A failure of GOP imagination
I’ve already made clear: John McCain is the problem with the GOP. And he’s trying to install his mini-mes as congressional candidates across the country. Yesterday, Mitt Romney lined up with He That Ails the GOP:
Romney, the former Governor of Massachusetts released a statement today, saying it would be “hard to imagine the United States Senate without John McCain, especially in the critical times we find ourselves in, with double-digit unemployment, a mountain of debt imperiling future generations and a global terrorist threat from jihadists bent on destroying our way of life.”
What we have here is a failure of GOP imagination.
Imagine a United States Senate without an illegal alien amnesty-peddling, bailout-caving, free speech-limiting, fairweather global warming cultist who has spent decades bashing the conservative wing of the Republican Party and then tries to pander to it whenever his seat is on the line.
It’s easy if you try.
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Connie Hair has John McCain pegged. She reports on the Oba-kabuki health care dog-and-pony list of GOP attendees perfectly:
Senate Republicans announced their lineup to participate in the White House health care summit on Thursday, helping to breathe life into the Democrats’ failed government takeover of health care. The list includes the Republican leadership, Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). Top Republicans on the relevant health and finance committees, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) will participate along with the Senate’s only two medical doctors, Sens. Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Okla.) and John Barrasso, M.D. (R-Wyo.).
Also making the cut is the senator with the most experience consorting with liberal Democrats in order to create disastrous legislation, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
Imagine the U.S. Senate without him. Please.
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If 2 terms in office were good enough for George Washington, they’re good enough for the tools that currently inhabit federal elected office.
And that includes the 2 year House terms.
Congress should not be a career choice.
Thank you for your service to and for this country!
Now go away.
The future of our country and the GOP requires that many of our politicians not be returned to office. The list includes McCain, Brown, Romney, Nelson, Graham, Corker, Alexander, and many more. It’s time they go. I can’t name a Democrat or Independent that should return to office.
What we have here is a failure to ex-communicate a RINO.
Ditto what Milwaukee Mike said
What would be hard to imagine is a John McCain who had the slightest idea what to do to “fix” the economy and unemployment. As I recall he opposed the Bush tax cuts. We don’t need economic dim bulbs in any government leadership or policy making positions. A Senate without him would be a good thing during the next round of amnesty .
Where, oh where would we be without McCain’s Gang of Fourteen? /sarc
Yes, for you and the rest of the liberals and rinos, it would be hard to imagine. For the rest of us, that believe in the Constitution and freedom, it isn’t hard. That’s why we work toward it, every day, Mr. Romney!
The GOP always has a gun pointed at it’s foot.
Romney, through Romney Care, has done as much damage to the Fiscal Health of Mass. as any other Dem. Governor ever dreamed of! As well as to the actual Health of it’s citizens.
You know, if you really think about it, no matter which Party Controls the Congress or the Presidency, the deficits grow, the national debt grows, your freedom shrinks.
The GOP controlled Congress from 1995-2007, yet, all of the above was true. They had the Presidency from 2001-2009, and, again, the above was true.
It’s hard for me to make any case that they deserve to Govern again. I’m not at all saying I want the Dem’s in charge. What I am saying is it’s time to give the third parties a serious look.
The Conservative Party, The Constitution Party, The Libertarian Party, or just Independent candidates. It may be that they too, end up like the others. But without give them a chance, we are stuck with two parties that we can prove through history, don’t change much of anything.
The Founders Vision of a small Federal Government, with specific defined powers, is nothing but a memory. The States were suppose to have the power, not this huge Centralized mess.
You should read Hamilton’s Curse, by Thomas DiLorenzo, for an understanding of how we got here.
An interesting take because it provides both sides of an indvidual. Now it is up to Arizona to decide which set of criteria they value more.
The people are better served when all positions of a person are honestly revealed.
I am afraid Mitt’s “holy underwear” is restricting the flow of blood to his brain!
We don’t have to “imagine” anything! It is because of John McCain and folks like him that we have self-destructive government policies that lead to double-digit unemployment and a mountain of debt!”
John McCain IS the problem! Mitt Romney IS the problem!
It’s easy if you try. HaHa, I love you Dearly Darlin’
It is often hard to imagine a rose garden with out aphids but we do continue to spray the little buggers.
We wish Reach John well and hope he enjoys his retirement. Perhaps he can play some more golf with Lindsey Graham and expound on “the purpose of the United States is to provide for lower greens fees“.
It often takes the GOP a bit of time and they most often stumble around clumsily as they seek for a coherent message and response to the Democrats and their destructive policies. But, eventually, we can count on the GOP to finally settle in on a path that will lead to another epic failure on their part!
I am wondering how the GOP is going to screw up on Health Care when they seemingly have it in the bag but this group of clowns is quite adept at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory…
Somebody’s gotta say it…you anti-Browns, run an independent if you the Republican doesn’t pass every litmus test types, tea-party fetishists are going to blow the best opportunity America has to install a sensible congress in the mid-terms. So…when the hand wringing starts the day after election day about how did we blow this opportunity, go look in the mirror.
Me, I’d prefer a right and center right coalition of leadership to anything the Dems offer. But I guess you all will be comfortable in your ideological purity while the country goes to hell.
Agreed, especially since they’re right in the middle of the “feeding frenzy” too. You get an “Uh, okay. Just a minute” attitude, over and over again.
I’d think the proper GOP response would be: The Constitution is silent on Health Care. We could try to amend the Constitution, to include Health Care, but any bill mandating Individuals purchase health care, is unconstitutional.
[As are Social Security, Medicare, etc.] Individual Welfare is unconstitutional.
Why can’t these “Lovers of Liberty” act like it? Why is it the GOP just has to have a plan of their own?
I guess this sums up my frustration.
The Republican base can’t stand McCain!
So WHY in the world do so many Republican Senators want to be like him!?!?
The Republicans don’t need to give up any Senate Seats in November. I want to see them get the Senate Majority. I don’t believe that J.D. Hayworth who lost his Congressional seat of 12 years to a Democrat could beat a Democrat in the General Election. Not with the large Latino Voting demographic in Arizona. Now if the Latino voted didn’t come out next November maybe Hayworth would have a chance….
Imagine there’s no deficit
It’s easy if you try
No debt below us
Above us only pie in the sky
Imagine all the people
Spending for today…
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’ve got a real big tent
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the GOP will be spent
GOP is flock of confused sheep with no shepherd. Lack of imagination (vision) is the result of a leadership vacuum.
I’ve heard people make excuses for Romney claiming that he wants McCain to endorse him in ’12. Hasn’t Mitt been following politics lately? Why would he want the RINO in Chief to endorse him in the middle of a Tea Party revolt?
The problem with these guys is that everything is about political calculations to them. They don’t trust Americans to chose them based upon their character and message. Unless the GOP warms up to that concept soon, they’ll continue to flounder as will the country.
TRE:
Great question. But another great question would be: Why did every “Conservative” writer before the election, push everyone to vote for McCain, despite their hatred of him? Should we not put Principles over Party?
The 2008 election was an eye opener for me.
warned everyone – last election- that mc cain was/is a ‘lesser of two evils’ a RINO and that I would not vote for him…
I took flack from a lot of the commenters here…with the same ‘ol –same ‘ol –”we have to vote for mc cain…bho is worse..”
I say -bho- has awakened us in the US and the slow— hidden—- slide in now a recognizable avalanche….
Tea Part –Anyone….
C-CS
It is not a failure of imagination, it is a failure of understanding. The Republican Party leadership is the wrong leadership – and it is obvious by its self-serving promotion of the wrong people with the wrong ideas. It is quite instructive to see who is lining up behind McCain and one wonders how long and how resolute this support will be. If McCain is seen as a sinking ship then I suspect that a lot of RINOs will suddenly “see the light”.
OT – Outside my window there is at present another blizzard of settled science falling on the deep south. Where is Man/Bear/Pig these days? We have a few questions fer ya.
sung to John Lennon’s Imagine:
Imagine all the people, voting the bums out. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one, I hope some day (soon) you join us and the U.S. will live free again.
Yeah, I can imagine the Senate sans Johnny Mac, and all his cohorts in crime.
Screw them or any other group that looks to a politician to pander to their specific desires. If they want to vote for more Democrats, let them continue to suffer the consequences. What’s a Democrat ever done for them anyway?
Frankly, a strong McCain endorsement of Romney in 2012 would make me LESS LIKELY to vote GOP in 2012. It is going to take an actual conservative candidate to get me voting for a GOP presidential candidate again. I am tired of “RINOs” and “Compassionate Conservatives.” My children and grandchildren simply can’t afford it if I vote for another one.
McCain is the problem with the GOP, along with people who will continue to vote for him and others like him just because they’re “not as bad as the Democrats”.
This is going to continue until one of two things happens – (1) The GOP wises up and starts offering real candidates, or (2) the GOP folds altogether and the American People rise up in support of real candidates on their own or through another party.
There is a third option, but it’s “just not logical, Captain,” – that’s the Donks going conservative and putting forth the real candidates themselves. We all know when that is going to happen.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Just as we are engaged in an existential fight to defend our freedoms, the GOP reacted to last week’s CPAC convention by launching a Harry Reid-like campaign of attacking the “GOP haters” (aka conservatives) who refuse to hold their noses and work with the current corruptosaur leadership of the GOP. Once again, we are being subjected to a new version of “yeah, we suck but the Dems suck even more”. Once again, the corruptosaurs are painting WE CONSERVATIVES as the problem, not the Gangs of McCain and his many, many enablers.
As we watch layer after layer peeling from the GOP onion, it is very disturbing to see who flips next. Did Mark Levin just flip in his contribution in these attacks? He is, after all, a big pal of Sean Hannity who, as we are seeing, has suddenly become Newt Gingrich’s 2012 presidential campaign manager. Despite his inspiring book and consistent patriotism, is he too a tool for the corrupt machine? Does he too lack the resolve to slay the dragon when we have in our clutches?
We conservatives need to stand fast. The GOP is at a breaking point and they will either reform now or we will do it for them next November. The end is near for these guys. Do we have the resolve to get the job done or don’t we? We have the snake pinned, let’s cut off it’s head. The wailing and doom-saying will end and we will be ready for 2012 with a new GOP with new leadership.
Hear Hear.
At a minimum, they certainly deserve the opportunity to replace the RINOs we are kicking out of Washington, DC.
If any party (Republicans included) takes on a platform like this one and makes it stick, I’ll sign up immediately.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
I like Romney, but every time I think maybe he’s going to do it this time, he stumbles. Romney more than anyone helped Scott Brown win, and Romney is, after all, largely responsible for Massachusetts health care. He bragged about it in the primaries last time, now it doesn’t look like such a hot idea. And then he endorses McCain. Sigh.
Actually, the Constitution isn’t silent on anything. If it’s not included in the Constitution itself, the Tenth Amendment steps in and throws it to the States.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
It’s telling that McCain has been a thorn in the side of both the Bush and the Obama administrations. His policy is completely inconsistent. His only principle is revenge.
Still, conservatives have to appreciate having a (somewhat) credible voice opposing virtually every arm of the Obama agenda.
So I guess tort reform should be out of the question for the GOP, right?
I have a feeling that the GOP is saying to us, “Do you vote for us, or would you rather have another liberal democrat?” Voting, these days, is like having a colonoscopy. You know you need to do it, but it sure can be miserable.
Not so fast, more than half of Texas hispanics describe themselves as “conservative”. That’s double the national average.
It’s like Michelle says, it’s about lack of imagination. Ditto on the viability of a 3rd party candidate. By 2012, the Tea Party cause might just be the rallying cry for the large majority of Americans. Anything is possible now.
c’mon Michelle, don’t beat around the bush, tell us what you really think! “my friends, it is time this old maverick hangs up his peashooter, and rides off into the sunset.” and mitt old pal, you may be smart enough, but you sure ain’t tough enough to do what needs to be done now, so follow your old maverick buckaroo into that sunset.
BTW, all of you folks who insist Ron Paul is a nut yet constantly decry the lack of leadership on the very issues he champions, you are missing another brilliant Paul performance at Bernanke’s testimony before Congress.
It’s time to get real. He will not be the candidate in 2012, but he is not a nut.
I’d say that others have as much to right to their ideological purity as you do to your own, bigboy.
The republican old guard and all the RINOs need to go. All of them. They are as much the enemy as the liberals. We need fresh blood in the form of conservative/libertarian non-politicians to run in the primaries against the establishment.
What are the odds of this succeeding? Slim. But it still needs to be done. If the voters keep the old guard, well, that tells you all you need to know about where things will be heading.
This is because there’s also a huge problem with their message. They know their anti-Constitution “policies” are just as bad as what the Democrats offer, so they have to make political calculations to try and figure out how to get into power around the Democrats. Ditto for the Democrats.
The point is that neither of these political machines gives a rat’s red a$$ about the Constitution or the will of the people. This is why extreme caution and scrutiny must go into every vote that’s cast for them. We saw what happened when people supported Scott Brown with wild abandon in the recent Massachusetts election. Sure, he won the election, but despite the warnings, the disappointment in his recent RINO vote was astounding.
At least with a Democrat, you know what you’re getting, and can prepare the fight from the get-go. I’m extremely proud of America’s reaction to Barack Obama – Town Hall meetings, Tea Parties, and we’ve all somehow wound up on the same page – all because we knew Obama was pond scum and would need to be watched closely. People have taken it upon themselves to educate themselves about the Constitution and the Founders. It’s actually been quite beautiful on that front. The Democrats have no idea what’s happening to them, and all they can do is what they’ve always done: tax, spend, and hate. This just brings their foolishness more to the fore, and the Republicans are following suit with more of the same.
By 2012, both parties will either have folded or found a new way, and the newfound wisdom of the people will determine whether either of them succeeds, based on what direction their “calculations” take them.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
I was a Mitt Romney fan but would not vote for him for dog catcher now. How can you build billions in wealth and still not have a clue when it comes to politics. What a sad and strange way to end your political career.
I don’t think Ron Paul is a nut but I do believe he has a HUGE number of ABSOLUTELY NUTTY SUPPORTERS! I have NEVER seen more vitriol coming from people on the web than from Ron Paul “supporters” during the last GOP primary season.
His NUT-JOB SUPPORTERS are LEGION and he is closely linked to these SCREWBALLS.
Only in that they’ll stop supporting MCCain.
They’ll continue to support what he stands for – you can ake that to the bank!
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
I fear that we will eventually find that even the likes of Glen Beck and Greg Gutfeld are tools for the corrupt machine.
Only time will tell.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Tell me, Mitt Romney, just who do you think is to blame for the double-digit unemployment, a mountain of debt imperiling future generations and a global terrorits threat from jihadists bent on destroying our way of life?? If these problems occurred while McCain and cohorts were in Congress, what makes you think they’re capable of solving the problems? If you ask me, that kind of thinking defies logic.
Lot’s of excellent comments today!
Yesterday, I finished a great book. It is War Crimes Against Southern Civilians, by Walter Brian Cisco.
I’ve been reading a lot on American History, Lincoln, Jefferson, the Constitution, etc. That book is one everyone who went to Government Schools should read. Much of what we were “Taught” was quite dishonest.
Someone above said the 10th amendment steps in. That is correct.
More than anyone else, Lincoln did more to eliminate States and Individual Rights, than anyone in our Nations history.
There is good Scholarship available on all this. Charles L.C. Minor, Charles Adams, Thomas Dilorenzo, and others, just to name a few.
Paul is a nut on a specific or two, but he would certainly have done a better job than either of the id10ts the major parties offered in the last election.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Well, it appears the stupid party didn’t learn one d*mn thing from their recent losses (just like they never got the message after 2 amnesty push losses). Big surprise when they have mindless drones like bigboy who will always vote for the republican because, well, they aren’t as bad as the dems. The gop leadership is so entrenched in political games and DC power grabs that they will never see the light. I WILL NEVER vote for anyone who supports amnesty, under any euphemism they give. Like others here, I will vote only for a fiscal conservative who absolutely opposes amnesty.
RINO? I’m sorry, I thought I was voting for Ringo!
Ron Paul follow the Constitution and takes his Oath of Office seriously. If that makes him a nut, it says more about our lack of understanding the country we are suppose to be, than him.
You notice how little ink was spilled over his CPAC win by alleged “conservatives.” Their silence says a lot.
I think it means they are not for following the Constitution, but rather, they are for following the GOP.
Says a lot about “conservative principles” I just wish I knew what they are!
Take care, lot’s to do today. Enjoy your day folks.
Thanks, purplepeep. You found the words I was seeking.
I have often said that over time – as people learn – the LOTE voter would become a thing of the past. The question now is this: What will Republicans who used to vote LOTE do now when the party puts forth yet another non-candidate in your state/district/federal elections?
Again, only time will tell. Definitely time for some soul-searching.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
I don’t like Romney.
I don’t like Romney that now FORCES me to buy insurance, (kiss LIBERTY goodbye under Romney).
Nor do I like his lame lie that the Mass Supreme Court somehow forced him to legalize homosexual ‘marriage’.
Have you ever participated in political campaigns? I have. Several of them. Trust me, the nuts are everywhere. Most of the very worst people I ever associated with were through political involvement. That is why we need to keep government small. Government = corruption. Ron Paul is NOT a corrupt politician. He is a Libertarian whose ideas are not supported by most Americans. Let’s not make more out of it than it is.
You should rest assured that Ron Paul will never be president. He is not a consensus builder. He is for all intents and purposes, a local politician who has a national presence. That his supporters are nutty is irrelevant and in many cases, subject to the interpretation.
OMG an absolute AMEN on that one!
During the last election, though I wasn’t a Paul voter, I was a Paul supporter (I supported his candidacy as a good idea). Paul nuts were forever crucifying me simply because I wouldn’t stand on their ground that I (1) thought there was a better candidate or two, and (2) that I denounced their actions and practices.
Those “Paul-bombs” were simply sick and disgusting. If that’s what you have to do to win, I’m not sure your guy belongs in office.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
The Great One is magnificently consistent and dead on correct in his views on this topic. So is Rush.
Romney can endorse whoever he wants. That’s his individaul right. Similarly, the GOP voters in AZ can look at that endorsement, cumulatively yawn, vote for Hayworth and put Romney’s endorsement in their memory bank as something to remember when choosing a Presidential candidate in 2012.
It is no big deal. The voters select the candidates. Vote your conscience.
The purpose of the exercise is to present the candidate that can best crush the Progressive in November. The GOP took years to get to where it is. We are not going to be able to transform it to what it needs to be in a matter of weeks or months. Progress to date has been pretty good IMO.
Not to worry Michelle, as Florida tries to throw off the “DUH” we are proving that all the GOP establishment behind you cannot stop the voters from rejecting you. Rubio is now 18% ahead of the establishment candidate with all the money, Crist.
It’s high time people start voting for candidates instead of parties. Reject voting on endorsement, vote on the candidates’ values and first principles. We need to rediscover what that means.
As the Bernanke testimony proceeds, I am struck at how EVERYONE except Ron Paul is only concerned with promoting effective centralized government control of the economy. That is where we are today in America. One-party government united at war against voters.
Add to your list Romney’s signing a bill that allows publich funded abortions with a $50 co-pay.
He’s NOT a conservative. No re-make of him can change his record.
Mitt knows what he’s doing. An endorsement from McCain in 2012 would go a long way. You people think you represent Republican voters and forget that McCain won the Republican nomination just two year ago.
While I agree wholeheartedly with the rest of your comment, with this I must disagree. It will take more than one straw poll win for Paul to rise to any real prominence, since the aforementioned nuts that have lined up behind him are prone to poll fraud, as demonstrated in the 2008 primary season.
You just can’t trust a Paul win as legitimate in this situation at all. Now absent those fruitcakes and their “Paul-bombs”, I might see some credibility, but I already know how this stuff happens, and consistent with what Ron Paul himself would want, I distrust these results on this basis.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
That is EXACTLY the point of the Tea Party and was the message from the Scott Brown election that shook up the elites of both parties. BOTH parties are losing in this environment and the possibility of a 3rd party is terrifying the entrenched leadership of both parties. We are winning. Let’s act like it.
That is the core problem. While there are some differences between the Dems and GOP, their goal seems to be the the same: An increasingly powerful central government that directs every aspect of our lives.
The major differences appears to be the speed with which the two parties plan to get us to this “centralized utopia.” The Dems want to do it in 8 years and the GOP seems content to let it happen over 16 to 20 years.
Either way, I end up with my liberty gone and suffering in another “worker’s paradise.” No thanks!
Oh, yes, Phil, I have run for office (a long time ago) and I have volunteered on several campaigns. There are a lot of strange people in politics. And many of Ron Paul’s supporters do him more harm than good.
The problem occurs when the candidate that winds up on the ballot is also a Progressive.
Rock, meet hard place.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Big whoop. Another Democrat-lite.
This guy is Scott Brown in sheep’s clothing.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
As a conservative ex-Republican, I have to call BS on this one.
First of all, no one here claims to represent Republican voters – not even the Republican voters here. We claim to represent CONSERVATIVE voters (as each interprets that term for ourselves).
The entire political landscape of the United States of America has changed since the 2008 elections. Party membership is at an all-time low – and that’s the total between both parties. Voters have begun to think and learn for themselves instead of voting along party lines.
The Democrats are in hunker-down mode, and have been forced to show their hand in the hopes that some American somewhere might support their agenda. The Republicans continue to be in denial of both their progressive foolishness and their chances to succeed if they would simply step aside and let the conservatives to the fore. The entire party structure is about to crumble and crumble big unless one or the other makes a resolute and sincere effort to change.
It’s highly doubtful that will happen, given the choices being offered now by both parties. The fact that McCain is even running speaks volumes about the GOP’s denial. Scott Brown is further evidence.
Americans just aren’t buying into the whole socialist/progressive/communist/fascist agenda anymore. They’ve taken it upon themselves to learn what the schools failed to teach, and are taking a stand.
That just wasn’t happening in 2008.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
This is precisely why I dropped the “R” in 2008. If they want me back, this will have to change and change big.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
McCain is toxic. The odds of my voting for a candidate are inversely proportional to the strength of the endorsement that John McCain gives to him/her.
Yeah, I really can’t see any sensible candidate eagerly pursuing a McCain endorsement in 2012.
I don’t think a lot of Democrats will be eagerly pursing an Obama endorsement in 2012 either for the same reasons.
So why is McCain crushing Hayworth in the polls? America is a fundamentally socialist/progressive/communist/fascist country.
I agree in principle regarding the leadership of the GOP. However, the differences now between the GOP and the Dems is more distinct and sharp than it has been.
It is important that we give them credit for that improvemment while continuing to insist they keep cleaning up their act and remain true to their own party’s platform.
Again to quote Marc Levin, “Right now the GOP in Congress is blocking Obama and holding the line. They are outnumbered and they need our re-enforcements.”
They have stopped Obamacare and Cap and Trade cold. I am not concerned with a $15 billion jobs bill. Criticize when appropriate, but also give them credit when they do the right thing.
Battleground Poll, Question D3 pretty much bursts your bubble.
Just because someone describes him or herself as conservative doesn’t mean he or she meets your definition of conservative, or will vote for a conservative candidate. Many Democrats I know who have always voted Democrat and have very liberal views on most issues describe themselves as conservative. It’s a word that sounds good.
Yeah, he finally got the nomination – but after how many tries?!
McCain was owed return endorsements by the many people who had previously beaten him in the GOP presidential primaries, namely, President Bush. It was these endorsements and the excitement of Sarah Palin as his VP that eventually put him over the top in garnering the nomination – not the necessary groundswell of support from GOP voters that would have attracted Independents and made him President.
Believe that, and I have some really nice oceanfront property in Colorado to sell you. Priced to sell!
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
If it looks like a duck, and walks like a duck…..
I’m not buying that for a minute.
Both of these dogs will be passed one way or the other, the American people be damned, and with the R’s blessings unless WE continue to fight. The Republicans haven’t stopped squat and won’t. It’s the people who have kept these things out thus far, and if they are kept out, it will be no thanks to the Republican Party.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
You should be concerned about EVERY DIME these thugs spend, particularly those not in line with the Constitution.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Never been called a “drone” before…all these guys that many of you are condemning agree with 90 percent of what you believe; yet you’ll stay home or throw your votes to the can’t-wins because of that 10 percent difference…which leads to the election of someone that you disagree with 100 percent of the time.
It’s not called voting for the lesser of two evils…it’s called “politics.” And because so many of you don’t get it, the country and all of its freedoms will be sunk in a socialist cesspool.
Drone my eye…litmus testers are the real drones, serving pious feel-good purity while ignoring the consequences of their actions. Jeez…sounds a lot like being a liberal!
Polaroids from the Senate’s Christmas party.
Note to Mitt – no, I won’t be voting for you in 2012, but I admit you wear some of the finest tailored shirts in Congress.
If McCain were re-elected, he woud be one of the most senior (and therefore one of the most powerful) voices in the Senate for another 6 years.
In that Senate seat, do you want a RINO with a lot of seniority & influence, or a conservative with no seniority? I say the latter.
We don’t need other Senators following McCain’s “lead”.
The battle this year will not be so much Democrat vs. Republican in November. The Democrats are back on their heels, and will have a very difficult time winning any race.
The real battle this year is in the Republican primaries.
Who do we, as conservatives, want representing us in Congress?
What you don’t seem to get is that the country and all of its freedoms are headed for that same socialist cesspool regardless of R or D.
The only difference is which bridge they’re taking you over to get there.
It’s US that get it, my foolish friend, and as your beloved party sinks further and further into oblivion, those of us who have already figured this out will be the ones you will get to choose to vote for, for we are the leaders – you and yours chose not to lead.
Your choices now are to either follow or get out of the way.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
On February 24th, 2010 at 11:26 am, Red State Skeptic said:
Do you know how McCain won the Republican nomination?
Are you aware of all of the tricks, lies, and back-room deals that were done to make that happen?
Even Jimmy Carter once had common sense enough to ask “Why not the best?” (as his 1976 biobook title).
On February 24th, 2010 at 10:53 am, rightwingrocker said:
+1
Fantasy. The donks are losing big in the current environment, yes, but where is the third-party threat to the donks? There isn’t any.
If, for example, MoveOn.org decided that it’d had enough with the donks’ “coddling” of the Republicans, and was brewing the tar and gathering the feathers for all the “blue dogs” and “moderates” in favor of more leftist alternatives, and was even grumbling about running third party candidates, then I’d be thanking God for their idiocy in nailing their own coffin shut from the inside.
But they’re not. No Ralph Nader, no Green Party, nobody.
Tea Partier Hubris Syndrome, if it metastasizes into third-party folly, will only split conservative voters. If present trends continue, the only way that the donks will cling to power in either house of Congress will be to pray for conservatives to turn on each other so the donk can slip through on a plurality. If any of them believed in God, rest assured that’s what they’d be praying to Him so hard for that they’d be sweating blood.
Ann Coulter put it succinctly when she said, “There are a few bad Republicans, and no good democrats.” I suppose among many of the enthusiasts here, that must make her a crummy RINO, too; but it’s a lot closer to reality than folks who are delusional enough to think that there’s no difference between the two, and that a “no prisoners” policy will harm anyone other than the party they should be working with rather than against.
It’s interchangeable with “Two Partier Hubris Syndrome”, Regulus.
John “Patriotism over Profit” McCain is a disaster. Everytime he meets with the democrats there is a strong possibility of a sell-out. The man is in his dotage. It is long past time for him to retire
As for Romney, he is a RINO squish who would be a eunuch as president (and even as a presidential candidate). I have not forgotten that both he and Huckabee dumped killers on Washington State (six dead so far — thanks, guys!) and I will not vote for either, ever.
On a side note, I recently got a nasty-gram from a fairly well-known “conservative” columnist regarding Palin. He really, really hates Palin. Why? Because George Will told him to and she quit 17 months into her term. That’s it. I had asked, reasonably I thought since I indicated I had misgivings about Palin too (though I am far from writing her off), what the alternatives were? I mentioned Romney and Huckabee. But all he could do was scream again that Palin had quit “17 months into her term.”) That is typical of the level of discourse and thought we are getting these days.
Maybe I will vote for Brown. Just kidding.
INSPIRING!!!!
http://freedomwatchonfox.com/2010/02/23/02182010-freedom-watch-live-from-cpac-w-tom-woods-tom-dilorenzo-mike-church-jacob-hornberger-david-boaz/101327/
I watched it TWICE!
Backroom deals to force voters to choose McCain? Please stop kidding yourselves. McCain won fair and square. He won open primaries and closed primaries. He won against seven candidates on the ballot and he won against one and two candidates. He beat “true conservatives.” He beat Ron Paul. He beat a freakin’ Baptist preacher. He was the voters’ choice. End of story.
Well, I opened the video in two different browser windows and watched it SIMULTANEOUSLY! So there!
Right, McCain won fair and square…
So how come when we got around to the Virginia primary only two other candidates on the ballot were still running?
If I don’t have a choice in the primary then I don’t have a choice.
In the end, Obama was the voters’ choice, RSS. According to a line of logic that’s sometimes bandied about that would mean those who voted for McCain “threw away their vote”.
Because the other candidates dropped out when they realized they had no chance of winning. Why is this so hard to understand?
The problem with the Repubs is that deep down they want power without really putting in some skin into the game, and they get mad when someone like Beck etc. call them on it.
If you are going to have a truly conservative GOP, getting rid of McCain and his compatriots is a must, and our unity of purpose for this must be adamant…don’t back down.
Backroom deals to get other candidates out of the race. That’s already well-documented.
The ones trying to force voters to choose McCain were the militant LOTE voters commenting on this and other blogs.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Oh look, another I will vote R every election as long he/she has supported 1 conservative principle (Collins/Snowe/Mcamnesty/Graham meet your low standards for conservative). We have heard this same nonsense from about 3 others like yourself. My litmus test is pretty simple and unwaivering. Fiscal conservative and OPPOSES amnesty. You believe a drone is someone who thinks for themselves and refuses to vote for some moron like mcamnesty because he has an “r” beside his name? I ask you the same things I ask everyone who espouses the ‘we must vote for the r to stop the d”. Why would the gop stop moving left to pick up a few more votes when the base continues to vote for them? At what point will you stop supporting the GOP? When they are full fledged socialists and the dems are communists? I vote for the person who is conservative not blindly pull the lever for a party. Party above all is what is wrong with this nation.
RSS,
Why do you always conclude that your interpretation of events is the only logical or factual one?
This omniscience delusion must be a real burden for your life-partner…
On February 24th, 2010 at 11:21 am, Flyoverman said:
Exactly. And they can also remember how, in the words of Ed Morrissey, Romney “deflated” CPAC 2008 with his “capitulation” to McCain:
Conservatives would have been energized by a vigorous fight for the nomination. Instead, Romney broke a promise he made less than 48 hours earlier (to “fight all the way to the convention”), threw in the towel, and blamed it on terrorism.
Also keep in mind that McCain was quickly running out of public financing money…
What would have happened if Romney had kept fighting as he promised, and McCain ran out of money? Would McCain have been able to win additional primaries if he had 3 competitors (Huckabee, Ron Paul, and Romney) and no money?
Remember that to prevent McCain from becomming the nominee it wasn’t required that another candidate reach 1191 pledged delegates. Rather, if we merely kept McCain from reaching 1191, it would have gone to a brokered convention, from which someone other than McCain might have been chosen as the nominee.
But rather than be a man of his word, Romney broke his promise (after a behind-closed-doors meeting with “prominent Republicans”), quit the race, and a week later “released” his delegates to McCain in yet another move intended to throw the nomination to McCain.