Report: Secret NRCC consultants abandoning GOP candidates
Back in May, you helped give the National Republican Congressional Committee the spanking it deserved.
Looks like it’s time to get out the paddle again.
John Gizzi at Human Events reports that a special unit of the NRCC is making stealth decisions to abandon conservative Republican candidates.
The Stupid Party: Its own worst enemy.
Read:
In just this week, the word has come that this has been the fate of several embattled lawmakers. Twenty-four hours after learning of the pull-out from Bachmann’s district, I also had confirmed from spokeswoman Karen Hanretty that the NRCC deployed an “exit strategy” in the districts of Republican Reps. Marilyn Musgrave (Col.) and Tom Feeney (Fla.). Like Bachmann. both are in the political fights of their life and both are conservative swashbucklers of long-standing: Musgrave is one of the premier cultural conservatives in the House and Feeney, who gained national attention as speaker of the Florida House of Representatives during the contested election of 2000, founded the House Conservative Fund (HCF) in Congress.
What is more startling than the pulling of the ads in the districts of all three is who made the decision and how it was done. In separate conversations, both Chairman Cole and the NRCC’s Hanretty told me that the pullout was decided on not by the chairman himself or House Members on the NRCC board but — are you ready for this — an “IE [for “Independent Expenditure”] Unit” of private consultants who make the decisions outside the NRCC offices.
IE Unit? No oversight by Cole and Company? You got it. In fact, in confirming that the NRCC was out of the districts of Musgrave and Feeney, Hanretty e-mailed me: “The IE Unit [Italics added] pulled reserved time in both districts.”
When Cole explained to me that the decision on Bachmann had nothing to do with her remarks on Matthews’ program and that he himself had given her substantial donations from his political action committee (“We did not cut and run on Michele”), he also explained that the decision on pulling back NRCC-reserved ads came from this “IE Unit.”
Because of the complex campaign finance laws (“and they are stupid!” he added), in part crafted by John McCain and signed into law by George W. Bush, Cole noted, a separate body from the NRCC has to make the decisions on where to invest funding and how much to do it with.
If that leaves you bewildered, get this:
When I asked who they are specifically, the Oklahoman explained: “They are a group of private political consultants, some of them very conservative. And they work out of a building separate from our headquarters.”
Swell. Can you tell me who they are, I asked?
“No, I’m not going to do that,” Cole said with a chuckle, “I’m sure you know a lot of them. Maybe after the election I’ll tell you. But right now, I don’t want to subject them to a lot of harassment.”
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Memo. These NRCC operatives are NOT conservatives. They are old line RINOs. These are among those we are fighting against. Sarah is herself at odds with these collaborators.
I removed myself as a member of the Republican party 2 years ago when THEY abandoned me.
The Republican party today is the Democrat party of 20 years ago and the Democrat party today is the Socialist party of 20 years ago.
Shoot I put in my application to the RNC. No wonder they wont consider me Im too conservative
Mel Martinez is an absolute flop as head of the RNC. If the GOP has any hopes of winning it needs a through cleaning of the RNC house that is burning down and stoping anyone from putting out the fires.
Face it, extremist conservatism (like that espoused by hate tyrants Pat Robertson, James Dobson, Limbaugh, Coulter, Hannity and – yes – Malkin) is dying.
I call BS but I still say that the entire NRCC and all the other GOP bigwigs need to be cleaned out after teh election.
BTW I would find it funny that the only race that has a decent chance of winning is William Russell who got little to no help from the RNC but was backed by grassroots conservatives.
Conservatives can win if they do the right strategy. I talked to Peggy Luksik of the William Russell campaign before about canpaign tactics and was impressed by her willingness to look for solutions outside of the old style politics.
Lets hope the GOP leadership is more willing to listen to the grassroots instead of ignoring us.
I bet the NRCC isn’t abandoning the RMSP’s moderate candidates.
I’ve been saying this FOREVER! We have two parties the EVIL party and the STUPID party and they get together and make EVIL/Stupid laws…
The GOP has been feeding us the L_O_T_E _S for YEARS….and the SLIPPERY SLIDE TO THE SOCIALIST LEFT…
Gosh-it’s sad that I was right!!!
Calls to the RNC-are in order!!!!
GO:
RUSSELL
WEST
Manion
et.al…
The Republican Party needs to be sent to the dump, buried by dirt and forgotten. The Republican Party leadership has been a monumental failure since at least the late 90′s.
Note to conservatives – You have the winning message. It is the republicans who are bringing you defeat. Get rid of them.
Funny we never assumed that when the Democrats got creamed in 2004. The libeals learned from their losses and adapted. Its just a matter of time till things swing back our way. In fact Im sad for the dems they might get obama and he will be a collossal flop as a president. That will divide our country for years to come.
OMU..troll…
There’s an easy way to fix this.
If you want to support a conservative congresscritter, donate directly to them. When the NRCC sends you a donation request, file it in the trash can.
Wasn’t there a site that listed actual conservatives running for re-election? Something called Down The Road, if I remember correctly.
Why do I smell Tom Davis all over this?
I too no longer consider myself a Republican. 16 years ago I was a Conservative Republican. Since Bush I have realized I am a Conservative but no longer a Republican. The party left me.
This year I will vote for the Constitution Party.
The GOP can go suck eggs. Who cares what the sell-outs do? Really, it is no surprise that so many people are predicting a landslide in Congress. I can’t think of two good reasons to send the current GOP leadership or much of the rank-and-file back to DC. They have betrayed and abandoned the base.
We finally seem to “get it” unlike John McCain and his RINO buddies.
And here most of you are about to reward the ringleader of this nonsense with your vote for president.
We need another bomb thrower with a brain like Newt in Congress. Palin could lead this movement, but she is not in Congress.
The GOP must really want a viable conservative third party. Let’s give it to them.
I have never registered for any political party, but I lean far right conservative. I am self employed and support the manufacturing industry. This is the last straw. Michelle Bachmann is from my state. The local liberal media is creating biased hyped up negative news on her MSNBC comments. The Republican party is attempting to destroy every conservative running for congress and senate. WHY? I intend on registering as a Republican and will do everything in my power to DUMP these liberals running the Republican party in Washington and Minnesota. Will someone please generate a list of names so I can begin my quest? Damn them!
TIme for that new party.
And how do I know Obama will flop ? I came from WV where they attempted to create a “Worker’s paradise” that promised endless government programs for the poor and complete control to the unions.
The result was (and still is) the highest unemployment in the US and where half the population gets government checks to live on. Most of the young people abandoned WV long ago because its a museum of failed politics.
So welcome to Obama world where failure is not just an option its a way of life.
The new party is here. Conservatives are welcome.
http://www.constitutionparty.com/
The GOP is now, clearly “the other socialist party in America.”
The people you list are not hateful, nor tyrants.
I send my financial support directly to candidates, or conservative organizations that DO reflect and fight for my values such as William Russell.
Not the NRinoCC. Haven’t sent money since…..well once in ’96, but never since then. I have seen the NRinoCC abandon true conservatives who could win with national support,time and time again in the past two decades.
it’s not necessarily the Republican Party that needs to be sent to the dump. But party leadership needs to be changed as well as in the NRinoCC and its sister organization NRinoSC. Both are worthless to the conservative cause.
I sent Tom Cole, my Senator, an e-mail expressing my disappointment.
Yes, which is totally why people are upset that McCain isn’t conservative enough.
Think before you type, Omu.
The party of hate, the dems, led by hatemongers Reid, Pelosi, Schumer and now Obama and otehrs have successfully hidden much of their idealogic path which will be foisted upon America soon to push us leftward.
Want to be accepted by these racist buffooons, just strart screaming about social justice and fairness.
Forget how hard everyone must work to succeed, just sell your soul to the left and they will promise you a government check.
The cost of that check though is high.
It is your individual liberty.
Racists like Obama and Ayers are waiting for you.
That will not always work. In NE, we had our State Atty. Gen. running for senate and he had much support. I donated directly to his campaign. A few week later, he bowed out of the race to allow Mike Johans, who was a failure in his appointment as Ag Sec., to run for the open seat. Everyone says it was Brunning’s decision, but I can just about gaurentee you that the national party stepped in with pressure.
From Communist Goals of 1963:
Omu, you always miss the point don’t you? Go peddle your trash to an ACORN worker.
What will it take for you all to realize that the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy is real?
I will never donate to the NRCC (so stop sending me stuff NRCC!) I will only donate directly to candidates I support.
OMU
I and my fellow true conservatives and objectivists are counting on you believing that with all your heart. Keep up the good work (sarc off)
Wait…what’s an omu?
My collie says:
I hear a herd of RINO’s, led by George Bush and John McCain; The question is whether they are coming or going; In a post election world, if you don’t see the RNC build and grow party support on the foundation of those in the house and senate that voted against the bailout(socialism), then you have to realize it is time for a third party; Watch for the indicators.
This is the Bachmann who’s been on TV for months doing the work the RNC can’t and/or won’t. Can we get Obama to send Lindsey Graham to the pilot-project gulag?
These are some of the same political consultants who fear Sarah Palin and push the “rogue” memo. True conservatives scare the consultants who think their method of running a campaign is the only way. They have gotten more wrapped up in the method then they have the results.
It is a very dangerous practice ot get into in business and politics.
Contrary to these high priced pundits who worry about Palin and claim she is a drag they need to look at sold out arenas and venues and the spark she has provided. I am sure Joe The Plumber isn’t in their model either.
After the election is over there will be time to decide if the Republicans are going to return to their conservative roots or proceed down this path to moderation.
I will hold my fire until then.
Fifth columnists.
On October 27th, 2008 at 1:17 pm, WarEagle82 said:
WarEagle82,
If McCain had picked a Socialist VP, I would have joined you in voting Constitution Party.
But he didn’t.
McCain chose Palin, who is Ronald Reagan, just several years younger and with two X chromosomes.
Please join us in voting for McCain-Palin.
In this election, a vote for Constitution party really is a vote for Obama and a vote for the end of our Constitutional Republic.
If you truly care about our Constitution, vote GOP this time.
Letting Sarah! clean up the GOP is a lot easier than trying to build a third party.
Let’s take OUR party back!
Many of us do, Red Pill.
First rule of thumb for any political consultant (And I have been one for many years) is that your client comes first not your own veiws. Its throughly unprofessional for a consultant to push his own agenda on his clients.
Thats why I never hire on to just anyone with a check. I have to believe in the candidate as much as I want to get payed.
Too many Washington insiders just want the money. Hell I could be rich right now if I had just taken democratic party money as well as GOP.
But you would at least think the RNC would hire conservative consultants rathre than just hired guns with no political beliefs other than who has the most money.
Here’s a powerful video from Catholic Vote 2008. It is a good reminder as to why this election is so important.
We’re damned if we lose and damned if we win.
Of course, we know the consequences of an Obama victory, And I fear we will never recover.
Everyone seems to assume that we can just start building for the next election.
We have little voice, now. With the Fairness Doctrine, there will be less.
Throw in a little Hate Speech and we’re on our way.
If McCain does manage to screw up and win in spite of himself and the party, it will ratify that they were the “correct” ones and that the voters are more liberal and the party needs to go to the left.
I’m in Pa and the great news is I get to vote against Murtha.
On Nov. 4, I will hold my nose and vote for McCain only if it looks to be close.
Otherwise, it’s 3rd party for me.
It may be time to start throwing our support that way, anyhow. That way, they get some funds for the next cycle if they get enough votes.
I say that perhaps Sarah should abandon the (R) behind her name after she is elected. She and Jindal, Steele, and other true conservatives can then build a grass-roots conservative party that would have GREAT support.
Re Redpill #140, that’s exactly why I’m voting for Sarah. McCain just happens to be on the same ticket.
oops, meant Redpill #35.
Finally! Maybe now the healing can begin.
ITookTheRedPill,
While I understand your point I couldn’t disagree with you more.
A vote for the Consitution Party is the next step in building a truly conservative party to replace the GOP which is now CLEARLY simply another socialist alternative to the Democrats. The last 6 years of Bush and the GOP Congress proved it. Tell me I am wrong with a straight face….
The GOP has proven it has no regard for the constitution and McCain led the charge to help undermine it starting with McCain-Feingold.
The Constitution Party is now the ONLY party in America dedicated to restoring and perserving the nation that our Founding Fathers created.
Vote for whom you will but please stop giving me the “wasted vote” and “LOTE” argument. I am just not buying it any longer.
Time to form a real conservative party.
What to call it?
O U FOO OMU, only love around here.
It is already formed. It is called the Constitution Party and can be found at http://www.constitutionparty.com
From #40
EXACTLY
Spoken like someone who has truly never read or listened to Pat Robertson, James Dobson, Limbaugh, Coulter, Hannity and Malkin – someone who just mouths words poured into their ear by someone else.
Tell you what OMU, prove me wrong. Give me one hate filled quote uttered by Rush Limbaugh – one you actually heard him say. Or give me one hate filled quote you’ve actually heard Hannity say. Or quote one hate filled quote you actually read that was written by Michelle.
Otherwise find a book written by someone other than Marx, Lennin, Che, or Debbs and read it.
This isnt a failure of party this is a failure of leadership.
Replace the leadership and the party will get better.
And if soem other start-up 3rd party does not pass some persons litmus, what then?
How a start-up 4th party?
5th party?
All further dilluting each in succeeding order.
All further strengthening the dems.
If we cannot wotk within this party, the Republican party, then what makes anyone think a 3rd 4th 5th party would be any better.
Fix this one, DONATE money, time and energy.
Not just on this blog or others but in person.
The most important thing you can really donate is strong message discipline, courage, and shoe-leather.
If we are not willing to do that, then we do not deserve anything but the scraps off of the dems table.
nuff said.
Yeah who needs that dusty old constitution anyway, it is SSSSOOOO 18th century.
Hey Darth Michelle, you have a new title from the hate filled left!!!
OldCollegeGuy1980 – I disagree about giving the current republican party any money or support. (This does NOT mean to withhold a vote for McCain/Palin.) As long as the money comes in the current leadership will NOT change. The party leadership needs to be hurt badly and publicly. As more support is shifted to the Conservative Party the Republican membership will be forced to change leadership, or perish. Purged of their RINOs, maybe it can play a role in the future.
To contribute to the Republicans now is just like giving another drink to an alcoholic, hoping he really will change this time.
I’m all for a third party. AFTER this election.
As long as it is a Conservative Party in every sense of the word, with Conservative planks and proven Conservative leaders, I’ll donate and sign on.
The current crop of RINOs heading up the RNCC have done a good job of infiltrating the Party. Not sure how they can be gotten rid of, though.
I’m still a Republican. It’s the RNC that isn’t.
So michelle Malkin has now been promoted from dark sith lord to hate tyrant. Or is that more of a lateral move?
True. Obama must be stoped. If not we will have radical leftist running the house senate and white house. A magnatude 10 disaster for the country.
Are you stoned or stupid, Omu?
ECS
In Omu’s mind, “regular” conservatism (you know, that’s exactly like liberalism) is the only acceptable “conservatism.” All else must be branded “extremist.”
There maybe a link to the pot smuggling story. All hail hate tyrant Malkin, may she never strike us down in her might wrath.
All hail hate tyrant Malkin,
All hail hate tyrant Malkin,
All hail hate tyrant Malkin,
All hail hate tyrant Malkin,
All hail hate tyrant Malkin,
amen.
For anyone who wants to turn their back on the republican party
Go Ahead
For those of us who are still here after November 5th
WIN OR LOSE
The rebuilding must begin.
If anyone thinks building a new party is easier than rebuilding an existing one, Good Luck
I for one talk to my politicains as often as I can.
I intend to, not become less involved, but more involved.
I know that many of us on here share similar goals. but even those of us who share those similar goals do not agree on everything. I accept that.
I will simply dig in my heels and work as hard as I can to change this party from within. That’s all.
Change will cost MONEY, TIME, EFFORT, PATIENCE, AND PERSISTENCE.
If you do not have money to give pick one of the others that you do have.
Because it will take a lot of all of those. A whole lot.
I predict now the 2012 presidential election will take over A BILLION dollars in donations from each side to participate.
I am not shrinking from it I eagerly await it.
Omu – if you’re still around please define “extremist conservatism”. Libs throw out the “extremist” label a lot like they do “racist” when they want to discredit someone but they never can define it.
I definitely agree about my vote being for Palin. McCain would not get my vote without her.
I’m sick and tired of having to choose between two bums to run this country, neither of whom I would allow to walk my dog under normal circumstances. You can’t even trust them if you like them… look at how Bush went native and started throwing money at everything.
Someday soon, my man Bobby J. is gonna set this country on fire. I will look forward to that day, because no matter who wins (or steals) this election, we’ll have a long way to go to fix what they screw up.
OldCollegeGuy1980 – Your loyalty to your party is admirable. However, has your party leadership been loyal to you?
They will use every bit of energy you give them, and not change one bit. Until the leadership is changed you will be working for nothing. And the leadership will not change without pain. That pain is monetary. Take away their money for a time and they will listen. Then the rebuilding can begin under new management.
Dear Michelle,
Shhhhh! I’ts a secret! Oh wait…
Signed,
The IE Unit
*out*
Uh, RedDog, Sarah is one of them. You’re buying into a crafted script and not the person.
The rebuilding begins today.
If you are not involved in the process, get involved.
Volunteer at your local level.
There is more to politics than the big game.
That is one of many republicans main problems.
They are big game only. They do not involve themselves in their local elections and state elections.
Start locally and grow.
We may lose this election.
If we do it is because too many on our side gave up.
The dems never tire of telling us how screwed up our side is. And too many on our side believe them. Why? Why would anyone on our side give a dem any credence about what they may be saying about republicans.
But I see it everyday, so called good republicans, parrotting the dems talking points and not even understanding how they have been used.
No I will not quit. Will Michelle Malkin quit? No!
So why would any of us quit now, when the party and more importantly the country, needs us.
CCS #62, yes, Bush hasn’t acted like a conservative in many ways for a long time. As others have said, “I’m not abandoning the Republican party, it’s abandoning me.” I think if some of the party’s true leaders (not the elite) such as Jindal, Palin, and others left as a group to start a new party, that would provide the necessary boost for a viable 3rd party to get some traction.
You’re joking, right? Unless this line was really meant to describe Obama.
The McCain-Feingold thing has something to do with this? Naw, it can’t be…
Here in Michigan the NRCC has abandoned the Republican base long ago, even before McCain officially pulled out a month ago. But I assure you the Democrats have been working overtime and its paying off.
I am a republican mayor of a small N.Michigan community. During this election cycle our area has been visited and “courted” by many Dems including Jennifer Granholm, John Cherry, Carl Levin, Debbie Stabanow, Jim Barcia, and state Rep Terry Brown……ALL DEMOCRATS!! they are making inroads into a predominately Republican county. This is how the Dems win elections, their ground game is far superior to anything the GOP has to offer.
And Tony that is one of the many reason I encourage Republicans to get involved.
Now is the time to show courage.
Now is the time to apply our effforts on the RNC and the party itself.
Now is the itme to support the Republicans who will work with us.
It is up to us.
Are we really going to walk away and give up?
Not me.
And I hope not you also.
This is the opportunity conservatives have to take back the party.
The RINO’s have lost.
Now is not the time for defeatist attitudes. Now is time to battle for heart and soul of this party.
Tony what can we do to help you in your area?
I am back at my old position: If McCain wins, it is the end of conservatives. I don’t agree that if BO wins, it is the end of the country. On the contrary, the American people will learn some very hard lessons from having a totally communist government. People that will pay the heaviest price will be some of the people, like in Michigan, who voted for this commie. More and more US companies will leave the US, more businesses will fire their envious class warfare employees because the $ now has to go to taxes, and to paraphrase Joe Biden, we will probably get hit again within 6 months, likely to be liberal Mecca NY. Time to bunker down and recoup, this will be a tough lesson for liberals, and the rest of us at least know what is coming and can prepare NOW. I think at the end of 4 years, even 2, we will make a come back. Let’s clean house, get rid of all the Rinos, and people will elect conservatives again because they will be MISERABLE under communism. No communist regime has survived too long, where people had the vote (and it will not get fully stolen in the US, the system is pretty safeguarded against that and the military is still majority conservative). I come from a commie country so I know what will happen and I know when people get a taste, they will not want it, but they need a taste first. Commie governments did not last cause people voted for them, they lasted because they were FORCED on people. The military in this country is the children of conservatives for the most part, they will not likely be the pawns to suppress their loved ones.
I don’t think the RINO’s have lost. While the majority of the Republican party members are conservative, the RINO’s are still very much in control. As proof you only have to read Michelle’s post again.
OldCollegeGuy1980 – I agree with you on the need to fight and never, ever give up. My fear is that you will be standing on the castle wall defending people who do not have your back.
A little from column A…a little from column B…
I do not care who has my back.
I do not need my back covered.
I am only concerned in winning this political struggle head-on.
I do not fear democrats.
They are to be defeated.
They are weak in the arena of ideas.
They have to hide their real intentions. case in point,,,Obama talking about cutting taxes, For a so-called republican to believe that, they need their head examined.
The problem is that so-called republicans are often, to often, more intrested in self flagellation.
I simply want to beat democrats at the ballot box. We will not win every election.
But running around crying about a third party will guarantee “us” to be perpetual losers, because no one singular party will ever pass the litmus test of some who cannot stick around if the going gets tough.
I agree with oldCollegeGuy1980, this is a GREAT opportunity, but I think especially if BO wins (though I will vote for McCain). Think about it, if MCCain wins, he will face a VETO-PROOF, FILABUSTER PROOF congress and will not likely get any conservative judges in, Ginsber will hold off another 4 years, Stevens may croak, but MCCAin will not be able to get a strict constructionist on the court and will roll over to his buddies, the dems faster than he can call conservatives a bad name. If BO wins, he will replace 2 libs on the court, maybe 3 libs, with other libs. So, we keep the same balance, we let BO really screw things up, since the hounds of hell (congress and president) will be unleashed and I can almost guarantee it, the people of the US will not like it. Let this false messiah fall flat on his face, and he will. He is a total fraud, and even he and Biden know it.
Don’t forget to return the RNCC or RNC request for money and their dumb ass surveys…do not send money to them, just the paper work with a big no tks attached..make ‘em spend their money on postage if nothing else.
I filled in my vote by mail ballot (scam sheet) today(Oregon voting by mail…grrrr), I did not vote for my incumbent Repukican Senator, that campaigned on his moderate senatorial voting record. I don’t turn my ballot in till election day, don’t trust the counters, they start opening and counting ballots 7 days before the election. I have to ask myself why before election day, the ballots are computerized….hmmmm.
Ginsburg wil lbe the first to retire. Her health is failing quickly.
There were reports of her having to be helped in and out of the court room, falling asleep on the bench and rumors of her cancer having returned.
She is just waiting to have her seat replaced by anyone but George Bush.
As awful as she has been, her replacement under an Obama presidency will be worse.
Next would be Stevens who at 88? or 89? would be the second, my understanding is that his health is much better than Ginsberg.
So much for open and transparent party politics! If they have confidence that they are making the best decisions, why would they be concerned about “a lot of harassment.” Could it be that Democrats have quietly and secretly taken over the NRCC? Judging by their actions, I don’t see much difference.
Well, if “some of them” are conservative, I guess there’s nothing to complain about. /sarc off
But if the NRCC chairman has no say in how or where funds are spent, what does he do? Is he in charge of catering? I think we should demand to know who the people behind the curtain are before giving them another penny.
What a goober… Lucky for him, I’m not in his district. Too bad for me, though, I still have to listen to all his campaign ads.
Seriously, how can you be beholden to a group that isn’t even accountable to you?! This sounds so much like the blind following that you get from the left. I’m embarrassed that this man is from Oklahoma!
we won’t vote this group out of office, obama will be the one counting the votes, and he’ll do whatever it takes to keep power. I think he’ll stay in longer than 8 years..
we’ll have to collapse as a nation…and I believe we will…its a sign of the times…
*80, I cannot agree with u, you scenario will ONLY work if BO also had the military on his side and he does not. We will have free elections, if we were able to have them in the former soviet controlled block, we will have them here. don’t worry too much, it is all in God’s hands and he works things out for the best of those that love him. Europe had a taste of socialism, but without our republic government that guarantees the ability to change govmnt pretty swiftly, and even europe is turning conservative. It will be alright.
LOL – ROFL – ROFLMBO
You’er such a hater. Can I join the “I hate what the RNC did to us” party?
Mel Martini is a complete sell-out. My wife and I fired him and I hope and pray all of the readers here do the same when he is up for re-election. Obama prolly has a place for Mel somewhere.
Yes, and this is called creating a very high barrier to entry. It has created the 2 party oligarchy we now have and private enterprises engaging in this activity would be broken up, BY THE GOV’T, under anti trust laws. Of course, neither party in control of hte gov’t wants to apply the same rules to themselves. It’s obvious the 2 partie’s leaders, both dems and repubs, put party and power over the American people. This oligarchy must be broken or things will not change. IMHO, all compaign costs should be paid by the gov’t to legitimate candidates for the POTUS, and limited to $10M each. This ridiculuos expenditure of $B is ripe for abuse and bribery.
The RNC and State RC did not like the Senate candidate primary voters selected in Iowa. This fellow could defeat Tom Harkin, but both group openly withheld ANY support to the party voters’ choice.
Also, on three occasions the State RC has univited conservative candidates who were to speak at McCain or Palin rallies in Iowa. Time to put RINO’s on the endangered species list.
This is what I hate about the GOP: it’s the party that eats its own and loudly expels flatulence afterwards. Earlier this year I considered switching my registration to Libertarian or independent because I’m disgusted with how the country clubbers treat the real conservatives.
Liberals win because they circle their wagons and back their guy no matter what. RINOs and faux conservatives stab our talent in the back right in the middle of a tight election. They can pat themselves on the back for being “principled” but if you’re unelected you have no frickin’ power. I don’t have any fancy Ivy League degrees, but even I understand that much!
We need a clean sweep of the RNC leadership, whether McCain wins or loses. To quote Darth Sidious, “Wipe them out. All of them.”
It is pretty obvious to me that the RNC has been taken over by RINOs who do not care what happens to the country. Republicans should not be facing the drubbing they fear, but are yet unwilling to get rid of the turncoats within; they are like a ship with no control of the rudder.
I think this event may well cause conservative politicians to leave the Republican Party and form their own party out of necessity.
The Republican party ain’t my party.
But I live in Massachusetts so voting is like spitting into a headwind.
OMU=No Brain
Thats why he wants the civilian force. Besides Obama is steeped in the marxist “people power” crap and doesn’t understand warfare at all.
I just saw Stevens (R-AK) found guilty on all 7 counts. The dem challenger will most likely win now (I can’t argue that stevens should win though). Why didn’t the GOP get Stevens out of the way so they could put up a new republican for the seat. They would have won. Now, they just handed another seat to the dems which gets them that much closer to a filibuster proof senate. Which will be a complete and utter disaster.
#68:
I assure you, I am not joking. You’re kidding yourself if you think Palin isn’t McCain lite. She’s no conservative. Have you not been listening to her? Have you not studied her record? Or are you just swallowing the campaign’s script?
You all understand that if the GOP wins with a RINO “socialist lite” like McCain that there will be absolutely NO return to conservative principles in by the GOP. If they can win by being socialists they are fine with that.
That should be obvious to each one of us who was a Conservative Republican at some point.
They don’t care about principle. They care about winning. And they have lied to us for 20 years, promising to govern as conservatives up until the day they were sworn in. And then they got to Washington, DC and suddenly became more interested in being liked by the leftists than listening to their constituencies back home.
If McCain somehow wins, the GOP will continue their tributes to Ronald Reagan but will continue to govern like FDR. Please, convince me I am wrong if you can.
Dear Weary…
The GOP is more concerned with the Good Ole Boys in the network than in doing the right thing for the country. This is how Dole and McCain got the nomination and this is why the didn’t boot Stevens from the race.
The GOP is utterly corrupt and beyond redemption.
Vote for the Constitution Party in 2008. Home for actual conservatives.
This is why when I receive solicitations from the GOP they go right into the trash. I may donate to a specific person from time to time, but the Republican Party in general? No way.
how soon we forget…colin powell just recently assured us that stevens was innocent and would be exonerated…think he’ll protest the verdict??? anyway, mccain was never supposed to win…it has been a set-up from the beginning to rid the party of conservatives and christians and anyone else with any sense…but Gov.Palin has screwed the bluebloods plan and we still have a chance in spite of all the sabotage from within…
Palin-Malkin 2012
Yes, Colin Powell will certainly protest the verdict just after he finishes the final draft of his paean to George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld. Expect it out shortly after hell freezes over.
RINOs are disgusting.
I’m with malkin_fan, the nat’l republican party is not worth supporting. I too left the party when McCain won the nomination. I will vote for Sarah and Melissa Hart for Congress. To heck with Arlen Specter and the rest of the lousy RINOs.
I cannot understand how the RINOs at the RNC could be so blind and so stupid as to get themselves in this position.
One day this will make an interesting study of how a party can destroy itself in a few short years.
At Halloween, parents will tell their children the story of the evil, corrupt politicians who abandoned their principles so they could alienate their base and still lose elections.
No, on second thought, not even a kid would believe how stupid and short-sighted the RNC has been over the last 16 years.