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- Please vote for Mitt if he's nominated. by Viet71 (Diary)
- After reading Mr. Stone's little screed, by Melody Warbington (rwm52) (Diary)
- I disagree by Victor_Purinton (Diary)
- According to the Ninth Circuit by jgelling
- Good ones by Sapient
- "National conversation" is far from policy by bonnman
- Toomey wouldn't have been Judiciary chair by thetrog
- You misunderstand. by naharu89x7
- I especially like your 1st paragraph. by Viet71 (Diary)
- Did you miss the part where he addressed Christians? by Scott
- True, I agree with you by bzip
- Newt is the phoenix of this primary by naharu89x7
- Almost none of those are campaign-killing in and of themselves by aesthete (Diary)
- The country needs a vaccine by naharu89x7
- What vile lifestyle? by jgelling
- So? by Martin Knight (Diary)
- The decision is a little bizarre by jgelling
- Completely untrue by aesthete (Diary)
- Christians.. by tnguy
- You mean Bob "Blowhard" Beckel, Flagstaff? by Melody Warbington (rwm52) (Diary)
- Santorum's Big Issues by bzip
- The role of government by naharu89x7
- I think you read it too fast. by Flagstaff (Diary)
- Minor dissent by Viet71 (Diary)
- So was Milton Friedman until... by dajeeps (Diary)
- Well if you insist by lapert
- Well, he's told voters by aesthete (Diary)
- But he doesn't care about that, texasref by Neil Stevens (Diary)
- Inspiration by jayp (Diary)
- I'm not sure what gives you... by ffc99
- How do people live through history by mbecker908 (Diary)
- Yes, the courts can define "marriage" by ohiohistorian (Diary)
- Well, Newt Gingrich doesn't demonize birth control by Finrod (Diary)
- Romney? by Finrod (Diary)
- I love the way they speak in code. by snowshooze (Diary)
- So from Bashir's point what's wrong with Stalin ? by johnt
- No, he's not "on the money with his posts"... by APA Guy (Diary)
- Polygamy can make a stronger legal claim on marriage by Chuck DeVore (Diary)
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Neil Stevens: Why the Democrat-driven rush to bring government control of the Internet? http://t.co/qyYNW5i9 #rsrh
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Daniel Horowitz: Had Romney been elected the the Senate in '94, he would have been the male version of Olympia Snowe #rsrh
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- Roger Stone Quits Republican Party by William E. Lewis Jr. (Diary)
- The CPAC Aftermath by Michael Francis (Diary)
- Around the U.S. in 50 Days: Florida, part 2 by davenj1 (Diary)
- New AIM Video - Imam, Priest, Rabbi: Religious Liberty and The Birth Control Mandate by accuracyinmedia (Diary)
- Veterans to March on the White House Monday. by nfloridapatriot (Diary)
- Liberal Media? Not in This Neck of the Indiana Heartland... by APA Guy (Diary)
- YOU CAN DO IT by richsr7 (Diary)
- 'Occupiers' = Greek Terrorists by Nikitas3 (Diary)
- Why aren’t we acting more responsible on foreign policy? by Tim Griffin@griffinelection (Diary)
- Fox Moving Left? by quill67 (Diary)
- What's Tony Bennett Smoking? by Rob Taylor (Diary)
- CPAC Response by kukeeamerican (Diary)
- Collateral Damage by mlgoodell (Diary)
- Around the U.S. in 50 Days: Florida, part 1 by davenj1 (Diary)
- Obama’s Achilles Heel - Americans by littletboca (Diary)
- 0.05% Military Pay Raise is Unacceptable by chrysostom15 (Diary)
- Truth and the power of the conservative mind by jamesm (Diary)
- Obama Plays Chess...and the Republican Candidates Play Checkers by cmndr45 (Diary)
- Exploiting our General Welfare by alandlugash (Diary)
- Attention Tea Partyers & Assorted Conservative Political Activists... by westcoastpatriette (Diary)
- CAUTION VIOLENCE IN VIDEO by richsr7 (Diary)
- Why Didn't Mitt Romney Run for Reelection as Governor? by Brookhaven (Diary)
- SIGN THE PETITION RIGHT TO WORK by richsr7 (Diary)
- Taking the House for Conservatives by Evan Feinberg (Diary)
- A Way Around the Mainstream Media by lessgovisthebestgov (Diary)
- UN Dummies in Action by scipio62 (Diary)
- John Hoeven for President 2012 ... by Martin Knight (Diary)
- Romney's Electability Argument is Fading-Fast by center77 (Diary)
- HSA Coalition and Freedom Works File Amicus Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on ObamaCare by Dan Perrin (Diary)
- Daily Caller vs. Media Matters: PCW Extreme Political TV by Political Championship Wrestling (Diary)
- JetBlue Nation by Nikitas3 (Diary)
- Obama’s “compromise” merely compromises Catholics by Tim Griffin@griffinelection (Diary)
- The War on Religion by jacobsonlv (Diary)
- Govt+state rail are the canals of the 21st century.? by skicougar (Diary)
- The Monumental Ego of Mitt Romney by vangoghssister (Diary)
- 2013 Budget: Leave Our Children With a Deficit and Broken Economy, A Twofer Ma! by tomjefferson (Diary)
- With Heartfelt Gratitude...Thank You, Daniel Hannan by lineholder (Diary)
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Weeding The GOP
LoneApple (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 9:15AM EST (link)I would love my fellow Republicans to take a principled stance that just because someone who is corrupt is on our side, he must be defended to the end. Personally, I don’t care about affiliation when it comes to crime. A Republican criminal is no different than a Democrat criminal in my eyes – they are both trash and deserve to be tossed where trash goes.
I will never support a Republican who sinks to this level in the same way that I will never support a RINO. We need the best of us in office not the ones who are only in it for themselves.
The new Republican Party: The Future Starts Now.
If you keep having these open threads everyday...
JadedByPolitics (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 9:25AM EST (link)you will give the masses nothing to scream about
Unified Patriots – How-To:
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The Untouchable
LizVBronx (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 9:27AM EST (link)I am still mad about the election,and I will exhibit the same contempt and disdain for their president as they did for mine. This is my own personal vengeance, please don’t ask me to “let it go”. That being said, does anyone think that there will ever be any kind of criticism of the One?
Will we be subjected daily to his prophecies and self-glorification?
I am worried this race thing will keep criticism at bay, as it kept the fact from being disseminated during the election.
I don’t give two shakes that he is black. It makes no difference;
I am reminded of the mayorship of David Dinkins here in NY. Again, he was elected for the wrong, very shallow reasons. After a disastrous 4 years (crime went up, negatively affecting those who thought would be helped most by his mayorship) we got 8 years of Giuliani and 8, now maybe 12 or Bloomberge. 16-20 years of Republican leadership.
I am hoping this is what happens..but we are dealing with the world, not just NYC.
Ah! the emotions! I am trying to deal…..
Be ready for these words daily.........
Kenny Solomon (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 9:36AM EST (link)“By Executive Order Of The President……….”
It’s coming and it’s coming in droves.
One thing I fully expect to see (and I’m serious) is the “change” of Veterans Day to some sort of “National Celebration Of Peace And Non-Violence Day”.
It makes me physically ill to think of this person in the Oval Office.
Couldn't agree more
Maggie_in_Indiana (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 9:43AM EST (link)All the trash dug up and displayed on The One didn’t change just because he’s won. He is still the same guy that was exposed on the campaign trail,even though the people who voted for him have turned a blind eye. Any other campaign would have imploded with the revelations that came about Obama.
I can’t watch the news and hear them gush over the Pres-elect and all his almighty plans about a b-ball court and his executive orders to handed down from his thrown.
Open thread and all-I’ve read everything I could find(a lot) about Obama’s birth issue and if the statements being repeated are fact why oh why is this not being pushed in the MSM and an every blog? Dec. 1 deadline to produce a long form birth certificate and/or pledge to reaffirm citizenship is no little issue if the Obama camp does not produce them. They tried the fake one and it got him through the election when will we see his records-all of them?
Maggie in Indiana
I am a Republican for 3 reasons.
robertallen Monday, November 10th at 9:44AM EST (link)I do not pick my political party as I do my favorite team. I stick by my team regardless of the head coach, QB or defensive coordinator. But politically, I demand 3 things from my party: 1) a conservative economic policy, with little government intervention, low taxes and litle spending; 2) the WISE use of military power, the willingness to use military power but in a wise and thoughtful manner and use it to WIN; and 3) an objection to filthy and corruption, be it opposition to homosexuals or financial corruption. On all 3 counts, it is easy to argue that the Bush/Cheney administration failed; the McCain candidacy did not hold out hope on all 3 (albeit Obama’s candidacy much worse). But when I see the state of the economy, the folly of Iraq and Cheney smiling with his grandaughter with 2 Mommies, I am very disappointed with my party. We must be ever vigilant in fighting for our 3 priorities and purging those in our party who are against us. I believe these 3 issues echo the feelings of the majority of the American people; now we just need a candidate(s) who will be true to these principles.
Big Bang
Scope (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 9:44AM EST (link)Headlines on Drudge today-
Obama to use executive orders for immediate impact… Big Bang
Yesterday Podesta said on TV that Obama is reviewing the executive orders signed by Bush. Two of the orders he is looking are, the ban on federally funding stem cell research, and the lifting of the ban on domestic drilling. With the advances in stem cell research, not federally funded, in using skin and teeth for example, what would the purpose be to lift the funding ban? Is that his way of saying I promised you a culture of death and here is the start of it all! And reimposing the ban on domestic drilling should really be a big bang for Obama, just not the bang he expects or wants. Didn’t something like 80% of the population scream to drill here, drill now. And that 80% of support had to come from both party members. I didn’t think the country was 80% republican.
Bring it on Pres. Obama, the sooner the better, and the sooner you will turn off even your supporters.
Just Venting
RINOs_Out_Now Monday, November 10th at 9:45AM EST (link)I am sick and tired of the race card. I voted for McCain- because of Sarah Palin, I did not vote for Obama, because he is a Marxist. It had nothing to do with race.
My only hope is that the damage Obama does is fixable. That Obama is the 21st century Jimmy Carter- and Sarah Palin or someone like her is our next Ronald Reagan.
Plus- I am sick and tired of hearing about Rick Perry as a “leader” for the party- he is a RINO!! So is Kay Bailey Hutchinson- we need to get them out of the party.
I would love to see a list of RINO’s that we need to get rid of. It’s HUNTING season.
I find it interesting
roxer Monday, November 10th at 9:51AM EST (link)that many on the left are now calling in to conservative radio stations spouting the “why can’t we all just get along and accept the new president” message. Unbelievable! After watching the last eight years of constantly slamming President Bush, even after the first election (04), I find this unbelievable. All I heard was “He isn’t my president!”, “Bush is a nazi”, and “Bush lied, people died”.
I will give to the left, and Mr. Obama, the same measure they met with Mr. Bush. I did not agree with GW’s policies, but felt he was better than the opposition. I did not however treat him with the disdain the left did. But since liberals are all about fairness and equlity…
“Where I stand does not depend on where I’m standing.”
–Fred D. Thompson, 2008
we do.....
DreamRedUSA Monday, November 10th at 9:53AM EST (link)need to make sure (as a gentlemen so eloquently put it above) the same contempt and disdain for their President as they did ours. We have to, they left us with no choice.
Also just imagine if we were able to knock off O in 4 with Jeb. The Liberal reaction alone would be worth the price of admission.
I agree
Scope (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 9:54AM EST (link)We need to start looking for good conservatives to replace McCain in Arizona when he is up for re-election in 2010. Graham unfortunately was voted back in this year. Those are two I am thinking about right now.
Here we go again...
izoneguy (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 10:00AM EST (link)The New York Times’ Eric Lichtblau takes a look at a potential Attorney General nominee in the nascent Barack Obama administration — and it’s a familiar face. Jamie S. Gorelick may be on Obama’s short list for AG, but she has been a familiar face during the Bush administration, too. Gorelick served under Janet Reno during the Clinton administration and played a critical role in blinding counterterrorism efforts prior to 9/11:
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Yippee, Open Threads Are A Victory For Democracy n/t
Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 10:10AM EST (link)nt
The 2010 Senate race
robertallen Monday, November 10th at 10:13AM EST (link)There are 18 GOP seats and 15 Dem seats up for re-election in 2010. To me the race that will tell the “story” is in North Dakota. EVERY statewide office in ND save the US Senate and House is held by Republicans. This is a red state, pure and simple. Yet, for cycle after cycle, ND has re-elected Dorgan, Conrad and Pomeroy (House). There is NO doubt that Obama will Govern from the far left, from the Courts to the military. If we go into 2010 with (God love him) hard-charging Duane Sand as our perennial candidate to take on the Democrat incumbent, then that tells me that we probably are destined to be the minority party for decades. If, however, Ed Schaeffer or John Hoeven or one of our long bench of Republican statewide office holders rises up and beats the liberal Dorgan, THEN I will believe this is a momentary blip and we are ready (again) to be a majority party.
Don't forget
lawnGnome Monday, November 10th at 10:20AM EST (link)Gorelick was also Vice Chairman of Fannie under Raines and during the accounting scandal
Ruler?
charliej (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 10:21AM EST (link)Apparently Valerie Jarret thinks we now have a ruler….
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/11/10/obama-spokesman-says-obama-ready-rule-day-1
JEB?
Scope (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 10:23AM EST (link)You don’t mean Jeb Bush do you? I never want to see the name Bush again and I believe I would have alot of company with that sentiment.
My Thoughts
Hera Monday, November 10th at 10:23AM EST (link)I’ve said before that I promise to treat President elect Obama with the same respect and fairness that was shown to President Bush.Things might be different if I was not aware of how corrupt BHO is, the vote fraud associated with his campaign, the illegal campaign contributions, the cheer leading for BHO by the MSM, the trashing of Sarah Palin and her children and the disgraceful conduct of the left toward President Bush.If I didn’t know all these things I would be able to accept the election results and move on.After all I don’t even like McCain and I voted for Sarah Palin and not McCain. But I do know all these things and I’m disgusted that BHO is now POTUS.I did not like or respect Bill Clinton but I thought he won fairly with an assist from Ross Perot so I could accept the election results and move on.The election of BHO leaves a very bad taste in my mouth, so much so that I will enjoy making his followers miserable for the next four years.
Yep, Jamie Gorelick, Mistress of Disaster
izoneguy (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 10:28AM EST (link)Jamie Gorelick, Mistress of Disaster
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Remember This?
Davo (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 10:33AM EST (link)Joe Being Joe?. I think not.
Never Give In, Never, Never, Never
Big Bang
Hera Monday, November 10th at 10:37AM EST (link)Signing executive orders is a way to make it look like he’s doing something and that the “change” he promised is really coming. The sheep who voted for him probably have no idea that all Presidents do this when they first come into office.I’ll be interested in seeing if he really signs the EO banning domestic drilling. Oil prices are currently in free fall even with OPEC cutting production.Oil is also the life blood of Islamic terrorists. Just the threat of off shore drilling in the US could crash oil prices. Gasoline is now below $2 a gal in some parts of the US.If President Obama signs this EO banning domestic drilling and gasoline prices rise to say $3-5 a gallon in 2009. That “tax increase” on the “poor” and “middle class” could be directly tied to President Obama since he and his party are on record as being in favor of higher gasoline prices as a way of curbing consumption.When you sign an EO you can’t sign it with the word “present”.
Yes, and don't forget...
jonnot Monday, November 10th at 10:43AM EST (link)that when Ms. Gorelick was forced out of Fannie, she walked with $26,000,000.00–as in 26 Million dollars!
I'm confused about that Cheney remark
TrackerNeil Monday, November 10th at 10:47AM EST (link)Robertallen, you said:
“ut when I see the state of the economy, the folly of Iraq and Cheney smiling with his grandaughter with 2 Mommies, I am very disappointed with my party.”
I’m not exactly sure what the family specifics of Cheney’s granddaughters have to do with “the folly of Iraq”, but I’m assuming you are expressing moral displeasure with the choices (and, by implication, the sexual orientation) of Mary Cheney.
Obviously, you’re free to place your moral disapproval as you will, but isn’t that criticism of a candidate’s personal life equivalent to those who criticized Sarah Palin for the pregnancy of her daughter Bristol? Unless something major has changed since McCain nominated Palin, a pregnant unmarried teenage daughter means that an underage, unmarried girl was having sex, which meets with the moral disapproval of many. If the specifics of Cheney’s family life are eligible for public, moral criticism, then aren’t Palin’s as well?
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How to survive ?
johnt Monday, November 10th at 10:56AM EST (link)Buy a prayer rug and grow a beard, it will get you a lot more respect.
Stop going to church.
Purchase a wood burning stove.
Use a bicycle whenever you can, be prepared to use it as your sole means of transportation.
Close your mind to the forthcoming increased slaughter of the unborn, or just born, to be funded with your tax dollars.
Keep telling yourself that this and much more is progress, as in progressive. That the “horror” of the past eight years under Bush is over.
And don’t be surprised if we have a few old fashioned “show” trials, in the name of bipartisanship of course.
“a man’s admiration for absolute government is proportinate to the contempt he feels for those around him”. Tocqueville
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speciallist (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 11:09AM EST (link)n/p
There you go again...
Neil Stevens (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 11:35AM EST (link)I’m sensing a pattern…
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“I rejoice that America has resisted.” – William Pitt, the Elder
Just remember
Raven (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 11:37AM EST (link)We will win eventually
“If you do not have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”
Luke 22:36
Fallout 3
birdmojo (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 11:49AM EST (link)If you played Oblivion and said “man, this is a great game, but I wish that they had a better character creation system, better leveling/skill system, and was set in a post-apocalyptic world!” then you NEED to run out and get this game.
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. –Voltaire
A Revelation
John_Wayne (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 11:57AM EST (link)Folks,
This election is a revelation. Our country has elected a socialist (possibly Marxist) President, and a majority of the same ilk to the Congress. This is where our country is, not we conservatives, but the majority of our citizens. It is an outrage that the voter fraud perpetrated by ACORN and the Democrat party was tolerated. But the sad truth is BHO would have won anyway without it. There was no need for them to cheat. I believe that at the heart of this election outcome is one thing:
Too many Americans are profoundly ignorant!
Our children have been brainwashed for years in public school and then college with Socialist doctrine. It is not, per se, called Socialism in school, but that is what it is. The only solution for our future is to start on a child’s first day of school to teach success, hard work, responsibility, and self-determination. Children need to understand that there are rewards for success, for making the effort to improve their life through gaining knowledge and knowing truth. They need to know that their failures caused by apathy and failing to think for themselves will bring them no reward and make their lives worse in the long run. The social engineering in schools needs to stop. The purpose of school is to endow the future generations with knowledge, truth, and discipline to secure their future. Our educational system is a total failure. I see it getting worse under the next administration. The Socialist Democrats know it is easy to ‘rule’ ignorant people. Our education system will soon go from bad to worse. I, like many others, do not have the ability to send my children to good private schools or do the home schooling thing. I have, however, taken the time to talk to my children about our political system, the evils of the Democrat agenda, and the virtues of Conservative principles. I have raised 5 strong Conservatives, and that will probably be my greatest contribution to their future and our country. It is my experience that the Socialist brainwashing my children encountered in public school has been effectively countered through my deliberate teaching of the dismal, dark, and evil nature of the Socialist’ agenda.
I know there are many veterans on RS, and I’m sure most share my horror in seeing this country take this politically hard left turn. Our ignorant population has succeeded in bringing about the Socialist State that we fought the Cold War to prevent. It looks like the Soviets were right that the US would fall from within. Yes, the results of our latest election are that profound and dire. I don’t know if the US will survive the ravages that Socialism will bgring.
Lastly, if you haven’t read it, I would implore all of you to read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”. It is a quite a long novel which takes a while to read, but I think you’ll find many treasures in it to take with you. …”who is John Galt?”
“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room”
President Merkin Muffley
Fair Weather Patriots
Jeff Weimer (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 12:10PM EST (link)The Seattle flag-waving thing irritates me to no end, not the least of which is it’s my hometown and a person from my neighborhood was quoted blithely expectorating this vile sentiment.
These are the same people who now want us to “come together” with them now that The One has been elected. We’ll support him in his office, not because they asked (they don’t deserve to pick and chose “their America”), but because we are not so narcissistic to think we can tear a President down and still retain self-respect.
Basically, we on the right have class, and those on the left have shown, repeatedly, they don’t. I have no respect for them, and no expectation they will stand by ME when necessary.
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
-Voltaire
Back to the future
2BlueStar Mom (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 12:51PM EST (link)What a journey we’ve been on!
A blizzard in Fall.
That flicker of light amidst the storm, has almost dissipated.
I sure hope we get our light back.
While Rome has been burning and Nero-bama playing his fiddle, I have to say, it kept my mind off the fire in my own backyard.
It’s been more like a nightmare, for me anyway.
I am getting over the shock of McCain/Palin not being elected.
Now I am back to the future, fighting to avoid the numbness. Fighting, not to be a statistic.
I am one of the millions who is facing the malignant cancer that has spread like the plague in our country.
Many and perhaps most, have been directly affected by this malignant economic meltdown.
One of the most painful things for me to endure this year, was watch our country being sold out for 30 pieces of silver.
The other most painful thing is, to have had to tell, the whole world, directly or indirectly, I am going to lose my property, due to impending foreclosure.
I don’t like being here.
I have had my land listed all over the internet for many months now, trying to sell it.
The odds for selling, at this time, have no doubt been against me.
Humility, depression, hopelessness, embarrassment, desperation, doesn’t seem to have the intensity or effect, it once did.
In the course of this plight, I have found thousands of others like myself, gasping for air, hoping for a quick cure, hoping the waters will subside, a life boat will come by, to no avail.
Some folks blame the homeowners, entirely, that this was their careless abandon or disregard for not being more frugal.
While that may be true in some cases, it’s not true in all cases. Certainly not mine.
Don’t be so harsh please. You would not believe some of the horror stories, that delivered them to that dark place.
I have tried everything within my power, to stop this.
To disclose the avalanche of circumstances that brought me to this place, how I got here, isn’t going to change anything, regardless.
The fact is, nothing can help at this time, unless it’s a parting of the red sea, miracle.
Time is not on my side either, quite frankly.
January, 2009, my land is going to be put on the auction block.
That surely doesn’t help.
So, with our economy in the worse condition it has been in, with the exception of the great depression, I hope somehow, sometime soon, this mess will be corrected.
I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
Can we look with hope to a better future?
I perceive it won’t be anytime soon, at least not another 4 years.
I also perceive I may get criticized by my favorite critics due to my lack of eloquent, unsubstantial posting style.
Look at the bright side; I didn’t post a diary and take up important space.
http://havestethoscopewilltravel.blogspot.com
yes
LizVBronx (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 1:29PM EST (link)Maggie: Thankyou for agreeing. My daughter has your name, so I have to think we are sympatico.
Let the hunting begin!
panthera (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 1:39PM EST (link)Supported Obama
William Weld, former Republican governor of Massachusetts: “It’s not often you get a guy with his combination of qualities, chief among which I would say is the deep sense of calm he displays, and I think that’s a product of his equally deep intelligence.”
Christopher Buckley, son of William F. Buckley Jr.: “Let me be the latest conservative/libertarian/whatever to leap onto the Barack Obama bandwagon. It’s a good thing my dear old mum and pup are no longer alive. They’d cut off my allowance.”
Arne Carlson, former governor of Minnesota: “I consider myself a Republican maverick.”
Scott McClellan, former spokesman for President George W. Bush: “I will be voting for Barack Obama… I am going to support the candidate that has the best chance for changing the way Washington works and getting things done.”
Charles Fried, Solicitor General in Reagan’s Administration: Said he voted for Obama by absentee ballot because of “the choice of Sarah Palin at a time of deep national crisis.”
Ken Adelman, former Pentagon official and adviser under Presidents Ford, Reagan, and George W. Bush: “Why so, since my views align a lot more with McCain’s than with Obama’s? And since I truly dread the notion of a Democratic President, Democratic House, and hugely Democratic Senate? Primarily for two reasons, those of temperament and of judgment.”
Lincoln Chafee, former Republican senator from Rhode Island: “It’s a different John McCain. Seeing the two different John McCains is a fracture in his credibility.”
James Leach, former Republican Iowa congressman: “Thousands of other Republicans are going to be picking country over party in this election.”
Susan Eisenhower, business consultant and author, daughter of President Eisenhower’s brother, John: “I am convinced that Barack Obama is the one presidential candidate today who can encourage ordinary Americans to stand straight again; he is a man who can salve our national wounds and both inspire and pursue genuine bipartisan cooperation.”
Attacked Palin
David Frum, former Bush speechwriter: “The McCain campaign has Palinized itself to make the most of its last asset. To fire up the Republican base, the McCain team has hit at Barack Obama as an alien, a radical and a Socialist. … The very same campaign strategy that has belatedly mobilized the Republican core has alienated and offended the great national middle, which was the only place where the 2008 election could have been won.”
David Brooks, self-styled conservative columnist for New York Times: “[Palin] represents a fatal cancer to the Republican party.”
Peggy Noonan, former Reagan speechwriter: “[Palin] does not speak seriously but attempts to excite sensation… she has spent her time throwing out tinny lines to crowds she doesn’t, really, understand. This is not a leader, this is a follower. She could re-inspire and re-inspirit; she chooses merely to excite. She doesn’t seem to understand the implications of her own thoughts.”
Courtesy of Human Events
Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
How do we get the word out?
panthera (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 1:52PM EST (link)I really struglle with this..
Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
I just wanted.....
DreamRedUSA Monday, November 10th at 2:55PM EST (link)to see everyone go nuts. Although I think its unfair to judge him on the basis of W’s failures.
78% of GOP Voters Say Next President Likely to Be A Republican
drmonroe Monday, November 10th at 5:01PM EST (link)78% of GOP Voters Say Next President Likely to Be A Republican
Here’s this:
“Forty-five percent (45%) of Republican voters are Very Confident that a candidate from their party will be the next president after Barack Obama, contrary to reports that suggest the GOP may be demoralized from the Democrat’s big win last Tuesday.”
And this:
“But a plurality of unaffiliated voters (47%) see it as at least somewhat likely that a GOP candidate will be the next president, and 29% say that is Very Likely. Only five percent (5%) of unaffiliateds think it is not at all likely.”
Don't be afraid to talk
John_Wayne (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 5:19PM EST (link)to your friends, family members, etc. There will soon be ample evidence of just what our nation has voted in.
Now here’s a question for you:
Are the Democrats innocent and ignorant of just what their policies are going to do to this country, or do they fully understand that they are going to kill our economy, and that is their ultimate goal (pretty diabolical, huh?)
The outcome on our economy is going to be the same. I see a depression on its way. Times of severe economic depression avail themselves to drastic political upheaval. That is basically what sent the Germans and Russians down the dark roads they took in the last century. If you are starving, it is much easier to give up your freedom for the sake of your survival (food). Our situation is that dire. I truly believe that the leadership of the Democrat party is fully aware of what they are doing and are going to turn out to be extreme Socialists if not Marxists. I hope our country will come to its senses before it is too late.
One more suggestion:
Buy some firearms, and lots and lots of ammunition…brass and lead will soon become the most precious of metals.
Some on this blog may think I’m off the deep end. But there is too much history to ignore. Obama is already talking about stopping all off-shore oil/gas drilling, and also on-shore drilling. Read the Drudge report and digest what the Democrats are planning. We are in for it! Better accept that you lifestyle is going to be severely cut back.
Read “Atlas Shrugged” if you haven’t.
The crap the Democrats have in store for us has been around a long time. They are the party of the culture of death. It shows in their moral values and the legislation they come up with.
They are evil, and I’m not going to apologize for saying it. Lord, help us…
“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room”
President Merkin Muffley
I am truly sorry to hear of your distress.
John_Wayne (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 5:47PM EST (link)I am not in much better shape than you.
It is so sad to see the ruin of this great country.
I think we are on the same path that all of Eurpoe has been on for a long time now. We are facing decline.
The world is going to miss the US being strong. They have no idea how much.
European countries will soon be licking the boots of Putin.
If Obama does actually have to go to war, I swear, I will be an anti-war protester that will make Code Pink look like the VFW.
“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room”
President Merkin Muffley
Media Bias notice #10213811
JoeG Monday, November 10th at 6:28PM EST (link)During the debates, Obama said that he would follow terrorists into “PokESton,” unlike the Bush administration, which “wasn’t doing anything to the ‘AlQieda’ terrorists there.”
So I wonder Just how long was the NY Times sitting on this?
Sen. McCain’s response was that “We shouldn’t be telegraphing what the US is doing.”
Note the mature response to the political cheap and dishonest charge.
Mara Liason
Scope (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 8:09PM EST (link)Please Directors pick up and blast the Fox News Panel tonight. In the very last seconds of the show Mara Liason (PBS) said that ” the Republicans need to run other than white guys.” I, as a Republican, found that statement to be very insulting, and she seems to want to keep racism alive.
The Dems have villified every Black Conservative as “Uncle Toms” such as Justice Clarance Thomas (who I have a very deep respect for), did not Obama say he would never have supported him? Michael Steel had Oreo cookies thrown at him for his R status.
The Congressional Black Caucus does not have one black Republican. I got that info from a mailing I received from the National Black Republican Party.
These great people need to be taken into the fold, supported with money and activist workers and donations, donations and more donations.
Buy the Press- in Swing States
RborisT (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 8:10PM EST (link)The press is the reason we lost this election, and thousands more across the country.
Rich Republicans, Listen Up!
We do need to fully counter the media influence, and it’s absolutely achievable. We need to buy newspapers and tv FIRST in those swing states that we need to win back an electoral majority, THEN spread it out.
I fear it may be too late for political solutions, but if there is still time, this is the answer.
We cannot win with the left controlling the information.
Thanks..
panthera (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 8:25PM EST (link)I agree.
We should start a campaign with tshirts and bumper stickers – called “get the word out”…get people curious about our position.
Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
Argh
panthera (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 8:30PM EST (link)Mara Liason obviously doesnt know her history and what the rebublican party has done for civil rights.
Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
Fred Thompson for GOP Chair?
youthgrunt (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 9:09PM EST (link)The D.C. Examiner is reporting that Fred may seek the chairmanship of the GOP that would begin in January 2009.
Hope Not
Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 9:30PM EST (link)Dissing Fred is not too popular around here, butI hope this is not true. We don’t need a “frontporch” Chairman.
We need somone who undertands the new politics iof technology, can grasp modern demographics including the youth and the new immigrants and has the drive to to throw themselves into the fray.
Why do you think
youthgrunt (Diary) Monday, November 10th at 10:12PM EST (link)the chairman of the GOP needs to be that?
But in reality, Fred’s social networking/web strategy was more innovative than most. He was working with phone banking from your own home where I did not see anyone else on the Republican side doing that. I think his team was actually very good on that aspect of things.
The real area of concern is not his ability to deal with technology. It is whether or not he would deal with the organizational issues properly. But for me, I am more concerned about MESSAGE for the next couple of years. And Fred is VERY good on message.
Who else can you think of? Newt has been mentioned. I like Newt, but he brings baggage and a bit of confrontation that may or may not be helpful. I don’t know that he is particularly better on the demographics issue you are talking about.
In many ways, I see this as a multi-front effort. Cantor as Whip. Pence as House Republican Conference Chair. Fred (or ?) as Chairman of the GOP. I think we are looking to put a lot of quality Conservatives–who communicate conservatism well–into positions of leadership where they will have the platform to do that communication.
Distress
2BlueStar Mom (Diary) Tuesday, November 11th at 12:41PM EST (link)Like I said, I am a statistic. I don’t like where I am, but I do believe that our country is on alert.
It saddens me to see how many wonderful citizens are in this boat and some are so much worse off than many of us.
The flags are at half mass and flying upside down.
This is a huge wake up call and we are heeding that call.
We just need to remember who is in control and get back to our strong principals.
No Compromise!
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