Did the GOP use its prep time well?
posted at 9:30 am on June 6, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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The long, tough slog through the Democratic primaries gave the Republicans some time to strategize and plan for the general election, The Hill notes, and now their preparations will be put to the test. San Youngman reports that GOP researchers have plenty of data to use in their general-election contest against Barack Obama, some of which may have come from Hillary Clinton’s campaign and even her own mouth. The RNC rolls out a new website today to feature their efforts to defeat Obama and elect John McCain:
When Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) finally secured the Democratic nomination Tuesday night, his Republican opponents were fully prepared to welcome the Illinois senator to the general election.
Given Obama’s six-month, 54-contest, grueling up-and-down nomination battle against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), the desire for a breather would be understandable.
But the Republican National Committee (RNC) had already been piling up reams of opposition research, some of which it had already released, that it will use to define Obama before he has a chance to recover from the primaries. …
“Once he wheezed across the finish line, we were ready to help educate voters about Obama’s plans to raise taxes, cut troop funding, and negotiate with hostile leaders,” Amber Wilkerson, an RNC spokeswoman, said. “Thankfully, we only had to look to comments from Democrat leaders — including Hillary Clinton and John Edwards — to pose some important questions about Obama’s poor judgment and weak experience.”
Expect the GOP to hammer on Obama’s coast through the last three months of the campaign, mainly to boost morale among their own troops to show that Obama can be beaten. Hillary changed tactics at the beginning of March, becoming much more confrontational with Obama, and saw a great deal of success. She won almost all of the contests between March and June but could not overcome Obama’s large delegate lead in the end. The pressure from Hillary caused Obama to make several gaffes and retractions, continuing even to last night as Obama flip-flopped on Jerusalem.
The new RNC site, Meet Barack Obama, will serve as the repository of these kinds of stumbles and oppo research. It has the widget calculating the exact length of time since Obama’s last visit to Iraq, and spots for RNC videos, grass-roots organization, and highlighted issues that will undoubtedly update as events unfold. Right now they have a feature on the Rezko convictions and a site where visitors can leave questions for Barack Obama to answer. (I’m sure he’ll get right on that.)
It seems fairly impressive. The RNC didn’t sleepwalk through the last three months, and they put their enormous fundraising advantage to good use. Their $40 million cash-on-hand dwarfs the DNC’s $4.4 million, which won’t even cover the cost of their convention. The Democrats have known McCain as the nominee for three months and have yet to put together any coordinated effort against him. The GOP have the advantage early, and if they can maintain their fundraising advantage over the DNC, they may be able to keep it through the general election.
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GOP, RNC, WTF, all point to the same meaning:
L O S E R S.
Indy Conservative on June 6, 2008 at 9:34 AM
The RNC is a bunch of racists.
You can’t just make campaign commercials about Obama, he’s BLACK.
Bigots.
Bishop on June 6, 2008 at 9:35 AM
McCain has a lead on having paid, functioning state campaign chairman in swing states–I think it’s something like eight to four–a good sign of organization.
jgapinoy on June 6, 2008 at 9:36 AM
Sore loser.
jgapinoy on June 6, 2008 at 9:37 AM
Dont forget IC.
Squid Shark on June 6, 2008 at 9:37 AM
They came up with HE HAS BAD TEETH.
And they did that all on their own, with some help from a frog looking douchebag.
benrand on June 6, 2008 at 9:38 AM
Uh…IC?
Jaibones on June 6, 2008 at 9:39 AM
EightNine to four, according to Rove.jgapinoy on June 6, 2008 at 9:40 AM
I’m assuming that was a joke Bishop?
wearyman on June 6, 2008 at 9:42 AM
We’re all going to lose in this election, and damn right that ought to make people sore.
fossten on June 6, 2008 at 9:43 AM
Only if the crybabies let it happen.
Squid Shark on June 6, 2008 at 9:44 AM
It’s a good start. But they’ll need some outside groups to rip on Obambi’s anti-American advisers, too.
I want to see Michael Pfleger whining and ranting with Obama’s picture photoshopped onto the altar with him. I want to hear Wright raging G-D Da-n Amerikkka! with his arm around Obambi, smiling. I want to see pictures of Ayers and Dohrn and Obama, alternating with picture of blown up cop cars and dead cops and the Pentagon on 9-11 and Mumia protestors, and Jane Fonda, just for fun, wearing one of her hot little aerobics outfits … wait, sorry. Scratch that one.
Jaibones on June 6, 2008 at 9:45 AM
No joke. The RNC must immediately pull any campaign ads that don’t portray Senator Barack Obama in a completely positive light.
Anything less would be racist because the man is black and that should be a good enough reason to be elected President.
Bishop on June 6, 2008 at 9:45 AM
Only if
theyou crybabies let it happen.Squid Shark on June 6, 2008 at 9:44 AM
fossnine, that’s for you bro.
Jaibones on June 6, 2008 at 9:45 AM
Slow learner…sorry. And heh.
Jaibones on June 6, 2008 at 9:47 AM
We have partially fufilled MLK’s dream……
But can we we now complete it?
“People judged on the content of their character, not the color of their skin”
Obama’s character: Ayers, Wright, Pfleger, etc….
Obama’s character = Racist and Facist.
McCain’s character: Service, Honesty, (OK weak on a few issues immigration etc)
McCain character: honesty and strength
Will we realize MLK’s dream?
tottoritodd on June 6, 2008 at 9:47 AM
It doesn’t take much prep time to essentially wheel out the standard anti-Republican garbage — hates the poor, warmonger, bad for economy, something about oil companies. Since they want to paint a third Bush term, that cuts time further by allowing any criticisms of Bush to manifest. This election should theoretically be very cathartic for the Democrats (though if they lose I suspect true chaos will ensue).
Wineaholic on June 6, 2008 at 9:48 AM
and Jane Fonda, just for fun, wearing one of her hot little aerobics outfits
You can still show her sitting on the NVA anti-aircraft guns while wearing a helmet.
Have pics of McCain as he returned from being a POW, while Obama is shown whining over his waffle.
Bishop on June 6, 2008 at 9:48 AM
I’ve been telling people this for months. Mike Duncan is in charge of the RNC now. I’ve known him for over 30 years and this guy knows what the hell he is doing. He may not be the greatest guy on TV (though I think he always holds his own against nutbag Howard Dean) but he has quietly put together a huge war chest and a top political staff for the fall. The RNC has raised so much money that it was able to send its top fundraiser (someone I have also known for 30 years) to the NRCC to help them raise money for the House races.
Money, organization, and smarts are not going to be a problem for the Republicans this year. They will run the same kind of devastating 72-hour GOTV program in the swing states that they did in 2004, which was so good that the Kerry campaign believed Bush stole the election in Ohio. They will be running attack ads on Obama all summer long.
rockmom on June 6, 2008 at 9:50 AM
Keep the veteran ads going, fund them to the hilt. That one with the female soldier asking Obama why he wouldn’t meet with Petraeus was devastating; Americans don’t like their soldiers being shat upon, those types of ads could really hurt Obama.
Bishop on June 6, 2008 at 9:51 AM
Don’t worry. You will. Depending on where you live, of course. This stuff won’t be taken nationwide, just targeted to places where it will have the most impact (i.e. all those Midwestern and Appalachian states that Hillary won, and maybe Missouri.)
rockmom on June 6, 2008 at 9:53 AM
I have a good strategy for the RNC to use. Stop selecting Democrats disguised as Republicans for their favorite as nominee.
Vaporman87 on June 6, 2008 at 9:55 AM
A possible swing vote: Gays and Lesbians – Why?
McCain: We are not ready for gay marriage
Obamambi: I will meet with Amededinut – “there are no gays in Iran” Columbia University
If there are my goverment has stoned them to death!Seems like an easy choice to me
There are endless possibilties if we have the guts to use them
tottoritodd on June 6, 2008 at 9:57 AM
Good gravy. While the “Yeah, but have you seen the other guy…” type of political campaigning works somewhat, you still have to sell your guy.
Why buy John McCain?
Is it his pro-business/job-growth message?
His take-no-prisoners America-first stance?
His stalwart commitment to reduce the size of government, get out of the way of the individual, and protect our freedoms, such as the First Amendment?
You gotta sell the product first.
beatcanvas on June 6, 2008 at 9:57 AM
Funny how when you choose to become a loser, it happens.
In other news, the Meet Barack Obama site is really good. I especially like the Can We Ask section.
Can we ask? Yes we can. Yes we will.
Gilda on June 6, 2008 at 10:00 AM
I have a good strategy too, cut loose people on our side who sound like they are from the DailyKos
Big tent party
McCain 2008
tottoritodd on June 6, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Choose Palin as VP and put her face in every single ad which touts McCain.
“Elect John McCain and you get to look at her too for the next four years”.
It would get my vote.
Bishop on June 6, 2008 at 10:02 AM
I wouldn’t want to be working at the RNC. They have an almost impossible task. There is so little enthusiasm for McCain. Without that enthusiasm, most folks won’t even bother to vote. Thats the monumental task the GOP has. I don’t think they have a clue as to how to get former GOP voters to turn out. Not a clue.
Lets just sit back and watch them squirm. They’ll go through the traditional/conventional motions of a campaign. (all they know how to do) The people that are principled and don’t operate off of emotion will turn out as usual & vote McCain. Question is, will that be enough for a win? We all know it will not. DD
Darvin Dowdy on June 6, 2008 at 10:02 AM
jwp1964 on June 6, 2008 at 10:04 AM
Cheer up.
Red Pill on June 6, 2008 at 10:04 AM
Attn RNC: Stay with positive ads.
Barack Obama…Not right for America, but he would make a really good president of Venezuela.
whitetop on June 6, 2008 at 10:05 AM
Your,bile and supporters…I’m so pissed off about this election cycle I can’t even spell! This site needs an edit button.
jwp1964 on June 6, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Oh so what were we supposed to do, let you TC’s run us right into the ground with a Romney or a Huckabee?
We have been carrying the water for your pet projects for 28 years and now you want to whine about US causing the fracture of the party?
Squid Shark on June 6, 2008 at 10:08 AM
Here’s a proposal:
Everyone knows Digg’s voting system, where I can give content a thumbs-up (+1) or a thumbs-down (-1). So how about this…
In the election, I can vote for a candidate (+1), or I can vote against a candidate (-1).
The candidate with the most votes to get to >40% wins.
If neither does it, they can tweak their message, nominate a new candidate, but the current president doesn’t get replaced until a candidate gets more than 40%.
That might fix this lack of emphasis on actually selling the candidate.
beatcanvas on June 6, 2008 at 10:09 AM
You sound like my liberal brother.
Red Pill on June 6, 2008 at 10:09 AM
Yep, things will work out and the Holy Spirit will make the Huckster President.
Just like he told you in the still small voice.
Squid Shark on June 6, 2008 at 10:10 AM
Yes, of course you’re correct. We are beginning to see the pieces of the strategy come together.
McCain campaign: Sell McCain. 100% high road.
GOP/RNC: Define opponent. Middle road, confront controversies, go moderately negative when warranted.
External entities (talk radio, blogosphere, 527s): Gloves off. Plausible deniability for McCain personally when necessary.
Not that there’s anything revolutionary about this, the Dems are doing the same thing although their low road will be a whole lot lower than ours. Already is.
Gilda on June 6, 2008 at 10:13 AM
I like it! LOL
funky chicken on June 6, 2008 at 10:13 AM
who’s fractured the party? Who did I vote for that you didn’t?
1992: Bush
1996:Dole
2000: Bush
2004: Bush
2008: McCain and you?
so who’s fracturing the party again?
’nuff said
tottoritodd on June 6, 2008 at 10:13 AM
Filibuster proof senate, because that mega-liberal Cornyn is gonna lose. yeah
And Liddy Dole, down in flames. uh, yeah
And Colorado is gonna elect a truther asshole (Udall) instead of a decent, popular guy (Schaffer) who is way, way more conservative than I but is a good fit for the GOP in Colorado.
See, I can support folks like Schaffer who are way more conservative than I for the good of the country and the good of the GOP. Funny how the evangelicals have trouble supporting more moderate Republicans.
But it’s the fault of the moderates if the party gets weaker.
huh
funky chicken on June 6, 2008 at 10:17 AM
So who did I vote for that you didn’t?
1992: Bush
1996: Dole
2000: Bush
2004: Bush
2008: McCain and you?
Who is fracturing the party again my friend?
Thought so….
tottoritodd on June 6, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Just how does any of this help Michelle’s children?
rbj on June 6, 2008 at 10:18 AM
I don’t think it is the socalled RINOs that fractured the party. They were not the ones promising to stay home and let either a Clinton or a completely out of his depth Socialist win just to be spiteful.
Right now would be a good time to go the site Ed linked to and maybe ask Obama a question or two rather than do the old tired boring predictable McCain bashing.
Terrye on June 6, 2008 at 10:18 AM
The GOP is at a huge fundraising disadvantage. True, the DNC doesn’t have much money, but Obama does! And, since the Democrats are the party that’s considered likely to win, they’re going to get a lot of corporate contributions and lobbyist money that used to go to Republicans. Obama has us seriously out-gunned, and I hope McCain has the energy and stamina to fight for the next 5 months to win this.
Outlander on June 6, 2008 at 10:18 AM
The problem is, most Americans don’t love God.
jgapinoy on June 6, 2008 at 10:18 AM
OBAMA CAVES…
This is could be the new Democratic slogan….and all you need to do is fill in the the rest.
drjohn on June 6, 2008 at 10:19 AM
I liked that ad too.
Yakko77 on June 6, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Yeah, you’re a big tent party all right. Conservatives can either vote for a bad candidate or shut up. Any conservative commentator on National Review or talk radio gets savaged every time they bring up an issue that makes McCain look bad (ok, pretty much any issue except Iraq). Every little brownshirt lemming wannabe on this site spouts off the same rhetoric; Limbaugh is irrelevant; National Review is irrelevant. Yeah, the GOP would have done so well without those 2 things in the past. The GOP would be nothing but a country club footnote without the conservative movement. Big Tent all right; as long as you’re a pragmatist, choking on your own vomit, or a brownshirted little cheerleader ready to pounce on those who don’t toe the line.
If Senator Backstabber can’t pull a victory out against the empty suit, it’s nobody’s fault but his own. The whole point of a campaign is to persuade. McCain has had months to persuade those who he’s alienated over the past 8 years. All he’s done is alienate them further; either from their own principles, or from voting for him. Even if McCain wins, the GOP coalition is either going to be damaged or dead, mainly because of people like you. You’ll have 4 years to enjoy yourself Squid..then, the voters will get another crack at McCain..and the likely damage he’ll have done is going to probably end with him out on his a**. The bad thing for the GOP is we have no one in the wings that will be able to pick up the pieces, and we’ll probably have a democrat until the GOP picks up the pieces or coalesces into something else. Just remember, if in your pitiful little analysis that a McCain loss in 08 is the fault of crybabies, the economic disaster of the McCain presidency is going to be the fault of cheerleaders like you pulling for whatever breathing object that happens to have an ‘R’ next to its name. Own it.
austinnelly on June 6, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Chill folks.
The Socialist Demoncrat party is going through a civil war (that still rages behind the scenes).
Let’s not have civil war on our side.
The conflict raging in the Republican Party is not “your fault” or “my fault”. It’s the fault of corruption in the Republican Party leadership. Both the MSM and McCain did some dishonest and unethical things take him from fourth place finish in Iowa to MSM-declared “presumptive nominee” 33 days later. It was a blitzkrieg that happened so fast that people (including myself) didn’t start figuring out what had happened until it appeared to be too late (but it’s not too late, we won’t have a nominee until the convention, and things can still change between now and then).
Red Pill on June 6, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Republicans in the primaries voted in McCain. Not the RNC, you idiot.
For my tastes, there are way too many people commenting here to be working for the democrats, when they advocate the loss of this election, and declare 2008 a defeat. Rush Limbaugh publically announced his ‘operation chaos’ against the democrats, and I am convinced that a few democrat trolls (along with more than a few idiot republican trolls) have taken uppon themselves to do the same to us. Chaos.
I’ll have no part of it, and I’ll pushback on every attempted sabotage and or idiotic comments and postings that that I see that benefit no one but the democrats.
wise_man on June 6, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Or manbye it was that some other place besides IOWA voted.
Give me a break, Pat Robertson won Iowa too, are you saying he got muscled out?
Squid Shark on June 6, 2008 at 10:23 AM
Actually, there are lots of good ideas and damn good jokes here! Based on the comment of “tottoritodd on June 6, 2008 at 9:47 AM,” I’d like to see an RNC ad with MLK Jr. saying exactly that clip (“People judged on the content of their character, not the color of their skin”) , a clip of Obama’s “typical white person” or a racist quote from one of his books, and then simply: McCain 2008.
I went to The new RNC site, “Meet Barack Obama,” and didn’t see anywhere where one could offer up such ideas. Maybe they don’t want them…but it would be nice to offer this at some site.
Lockstein13 on June 6, 2008 at 10:24 AM
#1 If you and others don’t vote for the bad candidate then you and I and the rest of the country are going to get 4 or 8 years of the worst candidate, it’s just that plain and simple. Not every vote for McCain is a vote ‘for’ McCain’
#2 It’s nobody’s fault but yours, and I’ll be here to remind you for the next 4 ot 8 years if Barack Obama wins.
wise_man on June 6, 2008 at 10:26 AM
The group that gets the most bang for their buck (sorry in advance for the pun) has shown a small bit of their hand, but have yet to really start playing their cards. This ad campaign will buttress the large RNC campaign fund.
The NRA has a large war chest and some potentially devastating ads as their hole cards. Especially the one that has been tested showing Obama’s own handwriting under an anti-gun statement, on a form he claims he never saw.
These ads will be run in those areas most likely to be populated by those bitter people who are clinging to their guns and their bibles. That would just happen to also be those states with a long and revered hunting ethic: such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, etc.
These will make a difference.
Yoop on June 6, 2008 at 10:28 AM
You have the same problemm as all the leftists.
Why doesn’t my candidate support socialism? Why don’t they just talk to our enemies? Why don’t they….?
Reagan who I think all of us love was weak on immigration, Islamic Facism. This is just historically true. But he won the Cold War and we love him for it. We need to be bigger then our differences.
Gop =
Big tentBig Picturetottoritodd on June 6, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Took me all of 3 seconds to find it. It’s on their main page, “connect” and there is a whole page of email addresses that you can send comments to. When you say “Maybe they don’t want them” this is your opinion. And it is wrong.
wise_man on June 6, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Even stranger when you start cheering for your own, and your nation’s, defeat.
funky chicken on June 6, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Very nice but I am still voting for Bob Barr. McCain is an open borders RINO.
bill30097 on June 6, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Not so fast.
If you take a little time to read some of the MANY anti-O liberal blogs, you might begin to see that things are NOT peaches & cream. An unintentional unity between otherwise strange bedfellows may just be the surprise “bringing people together” that could occur with BO’s candidacy. Maybe that COULD make John MaCain the right choice for this election? Somewhere between the ignorant, blind whims of the uninformed masses, and the higher ideals and principles of those with real character, who DO love their Country but simply disagree, is the bell curve. No outliers.
It may just be path of least resistance.
Check out this passionate and thoughtful position by someone concerned about the future…
http://savagepolitics.com/?p=610
singlemalt_18 on June 6, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Bob Barr has an even less chance of winning, (or more to the point) being noticed as a protest vote as Ralph Nader. And have less effect on anyone who gives a crap.
Might as well write in the name, Technicolor space unicorn, for all the good this will do you.
But at least you’ll feel better, huh?
wise_man on June 6, 2008 at 10:42 AM
“When you say “Maybe they don’t want them” this is your opinion. And it is wrong.” – wise_man on June 6, 2008 at 10:31 AM
More like wise *ss: hey, buddy, I simply didn’t find it…golly gee that you did -so proud of yourself. Thanks for the like anyway.
Lockstein13 on June 6, 2008 at 10:47 AM
A long comment hasn’t posted yet, so I’m going to break it into pieces. My apologies in advance if the long post shows up later and this material gets repeated.
Red Pill on June 6, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Not a problem. An opportunity.
It’s never been about the numbers and power of man.
It’s always been about the power of God.
Red Pill on June 6, 2008 at 10:49 AM
Was the little boy David more powerful than the giant Goliath?
No.
But what did David do? Did he cower like the rest of the armies of Israel?
No. David understood the power of his God, and his authority as a believer.
Red Pill on June 6, 2008 at 10:49 AM
And why did David fight Goliath? To prove to others that God is who He says He is, and will do what He says He will do.
Red Pill on June 6, 2008 at 10:50 AM
Everyone knows that David killed Goliath with a sling and a stone, but do you know the rest of the story?
Most people think the story of David and Goliath is a cute little fairy to tell children.
It’s not.
It’s a true story, and it’s intended for adults, not children. (How many beheading stories do you read to your kids before they go to bed?)
It’s a story that is meant to encourage adults who cower in fear and embolden them to stand strong in their faith and belief in the living God, Creator of Heaven and Earth.
Red Pill on June 6, 2008 at 10:50 AM
You cant find a simple link on a web address and you claim that the GOP doesn’t want your opinion – and I show you where it is, and you are still an ass, Lockstein13.
wise_man on June 6, 2008 at 10:50 AM
Thanks, I sent it. It’s good to feel like you at least trying. On a side note, people in Japan are shocked that Obama is the nominee. They all seem to have thought Hillary was going to win. Now they all want to know more about McCain because he gets NO press here.
tottoritodd on June 6, 2008 at 10:55 AM
I have never voted for a perfect candidate for President. Because… I have never run for the office. (What? You don’t think I should rule the world? Well then you’re clearly an idiot and responsible for the destruction of the Republican Party.)
Seriously though, when in life are we faced with an important decision to which there’s a flawlessly ideal solution? If a problem is difficult, we can either run away shrieking like children or confront it like adults and do the best we can with what we have.
McCain wasn’t my first choice but he sure is now. I intend to do what I can to get him elected and I appreciate the efforts of all others who are doing the same.
Gilda on June 6, 2008 at 11:03 AM
Sir, You are behaving like a repugnant KNOW IT ALL and insulting to boot. Feel proud of yourself for pointing out that, though there is no “we welcome your comments” at the “Meet Barack Obama” page, one can go to the GOP site. Gee, You’re So Smart.
As I made a súggestion, I would have thought you might have surmised that I indeed wish to contribute something constructive…but nooooo…you have to be the insulting type. Gee…You Really Are so Smart.
Just rude as hell, too.
Lockstein13 on June 6, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Actually, I just learned something myself…
The Bible does not say that David killed Goliath with the stone. It says he “prevailed over” him (knocked him unconscious?) with a sling and a stone, and then killed Goliath with Goliath’s own sword.
Red Pill on June 6, 2008 at 11:07 AM
I hope you are not talking to me. I didn’t know where to go and I found it. I was serious being thankful.
tottoritodd on June 6, 2008 at 11:09 AM
Amazingly well put.
I’m sorry you have trouble reading. If you could, you would have noticed that I simply mentioned that the RNC picks a favorite to win. And usually that favorite wins the nomination through the primary process. At no point did I say that the RNC voted in McCain. You are truly wise, wise_man.
Vaporman87 on June 6, 2008 at 11:10 AM
That would have been Rudy…
Squid Shark on June 6, 2008 at 11:15 AM
Does the quality of a nominated candidate have anything – anything at all – to do with whether that candidate wins or loses? I’m just wondering, because today (unlike a few months ago) no one seems to believe that the candidate himself has some measure of responsibility for winning or losing.
Is McCain just a false construct that bears no responsibility or accountability for his candidacy, whatsoever?*
Perhaps today’s ‘modern’ Presidential campaign is merely a measure of how many sheep one can scare-monger and bully into doing things The Party’s way…rather than an election of a LEADER from among the People, who actually REPRESENTS the People he’s asking to support him. There’s a shocker of an idea.
In McCain’s case, he’s not even bothering to try and get support from conservatives – he clearly doesn’t want to represent THEM. Nor does he need Them – as some here at HA have gleefully pointed out again and again. Thus, it obviously won’t be conservatives’ fault that McCain won’t get elected. Following the ‘reasoning’ that constituencies are at fault, since the candidate bears no responsibility for his own electability*, it will be the fault of the moderate Independents and Democrats – McCain’s favored demographic – that he loses. They will have failed to appropriately support his bid as their leader.
— — —
*unless you’re an also-ran Republican candidate. I remember several of them being held strictly accountable for their own unelectability. Funny how that works when it’s convenient.
Redhead Infidel on June 6, 2008 at 11:15 AM
tottoritodd on June 6, 2008 at 11:09 AM
GOODNESS, NO! I liked your idea (see: Lockstein13 on June 6, 2008 at 10:24 AM).
Someone calling himself “wise_man” got his panties in a bunch (note his subsequent rude remarks), and I was responding to him. Pity, I had an idea and made the observation that I simply did not see anywhere on that “Meet Barack Obama” site to offer up stuff. If the GOP site is as good, then so be it. Just no need for know-it-alls to be so insulting.
Sorry that wasn’t clear. Have a wonderful weekend!
Lockstein13 on June 6, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Quality has everything to do with it. I was very unsatisfied with the pick of Bush both times.
I was repeatedly reminded by the likes of people such as you that it was for the good of the party that we vote for him. I sucked it up and did it. Now that the RINO’s picked their guy, the whining begins. When we parrot the same line we got in 2000 and 2004 we are tolk we are liberals and traitors.
Cry me a damn river.
Squid Shark on June 6, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Go read the story of Gideon’s army.
Gideon thought his army was too small, and God told him to make it smaller.
We don’t need numbers.
We need men of God who are willing to be bold in their faith, boldly declare the Word of God, and take action.
There’s already a modern-day Gideon’s army.
Red Pill on June 6, 2008 at 11:21 AM
a “RNC” favorite does not compel voters to cast their vote for anyone but who the voters decide they want to back.
Nothing more.
I think that you are upset that the RNC didn’t pick the candidate that you voted for as their favorite, and now you blame the RNC that your candidate lost.
Your candidate lost because they didn’t get enough votes from the republicans in the primaries. Plain and simple, “Vapor” man.
wise_man on June 6, 2008 at 11:21 AM
SOOO entertaining.
Squid Shark on June 6, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Liar.
You said that a link to contact them wasn’t there, and they “didn’t want your opinion,” which is false.
Again, you are a liar.
wise_man on June 6, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Was the wool dry or damp this morning.
Squid Shark on June 6, 2008 at 11:24 AM
According to Hannity, during the full swing of Rudy’s popularity, McCain was the RNC favorite to win. . . even though he was only garnering 10% in polls at the time. Either Hannity was wrong or you are. I think I’ll be putting my trust in Hannity to know more about these things than you.
Vaporman87 on June 6, 2008 at 11:24 AM
At no point did I suggest otherwise.
Once again, I did not suggest this. But nice of you to attempt to put words in my mouth. I simply made my original comment because others were also suggesting RNC strategies.
Wow. I did not know that. Is that how that works? /sarcasm
Vaporman87 on June 6, 2008 at 11:31 AM
Hannity was a Rudy then Romney shill. He will say anything that generates interest and keeps his rating up.
Squid Shark on June 6, 2008 at 11:31 AM
The only people responsible for McCain being the nominee are the individual republicans who voted for McCain.
wise_man on June 6, 2008 at 11:32 AM
voting for mccain is voting for obama-lite
no thanks.
since the republicans have nominated Juan, they’ve told me they don’t want my vote, and they will not get it.
hope they win with all you ‘moderates’
I’m sick of ‘moderates’ ie lite-libs. you always want us to vote for your ‘libs’ because the other lib is worse…not this time.
right4life on June 6, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Holy cow! Once again your knowledge of the obvious is overwhelming to me. You should be president.
Vaporman87 on June 6, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Thanks you too
tottoritodd on June 6, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Even if that were true, it still gives me know good reason to believe you over him.
Vaporman87 on June 6, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Squid Shark on June 6, 2008 at 9:44 AM
Ya.
29Victor on June 6, 2008 at 11:41 AM
tottoritodd on June 6, 2008 at 11:43 AM
RNC ad for the Fall:
NARRATION:
Martin Luther King, Jr. said that he hoped for a day when Americans would be judged “not by the color of their skin” but “by the content of their character”.
Here are some of characters Senator Obama has surrounded himself with.
Show: WRIGHT, AYERS, DOHRN, PFLEGER, FARRAKAHN, ad nauseam.
And here’re some of their content:
WRIGHT: “No-no-no! Goddamn America!”
PFLEGER: “America is the greatest sin against God.”
A man is known by the company he keeps.
Keep Obama from bringing this kind of CHANGE to the Oval Office.
McCain 2008.
profitsbeard on June 6, 2008 at 11:47 AM
Beating Obama is the most important thing, but a lttle credit would be nice….
See the posts earlier……
just a little artistic credit please
tottoritodd on June 6, 2008 at 11:51 AM
This ain’t American Idol.
It’s not my goal to be entertaining.
It’s my goal to stand for God and fight for my country.
If men and women in our military are willing to die for our country, those of us not in the military should be willing to live for our country.
Obama and Clinton are Socialist disciples of Saul Alinsky.
We all agree that Obama or Clinton would be horrible for our country (well almost all of us…Allahpundit seems to be in the tank for Hillary – go figure).
Many of us agree that McCain would also be horrible for our country. Whether he is intentionally Socialist or whether he is just a “useful idiot”, I don’t know for sure. But I do know that many of the words and actions of John McCain are in full agreement with the Socialist game plan. If amnesty passes, that benefits the Socialists. Why do you think you saw so many Che shirts at those immigration rallies? Those rallies were organized on May 1st (big surprise…that’s the Communist May Day) and organized by “Community Organizers”…you know, people who have the job that Barack Obama used to do and that Hillary Clinton was invited to do (by Saul Alinsky himself!)
The bottom line is that John McCain cannot be trusted with immigration or AGW, both of which are key objectives of the Socialists. McCain cannot be the next POTUS because he would give the Socialists exactly what they want. There’s also the chance that he’d appoint more Souters to the SCOTUS. Sure, he promises strict constructionists, but he also promised to build the fence. Promises, promises. There’s a certain truth to the “Bush-McCain” story line, but it’s not “McCain is running for George W. Bush’s Third Term”, it’s “McCain is running for George H. W. Bush’s Second Term”.
Think about it. It’s more true than you realize.
Mike Huckabee will be the next President of the United States.
Red Pill on June 6, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Wow! Thanks for the link, Singlemalt_18.
What my respected Hotties do not realize is that we Conservatives and Republicans have been sidelined for this election.
McC is running as a Centrist Democrat and that is who will elect him when all is said and done. Vote for him, or don’t vote for him. It won’t really matter this time around.
So let’s stop whining and fighting amongst ourselves, and concentrate on the local races and rebuild the stinking shambles that the GOP has become.
techno_barbarian on June 6, 2008 at 11:56 AM
You would think.
But then again, after reading the comments of some of the people here, there is some doubt.
wise_man on June 6, 2008 at 11:57 AM
we’re better off with him in there. because Juan will enact the same disasterous liberal policies, and ‘conservatism’ will be blamed.
Juan will appoint liberal judges, so no difference there.
then after 4 years of disaster, we may actually be able to turn to a real alternative ie a real conservative.
right4life on June 6, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Indeed.
Vaporman87 on June 6, 2008 at 12:01 PM
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