Look, I am not against moderates, because they have a place..but their place is in the fringe of the Republican party, not at the heart of it. They are the most liberal extremes of what is barely acceptable in the conservative movement.

We should focus on conservatives where ever and when ever possible. If we can trade a moderate for a conservative (ala Bennett) we should.

This isn’t about purity of the party. It is about determining the direction of the party. Moderates have their place…but they are not the core or heart of our movement.

Like they did with McCain in 08. Go back and look at how much more favorable coverage he got over the other primary candidates (which of course went away once MSM was able to shape the primary outcomes to their liking and had the weakest “Republican” vs. the Chosen One).

Doing the same dance now in fear of the rising conservatism. Over the last 10 days there has been a spike in coverage/commentary on how the ‘shrill,’ ‘hate-inspiring,’ ‘extremist,’ ‘racist’ etc factions of the ‘Tea Party Right’ (which is of course, according to MSM, the refuge of extremist, racist, shrill, hate inspiring disgruntled white America’) are “infiltrating” the Republican party.

This is part of a continued attempt to smear the right as unthinking, Neanderthals. Look no further than Frank Rich’s recent piece in the Sunday NTY, the general reporting of the Tea Party movement over the last three weeks – or even the stunned copy post WH Health Care kibuki where the MSM was shocked that the Republicans had, uh, like, a rational message (the implication: “It’s a ruse! We all know they are knuckle-dragging neo-fascists!).

The tenor and tone of this will only increase in the next few months. The idea is “Smear and Fear” – hopefully scaring the electorate to 1) vote for moderates in the primaries; failing that to paint the Dems as the “moderates” in the general elections.

The best, effective response is repeating the simple, straightforward conservative messages of “Cut Federal spending,” “Lower taxes,” “Create a better environment for small businesses,” and “Reduce waste in government.”

Consider the source

Jane Norton Moderate?

You list your endorsement of Ken Buck for Colorado senate in a post calling out moderates. Are you implying Jane Norton is a moderate?

When Reagan brought Jane Norton to work for him in DC she was no moderate.

When Jane Norton was working for Senator Bill Armstrong she was no moderate.

Ronald Reagan and Bill Armstrong helped to build the GOP as a conservative party when most of the posters here were in pre-school-diapers-or in the womb.

Its certainly Erick’s right to endorse who he wants but talking about the Colorado senate race and calling Jane Norton a moderate is just not right.

In fact in several of your endorsements you are choosing among conservatives and not choosing between a moderate and a conservative.

My funds are limited. Can you give direction on what else I can do?

Find and blast opposition, RT & promote candiate PACS, postings & blogs?

What else?

Moderates need to go and I’m anxious to start doing my part to promote outside of my state.

I can be effective, but would need points to diseminate. Can y’all direct me to filtered info so I can avoid doing unnecessary legwork, etc?

Thanks in advance!

…article was just the latest example of wishful thinking from the left coast. I, unfortunately, take it upon myself to read this rag most days, simply to make sure I am on the polar opposite end of every thought they’re trying to sell.

You should have seen their treatment of the Health Care Summit. It was total fantasy, a real joke. Outright prevarication.

Erick, this is NOT a serious newspaper. The sports section even sucks these days.

Today’s hoot to S.F. Examiner:

Editor:

Regarding “McCain’s good for the GOP,” (Letters, March 1), more than 20 million people in this country illegally, and John McCain suggested amnesty. What does that have to do with the rule of law?

Money corrupting political speech, and John McCain authored law that limited speech, law found unconstitutional. What does that have to do with God-given rights?

Employment, housing, health care, education — from each according to his ability, to each according to his need. Where does this take property rights?

If Senator McCain is good for the GOP, then conservatives had better find a party less kind to Maverick socialism.

Paul Burton
03/02/10

Our economy needs to undergo a radical change if we are to survive as a Nation. This is not the time to make deals with the Marxists.

Earmarks must be eliminated. Everyone needs to pay their fair share of the taxes necessary to balance the budget and pay down the debt. The changes need to be made now and they will be painful; but not as painful as the total collapse of the American economy.

Rand Paul in KY is a TRUE small Government Conservative.

We will know tonight if Debra Medina in Texas will continue the fight.

It amazes me the attacks waged against her, when no one talks about the other candidates negatives.

Medina is not a Truther, but because she said the EXACT SAME THING that Glenn Beck had said a few months ago, he labeled her a Truther. I guess that makes Glenn Beck a Truther then too.

Yesterday they tried to label Debra Medina as not strong on Pro-Life issues because she does not favor Government Regulations. (a resolution that says that women seeking Abortions should be shown the Ultra Sound of there baby)

Ah, Debra is 100% pro life and even has stated what Texas should do to ban Abortions in Texas. (Kay “baby-killer” Huchison is pro choice, Slick Rick Perry favors Abortion in the case of rape, that is not 100% pro life)

The Texas Republican Platform calls for an end to Property Taxes and that Consumption Taxes are the preferred taxing method. However when that is Debra’s main platform plank, she is attacked on it. (so who is the real republican?)

We got another one here for you guys in Wisconsin. The media is moving heaven and earth to convince that spineless RINO’tard Tommy Thompson to run against Russ-ama Feingold-en.

Russ-ama is toast along with most of the rest of the Commissariat here (although they are leaving an almost unbreakable Marxist legislative firewall of catastrophe mandates for our futures on the way out).

There are good candidates here running to replace both the utterly corrupt “Bingo” Jim Doyle and Russ-ama (not to mention a whole bunch of the state legislature), but there is the same sort of centrist weasel “bipartisanship and Kumbaya” sect as well that is part of the problem just like those in DC causing issues….like Thompson.

On that subject please Lord, somebody get rid of Nancy (Lindsey) “CARBON TAX” Graham!!!

And we need to rid ourselves of them in 2010 and beyond. I think that most progressives are moderates and are sneaky, and do not stand up for their own radical agenda, They don’t start their own party which would be defeated, instead they infiltrate both parties.

I don’t believe that McCain is out to destroy our constitution, howerver, as an AZ voter, I will not be supporting him – not after TARP, not of his supporting Amnesty in my border state, instead of upholding the rule of laws.

They move us further to the left, but at a much slower pace. Or when you get that feeling like why the heck did they support that really enormous change, their a RINO.

If people want moderates, maybe they really are not Rep or Dems, maybe their an independent, or Lib, but pick another party and leave mine alone.

As mentioned previously, Tommy Thompson is considering throwing his hat in the ring. This would be a mistake, as it would be more of the same Washington insider thinking.

There is an alternative in Wisconsin. Dave Westlake (davewestlake.org) is a down-to-earth, honest individual who has the Constitution at the heart of his campaign. He is a West Point graduate who subscribes deeply to his values of Duty, Honor, Country. As in Massachusetts, this is the peoples’ seat, and Dave is committed to that. He deserves to get as much attention as has been devoted to Marco Rubio in Florida, and the other conservative candidates on Erick’s list.

We can start to reverse the socialistic trend that has evolved in Wisconsin by electing Dave Westlake.

Great- -just what this country needs- -more moderates. Let’s all join the lurch to the Left. Not! For the republican party to do what the democrat party should be doing, i.e. “moderate”, at this juncture is pure folly. It’s akin to the lemmings running for the stern of the HMS Titanic, as that seems to be trendy.
Never mind that the ship of state is going down, fast…McCain, Bob Bennett, Tim Pawlenty, et. al. should be retired to, as Reagan quipped, the scrap heap of history.