Comments on: Good-Bye, Republican ‘Leaders’

By: hoakie

hoakie — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:31:05 +0000

Funny thing happened yesterday… I had a call from the NRCC. I wasn’t polite. Not in the least.

They won’t get the contribution I pledged too, and they’ll never get any future contributions – ever

The officials who are already there don’t need money to stand up and do the right thing. It takes backbone. Something the GOP is sorely lacking.

I find it kind of funny that the two most principled conservatives around are beauty pageant winners. Michelle Bachmann would probably be the most principled.

BTW – Loved Tancredo’s rant on Sonia Sotomayor.

By: seesalrun

seesalrun — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:09:17 +0000

I think I’ll now go to the Red State Party coming up in Atlanta. I like that site. I hope you all consider. Grassroots is a good thing, and those that will follow are not looking for a handout, they are looking to rebirth our Country as it should be, as our Founders saw it, and – oh how I see, love and respect it.

By: Brian1972

Brian1972 — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:37:45 +0000

Dare I say old boy, I like the cut of this RS MCCain fellow’s jib.

By: darktood

darktood — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:55:55 +0000

Something must be done about the lack of conservative leadership in the Republican Party.
I fear it is too late.

By: MarkTheGreat

MarkTheGreat — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:38:00 +0000

The biggest single problem with career politicians (and that includes the pundits as well as those who face elections) is that after a while, they start identifying more with the Washington establishment (or state capital of your choice) than they do with ordinary citizens.

It becomes more important to them to have glowing reviews in the local papers. It becomes more important to them to be invited to the A list parties.

Actually winning elections? Distractions.
Actually passing the legislation they were sent to pass? Irrelevancies.

By: tarpon

tarpon — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:21:40 +0000

I no longer donate to the Republican anything. I give money direct to my candidate of choice, regardless what State he is in.

By: notropis

notropis — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:02:21 +0000

Nice post, TOM.

It’s gotta start somewhere. And it ain’t gonna start inside the Beltway. Cornyn, McConnell and Co. still don’t get it. The whole lot of them needs to be replaced. We’ve got plenty of capable candidates. It’s time to retake the Party. And then hope to hell that the new bunch doesn’t rot as quickly as the old bunch has.

By: InTheBellyoftheBeast

InTheBellyoftheBeast — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:09:17 +0000

Yesterday my group was unleashed on Sacramento to lobby against a horrid piece of legislation that is working its way through the assembly. Here is what one of our members wrote to me:

What I wanted to say was, “stop supporting the special interests that got you elected, and start doing what’s right for the state. I know you sold your soul to get into government, but it’s not too late to do something good and save it. If you lead with morals, integrity, and common sense, we’ll follow and make sure you get elected again.” But instead I stuck to the money line. (The money line being the state is broke, don’t pass this and make it broker)

Seems to sum it up doesn’t it? I would love to see Leadership in the GOP throw this kind of thinking at the electeds. It will only take one to stand up, find they are the new Leader, a Moses type, and others will follow.

By: palarson

palarson — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:07:20 +0000

Don’t leave the party, that’s what the fifth columnists want us to do. Instead just show up once a month at your local republican party central committee meetings and get involved. Spend a season observing how things work and then get on the local ballot for membership on the committee. Convince a few hundred republican voters to vote for you and come November you’ll be on the committee.

Once on the committee get nominated for and win a leadership office (like treasure, vice-president, or president) and then you’ll have a say in who from your district gets sent to the national convention. As a voter at the national convention you will be able to influence the direction of the party and its funds.

By: ddrintn

ddrintn — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:14:40 +0000

The days of party leadership in Washington shoving compromises down the throats of the conservative grassroots, endorsing bad policies and bad candidates, and then blaming the subsequent defeats on conservatives who opposed all of that stupidity? Over. Finished. Done.

Preach it!

By: Bishop

Bishop — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:56:51 +0000

I round-file everything I get from the GOP, including the whiny crap that Steele sends via email. For two election cycles all of my donation money has gone to individual campaigners rather than the GOP.

If I wanted demorats in power, I would vote for the real thing, not a bunch of losers grabbing at coattails and pleading for a seat at Ogabe’s table. The GOP will move ahead without me; I’ll stand with the resistance when the time eventually comes.

By: cs89

cs89 — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:55:24 +0000

BTW, the endorsement is from Jeb Bush, Jr., not the former Gov. as far as I know.

By: Romeo13

Romeo13 — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:40:27 +0000

Yep, next two election cycles are going to be all about the Oligarchs in Washington fighting against the Grass Roots out in Flyover country… with many on the coasts joining in.

Next major political movement will be a Fiscal Con / realistic Libertarian movement… (realistic libertarian being the most freedom possible without bordering on anarchy… ie… States Rights, Personal Responsibility, Law and Order, Old Constitutional value party, and the ideal that RIGHTS are for the individual, not the group, or even worse, the government…)

Its a coalition that Blue Dog Democrats, Moderates, Fiscal Cons, and Libertarians will all be able to support… ie… about 66% of the Nation…

By: Lourdes

Lourdes — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:47:43 +0000

What Erick is saying is very simple: Grassroots conservatives have been sold out by Beltway Republicans for the last time.

EXACTLY. The GOP is going to flounder in the Land of the Lost if they cower as to the Sotomayor nomination. They really have to get ahead of (or step aside from) this whole Leftwing racist/sexist/ethnicsupremacy thing used nearly daily by the Democrats to try to force everyone into submission.

Sotomayor is horribly NOT qualified for the Supreme Court, based upon her own statements revealing an irrational series of views concentrated upon her ethnic supremacy views, as also sexist views.

She insults the Supreme Court, her nomination does, as does the guy who nominated her. Which is his objective, I think.

By: Lourdes

Lourdes — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:44:59 +0000

Jeb Bush and Mike Huckabee endorsed Marco Rubio.

Well, great but Rubio’s popularity is doing great already. It’s great that they’d endorse Rubio, but, it’s not as if Rubio’s not already the popular candidate.

Every bit helps, I guess.

I’d really like to see Rubio win the FL Senate seat. The Party needs him.