Comments on: “Pure” Conservatives Are Shocked Their Worn Out, Rejected Image Not Working

By: marksbbr

marksbbr — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:35:10 +0000

Bravo AJ on another great post. As a moderate, this is exactly how I feel. I stopped calling myself a Republican after the elections out of anger at the “pure” right constantly peddling the notion that Obama and the Dems won because the GOP was not conservative enough. If the far right is in a hole, and by believing they were rejected TWICE for not being extreme enough, they’re only digging themselves into deeper holes. A few weeks ago the Republican Party called me asking for a donation, and I told them off. I told them not to bother begging me for money if they can’t try to be more inclusive. As Groucho Marx once quipped, “I won’t belong to a club that doesn’t want me as a member.”

I listen to Rush and Hannity quite often, and I agree with many of their views, but I turn the dial once they start bashing “RINOs”. Like them, I admire Reagan, but if I remember correctly, I think Reagan wanted a big tent GOP, open to moderates as well as conservatives. This is where the far right ignores the wishes of their idol.

I love Sarah, and I like Steele. I firmly hope they are the new blood of the GOP. To me, the GOP doesn’t have to move completely towards the center. I would be happy if it at least welcomed me with open arms.

By: Redteam

Redteam — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:11:30 +0000

Therefore, as it stands from all I’ve heard, anyone born anywhere in the world even if no one is a US citizen can run and be elected because of that fact I mentioned above “no one has STANDING to contest it”

By: Redteam

Redteam — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:08:54 +0000

You donâ€™t have to be born in the US if one parent is a US Citizen.

Uh, I think that one parent has to be over 18 years of age If she or he is married to a non-citizen.

but I’m not arguing anyone’s case because I don’t care and apparently it’s not required because NO ONE has ‘STANDING’ to contest it anyway.

By: AJStrata

AJStrata — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:39:10 +0000

Dave M,

Peddle your lies somewhere else. The legal standard is one parent is an American – all the better if it is the mother. You don’t have to be born in the US if one parent is a US Citizen.

Take that crap some place else.

By: dave m

dave m — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:15:14 +0000

And so he was, but at the time of his birth,
neither of his parents were US citizens.

Serach Kim Wong Ark, the last SCOTUS decision
on the meaning of Natural Born,

which means born in the USA with both parents US citizens,

Jindal fails one part of the test, Obama both parts.

By: Laddy

Laddy — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:31:40 +0000

Jindal was born in Baton Rouge.

By: dave m

dave m — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:25:51 +0000

I wouldn’t worry about Jindal.
Guess what he is not?
Yup.
He is not a Natural Born Citizen.
Jindal can no more be the President than can the Obama guy.

By: crosspatch

crosspatch — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:42:57 +0000

People need to remember that Reagan never got along with the so-called “conservatives”. Even in California, the “conservatives” called him too moderate. Reagan made peace with the Russians and coined phrases such as â€œNations do not mistrust each other because they are armed; they are armed because they mistrust each other.â€ and worked to attempt to build trust.

Reagan was about personal responsibility and not making the government responsible for everything in people’s lives. He was about making us feel more optimistic about our future and getting off our duffs and going back to work.

I hear Reagan’s legacy twisted all the time. Hannity does it practically every day. Reagan was actually quite moderate. He got the biggest immigration amnesty in history in place and conservatives howled.

Reagan’s popularity was huge among the center and among Democrats. Reagan himself had been a Democrat most of his life. Hard line “conservatives”, the RINOS who say they are “Conservative first, Republican second”, are wrecking this party and trample on the legacy of Reagan who was *extremely* inclusive.