First things first:

Lieberman needs to switch to the GOP.

McCain needs to switch to the dimorats, as does Schwartzennegger.

Lets get everyone on the appropriate teams before doing anything else.

ErinF on November 12, 2008 at 8:04 AM

Liebs needs to stay a democrat and CACA with us.
that will really make the left pee themselves.

I listen to all of them, Hannity, Rush, Beck, O’Reilly, and Laura.

Laura is my favorite. She’s Sean Hannity’s solid conservatism without repeating the same thing over and over again.

She and Glenn Beck were also the only two I heard call for Palin for VP before he actually did it.

PastorJon on November 11, 2008 at 4:53 PM

I like Laura. Smart, smokin hot.
but she does annoy me a little more than the others tho for reasons I wont go into right now. As far as shows and hosts, my favorites are:

1) Michael Medved (awesome!)
2) Dennis Prager (AWESOME!)
3) Hugh Hewitt (awesome)
4) Larry Elder (awesome awesome)

I tend to like the ones that are a little more DEBATE oriented. Rush and Hannity arent so much. But the do have great shows.

Lieberman needs to switch to the GOP.

McCain needs to switch to the dimorats, as does Schwartzennegger.

Lets get everyone on the appropriate teams before doing anything else.

What about purging the Repulican Party of all the RINOs and CINOs as a good start…………. and I mean purge!

Sounds good in theory, but the reality is, in some states, RINOs are the best we can expect to get. For example, a Conservative has no shot in Vermont.

3. Sarah comes out for “comprehensive immigration reform” on Univision and Ingraham ignores it.

Sarah was the VP candidate, not the P candidate. Comprehensive immigration reform was McCain’s deal, not hers. As his VP, it’s not like she could come out with a position completely different from his. It was her job to support McCain’s agenda, not come up with her own. She can do that when she decides to run for president.

hawksruleva on November 11, 2008 at 5:47 PM

I agree. Let’s make sure to stress freedom and opportunity!

I think Americans need less government bullsh*t to prevent and punish your success.

I’m Dr. Bob and I approve this message.

If they can’t do that, and be proud of those principles, then the party is over…

Michael Savage is not that bad! I listen to him everyday on the way home from work. He has had some interesting callers on his show with excellent and worthwhile information. I laugh when a liberal calls his show and tries to attack him, he hangs on up them with a bang!

txstar on November 11, 2008 at 5:33 PM

Granted, Savage can sometimes make some sense when he’s on his meds, but I have NEVER experienced ANYONE as consistently contemptible of their own audience. Someone called him a ‘Good American’ the other night and he had an absolute meltdown, screaming and then hanging up on the poor caller with the admonition, “Don’t ever call here again!” This poor schmo was probably a lifelong fan and listener, and because he happens to catch Savage at the wrong blood/sugar moment, he’s cast aside for a ten-second rating’s spike and to feed the good doctor’s own rampant megalomania.

I’ll listen on occasion, especially when the local Boston personality on the other channel just isn’t cutting it, but you would have to have Stockholm Syndrome to put up with this guy’s abuse on any regular basis…

I am so tired of Laura’s act.

upstate on November 11, 2008 at 4:44 PM

I could not agree more.

Voters will not elect Republicans who act like Democrats; they’ll just vote for the authentic Democrat instead.

Exactly Ed. My financial support for the “democrap lite” party has ended. Republicans no longer represent conservative interests. They keep giving us the Arlen Specter, John McCain types and then expect us to support them. Well, I’m a registered as “no party affiliation” now and will not return to the GOP nor waste my money on them. If a Conservative party pops up here in PA, I’ll happily join. My days as a republican are over.

Not nominating future individuals for president who want to remake the world in America’s image and start wars on bogus pretexts might also be a good idea.

alex342 on November 11, 2008 at 8:07 PM

Anti-war conservatives have never been given the time of the day. The famously vicious Frum article where he denounced them as something less than human is the gold standard in this regard. Republicans are mainly philisophically liberal which is why they will lay down lay down with the left even as they savagely attack anyone to their right. John McCain is the standard-bearer and, at least for the moment, no conservative blogger dare venture to the right of his inane drivel.

However, notice that Laura never advises to start spouting insanities in an effort to out-do the nutcases on the Left.

Ed, I think you’re projecting. The leftists went insane with their denunciations of Bush and the Iraq war, which prevented a real discussion about Bush’s policies from taking place among the right. Now that the left is in power mainstream conservatives think that anything beyond meekness would make them appear ultra-partisan and unreasonable. Obama wants to unite the U.S. under leftism, that is what his bipartisanism amounts to.

The good news for Republicans: with the Democrats controlling all three branches of government, more disaffected voters will abandon their Democratic registration.

The bad news for Republicans: they aren’t likely to join the Republicans, as they might have in the past.

Republicans have to ask themselves: why have so many people left the GOP behind? It’s not because Republicans weren’t conservative enough. The gauzy-eyed promises of a return to the first principles of conservatism will comfort what’s left of the base – the promise of better days behind us is the essence of conservatism, after all.

It wasn’t out of some disaffection with McCain’s moderation, either. McCain arguably had a better showing for Republicans than the drubbings they had taken two years ago in the Congressional elections.

I don’t know why, exactly. I think a good starting point would be to look at the popular voices of conservatism -

Rush Limbaugh. Bill O’Reilly. Ann Coulter. And now, Sarah Palin. Republicans have spent the years since Reagan left office cultivating the most shrill and the most polarizing evangelists for their vision. The Republicans have asked America to choose, in Bush’s words, whether it is with them or against them, with the predictable result that many Americans happily elected “against.”

Stick to the facts and never let up, and build the GOP into a rational, clear alternative to the statist policies of the Democrats over the next two years.

Rational being the key word. Republicans have positioned themselves as the anti-science, anti-intellectual party. It’s too bad Gingrich has so much ethical baggage from his terms in congress. He’s exactly the kind of spokesman that could win back Independents, because he can articulate the best ideas of conservatism without insulting everybody’s intelligence.

I finally agree with you on something! Know why Schwarzenegger is a good Governor? Because he’s the most conservative person of all the people who COULD get elected Governor of California! I would love it if we could force all RINOs out of the party, but it isn’t realistic and never will be as long as our top priorities do not include making the media more conservative and doing a better job of educating the public as to why conservative ideas are superior.

davenp35 on November 11, 2008 at 6:14 PM

Excellent post. The RNC won the 2002 Congressional elections because of excellent candidate requirement. Rove went out of his way to convince some candidates to run for their specific seats. The Rs recruited well known personalities in the states to run. Now it seems that the Rs are more concerned about whether or not a candidate is a multi-millionaire who can fund its own campaign. The biggest example of this is the IL 11th, which went from being Hastert’s seat (and includes Dixon) to being represented by an odious anti-war Democrat because the R candidate was a multi-millionaire who failed to gain a nomination for statewide office three times.

The Republicans need to get back to their 2002 recruiting and get candidates who fit their pariticular districts/ states. This means tolerating “RINOs” who might support conservatives only 60% of the time vs. 100% of the time.

leetpriest on November 11, 2008 at 6:46 PM

I agree with you on many points… Laura’s show = Laura’s opinions. But there is “one little, itty bitty, teensy weensy” point about Laura, and this comes from a devoted {former} listener… Has anyone noticed the intolerance she has towards people with differing opinions? I never had an issue with it, until my dear bf brought it up. Noticed it on several different occasions after that, though.

Case in point: Years ago, she was railing against the Bratz Dolls (aka sluts-r-us for little girls) and I was wholeheartedly in agreement, but she went on and on about it, and my dear bf said “she’s starting to sound as holy as the mullahs in the middle east”. Sure enough, I then heard her expound on tattoos and her prejudices regarding them the next day or two (I had no dog in that fight, as I am tattoo-free). Many listeners called in, a bunch of conservatives, and explained that they consider it “body art” much to her dismay. As I listened to them trying to convince her, it was apparent that noone was changing Laura’s mind, and that’s when it hit me: She is starting to sound as “holy as those mullahs”… There is no middle ground with her.

Now, as for conservatism, I believe there is NO middle ground. Strong military – Small government – Protecting life/human rights.

But all the other stuff? DEFINITELY lots of middle ground.

I’m all for Laura representing conservative values, but to be rail at people who buy Bratz dolls or have tattoos is NOT what we need her to get so “holy” for… just a thought.