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Right now Rush is walking to to Steele and the RNC – and it’s about damn time.

I am just about through with republicans. I’m a Conservative and have concluded that republicans are really not interested in my support or money anymore. If they have not figured out they the MSM is the ENEMY and wants us to FAIL (but I guess that’s OK), then they have no business being in politics, much less in leadership.

We now have a group in ‘leadership’ positions that couldn’t drum up a gonad at a convention. Mr. Steele has performed exactly as I feared he would, a moderate, looking to fawn to the MSM and with no conservative principles to lean on. Disgusting.

Again, we get the leadership we elected….

It’s really a question that is only answerable by either “Yes, I do” or “No, I don’t”.

Cantor and Steele can either debunk or affirm what the MSM are alleging about a conservative against his own kind.

n/t

Look Limbaugh stepped in it this time. Just like with the Donovon McNabb comments, ever so often he puts things in a bad way, his eloquence fails him.

Don’t try to spin it, If he really does want Obama to fail that is reprehensible, and if he really meant something else then he said it in a stupid way.

This is just like when Ann Coulter says the most horrible and hateful things to draw attention to herself and then all the conservatives fall all over themselves to defend her.

I just don’t understand the hero worship of this guy. He often says stupid things and then when that is pointed out everyone circles the wagons and feels like they have been personally insulted.

Listen, Limbaugh is damaged goods to the vast majority of this country, certainly to many swing voters. There is no way you will ever convince them that he is not a mean spirited bigot after all that he has said and done.

Continue to listen to him, nothing wrong with that, but to stand up for him and carry his water, or worse yet, to make him a part of the GOP establishment is just stupid. Keep him and Coulter at arms length or it will only hurt.

The left can display their extreme entertainers like Frankin, but conservatives can never get away with that. It’s just the way it is.

NeoKong you have made the case beautifully, just as I am listening Rush rip at Steele for his irresponsible, incompetent, moderate talking points this weekend against Rush. The best part was when Rush said something like “And you wonder why you cannot get donations.” Also, “Mr. Steele, you are not the leader of the Republican Party, you are the RNC Chair” obviously in response to the interviewer saying to Steele “Rush Limbaugh is the head of the Republican party” Steele very quickly said “No he isn’t, I am the head of the party.” As Rush said, Steele is getting off to a shaky start, and if he doesn’t get his act together pretty dam- quick,the Party is going to be not on life support but dead.

I had reservations about Cantor even before his vote for the TARP bailout, and he actively pushed for it. Great, he voted against the Stimulus, and whipped the Republicans to vote against it, however, he seems to go back and forth depending on what day it is. When some started seeing him as the great Republican Leader, my thought was, yes, he may appear to be that today, but give him time, he will dissapoint again, and more than once.

The only thing I would change about your diary NeoKong is I would not be so kind as to asking them to grow a spine, I would ask them to grow a pair, which everyone has, they are just placed on different parts of the anatomy.

With this on the cover sheet:

NeoKong at RedState.com posted the following open letter to Michael Steele and Rep. Eric Cantor. I wholeheartedly agree with everything NeoKong said. I’m a precinct committeeman. Neither the Party nor its organizations, such as the RNC, will get any money from me until the leadership fights, on principle, to kill Obama’s push for socialism. I want the Republican Party to cause Obama’s programs to never get enacted to begin with. Failing that (thanks, Collins, Snowe and Specter, and the Republican leadership that refuses to criticize them), you need to lead the philosophical fight against the wrong-headed, dangerous ideas of Obama and his administration. Meanwhile, the money you request from me will go directly to real conservative candidates and organizations.
Questions? Call me.

Here are the fax numbers in case anyone wants to follow suit:

RNC: (202) 863-8820
Rep. Eric Cantor: (202) 225-0011

Thanks

I think Steele’s problem is even bigger than he can possibly imagine.

I have to give him credit for having the guts to go toe to toe with Rush. Recently, Republicans have shown themselves to be complete cowards when it comes to criticizing Limbaugh, and with good reason, he has a huge conservative audience that he can use to make or break a Republican politician. However, the party could fence Limbaugh in if it wanted to simply by freezing him out. Yes, he has a big audience, but if Republicans started showing favor to other conservative talkers, or if the party could unify in saying that Limbaugh doesn’t speak for them, then he could be marginalized.

You’ll note how this particular liberal blogger and others like him despise freedom of speech. Anyone they disagree with is to be frozen out. Do you want to cooperate with this liberal nonsense?

Republican conservatives are not cowards for refusing to criticize Rush. We like what Rush says. Why on Earth would we criticize someone for saying the things we believe? Why would we cooperate with anyone, Republican or Democrat, who wants to freeze him out?

The pull quote and a link to the CNN clip can be found here.

I left part of this commentary at Michael Steele’s Facebook site here. The site doesn’t accept long posts.

http://amfreenet.com/2009/03/what-were-you-thinking-mr-steele/

… are only interested in being liked by the drive by media.

These are the kind of Republicans who are embarrassed by the NASCAR crowd that Rush spoke about. Thier true colors come out when the media flashes their fangs at them.

My dear word, my wallet is closed shut to such disgusting people.

Mike Steele, I do not like you at all now!!!!!

It’s pretty clear that NO ONE is showing any direction. How do we manage to get a succession of spineless dolts everywhere we turn? What is it going to take to clean house and get an effective leadership again?

I think it’s clear that as long as we keep getting the Steeles and other squishies leading the GOP that any reflection it has to Conservative Ideology is purely accidental.

And I personally think that this is and should be the GOP’s LAST chance to represent us. Get it right, or we should get gone and organize behind a true conservative banner.

Steele’s remarks were ill considered seeing that he is supposed to be the leader of our party. Luckily, we have el Rushbo to set him straight.

I watched every second of Rush’s first address to the nation

AND IT WAS MAGNIFICENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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We sat center stage in the 2nd row at Rush’s address Saturday. He was 100 percent correct and it is a shame that Michael Steele is exposing this spineless pandering so early in his tenure.

No money until Steele and Co. find their conservative spines. Interestingly enough, there were dozens of Libertarian candidates present at CPAC -which was a party I’d never really paid much attention to in the past. They’ve got our attention now.

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…so everybody start ratcheting it back a notch.

I don’t agree with everything you said (particularly about Palin – we need articulate, well-educated candidates with impeccable academic credentials), but I do think conservatives need to stop being ashamed of conservative principles. Steele, who is precisely the kind of leader this party needs, is particularly well positioned to do some pushing back.

Did I say pushing? What I really mean is smacking.

As I matured and became knowledgeable about history and economics, I moved to the Republican party because that party appeared to support the policies and programs that I supported.

I was a “worker bee” in local politics. I worked every election – not seeking recognition but taking on and doing any job that needed to be done.

Gradually, I came to realize that, with few exceptions, those who ran the party in New York State only gave lip service to Republican and/or conservative principles. So, I slowly withdrew my support from one officeholder after another until, by 1982, there was no candidate running that I considered worthy of support.

With the exception of the Presidential election of 1984, I have not contributed either time or money to the Republican Party at any level of operation. I had hopes for Steele but it appears that he is another one who will sell his principles for “a ribband to wear on his hat.”

Rush is our “Tom Paine,” pointing out our political opponents and their foolish plans while deriding our “summer soldiers and sunshine patriots.” Paine did not write his pamphlets to please King George but to rouse the patriotic spirit of the ordinary American. Rush is doing the same thing with his broadcasts. Once again, ” this is a time to try men’s souls.” Michael Steele and Eric Cantor must decide whether they want to win elections or get invited to Georgetown parties.

which covers his district and constituents. He said “Everybody wants the economy to come back. Nobody wants things to fail.” Notice the “things” not just Obama. So, does that mean that he wants Obamas policies to succeed? Doesn’t that fit right in with his comments a few days ago? And that is who some are calling one of the GOP’s great leaders.

http://lightduty.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/cantor-steele-how-to-avoid-friendly-fire/

To sum it up: Be honest. The truth is on your side, so don’t avoid it.

“Nobody wants things to fail” – well, duh. So you’re a fan of expanding government and increasing taxes? No? Well, then, SAY SO, like this: “Everybody wants the economy to come back. But the policies this administration and Congress are pursuing have proven to prevent or impair economic recovery.” See? The truth really does make a good arguement.

Although I agree with you that most of the outrage out there is fabricated, there is no way you can believe that Rev. Wright’s church is worse than a KKK meeting. As far as I know, no one was ever lynched at Trinity United. Trinity United did not undertake a deliberate, violent, racially motivated intimidation campaign that lasted for years. Trinity United never bombed a church, burned down a house, or chased down and killed blacks and Republicans who tried to vote.

The KKK isn’t just a bunch of racist white dudes that sat around in white sheets saying “God Damn America”. Say the truth, and say what you mean, but you’re not doing yourself any favors by making crap up.

I don’t get to listen to Rush all that often as I have a job (that is where you go perform real work to get money – for you libs). However, I knew what he meant as soon as I heard the quote. He wanted Obama to fail in his quest to socialize America. None of Obama’s plans are good, so why on earth would we want any of them to succeed.

I am an engineer, not an economist, but I have read enough economics and history to know that what Obama is doing and wants to do to this country is absolutely going to ruin it economically. Don’t even think in terms of the usual boom/bust cycle with this economy. Everything we knew is now out the window and gone – the socialistic government policies being implemented are going to ruin things for a long time to come.

Intentions don’t matter either. He may believe that he is really doing the right thing and he may truely want to help – but that doesn’t matter one bit. Actions are what matters in this arena and the actions of Obama and the rest of the libs will have the expected results. If you are still confused, read Hayek. He will tell you exactly where this road is leading.

They did. Steele apologized & I hope things work out. He let himself be used by the media, & I pray he learns from his mistake & doesn’t make it again.

I, for one, am not ready to throw him away & quit over this. We have too much at stake, & there will be bumps in the road.

From what I’ve seen, Sen. DeMint is one of the rock-ribbed & steel spined Republicans we want. Let’s not throw out the baby with the bathwater.

This is one of the best blogs I’ve seen in my 3+ years at Redstate. Great work, Neokong.

This blog should be front-paged.

Because his agenda is the ruination, not the saving of America. He’s a smart guy. He knows what he is doing, and he knows that it will ultimately result in economic and political hegemony for the Democratic Party if he succeeds.

He doesn’t care that the cost of that hegemony will be the ruination of the America that was once the light of the world anymore than Harry Reid or Nancy pelosi cared that getting their message and agenda across would have spelled our loss in Iraq with the attendant increase in American life lost and threat to our citizenry from the Jihadist movement.

It’s simple. If you are trying to make me a socialist minion…. I want you to fail.

but you’ve got them anyway. Clear, precise, and spot on. Well done.