same-sex marriage, immigration — legal or otherwise — or abortion”

I don’t see any of these as “Republican” issues
…
People seem to be confusing social values with political values.

crosspatch on May 1, 2009 at 2:44 AM

They are conservative issues, not merely a social values.

Some republicans think a nation can function equally well moral, or debauched but conservatives disagree.

Abraham Lincoln, for instance, did not make his decisions against slavery simply seeking a better business model, or a fairer taxation

Rule of law has been an important part of the American success story, and illegal immigration (which is not immigration but importation) has greatly corrupted the rule of law in this nation.

When the President, or the Congress decide to solve a problem by pretending a law has not been broken instead of changing the law, they are either conspiring to defraud the public trust, or they are refusing to be accountable.

This may not be an issue to some people calling themselves republicans, but it is a serious issue to people calling themselves ethical

I just love the smell of a gop civil war. That fresh aroma of a smaller and smaller gop tent. Hey goopers, your self destructing. Maybe purging the party isn’t such a great idea afterall.
athensboy on May 1, 2009 at 7:22 AM

Actually, it could be the Democrat party that’s self-destructing. Obama doesn’t pan out, Democrats could be discredited for a generation or more. It’s that big.

The most important reform of all would be; Term Limits for Congress – 2 terms Senate, 4 terms House sounds good.

Dasher on May 1, 2009 at 9:53 AM

Amen (although I’d prefer 2 terms each). This should be the priority of all of us. I believe it’s our only chance for responsive government and reducing corruption. But to make it succeed will require a HUGE movement in this country. Maybe the Tea Parties are a start. If Term Limits is the only thing that comes from them, it would still be great!

The Feds have NO AUTHORITY to trump the states on the issue, period.

The justices who ruled otherwise should have been removed from the bench.

every aspect of its beliefs

What beliefs?

The GOP wants goodies for its members’ districts.

Jindal is boring, folks. And opportunistic.

And Palin is becoming an issue. What’s up with that?

SKYFOX on May 1, 2009 at 8:40 AM

No one is asking you to change your values, but the time is long past that traditional social mores can be enforced on others by goverment and frankly it never should have been. Continue down this path and you will get the opposite liberal views enforced by government when you fail again and again to win back power.

Victory is achieved by simple popular narratives that captivate the middle ground. The left and right are already comitted.

Look at it this way, if you can’t get the heavily Cathlic Latino Population to vote on social issues, who will follow you? The Omish? Good luck with that.

Constitutional rights
Free Market
Free Minds
Opporunity
Strong defense
Ethics
Rule of Law

mean, I’m already guilty of crimes against humanity for being a conservative so damn the torpedoes of political correctness and full speed ahead!

And F-em if they can’t take a joke.

karl9000 on May 1, 2009 at 10:49 AM

Absolutely. At this point, all we can do is force their hand. Ultimately, I think they want us silenced at all cost. If we force them to do what it is that they really WANT to do, fast and hard, I think more people will see their real agenda. Most people saw the tea parties as positive events. It was hard for any regular person in any town not to have known someone involved or seen someone involved. It wasn’t at all what the left tried to paint it. It WILL trickle out. We have to be pretty aggressive upfront (with words and peaceful actions) and utterly unapologetic if we want to stem this tide at all. They will continue to erode the nation with or without us. What will it be?

I just saw the President of the American Small Business Association, a man who campaigned heavily for Obama because he believed the spin, on FNC saying that Obama lied and has reneged on all his promises to help small business. So, the pigeons are coming home to roost, especially since Obama has decided to cast his lot with the unions. We need to hammer on Obama for the campaign promises made and broken. Because conservatives have always tried to conduct ourselves in a more civil, courteous fashion, we have not been able to fight effectively. Now, the gloves need to come off…

It all started in earnest when the left CONSTANTLY required “apologies” from people for saying the wrong thing or printing the wrong thing during the Bush administration.

Yeah, I’m starting to take more of a “OK, what part of that insult didn’t you understand?” sort of approach. I mean, I’m already guilty of crimes against humanity for being a conservative so damn the torpedoes of political correctness and full speed ahead!

And F-em if they can’t take a joke.

Because compromise has become a more important way of “resolving” conflicts” than crushing your enemy before you and hearing the lamentations of their women…

OK, sorry for that last part: to much testosterone flowing today. Must be those dammed pills…

But you get the point: we’re no longer a nation of winners, just whiners.

karl9000 on May 1, 2009 at 10:33 AM

It all started in earnest when the left CONSTANTLY required “apologies” from people for saying the wrong thing or printing the wrong thing during the Bush administration. Now, that is standard procedure. I hate it.

crushing your enemy before you and hearing the lamentations of their women…

karl9000 on May 1, 2009 at 10:33 AM

Hear, hear. We need more of that kind of talk.

Why does that happen?

Because compromise has become a more important way of “resolving” conflicts” than crushing your enemy before you and hearing the lamentations of their women…

OK, sorry for that last part: to much testosterone flowing today. Must be those dammed pills…

But you get the point: we’re no longer a nation of winners, just whiners.

See, it doesn’t matter if we are shunned or ridiculed or marginalized. If all we care about is electability, we have lost more than elections.

I care about something greater than elections. If we toss aside truth HERE, we will have an easier time tossing aside truth in fiscal areas, as we CLEARLY see with RINOS with no compass. They do not realize that fiscal restraint and conservatism goes hand in hand with a social conservatism.

Again, notice how little the left ever loses. When we WIN, they still gain because we water down everything to be more PALATABLE to corrupt human nature. It will NEVER be on our side if we stand for truth.

Remember William Wilberforce? Yeah. real popular guy, huh?

You do not uphold the sanctity of life, the rest crumbles.

You know what i wish we’d hear? Someone say on national television again and again until it sinks in that Planned Parenthood is a racist, corrupt organization, that anyone with any sanity cannot look at the mangled bodies of dead humans and not see Autzwitch, and, no, it’s not really ok to redefine man and woman hood so drastically to appease homosexuals wanting nothing MORE than to level down civil society’s basic framework of the nuclear family. WE ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE AS IT IS WIT DIVORCE. We will cede no more ground. And, also, it ISN’T OK to do nazi experimentation with human embryos and we support adult stem cell research. So, DO NOT ELECT ME if you do not want tested, honorable principles.

if we can do that, we can take our country back.

I am not talking about “partial-birth abortion,” by the way. That’s just freakin’ infanticide.

Jesus christ can we just agree on having a few core principles to come to an agreement on?

1. defending the constitution
2. balanced budgets
3. reforming the tax code
4. health care reform
5. individual rights
6. respect federalism

and respect opposing views on abortion, gay rights etc.

therightwinger on April 30, 2009 at 11:04 PM

The most important reform of all would be; Term Limits for Congress – 2 terms Senate, 4 terms House sounds good.

she said black people don’t believe in abortion. i’ve heard several blacks say that. this is preached in their churches. and 95% of them voted for bambi because he is black.

this woman told me it was all a lie about bambi supporting (or not blocking) infanticide in illinois.

that is where we are with the some minorities.

karl9000 on May 1, 2009 at 9:38 AM

Here here!

If we want to be the party of anti-big government, we need to start with getting out of the business of meddling into the private lives of our citizens when it comes to reproductive choices as well as the type of private end-of-life issues which surrounded the Terry Schiavo case.

The GOP needs visionary leaders that can grow and expand the party — not let it rot on the vine in order to appease the most extreme party members. Steele isn’t that guy. He’s too flaky and wrapped up in his own celebrity to be an effective leader.