The Republican Party....

[KGB]

As I figured, this election will be a cleansing fire that will clear out the deadwood that has brought the GOP to this point in time.....hopefully, the Party will abandon this neo con BS & go back to our roots......all in all, this should help focus the Party moving forward.....

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

As I figured, this election will be a cleansing fire that will clear out the deadwood that has brought the GOP to this point in time.....hopefully, the Party will abandon this neo con BS & go back to our roots......all in all, this should help focus the Party moving forward.....

A return to conservatism, pro-civil liberties, anti-war, no policing the world, is exactly what the Republican Party needs now.

 

[Paulie]

A return to conservatism, pro-civil liberties, anti-war, no policing the world, is exactly what the Republican Party needs now.

Just be careful with the term "anti-war".

Otherwise, I hope Obama handing McCain his ass is what it takes to get the party back to true conservatism.

I doubt it, but I'm holding out hope. If Obama's policies work, however, we may never see conservatism get a place in government again.

I almost think this was conservatism's last chance, and rank and file republicans ruined it for the party by picking McCain.

Ron Paul was the only one who could have matched up against Obama. He could have gotten the independents that would have been too afraid to go that far left with their votes otherwise. There's no way Paul could have been compared to Bush like McCain was, and that would have helped get him the center vote.

 

[Andrew2382]

If it wasn't for the time we are living in, I woul dhave been fine with an Obama victory. McCain was not the face of the republican party or conservatism.

Chances are he might have ruined the party if elected however with the events ont he horizon,

2-3 Supreme Court Justices
Econonmic Criss
Global War possiblity

It is very dangerous to have the most liberal person running the country. One can only hope that he will not follow what he has done in the past and make a new path and move towards the center and not be the rubber stamp that pelosi and reid think he will be.

Jindal in 2012

 

[KGB]

A return to conservatism, pro-civil liberties, anti-war, no policing the world, is exactly what the Republican Party needs now.

I would use the term "careful war planning" instead....I agree with the no policing of the world.....

 

[heretic]

I doubt it, but I'm holding out hope. If Obama's policies work, however, we may never see conservatism get a place in government again.

Obama can only server two terms, congress tends to get complacent and more concerned with reelection, so there will always be a chance for pendulum to swing back.

 

[user_name_guest]

A new party should replace the Republicans. Hell, i believe two new parties should replace the old. Real change = parties other than the monopoly of R and D.

 

[ABikerSailor]

A new party should replace the Republicans. Hell, i believe two new parties should replace the old. Real change = parties other than the monopoly of R and D.

You know.....I agree........

Let whoever wants announce their candidacy on Nov 04, the year prior to the elections. If they have enough money, support, etc....let them keep running, no matter what party is supporting them.

On election day, the person who has the most votes out of the whole pack is president. The person with the second most votes is VP.

Cut out a lot of the riff-raff that way.

 

[Jennifer.Bush]

I'n A Independent, But I Lean Rep And I Must Say Whoever Voted For Mccain In The Primaries Should Be Banned From Voting In Another Gop Primary

 

[Tech_Esq]

You know.....I agree........

Let whoever wants announce their candidacy on Nov 04, the year prior to the elections. If they have enough money, support, etc....let them keep running, no matter what party is supporting them.

On election day, the person who has the most votes out of the whole pack is president. The person with the second most votes is VP.

Cut out a lot of the riff-raff that way.

Wow, it's almost like you read that someplace. Oh yeah, I remember it's in the Constitution.

 

[Tech_Esq]

I'n A Independent, But I Lean Rep And I Must Say Whoever Voted For Mccain In The Primaries Should Be Banned From Voting In Another Gop Primary

It just goes to show that all Rep. primaries need to be closed primaries so Dems can't influence the vote.

 

[ABikerSailor]

No.....scratch the 2 party system, and just let the whole mess of 'em keep running until either (a) they're outta cash, or (b) election day.

Lots more people on the ballot, lots more competition, and probably a fair way of doing it. If the way I said is in the Constitution, then what in the hell happened over the past 200 years?

 

[Jeepers]

It just goes to show that all Rep. primaries need to be closed primaries so Dems can't influence the vote.

HUh.. what.. Mac won cause you idiots split the vote three ways.. dont pin this on Democrats... in fact if I remember correctly your rotund cheerleader in charge was organizing people to influence the democratic primaries... that being said.. KMA

 

[Tech_Esq]

I think the bloodbath is already starting. With the incompetent McCain campaign staff trying to back stab the only conservative in their campaign, Sarah Palin, and make her the fall guy for their incompetence.

It's time to send the blue-blood, country club "Republicans" packing for good. Let them go hang with the Dems for awhile. After all they seem to like their policies more.

The Republicans have been ideologically adrift since Newt was ousted. They need to find a new touchstone politician who represents the qualities of the party and end this dismal string of Bush, Dole, Bush, McCain right here and now. It's time to get the edge in ideas back. It's time to redevelop the core ideology of what it means to be a conservative and elect people who are not afraid to vote for conservative principles once they are elected.

 

[Tech_Esq]

HUh.. what.. Mac won cause you idiots split the vote three ways.. dont pin this on Democrats... in fact if I remember correctly your rotund cheerleader in charge was organizing people to influence the democratic primaries... that being said.. KMA

Operation Chaos did not start until after the Rep primary was already decided.

Unless you can guarantee no Democrat voted in any Rep primary, I'll stand by my statement. I will grant you however that it was a pathetic field of candidates.

 

[GigiBowman]

I think the bloodbath is already starting. With the incompetent McCain campaign staff trying to back stab the only conservative in their campaign, Sarah Palin, and make her the fall guy for their incompetence.

It's time to send the blue-blood, country club "Republicans" packing for good. Let them go hang with the Dems for awhile. After all they seem to like their policies more.

The Republicans have been ideologically adrift since Newt was ousted. They need to find a new touchstone politician who represents the qualities of the party and end this dismal string of Bush, Dole, Bush, McCain right here and now. It's time to get the edge in ideas back. It's time to redevelop the core ideology of what it means to be a conservative and elect people who are not afraid to vote for conservative principles once they are elected.

I think the only way to truly do this is go Ron Paul's route with the Campaign for Liberty: Start from the bottom up and start now.

He even sent out a letter on election day. We can't wait...we have to find people now that are ready to step up.

His message is here on the front page: Campaign For Liberty — Home

 

[ABikerSailor]

I think the bloodbath is already starting. With the incompetent McCain campaign staff trying to back stab the only conservative in their campaign, Sarah Palin, and make her the fall guy for their incompetence.

Palin is a conservative? What about all the wealth redistribution she did with the oil companies and people of AK?

It's time to send the blue-blood, country club "Republicans" packing for good. Let them go hang with the Dems for awhile. After all they seem to like their policies more.

If you do that, McCain is one of the first ones you should send a cab for.

The Republicans have been ideologically adrift since Newt was ousted. They need to find a new touchstone politician who represents the qualities of the party and end this dismal string of Bush, Dole, Bush, McCain right here and now. It's time to get the edge in ideas back. It's time to redevelop the core ideology of what it means to be a conservative and elect people who are not afraid to vote for conservative principles once they are elected.

No, the Republicans have been adrift ever since their leader was drunk at the wheel in the form of Curious George Bush Jr. Finding a touchstone politician? Good luck, almost all of them think the same way now.

 

[sealybobo]

I'n A Independent, But I Lean Rep And I Must Say Whoever Voted For Mccain In The Primaries Should Be Banned From Voting In Another Gop Primary

Then who should they have voted for?

Rudy? That would have been an even bigger mistake.

And how does this make you an independent if you liked Huckabee or...

Oh, you are a Mitt woman?

 

[Skull Pilot]

A new party should replace the Republicans. Hell, i believe two new parties should replace the old. Real change = parties other than the monopoly of R and D.

Mock the Vote - David Heleniak - Mises Institute

This year, we have running for president a warmonger who's a reluctant socialist versus a socialist who's a reluctant warmonger. We have two parties that claim they're different, but when the Establishment, the Complex, our shadowy overlords, whatever you want to call them, really want something, they get it. When the Establishment wanted the Bailout in the face of almost universal grassroots opposition, they got it. When the Complex wanted immunity to the telecoms who knowingly spied on Americans, they got it. When our shadowy overlords wanted stormtroopers to brutally stifle protesters during the party conventions, they got it....

With the [subsequent] rise of democracy, it is common to hear sentiments expressed which violate virtually every tenet of reason and common sense: such as "we are the government." The useful collective term "we" has enabled an ideological camouflage to be thrown over the reality of political life. If "we are the government," then anything a government does to an individual is not only just and tyrannical; it is also "voluntary" on the part of the individual concerned. If the government has incurred a huge public debt which must he paid by taxing one group for the benefit of another, this reality of burden is obscured by saying that "we owe it to ourselves"; if the government conscripts a man, or throws him into jail for dissident opinion, then he is "doing it to himself" and therefore nothing untoward has occurred....

Wise up, America. There's nothing special about 50% plus one. Truth and justice cannot be determined by a show of hands. We are not the government. Voting is not a sacrament. And as it stands today, when we're only given a choice between two Establishment-approved candidates, voting is a joke.

 

[Tech_Esq]

No, the Republicans have been adrift ever since their leader was drunk at the wheel in the form of Curious George Bush Jr. Finding a touchstone politician? Good luck, almost all of them think the same way now.

If you noticed what I said about Bush, you probably could have saved the jab. I wasn't for him either. He's another one with no ideological foundation. I agree about the politician. I can really name one right now. Certainly none that I name right off. I think Palin will be a good implementer of the philosophy, but probably not to fountain from which it comes.