Nov 01 2009
Far Right Screws Up Again
Is it really that hard for the immature far right to show a modicum of respect and allow people to fix a mistake without all the invective and arrogance? Apparently, yes it is.
Dede Scozzafava did the GOP a favor by realizing she was not what the voters wanted and allowing conservativce Hoffman to run ‘unopposed’ against the democrat Owens. But the lack maturity from the far right has not just pushed Scozzafava out of the way, they pushed her all the way into the Democrat’s hands.
If Hoffman loses Tuesday it is because of the same scorched Earth tactics from the far right that gave us Obama, Pelosi and Reid. Even if he ekes win, it will in spite of the arrogant ‘true’ right. This country is being ruined by fringe fanatics.
I find this article very interesting, and it adds an alternative view to AJ’s “true conservative/purist” arguement:
Doug Hoffman and ‘The Canada Option’
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=34221
Maybe the conservatives are just “throwing the bums out”. Hey, it worked in Canada, didn’t it?
LOL!
Frogg, the conservatives WERE the bums thrown out just a year ago!
Sometimes it does take 2×4 across the forehead I guess.
What do Centrist/Moderate/Bush/Conservatives Think of these quotes. Do they scare you away?
Man is not free unless government is limited.
Ronald Reagan
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
Ronald Reagan
Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.
Ronald Reagan
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
Ronald Reagan
Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
Ronald Reagan
Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan
Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
Ronald Reagan
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
Ronald Reagan
How do you tell a communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
Ronald Reagan
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
Ronald Reagan
It’s difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn’t available.
Ronald Reagan
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth!
Ronald Reagan
One way to make sure crime doesn’t pay would be to let the government run it.
Ronald Reagan
Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.
Ronald Reagan
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.
Ronald Reagan
The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.
Ronald Reagan
The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.
Ronald Reagan
The taxpayer – that’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.
Ronald Reagan
Thomas Jefferson once said, ‘We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.’ And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.
Ronald Reagan
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world’s strongest economy.
Ronald Reagan
Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.
Ronald Reagan
Trust, but verify.
Ronald Reagan
Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.
Ronald Reagan
We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
Ronald Reagan
We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.
Ronald Reagan
We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.
Ronald Reagan
We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
Ronald Reagan
We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.
Ronald Reagan
Welfare’s purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.
Ronald Reagan
When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.
Ronald Reagan
While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future.
Ronald Reagan
Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
Ronald Reagan
Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.
Ronald Reagan
Good grief… I think 2 or 3 Reagan quotes would make your point, Stevevvs. Take a deep breath and restrict your comments to less than 200 words… But, wd on learning to copy/paste…
For instance, Stevevvs… The Sperry File ref was interesting… Keep it short and to the point…
Harold,
I play to win – nice is for fools.
What will you win in Centrism?
Toes192on 02 Nov 2009 at 2:46 pm
For instance, Stevevvs… The Sperry File ref was interesting… Keep it short and to the point…
10-4 It seemed like they were all excellent.
Not one Moderate responded, telling…
AJ: I disagree with you on how the far right screwed up. They didn’t “push” DeDe in the Dem’s hands. She was already there on all positions except gun control. There is a problem however btwn the national Republican party and the conservative base. The national party recognizes that keeping power and control in Washington enhances their power and prestige, whereas the base, by and large, would prefer a limited federal gov’t that allowed “big tent” Republicanism at the local level. That, IMO, is where the real intra-party divide is occurring. So the “far-right ” “screwup” has more to do with finding a way to bring the national leadership in line with the base so that “screw-ups” like nominating a “big-tent” Republican type from the local level to the national level without guaranteeing a commitment to smaller, less intrusive gov’t and a commitment to federalism.
Here’s my proposition for the Republican Party: At the federal level, all nominees must adhere to the following:
1) A commitment to the federalist form of gov’t;
2) A commitment to a smaller federal gov’t; and,
3) Candidates for President and Senate must agree on a strict constructionist interpretation of the Constitution, in order to hold the judiciary in check.
None of the social stuff at the federal level. The one place it could come into play is recognition of homosexual marriage.
This will leave one prominent group of the conservative base out (ostensibly) and that is single-issue pro-life voters who want a federal ban on abortion.
Most pro-lifers however, would recognize that leaving these issues to the states would allow for state abortion bans in most of the country. As to the rest, education, education, education.
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As I speculated above, it looks like Sarah Palin is probably the person most to “blame” for Dede’s poor loser act.
“Dede Scozzafava, the woman who has become the symbol of moderate Republicanism, is taking a shot at former Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin, the woman who has become the darling of the Republican Party’s conservative grassroots.”
http://tinyurl.com/yfpqvoq
Because unlike Hannity and the rest, Sarah was the most effective force taking her down.
She really does appear to hate Palin with a passion, and I suspect she was going to do whatever it took to deny her bragging rights.
Of course, she may be the type that would have turned coat no matter what the circumstances.
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