Comments on: Getting Back to the Conservative Core http://macsmind.com/wordpress/news/getting-back-to-the-conservative-core/ Official Blog of the MacRanger Radio Show on Blog Talk Radio Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:48:20 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: DavidL http://macsmind.com/wordpress/news/getting-back-to-the-conservative-core/comment-page-1/#comment-7139 DavidL Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:59:41 +0000 http://macsmind.com/wordpress/?p=3879#comment-7139 No more open primaries. No more democrats selecting republican nominees. No more RINO's. No more losting to the most liberal senator in Congress. No more open primaries. No more democrats selecting republican nominees. No more RINO’s. No more losting to the most liberal senator in Congress.

]]> By: retire05 http://macsmind.com/wordpress/news/getting-back-to-the-conservative-core/comment-page-1/#comment-7136 retire05 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:03:44 +0000 http://macsmind.com/wordpress/?p=3879#comment-7136 And now it is time for the voices of true conservatism to come to the forefront. Those like Jim DeMint, Jeb Hensarling, Joe Barton, Bobby Jindal and others who know that when voters are given a choice between Democrat and Democrat Lite, the real thing will take the day every time. I like you, was not a fan of John McCain. He was too far to the left, having moved from what I even consider centerist, for me. I am wondering how he feels now that it is clear that his signature bill, McCain-Feingold is part of the reason he lost and clearly cost him the election for a position he thought he was in line to hold. He avoided an issue that is important to every border state in the union, illegal immigration. He backed a bill that angred the entire nation and then avoided that. He basked in the praise of the media such as the NYSlimes as they sang his praises as long as he was sticking his thumb in the eye of Republicans. And when he voted for a bail out package that 80% of Amrica was against, he signed his own political death warrant. Reagan was right; government is not the answer. It is the problem. And the "young" Republicans know it. They know that the "go along to get along" philosophy doesn't work. They know that the "senior" elected have sold conservatism out and become what we espoused to be against. The Republican platform doesn't need reworking. What needs reworking is the attitutde of the very Republicans who have failed to uphold the platform; smaller government, less taxation, freedom to succeed and the freedom to fail due to personal responsibility. To understand that for every dollar that is given to someone, it is taken from someone else. Reagan could explain this like no other. But we have no Reagan so we must convince our core conservative Republicans that they must start being vocal. We have for far too long watched as Democrats took to the steps of Congress with cameras and microphones shoved in their faces to tell the American people their way is the right way. That needs to end; today. We must learn to stand our ground, dispell the the myths that have cost us election (the culture of corruption for 2006) and be the party of inclusion as we have always been. It is back to basics time. It is squeeky wheel that gets greased, the thorn in the side that gets attention. Repulbicans could start out by imposing a two year moritorium on all pork spending and let the Democrats take the hit for wasteful spending as Jeb Hensarling has suggested. Now it is time to look to Republican governors (all who won their elections) to lead the way back to basics. And now it is time for the voices of true conservatism to come to the forefront. Those like Jim DeMint, Jeb Hensarling, Joe Barton, Bobby Jindal and others who know that when voters are given a choice between Democrat and Democrat Lite, the real thing will take the day every time.

I like you, was not a fan of John McCain. He was too far to the left, having moved from what I even consider centerist, for me. I am wondering how he feels now that it is clear that his signature bill, McCain-Feingold is part of the reason he lost and clearly cost him the election for a position he thought he was in line to hold.

He avoided an issue that is important to every border state in the union, illegal immigration. He backed a bill that angred the entire nation and then avoided that. He basked in the praise of the media such as the NYSlimes as they sang his praises as long as he was sticking his thumb in the eye of Republicans. And when he voted for a bail out package that 80% of Amrica was against, he signed his own political death warrant.

Reagan was right; government is not the answer. It is the problem. And the “young” Republicans know it. They know that the “go along to get along” philosophy doesn’t work. They know that the “senior” elected have sold conservatism out and become what we espoused to be against.

The Republican platform doesn’t need reworking. What needs reworking is the attitutde of the very Republicans who have failed to uphold the platform; smaller government, less taxation, freedom to succeed and the freedom to fail due to personal responsibility. To understand that for every dollar that is given to someone, it is taken from someone else.

Reagan could explain this like no other. But we have no Reagan so we must convince our core conservative Republicans that they must start being vocal. We have for far too long watched as Democrats took to the steps of Congress with cameras and microphones shoved in their faces to tell the American people their way is the right way. That needs to end; today. We must learn to stand our ground, dispell the the myths that have cost us election (the culture of corruption for 2006) and be the party of inclusion as we have always been.

It is back to basics time. It is squeeky wheel that gets greased, the thorn in the side that gets attention.

Repulbicans could start out by imposing a two year moritorium on all pork spending and let the Democrats take the hit for wasteful spending as Jeb Hensarling has suggested.

Now it is time to look to Republican governors (all who won their elections) to lead the way back to basics.

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