So thanks, but no thanks for the advice.Don't you love when Democrats offer advice to the Republican party about how we should be more moderate?
WE should be more moderate? WHAT ABOUT THEM? They are so far left they are LOONEY! That is why they are losing at the polls now.Don't you love when Democrats offer advice to the Republican party about how we should be more moderate?
Because if you would be more SOCIALLY moderate and stop kow-towing to the extreme self-righteous ';let's teach creationism in schools'; evangelicals, a lot more ';Democrats'; would vote for you. I for one have no problem with fiscal conservatism, but will never vote for the extreme right-wing social agenda that has come to characterize your party.
I liked McCain in 2000 and probably would have voted for him, and might have voted for him in 08. But what did you do? Nominate an extreme socially-conservative crazy evangelical VP who was frankly an insult to women everywhere. So thanks but no thanks.
when Regan got elected conservatism was a rather new ideal...plus don't forget Ronnie was a Hollywood boy who was also in charge of unions during his rise...not only that he was a big spender and a lousy saver...McCain got beat because Bush was just that horrible...i don't think by him being a moderate is what ruined him...it was the tarnished Republican name is what ruined him....as for the Dems...they are right...most of this country is not homo-phobic as it once was...yah prop.8 was defeated in CA but that was ultra-liberal bill...now the country much more accepting towards minorities in high positions..some thing conservatives are still wary of (the Sarah Palin fringe of the party)..then you got issues like medical marijuana...which many conservatives support...but then the bible belt bunch is totally against that...and finally on the fiscal side the American people who are still pro-capitalism are very anti-corporatism...and the right supports corporatism even when they are unethical, immoral, and even criminal (health care execs, for profit prisons, banker bonuses amid crises etc) ...if the right wing would just unify and wake up to a few issues but still implement their conservatives values of self-reliance and hard work...they would start winning again...
Reagan's presidency was a long time ago. Politics and the country have changed since then.
Also, it is the leaders of the Republican Party that want it to get more moderate. Leaders like Newt Gingrich. I as a liberal would prefer that the Republican Party go more ultra conservative. You will lose every election if you do.
This pretty much describes our Country today.
If a conservative doesn't like guns, he doesn't`t buy one.
If a liberal doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.
If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't`t eat meat.
If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.
If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his enemy.
A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good.
If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life.
If a liberal is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.
If a black man or Hispanic are conservative, they see themselves as independently successful.
Their liberal counterparts see themselves as victims in need of government protection.
If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.
If a conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Liberals demand that those they don't like be shut down.
If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.
A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced. (Unless it's a foreign religion, of course!)
If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.
If a conservative slips and falls in a store, he gets u p, laughs and is embarrassed.
If a liberal slips and falls, he grabs his neck, moans like he's in labor and then sues.
Regan was a Fiscal Conservative. He butchered the taxes and government spending. All he cared about was minimizing the government.
He ended in a high debt due to the war. All war debts result in high debt. To criticize him on that is naive. Bill Clinton himself did the exact things as Ronald Regan and cut capital gains tax as well as other taxes.
Mccain lost the election because he was a faux liberal running against the genuine article.
I think this:
Conservatism has never failed the Republican party, but the Republican party has often failed conservatism.
As far as taking advice from liberals is concerned, doing that is exactly what got us where we are. I have no interest in what the enemy advises that I should do.
The Republicans would have lost regardless of who they ran. 2008 was just the wrong year to be a Republican. The Republicans should be more moderate to attract more swing voters. Choosing a candidate that has the least appeal to all the voters is not a move calculated to win elections.
Oh, those charitable liberals. Where would we be without their care and consideration? It's almost farcical listening to someone like Valarie Jarret explain how the Republican Party is being co-opted by the 'far right-wing extremist.'
Of course she says this without hesitation while George Soros is stalking the halls of the White House
Since Republicans are fast on their way to becoming the Tea Bag Party
I am thinking its not likely there CAN be a change of direction.
But moderate ? No, go ahead on. See how much support you will get over time as the Beck, Palin, Limbuagh-ers move the GOP even farther to the right.
The big tent has collapsed and the loonies are running the party now.
RIP
Damn ! Lightning struck a pine tree in Texas. After 13 months, me I agree with lawgirl. Just goes to show ya, anything IS possible.
Well, almost anything. Try slamming a revolving door.
For all those touting ';moderates';, can anyone name just one great moderate, or one great moderate accomplishment ?
I disagree, run Palin! Please, please, please run Palin. Run her in 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028. . .
Of course, I'd like a democrat in office all of those years so maybe my advice isn't what you should be following.
I am so glad you guys won't take the advice. Moderate McCain did not lose you the election. Conservative Palin and acting like an extreme right wing nut McCain is what lost the election for you.
In their eyes the Republicans like Dede Scozaffava are '' moderate '' but they are LIBERAL
Your right Reagan was a conservative, he even lowered tariff protections back when Wal-Mart had their made in the USA slogan that started our industrial might being given to China. Thanks Republican Reagan.
I never gave such advice,,,,,and I doubt any other Dem's here did give such advice,,,Republicans went for the BLACK minority to gain needed votes....do you have a better idea for 2012?
Dems are scared that the GOP may return to its Christian roots.
They know it'd mean landslide victories in 2010 and 2012.
Conservatives need to take back the GOP from all these ';moderates'; and RINOS
Out with all these liberals in sheeps clothing!
Reagan was the first president to explode the deficit...how was that conservative?
Dems are only happy when everyone thinks, speaks, talks, and agrees with their viewpoitns.
Did you ever think maybe dems suggest that to you because they want you to lose.
moderate? you mean instead of killing 100 innocent iraqis you kill 50?
Wasn't Pol Pot considered a moderate Liberal until the Killing Fields?
good
nominate Palin
the country could use another laugh
Reagan was a corporate whore and murderer...that's how I will always remember him.
