Comments on: Reality Check

By: acat

acat — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:05:46 +0000

(insert unicorn joke here)

By: katesmith

katesmith — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:55:40 +0000

The third party mention I’m guessing was a throwaway line for the main point which was to do some Gingrich spamming. Gingrich is only around today because the left wants him there to create distraction from real right of center people. He has made it clear he cares nothing about the people. He is Ruling Class personified, blows with the wind, has no conscience. I don’t understand why grass roots organizations allow him to speak at their events. Gingrich is a prime example of why grass roots organizations became necessary. Grass roots or Tea Party people mostly expend time and money they don’t necessarily have to try and save the country. He does not deserve to sell his books or advance his image on the backs of these people. He was recently endorsed by Howard Dean, which was sold as ‘praise from an unlikely source.’ It is not at all unlikely. The left as always promotes who they want us to run, knowing the candidate will be a failure. Such as McCain.
I read a piece yesterday following on the recent Ruling Class theme that said, times are especially dangerous now because the Ruling Class is cornered.’ I find that a good way to look at things.

By: deano64

deano64 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:37:56 +0000

By: melissatx

melissatx — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:30:08 +0000

The greatest generation gave birth to the least greatful generation who now run this country in both parties. That generation of boomers has spent the last 60 years living on credit and trying to extend their youth at a nation’s expense. They have given more entitlements, extended more self-help programs, paid themselves ridiuculous salaries in an attempt to be coddled as their Depression era molded parents did. The believed Al Franken’s mantra-I’m good looking, people like me and darnit it I DESERRRRVE it.

They are living, breathing illustrations of the meltdown we just experienced, They created it, they benefited from it, they created great wealth off of it and now they have used THEIR manipulated failures to implement the greatest power grab of all time.

The Democrats were the architects, but plenty of Republicans benefited and did nothing, so they are just as culpable. Democrats were the horny drunk in the room that assualted the Republicans who refused to press charges.

By: melissatx

melissatx — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:30:08 +0000

By: BA Cyclone

BA Cyclone — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:55:35 +0000

It can be a narrow set of goalposts that explain how we can concurrently say Repubs AND Dems generally stink, but we have to keep within the GOP system.

Reforming the GOP may sound hard, but forming a new Party and effectively reforming the whole electoral system is some exponent harder yet.

Frankly the GOP has the constructs to be an effective tool to be that agent of “real change” that gets our government back into the Constitutional box it deserves. It’s only scary because we’ve allowed both the GOP and the government itself to drift aimlessly in the sea for so long, we can barely see land from here.

There is a LOT of energy and consternation out there with regard to the intrusions upon liberty, and the Government letting us down in general. That includes disappointment with the GOP. We cannot allow this “good” energy for change to be directed outside the GOP. We must provide cause and avenue for it to help reform the GOP to be the sole agent of Constitutional conservatives, and it should own the vision of restoring the Liberty upon which this Nation was founded and every American holds dear.

I look forward to reading the rest of your book!

By: BA Cyclone

BA Cyclone — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:55:35 +0000

It can be a narrow set of goalposts that explain how we can concurrently say Repubs AND Dems generally stink, but we have to keep within the GOP system.

Reforming the GOP may sound hard, but forming a new Party and effectively reforming the whole electoral system is some exponent harder yet.

I look forward to reading the rest of your book!

By: Veronica

Veronica — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:18:02 +0000

I pat myself on the back b/c I called it here at home after I’d been here just a bit at RS.

Still haven’t been here that long, but y’know.. daily watching accounts for sumpin.

Your book is materializing. How wonderful.

Yeah, this is exciting to hear: “We’re not choosing the lesser of two evils. We are choosing between the assorted evils of two lesser.”

I can definitely get the flavor.

You’re not talking down to anyone, Erick. You’re talking to the common man so they can understand and move to action.

I can so get that.

Don’t let the editors kill your style. It *works*.

Tell it, deacon.

Congrats again.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:12:30 +0000

“No third party is or will ever be viable.”

I’m a reading teacher.

You fail.

By: acat

acat — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:31:47 +0000

Although, I do respect the recycling of the Obama meme…

Mew

By: obladioblada

obladioblada — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:15:23 +0000

you had me at “they’re all terrible.”

By: nelsa

nelsa — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:14:23 +0000

Good job sir!

By: 4life

4life — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:56:17 +0000

and I can’t wait to read it. It will get RedState’s message out of the blogosphere.

By: fenriswolfkpc

fenriswolfkpc — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:50:02 +0000

N/T

By: autiger89

autiger89 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:27:05 +0000

I meant “the Newt Gingrich years”.

By: autiger89

autiger89 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:26:03 +0000

Sadly, Newt Gingrich left “the Newt Gingrich” years many years ago himself.

By: rdelbov

rdelbov — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:00:54 +0000

votes gave us franken and Merkley (OR). That gave the democrats 60 and allowed them to pass Obamacare. Please do not punish any more republicans the nation can’t stand it.

By: Kentucky Scott

Kentucky Scott — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:54:54 +0000

I am waiting for the leaders who will admit to the American people that our only hope for the future is to “deconstruct” the federal tyrant that has been built in the last 80 years. It may 20 or 50 years to exit this destructive behemoth. Until we have leaders with the courage to tell the American people that we must reverse the unconstitutional policies of the 20th century we will continue to toward our eventual ruin. The question is how bad must life become before the American voter is willing to elect a politician who will tell them the truth.

Christ Christie is a good sign. Living in Kentucky I can see that Rand Paul understands what is needed. He will be just one voice of the many more needed before the restoration of our constitutional republic can begin.

By: Bill S

Bill S — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:48:18 +0000

And recommending votes for Democrats and Libertarians is a sure way to get your account deactivated. So I strongly recommend you not do it again. This is a Republican and conservative site, not just the latter.

By: JoeSwiss

JoeSwiss — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:17:22 +0000

Will the book cover entitlements?

“conservatives must unite to clean up the Republican Party”

There is little hope for a return to constitutionalism unless the above also means getting out of federally-sponsored welfare programs. (A gradual exit, say over 20 years.)

Without that step, what does “limited government” mean? Nothing.

When a party starts talking concretely about how to get out of welfare statism, then there’s real excitement.

It will require getting rid of the “Ruling Class” first, otherwise it won’t happen.