Comments on: In the Battle for the Republican Party, Conservatives Should Hold Their Ground

By: Will

Will — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:52:51 +0000

Move to the center and be wishy washy,over the fence with no mind of your own.

By: Marc Malone

Marc Malone — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:23:56 +0000

#28 Northern Light – Thanks for clearing that up for me, because I had never heard those things.

All my friends are Conservative. The only Dems I know are my aged Mother, and one Sister, whom I never call anymore, because her worthless boyfriend answers the phone. So, as I don’t waste my time on HuffPo, and I have no liberal friends to give me the Dem talking points and propoganda, I would never have known what clare was going on about. Thanks again.

By: Northern Light

Northern Light — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:08:01 +0000

#14 Clare Spark and #17 Big Red. I think that Clare was thinking of anti-science arguments like,

- Evolution is a secular humanist ploy to remove God from creation
- The Earth is 6000 years old
- Dinosaurs existed up until the Middle Ages
- Human beings are incapeable of damaging the environment
- Oil is not produced from ancient decayed matter, but is constantly being replenished by God.

I’m sure there are other lovely examples, but these ones so boggle my mind that I haven’t had time to look for others.

By: Patrick of Atlantis

Patrick of Atlantis — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:02:43 +0000

If Republicans want to win, they must disabuse voters of the notion that Republicans are for the rich and Democrats are for the “poor working man”. Republicans must show that the Democrats’ “empathy” for the poor is as phony as Nancy Pelosi’s face. And they must refrain from running candidates who have zero sex appeal to the largest voting bloc, young women between the ages of 18 and 45. Sex appeal is important to most of them although they would probably tell you otherwise.

By: sheesh

sheesh — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:25:45 +0000

25. Warren Bonesteel: . . . “The party of principle . . . ignoring The Constitution, promoting big government, ignoring ethics and ignoring morals and honor . . . ”

Then what makes you think they’re the party of principle?

By: Warren Bonesteel

Warren Bonesteel — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:38:05 +0000

The party of principle keeps shooting itself in the foot…ignoring The Constitution, promoting big government, ignoring ethics and ignoring morals and honor which they claim to live and to value. Now, Conservatives and Republicans are looking for a Great Leader of their own, contrary to the narrative of small government and self-reliant individualism which they espouse.

Start local. Town councils, county commissions, county sheriffs, state legislatures, Congressional and Senate meetings.

Free men and women don’t need leaders.

They are leaders.

By: Whistler

Whistler — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:19:29 +0000

Here is what the main problem is. Republicans tend to be one issue voters while most of America is conservative without the one issue dogma. The one issue Republicans turn off the rest of the country. Just as Obama is bad on the left, one issue Republicans are as bad on the right. Nobody likes to have something crammed down their throat. The next election will be up for grabs as center America gets sick of the new status quo. If the Republican party is going to let the tail wag the dog, they’ll hand Obama a second term. In my thinking this is a lot worse than a little hard headed compromise. If the ultra Conservatives refuse to show up at the polls, they will deserve to have Obama as their grand leader again.

By: Whistler

Whistler — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:06:23 +0000

I don’t know the statistics but the independents are growing at a faster rate than the Republican party. These people are going to be the king makers. They don’t like the political slop from the left or the same old reactionary stuff from the right. He who grabs the center will control this country.

By: Rev316

Rev316 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:56:07 +0000

Republicans would be quite foolish to listen to the liberal opposition to become more like liberal Democrats if they want to grow the Republican party. The Republicans are weak because they have turned their backs on conservative, Christian, small government values. McCain was a Gang of Fourteen RINO whose presidential campaign was stillborn until SARAH PALIN gave CONSERVATIVES something to get excited about–and scare the heck out of liberals who know Palin has what it takes to lead conservatives. I don’t care what the name of the party is, I vote conservative and socially conservative, to be more specific. Whichever candidate is the most conservative gets my vote.

By: Blarty Blarckleblart

Blarty Blarckleblart — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:52:22 +0000

Along with most of you, I strongly encourage the GOP to continue on its present path towards becoming a regional, racially homogeneous party. That would be the best thing for the country.