What do Republicans do now?
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Published November 11th, 2008
What do Republicans need to do now? Was last week’s election a rejection of President Bush? Or a rejection of the Republican Party? Is the Republican Party too conservative? Or not conservative enough?
NPR’s Talk of the Nation is calling on Republicans to call in and talk about now (2:00 - 3:00 pm).
You can listen online or on the radio- 89.5.
Plus I’d like to hear what you guys have to say here. Post AND listen!
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Like Republicans would call NPR and tell them their next move…..
Well it’s a full show. So Republicans are definitely listening and definitely calling in.
Plus, both Rick Santorum and Tom Davis are on. Davis just said, interestingly enough, that the Republican Party has to make room for people like him if they want to survive. I’m interpreting his comments as fairly as I can.
Great. People saying what they’ve been saying for a year. Entertaining!
Well, I’ll tell you what I think. Simply, we must get back to our roots and advocate following the constitution, limiting government, reigning in our crazy spending policies, restoring sound money, and ending our overseas empire.
The fact that prop 8 passed in California shows that the last thing that we need to do is abandon social conservatism.
I agree. Our country hasn’t abandoned social conservatism, only our leaders and party members have.
How about adding to the concept of returning to the traditional GOP core principles of lower taxes, smaller government, and following the Constitution the following?
1. The Republican Party should purge RINOs and stop rewarding RINO behavior by automatically backing incumbants simply because they are incumbants.
2. Working as a Party to monitor and guide GOP elected representatives to actually vote in keeping with traditional GOP core principles of lower taxes and smaller government. This doesn’t mean simply switching to DEBT to fund increased government spending.
3. In Virginia stop supporting the creation of all-appointed regional authorities that in essense create a unelected and unaccountable regional government that exists to raise taxes, fees, tolls, and run up more debt.
4. Don’t support socialism - for example, don’t “comprimise” and vote for a $850B, pork laden Wall Street Bail Out Bill or billions more for Detroit automakers, failing airlines, of AIG-like insurance companies. Let the private sector succeed or fail on their own merits.
5. Stop supporting socialism in the form of “affordable housing”, section 8 housing, buying failed mortgages, all-appointed housing and redevelopment authorities acting like super real estate developers. Get government out of the “housing” industry. That is a private sector business, not a “right” that taxpayers must subsidize.
6. Republicans should rally to build a real fence across our southern border. Not a “virtual” fense, a real fence.
7. Support “choice” and competition for K-12 education. Push hard to migrate K-12 education back into a private sector business and not a massive taxpayer funded system” that produces voting blocks at the local and state level of government employees with a vested interest in supporting bigger government politicians. Such as the teachers unions being an active branch of the Democratic Party.
8. Work to reform Colleges and Universities that spend taxpayer money to lessen their role as Leftist indoctronation camps. The Left is reaping the fruits of their farming of young minds by getting these brainwashed young adults to the polls to vote for Left-leaning candidates. The GOP has surrendered the young adults to the ideology of the Left and is losing elections due in part to this successful Leftist strategy to grow new Leftist voters.
These are just a few suggestions.
Foot note: When Will Sessoms openly endorsed Democrat Mark Warner instead of Jim Gilmore BEFORE THE election, the RPVB should have met and then thrown Mr. Sessoms out of the local Republican Party because he was not supporting the party’s non-RINO candidate for Senate.
If Will Sessoms likes a big government, big tax & spend guy like Mark Warner more than a conservative like Jim Gilmore then he should keep that to himself and not endorse the Democratic candidate. Not if he has openly joined the local Republican Party and is openly running as a Republican - his campaign flyer with he and Barack Obama side by side not withstanding.
Wow, Reid. In essence, you think the Republican Party should become the Libertarian Party.
Maybe then we’ll do as well as they do on Election Day.
John Moss and Robert Dean were at the Republican Party meeting this week. Are they RINOs? Or LINOs? Which party are they this week?
I love when people like you, Reid, who are members of other political parties, want to decide who can and can not be members of another party.
I take it from this viewpoint then the the expulsion of Joe Lieberman from the Democratic caucus is long overdue then?
Note my comment was to Reid and not Brian.
Dems would be idiots if they did that.
I need to clear the air _again_ about John Moss. He was an independent before joining the republican party, and has been a member exactly the same amount of time as Brian here. So, he wasn’t a LINO. He’s a true conservative, so I’m not surprised at the reaction toward him by some. I just wish they would have their facts straight.
Brian, can you tell us all where you think Reid is wrong? Do you support public housing? Open borders? Federally funded schooling? Bailouts? Debt spending?
Stephen, John Moss has been a member of the Republican Party as long as I have? How long do you think that has been, Stephen?
Now, for Lesson 101 for you.
Affordable housing isn’t public housing.
A wall is useless when the number one group of illegal immigrants are people who overstayed legal visas.
Reid didn’t say “federally funded schooling” - he said “taxpayer funded” - that means no -zero- zilch - no public education, which is odd since the Virginia Constitution REQUIRES public education, so Reid is actually advocating an unconstitutional education policy.
Bailouts? I’m not sure Reid’s advocacy of a “let justice be done though the heavens fall” policy is very smart. But I do think bailouts don’t solve the problems of our weak-currency-induced economy.
Dept spending? Reid DOES debt spending? House. Car. Education.
So, you’re for continuing government involvement in the housing market, against securing our borders, for the bailouts, and for federally funding k-12. Why are you a republican again?
Stephen, government is ALWAYS involved in the housing market. Want to buy a house? Check out the forms government has you fill out. Want to build a house? Government has permits and CUPs and rezonings to consider. Want to expand your house? That’s a CUP as well. Want to get a mortgage? The Fed sets interest rates.
I’m fine with securing our borders as long as you’re fine knowing how little it will accomplish.
Bailouts? The Libertarian Party of anarchy might enjoy a complete fiscal collapse, but I’m not.
And I said absolutely nothing favoring federally-funded education, but I appreciate your whacko support for the business community paying for every child’s education. That’s a really sound fiscal strategy.
Why am I a Republican? Because I don’t blame America for World War II like you have on other websites.
Genius.
Bob and weave, deflect, and avoid the question. No suprise there.
Okay - back to my points - again:
1. The Republican Party should purge RINOs and stop rewarding RINO behavior by automatically backing incumbants simply because they are incumbants.
Brian: Doesn’t support this. Avoids the question.
2. Working as a Party to monitor and guide GOP elected representatives to actually vote in keeping with traditional GOP core principles of lower taxes and smaller government. This doesn’t mean simply switching to DEBT to fund increased government spending.
Brian: Doesn’t support this. Avoids the question.
3. In Virginia stop supporting the creation of all-appointed regional authorities that in essense create a unelected and unaccountable regional government that exists to raise taxes, fees, tolls, and run up more debt.
Brian: Avoids the question.
4. Don’t support socialism - for example, don’t “comprimise” and vote for a $850B, pork laden Wall Street Bail Out Bill or billions more for Detroit automakers, failing airlines, of AIG-like insurance companies. Let the private sector succeed or fail on their own merits.
Brian: Support the Bailout.
5. Stop supporting socialism in the form of “affordable housing”, section 8 housing, buying failed mortgages, all-appointed housing and redevelopment authorities acting like super real estate developers. Get government out of the “housing” industry. That is a private sector business, not a “right” that taxpayers must subsidize.
Brian: Doesn’t support this. Pretends all housing is government housing to avoid the question.
6. Republicans should rally to build a real fence across our southern border. Not a “virtual” fense, a real fence.
Brian does support this. Good.
7. Support “choice” and competition for K-12 education. Push hard to migrate K-12 education back into a private sector business and not a massive taxpayer funded system” that produces voting blocks at the local and state level of government employees with a vested interest in supporting bigger government politicians. Such as the teachers unions being an active branch of the Democratic Party.
Brian: Doesn’t support this. Avoids the question.
8. Work to reform Colleges and Universities that spend taxpayer money to lessen their role as Leftist indoctronation camps. The Left is reaping the fruits of their farming of young minds by getting these brainwashed young adults to the polls to vote for Left-leaning candidates. The GOP has surrendered the young adults to the ideology of the Left and is losing elections due in part to this successful Leftist strategy to grow new Leftist voters.
Brian: Avoids the question.
Reid, happy to chat with you.
1. I don’t think political parties should be in the business of kicking people out of them.
2. I fully support this.
3. yawn…i do wish I could go one day without Reid’s conspiracy theories about the evil Galactic Empire of people who want to build roads that Reid says he wants built.
4. Sadly, I do support stabilizing the credit markets over Reid’s hope for a total collapse.
5. Reid thinks affordable housing is a grand conspiracy as well. I, on the other hand, live in the real world and understand that government has practically always regulated housing. Reid, should know this, since he claims government taxed him out of his tiny house and into the mansion he now owns.
6. Good. But let’s fix the failed visa system too.
7. I honestly think the schools are so misaligned with our national needs that “choice” and “competition” won’t come close to solving the problem. The problems are far too deep for simply that. I favor choice, but choice of what? Some school that doesn’t exist that will somehow educate closer to our national needs? Let me know when there are enough to have a real competition to make a real change.
8. I avoided this one because you sound like a total lunatic.
Reid buddy you are in the minority within your own party even get over it
The republican governors get it. Hopefully McDonnell is talking to them
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/12/AR2008111203112.html?hpid=topnews
The keys what are we doing about women, minorites, 18-29 year olds.