TruthToBeTold on October 26, 2009 at 10:56 PM

I am SICK AND TIRED of holding my nose to vote for “Republicans” who actually are RINO’s and I’m not going to do it again. Call me an American first, a conservative second and a maybe Republican if they ever get the message that Americans want conservative candidates. Someone that they can ENTHUSIASTICALLY vote for without having to hold their noses. Someone they would be willing to get out and knock doors for or make phone calls urging people to vote for the conservative candidate. NO MORE RINO’s! Starve the Republican National groups by not giving them a CENT. Give directly to good conservative candidates only.

+1
I’m with you. This is exactly my sentiment.

Progressives are following their millionare pied pipers (Soros, Heinz, Moore, Olbermann, Maddow) to obscurity. Beck will be laughing all the way to the bank when the Democratic Party truly becomes a 3rd party.

J_Crater on October 27, 2009 at 10:40 AM

At least, Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity, et al. are earning their salaries. Olbermann and the MSNBC chippies have ratings in the toilet but still command millionaire salaries, while begging the government for handouts and pushing propaganda in exchange. They wish they were laughing to the bank, but they just whine for corporate welfare and suck up to the administration. Those who can make money in the private sector; those who can’t work at MSNBC.

So, if a Republican or a Democrat wins in a special election where Obama removed the incumbent, it’s a win either way. The only way to screw with Obama and the big shots in both parties is to support the Independent. It works in NY where the mayor is Bloomberg. It works with Rubio in FL. It works with Lieberman in CT. Voting Independent in local races is the best way to promote a third party, send a msg to the establishment or effect change.

rrpjr on October 27, 2009 at 1:31 AM

I wish I could rate your comment.

+100

‘The Republicans need to learn that the people they are running [for office] do not represent the views of the people.’

Correct. We want traditional American values which translates to conservative values. We’re a conservative country despite what any liberal will try to tell you. Bozo’s radicalism is confronting votes with the nasty reality of socialism and they are REPULSED by it.

It’s a good thing we are organizing and taking back our party. America is waiting for true leadership.

Sugarbuzz on October 27, 2009 at 8:13 AM

Perhaps, but I heard Newt say much the same thing himself. And McCain. And more than a few others.

MikeA on October 27, 2009 at 8:23 AM

Don’t get me wrong, the GOP has certainly acted stupid enough the last few years for me to believe the comments could be legit also…

My point is given the massive liberal slant that we’ve observed in the MSM since they finally came out of the closet I think any unnamed source should at least be considered suspect and not taken at face value.

The media has no credibility any longer and I firmly believe they just make stuff up out of whole cloth to drive hits or copies sold, knowing that no one is really going to bother to fact check them

Conservatives are following their millionare pied pipers (Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Levin, Coulter) to obscurity. Beck will be laughing all the way to the bank when the Republican Party truly becomes a 3rd party.

The twisted conservatism preached on talk radio and Fox News each day is unattainable. However, that does not stop these charlatans from getting rich. Snake oil for all!

Decider on October 27, 2009 at 1:22 AM

Isn’t it fascinating how liberals are fixated on other people’s wealth.

This guy actually thinks that the fact that Rush et. al. have gotten wealthy by being successfull, proves that what Rush et. al. have to say is invalid.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, this is — this is — I mean this is. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’m done.

This is .. this is .. pathetic.

WELCOME TO THE AGE OF LIBERTARIAN (Economic and Personal Freedom), REPUBLICAN (Government directed by the People, not the other way around) and CONSERVATIVE (sum of all American values that actually worked and built this nation) ACTIVISM IN 21ST CENTURY!!!!!!!!

ALLAHPUNDIT’S DAYS ARE NUMBERED IN HOT AIR! IT’S TIME FOR MICHELLE MALKIN TO TAKE IT BACK FROM CLUELESS HA BLOGGERS.

Sugarbuzz on October 27, 2009 at 8:13 AM

Perhaps, but I heard Newt say much the same thing himself. And McCain. And more than a few others.

The whole justification for nominating a political rat bastard traitor like McCain was “electability.” Look at how that worked out.

highhopes on October 27, 2009 at 7:49 AM

Not real big on context are you?

2nd sentence “If Hoffman wins it shows to the GOP leadership what the grass roots of the party already knows, that the moderate strategy is a loser and its wrong.”

highhopes on October 27, 2009 at 7:45 AM

I wouldn’t take that bet on a bet. You are exactly right about the anonymous comments. This is not about a sensitive national security issue or a legal case, but political ideology. The only possible reason for a “senior GOP strategist” to remain anonymous is because he or she does not want to be associated with the comment. It boggles the mind as to why that might be true. I find it incredible that the GOP would expect us to change our mind about the core concepts of conservatism based on some comment or talking point that they won’t even admit to making. More than that I find it insulting that they think I’m that stupid. If that is the GOP of today, I agree with Hoffman when he said “I didn’t leave the GOP; it left me.”

How much more clear can we possibly get, for the Party to understand our discontent, our disconnect, and our disatisfaction with what the Party has become? They are now trying to “brand” us as the “Radical Right”–this is why people are not identifying with the Party. They are trying to marginalize us, in the same way that Obama has done to the Republican Party. This the losing strategy of the Party.
What part of the saying, “I didn’t leave the Republican Party, the Party left me…” don’t they understand?

lovingmyUSA on October 27, 2009 at 2:05 AM

Let’s step back for a minute and consider…

How do we know the “Senior GOP political analyst” supposedly quoted in the story isn’t simply a bald faced lie concocted by Politico to get hits or drive a wedge between conservatives?

I no longer trust any “quotes” from un-named sources because frankly I believe the media will flat out lie to drive the liberal agenda. Consider the source

The twisted conservatism preached on talk radio and Fox News each day is unattainable.

Decider on October 27, 2009 at 1:22 AM

A. Guarantee this troll doesn’t listen to conservative talk radio… and he can’t get FNC with his government-issued HD-converter box.

B. Why would lefties be so concerned about a “fracturing” GOP or a dead-end strategy for conservatism? They’re not… what they’re concerned about is the tidal wave that an excited base and principled conservative candidates would bring to the political landscape.

Hugh Hewitt has the transcript up on his radio conversation yesterday with David Frum. Here’s an excerpt and the link:
HH: Look, in a paragraph that says it’s the language of cult? You name me in a paragraph that says cult?
DF: I’ve moved from yo…

The whole crux of the “moderate” argument is that we need to support Scozzafava because the principled conservative cant win.
Opportunity Costs on October 27, 2009 at 7:41 AM

The whole justification for nominating a political rat bastard traitor like McCain was “electability.” Look at how that worked out.

Bottom line, NY-23 isn’t all that critical in the grand scheme of things. The winner will get to Congress just in time to start campaigning for re-election in 2010. I’d rather see Hoffman go down in defeat with strong support than see either the Democrat of that liberal tub of lard endorsed by the NY GOP.

The twisted conservatism preached on talk radio and Fox News each day is unattainable.

Decider on October 27, 2009 at 1:22 AM

Such as what?

MikeA on October 27, 2009 at 7:21 AM

The Gingrich/McCain wing of the GOP seems hellbent on making the party into a shadow of the filthy lying coward’s party. Giving anonymous quotes isn’t for candor but to hide the what part of the party this “we are doomed” spin is coming from. I’ll bet you anything it is one of McCain’s people who trashed Palin (again anonymously).

Concession of policy and principle isnt a strategy, its betrayal. About time they opened their eyes to that.

It is possible for conservatives to work together, keep to our principles, make compromises within certain limits, and reach out to non-conservatives within certain limits. Reagan did it.

Loxodonta on October 27, 2009 at 1:21 AM

You are so right about all of us working together. The GOP should be listening to the conservative voters before we conservatives start a new party. Perot, bless his heart took votes away from George H.W. Bush and we got Clinton. I was dating my husband and he told me he voted for Perot, a good Texan and whom I admire, but when my future husband told me that, I told him that he was one of the 17% that helped get Clinton elected and I didn’t return his calls for several weeks. To this day, I still gig him about helping Clinton out.