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Thursday, June 18, 2009 5:30 PM
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I keep hearing people say that "We need to move more to the left" This is part of the reason we lost in 2008. We need someone to stand by our principles....... I don't even think many Republican have any principles to stand by. We had better find someone that do. We do not need another John McCain, he is not a conservative, he is a progressive..... That is why the media liked him so much.
I think Obama is just another Jimmy Carder on steroids. I know people will think I am crazy, but Obama is a Marxist.... He went to a Marxist church for over 20 years. Do not tell me he did not know what was going on in that church. This is the only thing that explains what he is doing to this country. He has told us this over and over again, and we are not listening. WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!! before this man take our country down. Read our constitution and look at the things he is doing. We need someone that will uphold, and defend our constitution.
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Anonymous @
Monday, June 15, 2009 5:09 PM
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Newt, I am in agreement with your plans to restore America to the real America not the emerging socialist America. There are several problems you must address first. The most important is voter fraud. It is my understanding a social security list was compared to the voters in South Houston for the democratic primary. The results were 2,000 dead people voted. Can you imagine how many dead people voted in the real election? We don't know if Obama was even the real candidate. In addition he received $650 million dollars to run his campaign. Do you really think this money came from Americans? Perhaps this is why he bows to the king of Saudi Arabia---the financier. If the Republicans run a candidate even in the 2010 Congressional elections, how can you compete with that kind of money. No wonder the main stream media loves him look how much advertising he can purchase. He he ran a prime time special on himself. How much money did he pay the media for that. We must first straighten this situation because he will be starting with 200 million left over from his first campaign. We must level the playing field starting with voter fraud and campaign finance,
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nancy512 @
Monday, June 15, 2009 1:18 PM
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I think the Left is just a little too afraid of Newt. I wonder why?
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Anonymous @
Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:20 PM
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oh newt...since you are a history guy, i felt fortunate that you have a such a long history of corruption, hypocrisy, and just generally being a fool...
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-cooper14-2009jun14,0,5845519.story
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Anonymous @
Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:09 PM
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PS I wrote the last posting.
-- Publius
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Anonymous @
Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:06 PM
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Ronald Reagan's 11th Commandment was:
"Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican."
Consistent with this, Newt said:
"Stick to first principles—yes.
Be inclusive and encourage others to side with you even if they only agree with part of your platform – yes.
That would have been the Reagan formula."
However, blind loyalty to any political party or its leaders can be dangerous. Why, for instance, did so few prominent Republicans criticize President George W. Bush for his profligate spending (even prior to 911 along w/ Hastert) and overall mismanagement of the economy leading to the current crisis? Where were the GOP Members of Congress when the 4th Amendment was eroded upon passage of the so-called "Patriot Act?"
Here is my 12th Commandment, therefore:
"Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican, unless they attack the basic principles of the party and/or the Constitution of the United States."
Every Member of Congress takes an oath to uphold the Constitution, a document which was created prior to the two greatest political parties in world history, the Republicans and the Democrats.
Newt, as a former leader of the GOP, where were you as these issues unfolded? Please reply.
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dms489 @
Saturday, June 13, 2009 7:05 PM
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I'm afraid it would take too long to hack out the old, dead-wood Big Spenders from the GOP. It's time for a new, independent party returning to the Contract With America.
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fsteddie @
Saturday, June 13, 2009 2:52 PM
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Thank you Mr. Speaker for non comprimising views on the future of this great country!!! I am a patroit,former Marine.I refuse to sit still & silent while this administration takes us(The American people) down a road to disaster!! Thier view of this country is be submisive to all the powers in the world that want us as a God fearing Christen nation to be gone!!! Well I have news for all those in Congress and the White House who view our history with distain and absolute vile comments to know there is a rising opinion that the people who voted for change are getting exactly that!!The trashing of the Constitution at every turn is unacceptable to us and we as a people will not stand by silently as they move us in a direction of absolute disaster!!! Thank you Mr. Speaker and all true Americans that value our history as a people and nation to be involved in something that change this direction at the polls in 2010 and 2012.In the mean time God Bless America and you Mr Speaker!!!!!!!!!!!!
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edwardmorale@gmail.com @
Friday, June 12, 2009 1:01 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKFKGrmsBDk
Thomas Paine, author of "Common Sense," returns to modern times to plea for a second revolution to take back America, Now!
WE the People stand UP
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edwardmorale@gmail.com @
Friday, June 12, 2009 12:28 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFXuGIpsdE0
Are you a Democrat or a Republican? Does it matter? Discover the difference between what you believe? Watch this video about Republic [republicans] VS Democracy [democrats] Even the Bible says the word Of God which is God’s Law is elevated in Highest position for our respect. PS 138:2
Send this link around
Edward
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Anonymous @
Friday, June 12, 2009 2:11 AM
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Not only did I read my post, but it may be interesting for you to know that I wrote it, too. Who wrote yours for you, because it addresses nothing except the vague concept that a non-specific personal attack somehow equals an intelligent critique.
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Anonymous @
Friday, June 12, 2009 2:11 AM
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WOW! I'm not sure you all realize it or not but you're all sounding like over-educated, pompus Liberals.
I'm not sure that anyone who has listed themselves as "Anonymous" realize that the majority of the country are people who work their asses off to pay taxes and put gas in their car and try to think about sending their kids to college, believe in God, believe in personal responsibilty and in most cases are too busy just getting by to have any time at all to think about Washington DC. This group has been a quiet majority for a very long time and if Obama and his "youthful" administration continues on the track they are on, this majority will be silent no longer. There is only so far a Government can push the middle class and I can tell you the bubble is ready to burst.
So get off your elitest horses, and start being a part of the solution and not a part of the problem. Raising the deficit, blaming it on an "inherited" administration, throwing good money after bad(not even their own) WILL rejuvenate the Republican party in ways even Ronald Reagan could not have imagined.
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Anonymous @
Friday, June 12, 2009 2:07 AM
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By Anonymous @ Friday, June 12, 2009 1:30 AM
You are the poster child for the right wingnuts.....a moron! Seriously, read your post.....it really makes zero sense and pertains to absolutely nothing posted or relevant on this site.
Who or what are you referring to? Are you just answering the voices in your head? Auditory hallucinations? What?
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Anonymous @
Friday, June 12, 2009 1:30 AM
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I love watching left-wing operators pretending to be far-right; you can hear the phoniness in every word; the steriotyping that comes when you are so far away from the mindset of your opposition that you can't even do a reasonable imitation, while sprinkling the supposed "right wing" remarks with unintended give-aways to their left-wing operations.
Only a true idiot could possibly believe that Newt isn't conservative enough. the point is not to hate the enemy, it's to BEAT them. That means keeping them off-balance.
When anyone here can come up with a contract with America and do it rather than sitting home at a sloppy desk smearing jelly-stains all over their keyboards amidst the cumby mallowmar wrappers, then you can be experts about how conservatism works politically in the real world, how about that?
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Anonymous @
Friday, June 12, 2009 12:27 AM
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Cookhoon.....you are hilarious! Care to define Caribou Barbie? She was a neo-con and if that couldn't get you neo-cons all fired up, what could? I mean, she appealed to the "base," reicht? She was your average hockey mom, folksy, fiscally responsible....ugh! That was incorrect.....Her state gets a lot of federal funding. She couldn't put together even the simplest sentence. I mean, she was your dream come true, reicht?. So what happened?
The majority of us see the failed and tired policies of the far reicht for what they are....failed!
Perhaps, if you rlittle (21%) tea party could actually come up with a NEW policy, idea, or solution, (not the same failed and tired ones) you might just win an election!
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Chookon @
Friday, June 12, 2009 12:11 AM
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Perhaps " RINO " is too generous...lets face it ...RINOS are stinking Liberals...there is no other way to put it.
As far as losing elections, it sure wasnt conservatives....it was republicans acting and spending just like liberal democrats..The Last eight years of republicans are a testament to that.
As far as this foolishiness about the republicans being the " party of no"...what the hell have they said " no " to these last eight years ?
What the republican party needs is a little more "party of no"....NO to big government, NO to big government spending, NO to marxists,No to trying to get along with liberals/democrats/progressives.And HELL NO to Obama and this current Marxist/Progressive/Democrat majority congress.
Voters had two choices last election, Liberal John McCain and hyper liberal Obama...surprisingly the Liberal democrats won by the smallest of margins...Given they were running against one of the most unpopular presidents ever and a very weak liberal republican congressional presence it is astonishing the Democrats didnt win by a land slide on all fronts...but they did not...There is a fundamental weakness within and throughout the democrat party and establishment...and THEY KNOW IT...the democrats numbers are about as firm as warm marshmellow....The last election was not the LAST election and the Democrats wont have the luxury of voters voting against the GOP..they will actually have to present THEIR RECORD while they have been in power....Hopefully the GOP will actually stand for something by then unlike this last election wherby John McCain and the GOP were basically the party of " I'm not Bush " and running away from their own liberal record in the congress for eight years.
In short...the GOP will have to do two things to win...actually stand for some conservative principles and have the stones to elaborate loud,clear,and unmistakably what their principles are.Only time will tell if the public will lend the GOP credibility..after the last eight years of LIBERAL REPUBLICANS the GOP credibility is pretty well shot.Hard for the GOP to call its self the party of fiscal responsability when the only person to piss more money away than the GOP has been Obama and his merry band of Marxists.
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Anonymous @
Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:58 PM
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Newt, I would like to hear your comments regarding the shooting at the Holocaust Memorial. You do realize, FORMER Speaker, that the neo-nazi racism and rhetoric that you and several other gas bags spew are indirectly responsible for this disgusting action. Your rhetoric fuels the fire and paranoia that is so deep-seeded in right wing extremists. You need to stop!
Our country does not need any more domestic terrorists. You need to talk to you followers (sheep) and tell them they have a right to an opinion, but they can not murder and cause mayhem to achieve their goals.
Vote! That is what a sane citizen does when he or she is not happy with the current system.......just like how the majority of American citizens did on November 4, 2008. We voted and we voted for change because we were not happy with our current leaders or the state of our country. We did not, however, kill innocent people to prove our point. We did not promote hate nor did we encourage horrible, "non-Christian" actions against our opponents. We did not yell "Kill Him." Remember that, Newt?
You seem to have a following......I am not going to say they are the sharpest tools in the shed...maybe just tools, but you need to calm them down and tell them that domestic terrorism is wrong and NOT the way to achieve anything other than a needle in an arm or a very long prison sentence.
Be a man, Newt, and lead your sheep BY EXAMPLE, on the right path instead of the reicht path. They will listen to you......but, you need to stop the hate; that is the first step!
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Anonymous @
Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:13 PM
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"To those RINOs who think the GOP should become more like the Democrat party, I too say let them go their way. "
To those people who keep using superior-minded, condescending terms like RINO I say "get out of the way and stop losing elections for the rest of us. You aren’t as cool as you think you are and your stupid quasi-religious idealism is simply going hand this country over to the socialists on a silver platter. You haven’t won anything – ever - and the liberals just keep walking all over the broad range of conservatives because people like you keep dividing the party by not being inclusive and holding yourselves up as God’s gift to the world. Is there any chance that maybe, just maybe, you *get it* now?"
www.800poundgorillamedia.com
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Anonymous @
Thursday, June 11, 2009 8:26 PM
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It's true that Reagan advocated sticking to conservative principles. But I don't know how hard he would have fought to keep Arlen Specter or Colin Powell in the party.
In closing his 1975 CPAC speech, Reagan said, "A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers.
I do not believe I have proposed anything that is contrary to what has been considered Republican principle. It is at the same time the very basis of conservatism. It is time to reassert that principle and raise it to full view. And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way."
To those RINOs who think the GOP should become more like the Democrat party, I too say let them go their way.
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Anonymous @
Thursday, June 11, 2009 8:24 PM
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My problem with Rush and Malkin and the like is that despite the very convincing patriotic posturing, is that they're like certain kinds of doctors: the moment you're cured, they stop making money. And it's a clear pattern we see, isn’t it? Make the base enraged by telling outrageous, unfair stories and then offer them hope, and repeat every day until you’re a millionaire. When Malkin says she can’t vote for McCain, when Rush says, "Vote for Hillary, it'll be fun" and only come around when someone as undeniably picture-perfect conservative as Palin comes along, I'm suspect. VERY suspect.
And to the guy who said the big tent is fine as long as they join our way of thinking is being incomprehensibly arrogant.
I wonder, really, about some of these people. During the election, there were 'bots running around proclaiming conservative idealism and not to vote for McCain. We know because we had a mole in one organization (us, not Newt). The left is not stupid. In fact, they're like mad scientists - crazy, but brilliant. If we're don’t cut the BS and get a move on and organize and pull together and become a big tent that includes people you don’t happen to agree with, then many of you will be very happy I know spending the rest of your lives with rationed water and electricity like some places in the old Soviet Union, going online for your allotted 2 hours a day and complaining on some secret internet until you get caught. That's what socialism leads to because politicians tent to be power-hungry and socialism is amazingly corruptible. All socialistic governments are doomed because of it, the only variable is the amount of time it takes for them to destroy their own countries
And there might be a way to end this madness, fringe though it sounds, because the so-called "birthers" are on to one very important point (important enough that I find myself joining their ranks very decisively): If Obama has nothing to hide in his records, why are is lawyers fighting in court battle after court battle to ensure that nobody sees them? Before you call it tinfoil hat stuff, answer the question. Realistically, not the way that dope Shepard Smith DIDN’T answer it yesterday. Why fight it? Why not say “Oh, goodness, this is crazy, here’s the long form birth certificate, go ahead and do a microscopic forensic on it. Good ness, what craziness” and use it to demean republicans in general? No. instead they say “the plaintiff has no standing” and “We request of the court an extension of 120 days”. What’s THAT all about?! Someone please answer it with intellectual honesty. A simple answer that makes real-life sense, please.
For more on that issue please check us out at www.800poundgorillamedia.com
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Anonymous @
Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:28 PM
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Mike,
Nobody disputes that the base alone can't win an election. It's a numbers game, we all know that. But parts of your post don't make sense. The '94 Contract with America was based on conservative principles, McCain was against the Bush tax cuts before he was for them, and what about McCain being for taxing health care benefits? Look, I respect McCain, I don't want to talk badly about him. But let's be real. He's a moderate to many of us. I realize it's subjective. Take a look at this link and imagine Obama saying these words spoken by McCain:
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=24421
"I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us at the expense of middle-class Americans who need tax relief."--John McCain, May 2001
Please don't make the assumption that those of us that listen to talk radio are all sheep that don't think for ourselves. In fact, I would say "true conservatives" are the ONLY ones who voted for McCain. We were voting AGAINST Obama. Get it?
Nancy
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Chookon @
Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:58 PM
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I could not disagree more. Reagan built a big tent party by articulating his positive vision for america and rallying people to join his cause and vision.NOT by endorsing and voting for far left Liberals like Obama.
If anyone here can,with a straight face, tell me that Reagan under any circumstance would have endorsed and voted for Obama raise your hand so i can have a good laugh.
The objective is to articulate that conservative vision for america and get people to join and support that conservative vision.This is not done by the likes of Colin Powell,Olympia Snowe, or any other number of RINO's.
These Rinos do nothing to enhance and promote that conservative vision and the party is much,much better without them.
If you can, with a staright face ,tell me the republican party today would be a stronger party with the likes of Arlan Specter in the ranks raise your hand...all these RINO's do us muddy the water,Undercut party ligitamcy and credibility at best, and at worst become allies to the likes of Obama when the party most needs to count on them.If Republicans think RINOS are part and parcel of success count me out.The last eight years of Republicanism was built on that formula of trying to please all people all the time.I have seen that movie and wont pay to see it again.
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Anonymous @
Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:45 PM
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Mr. Speaker,
As always, you speak the truth. The only way for the GOP to remain politically viable is to get those who agree 50% and those who agree 100% with conservative principles to vote Republican. The current debate fostered by talk radio is nonsensical and counterproductive.
Contrary to popular belief, the Reagan Coalition was always very fragile. In fact, it fell apart in 1992 when a large block voted for Perot, which cost H.W. Bush the election. It only reunited under your leadership in 1994. Although Bush won in 2000, it should have been a landslide victory against Al Gore after 8 years of Slick Willie. Predisposed to oppose McCain by talk radio, most self-proclaimed "true conservatives" never gave him a chance despite his strong conservative record on all matters except immigration, campaign finance reform, and the environment.
Every time an element for the coalition supported principles over pragmatism, we ended up worse off. In 1992, it resulted in the reign of Slick Willie. In 2008, it resulted in Obama. In 1994, the Contract with America saved the country. In 2010 the country needs another miracle to save it from far greater destruction.
Reagan understood you could not win an election with only the support of the base. I know that you understand this, and maybe you can explain it to the rest of our party. I hope that you will consider running in 2012!
Mike
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Anonymous @
Thursday, June 11, 2009 5:27 PM
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These words are only effective if spoken by a true conservative, like Newt.
Of course we need a broad coalition of people in the party, but I disagree with Anonymous 4:27 p.m. about what happened in 08. I don't think it can be underestimated how much damage the Bush overspending did to the party. By the time Obama came along with his misleading centrist language about being fiscally responsible, too many people were ready to ditch the GOP because they no longer stood for anything. My own father, who was always a conservative, voted for Obama. (yes I still talk to him.. it's not his fault, he lives in Manhattan). His opinion was that the Republicans needed to get their act together, let's give Obama's "Change" a chance.. McCain was a moderate candidate that didn't offer a clear alternative.
As far as Rush, he just speaks the truth. I don't agree with every single word out of his mouth, but he is a true conservative that wants the best for the country.
It will be interesting to see how the party shapes up in next year or so. Once the majority realizes the Obama experiment is a failure, they may be ready to open their minds to why conservative "ideology" is in the best interest of all of us.
Nancy from MA
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Anonymous @
Thursday, June 11, 2009 4:28 PM
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The big tent is fine if we invite them to join us, but not if we dumb down to accept them in. It's kind of like immigrants... they are also fine if they want to integrate into our society, not if they expect us to change to suit them.
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Anonymous @
Thursday, June 11, 2009 4:27 PM
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Amen to both Newt and the poster, above.
I hate to say this - I really do - but in my opinion all this “RINO” talk, and Limbaugh and Malkin and the like treating conservatism as a religion instead of a socio-political construct probably convinced enough confused conservative bloggers to stay home and put Obama in the White House.
Reagan said “speak ill of no fellow conservative.” Sometimes we need to swallow those words with guys like McCain, but we need to, because thanks to pundits like Malkin, Limbaugh and other holier-than-thou self-appointed conservative popes, by the time Sarah Palin came along and energized the base, much of the damage was already done in terms of influencing conservative voter turnout about McCain (about whom I was never enthusiastic). God help me for saying it, but the left grassroots is 100 times more efficiently organized than we are, and they do what they have to do to win elections. The more we as a collective sacrifice elections to grandstand on our own selfish principles, the more we’re going to keep losing. Winning means being unified, and being unified means, among other things, having the courage to be inclusive and admit that everyone – even ourselves – are not perfect.
In the self-promotion category, we have a very singularly pro-activist site dedicated to ensuring Republican victory across the board, and are proud supporters of Newt, Sarah, and other common sense AND unapologetic conservatives. The address is
www.800poundgorillamedia.com.
Newt, I think I can say I’m speaking for millions when I say, “Keep your common sense and fight the good fight!” We can’t allow the self-proclaimed perfectionist ideologues to run this show any longer.
God bless, Mr. Speaker.
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Anonymous @
Thursday, June 11, 2009 3:55 PM
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As a Conservative in the UK, we've seen this approach work for us on a much bigger scale than happened in 1979 with Lady Thatcher. In fact, when we win in the next General Election (anytime from now until May 2010) I think we could provide even more lessons for the GOP. We go with the "broad church" view (our version of the "broad tent"), which means everyone from liberals to Thatcherites gets a look-in.
In real terms, this means we actively seek, and succeed in attracting, the votes of people who normally vote for Gordon Brown's Labour party, Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats and the Green Party, amongst many others.
We have de-stigmatised our image as the "nasty party", by introducing many policy initiatives such as environmentalism (with slogans like "Vote Blue, Go Green"), a strong belief in gay rights, less penalising of single mothers, and so on.
Now, voters who left us in 1997 and voted for Tony Blair, then-Leader of the Labour Party, are coming back to us, as are supporters of the Liberal Democrats, whose party, despite recieving a lot of press, has no real direction.
And yet we stick to true Conservative principles.
The free market, limited government, lower taxes, lower spending, strong defence and scepticisim of the European Union.
People on the left in this country criticise those members of the public (a slim majority) who wish to leave the European Union altogether. They say it will weaken our ties with Obama. When it comes to our national sovereignty and independence, I would rather cut off all ties with a Democrat USA than become party of the United States of Europe.
So lets all hope for a Republican victory in 2012 - with the broad tent mentality, we can achieve it.
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Anonymous @
Thursday, June 11, 2009 3:39 PM
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Amen! I just couldn't agree more with this sentiment. We cannot be the part of litmus tests if we want to be a governing party. We cannot call social moderates (or social libertarians) RINOs if we want to have an impact on the future of this great nation.
Mr. Speaker, I urge you to continue to speak out and again become the leader of this party!
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