply because I don’t want Obama to appoint judges for 4 years. (Think of John Edwards as a Supreme Court Justice . . .)

    libocrat wrote, in response to my opinion that McCain was running a brilliant campaign by staying just to the right of Obama:

    Brian. Either you are kidding, or you are a moron.

    Moron?

    Oh dear! You’ve created a false dichotomy.

    (The fact that I think McCain is running a brilliant campaign doesn’t mean I agree with all, or even most of, his positions.)

91. #91
    On May 17th, 2008 at 12:39 am, Ombre Rose said:

    I’m still trying to figure out how come Hillary and Obama get called MARXISTS (BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE) and McCAIN gets called a LIBERAL (WHICH IS A CLOSET MARXIST), as if that doesn’t mean as much, when HE is the only one of the THREE OF THEM who is ACCOMPLISHING the MARXIST AGENDA for the DIM PARTY!
    WITH THE BLESSING OF THE GOP!

    Can McCAIN repeat his last ARIZONA VICTORY when he had blown off the entire ARIZONA GOP PARTY which is REALLY CONSERVATIVE COMPARED TO THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE, because THEY have the sense to HATE McNASTY – Will McCain win the Presidential Election BY REASON OF DIM LIBERAL VOTERS FOR HIM overwhelming the GOP VOTERS AGAINST HIM????

    I sure do hope he cannot pull it off – but watc hout for ILLEGAL ALIENS with 37 ILLEGAL VOTING CARDS EACH in their pockets. (AS PER REAL, ACTUAL NEWS STORY OUT OF ARIZONA A FEW YEARS AGO!)

92. #92
    On May 17th, 2008 at 12:40 am, WarEagle82 said:

    A Modest, Conservative Proposal

    I would like to propose something that might at least draw the attention of the RNCC. Think about it and tell me if you see any flaws with this idea..

    Make a post and ask your readers visit the RNCC web page. Ask them to post a simple comment like:

    “I am a Reagan conservative who will support a Reagan conservative party. If the GOP nominates fiscal, social and national defense conservatives I will support the GOP with my money and vote. If not, I will do something else with both my time and money. In the meantime please accept my donation for $0.02 (two cents).”

    Then ask everyone to go to the RNCC online donation page and make a donation for $.02 (two cents). I am guessing it costs them more than 2 cents to process a credit card donation.

    This way we get to give them our two cents. Any thoughts.

93. #93
    On May 17th, 2008 at 12:43 am, Ombre Rose said:

    On May 16th, 2008 at 11:48 pm, lonewolf said:
    I do not know a single person who admits to favoring McCain for the Republican candidate for President. Can anyone tell me how in hades he won the nomination? His only redeemeing merit is he “gets it” on necessity of stabilizing Iraq in the war against global terrorism.

    I have my own suspicions, since a few years ago, they caught a pack of ILLEGAL ALIENS in ARIZONA with 37 ILLEGAL VOTING CARDS in EACH ONE’S POCKET.

    I’m just saying, ya know – back about the time the ARIZONA GOP CAUCUS UNANIMOUSLY CENSURED McCAIN because he had sucked up to the DIMS, and won his re-election bid WITH DIM VO TERS.

94. #94
    On May 17th, 2008 at 12:45 am, INC said:

    Send_Me,

    Yeah, those comments really lay out Republican Solutions and a Positive Agenda, but I don’t think it was quite what Tom Cole had in mind!

95. #95
    On May 17th, 2008 at 12:47 am, love2rumba said:

    WarEagle,

    I like the idea.

96. #96
    On May 17th, 2008 at 12:47 am, Ombre Rose said:

    Then ask everyone to go to the RNCC online donation page and make a donation for $.02 (two cents). I am guessing it costs them more than 2 cents to process a credit card donation.

    This way we get to give them our two cents. Any thoughts.

    They have taken way the #$$#%#$# DICKENS too much from ME for ME to be willing to send them TWO CENTS CASH they can still do something WITH, just to “SEND THEM A MESSAGE!”

    I’d rather spend more and SEND THEM A REAL CABBAGE HEAD!

    Something that will tell them more FULLY just exactly HOW PUTRID they are in MY SIGHT!

97. #97
    On May 17th, 2008 at 12:48 am, INC said:

    As to McCain winning, those open and semi-open primaries were killers. Here in Florida he went around as the military guy and too many people were deceived into giving him one more chance. Bleh.

98. #98
    On May 17th, 2008 at 12:51 am, Ignatius Reilly said:

    On May 17th, 2008 at 12:18 am, zeestephen said:

    The scale and intensity of Conservative anger is unlike anything I have ever seen.

    This is serious political news, and it will be covered nationally, but, no doubt, twisted or misinterpreted as usual.

    Remember all the conservative-friendly reporters and talking heads — Fred Barnes stands out in my mind — who have been predicting cheerfully ever since Florida that the base would come around and accept McCain? Barnes, in particular, is a moron.

    I will grant the idiot talking heads this one thing: Nobody — even knowing the arrogance of McCain — would have predicted that he would run ~against~ the base rather than seriously reaching out.

99. #99
    On May 17th, 2008 at 12:53 am, Ombre Rose said:

    I have to say that if I hadn’t read that Townhall Column myself I wouldn’t have believed it. It’s so arrogant. Just mindboggling. The crowning touch is when he throws in the Bible. It takes world class hubris and foolishness to play that authority card for a political donation! He’s forgotten that the devil can cite Scripture for his own devices.

    These people really are out of touch with reality.

    AND DID – Algore, in Fall of 2000, just WEEKS before the Election, must have heard there was a prophecy out that the man who was OF GOD would WIN THAT ELECTION, and Bush had a storng CONVERSION TESTIMONY, regardless of the DIM LIBERALS joy of making fun of it.

    Algore made a speech and tried to reach out to the Christians and said, You can know I am with you, because John 16:3 is my FAVORITE BIBLE SCRIPTURE!

    HE NEVER CAUGHT IT, HIS STAFF never caught it, MSM never caught it.
    Then more prophecy came out, LOOK FOR DEC.12 AS A GREAT DAY IN THE KINGDOM OF THE LORD.
    And THAT was the day that Algore CAPITULATED. Subsequent NEWSPAPER INVESTIGATIONS all proved that the outcome for BUSH was LEGITIMATE – even if they buried that conclusion on page 17d

100. #100
     On May 17th, 2008 at 12:59 am, Ombre Rose said:

     I will grant the idiot talking heads this one thing: Nobody — even knowing the arrogance of McCain — would have predicted that he would run ~against~ the base rather than seriously reaching out.

     Sorry, Charlie – ALL who have been SERIOUSLY WATCHING McVAIN for more than 3 YEARS would have known – those of us who already knew what he was by the early 90′s WE ALL KNEW this is exactly what he would do.

     HIS EGO DEMANDED IT! And we NEVER underestimated his EGO – JUST Those of YOU (general term “you”) WHO WERE WILLING TO VOTE FOR HIM BECAUSE OF THE (R) were too ignorant of him to know this of him – WE TRIED TO WARN YOU.

     You all called us “MINDLESS HATERS”. We cited his INTENSE RELATIONSHIP with Hanoi John, Ted Kennedy, and others – you ignored the warnings and called us names.