Conservatives call on GOP leaders to step down

[Jeanne_S]

None of that convinces me the majority of Americans accept the Catholic position of no choice whatsoever in any cases. Let alone that most Americans I don’t believe focus as much on one issue in voting like so many Catholics do.

Therein lies the problem.I pray daily for all the laity,that in this year of faith,those who are in opposition with their faith,will be given the Grace to understand and live out the truths and teachings of our beautiful gift that is our Catholic faith. These are God’s commands and we are called to be obedient

 

[DlandFan06]

WASHINGTON—Six conservative leaders blasted Mitt Romney as a “weak, moderate” candidate and called for Republican Party leaders to resign a day after Democrats dealt the GOP a sweeping defeat in the 2012 elections. Brent Bozell, founder of the Media Research Center, Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List, and Jenny Beth Martin, national coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots, were among the press conference speakers who laid “the epic election failure of 2012” at the feet of Republican elites. Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus, Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Speaker John Boehner were all identified as individuals who “should be replaced with leaders more in tune with the conservative base of the Republican Party…"

worldmag.com/2012/11/conservatives_call_on_gop_leaders_to_step_down

There are just no Reagan conservatives out there. We need another Ronald Reagan, we really do.

 

[seekerz]

I think the very existence of the Tea Party motivated liberals more than conservatives.

I think you may be right - that and the strategy of changing voting regulations. Nothing motivates people like the feeling that their interests are under attack.

 

[seekerz]

There are just no Reagan conservatives out there. We need another Ronald Reagan, we really do.

Another Ronald Reagan? I doubt he would win the party nomination today.

 

[Scott_Lafrance]

WASHINGTON—Six conservative leaders blasted Mitt Romney as a “weak, moderate” candidate and called for Republican Party leaders to resign a day after Democrats dealt the GOP a sweeping defeat in the 2012 elections. Brent Bozell, founder of the Media Research Center, Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List, and Jenny Beth Martin, national coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots, were among the press conference speakers who laid “the epic election failure of 2012” at the feet of Republican elites. Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus, Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Speaker John Boehner were all identified as individuals who “should be replaced with leaders more in tune with the conservative base of the Republican Party…"

worldmag.com/2012/11/conservatives_call_on_gop_leaders_to_step_down

So, I’m not the only one who is calling for Rence Prebius’ head. Good. That guy is a looser who did more damage to the GOP than Obama in the last election cycle.

 

[Scott_Lafrance]

There are just no Reagan conservatives out there. We need another Ronald Reagan, we really do.

Reagan is dead. Let him stay dead. It is impossible to live up to the ghost of presidents past.

 

[oldcelt]

Another Ronald Reagan? I doubt he would win the party nomination today.

I agree

 

[Scott_Lafrance]

Because those 13,000,000 realize that neither canidate really represents them

13,000,000 realize that both candidates suck…as do both parties.

 

[Richard320]

Moderate is a nice way of saying liberal. What is a moderate veiw of any issue? List one please.

Gun control

Extreme pro: Anyone should be able to own any gun and carry it anywhere at any time
Extreme Con: Only the government should have guns
Moderate: Need to show knowledge of gun laws and demonstrate minimum proficiency - the same as driving a car - before carrying.

 

[_Abyssinia]

Tea Party: No More Doles, McCains, Romneys

Following President Barack Obama’s re-election victory on Tuesday, one Tea Party group is vowing “no retreat” in its quest to find candidates with “clear conservative records” instead of “weak-kneed” Republicans

“We’ve had Bob Dole, we’ve had (Gerald) Ford, we had (John) McCain, and now we did (Mitt) Romney, and they lost…because those guys do not necessarily reflect what I think the majority of conservatives, probably the majority of Americans, truly believe,” said Scottie Hughes, news director for the Tea Party News Network

Hughes added that a desirable conservative candidate is someone who advocates “core principles,” such as liberty, freedom, and limited government, which were so important to the Founding Fathers

Todd Cefaratti, a TPNN editor, says he knows what conservatives need to do to regain control of the White House: “The Tea Party has not yet begun to fight. It’s time for a wholesale reassessment of the D.C. establishment politicians and party grandees who have no commitment or courage to reduce the size of government,” Cefaratti said

“[But] unfortunately, time and time again the establishment Republican Party continually keeps putting these candidates [forward], saying, ‘This is who we need to support.’ And most of the time those are usually not the folks who represent true conservative Republican values,” said Hughes

Hughes said that if conservative and libertarian groups found a way to combine forces, they might be able to settle on a candidate who could win without the need to appeal to moderates

“We await the day to find the candidate that’s not just sitting there in his country club writing checks and [who] lives within the D.C. Beltway to actually come out of the process and say, ‘You know what, I’m a small business owner, I have a good education, I think I’ve got some great policies, I want to be a congressman’

“We await the day that those people can once again come back and begin to fight. Unfortunately what it looks like right now as a Republican is, you have to be at least a millionaire in order to run for a higher office,” Hughes said

Romney tried to appeal to the conservative GOP base during the Republican primaries, but in the view of some conservatives, Romney was never one of them

 

[pete_29]

Another Ronald Reagan? I doubt he would win the party nomination today.

If he did win the primary, he wouldn’t win the national election. In these days people want the choice to be between Democrat and Democrat lite.

 

[ComputerGeek25]

If he did win the primary, he wouldn’t win the national election. In these days people want the choice to be between Democrat and Democrat lite.

He would loose because people like their Free Stuff™

 

[seekerz]

He would loose because people like their Free Stuff™

I’m pretty sure that the Democrat waiting in the wings for 2016, would not mind if you keep up this message for the next 4 yrs. A mighty help to him…

 

[pete_29]

Gun control

Extreme pro: Anyone should be able to own any gun and carry it anywhere at any time
Extreme Con: Only the government should have guns
Moderate: Need to show knowledge of gun laws and demonstrate minimum proficiency - the same as driving a car - before carrying.

Abortion

Extreme pro: Abortion on demand at any time even after birth

Extreme con: no abortion under any circumstance

Moderate: Abortion on demand, but keep it quiet. I don’t want to be bothered by a guilty conscience. Besides, there are more important issues to worry about.

 

[_Abyssinia]

None of that convinces me the majority of Americans accept the Catholic position of no choice whatsoever in any cases. Let alone that most Americans I don’t believe focus as much on one issue in voting like so many Catholics do.

lifenews.com/2010/04/19/nat-6265

Poll by NARAL found 26% of young pro abortion people see abortion as a very important voting issue compared to 51% of pro life young people said the same. Nancy Keehan, former NARAL president there was an ‘intensity gap’ on the issue of abortion among young people

 

[pete_29]

I’m pretty sure that the Democrat waiting in the wings for 2016, would not mind if you keep up this message for the next 4 yrs. A mighty help to him…

A mighty help to “him”. A bit of a Freudian slip there, wasn’t it. Besides, There aren’t enough people who would ever vote against a Democrat again to make them lose.

 

[He_Man]

This gives the President more leverage in upcoming negotiations. McConnell is up for reelection in 2014 and Boehner is on the two-year treadmill. The President will never run again.

A number of analysts I have read or heard believe that the GOP will have to stand up to its more radical elements and look to be working for the people if they want to make gains in 2014 and be competitive in 2016.

Nonsense. Two years ago, the tea party began its life in a landslide. Tea Party candidates won seats on Tuesday.

The message is fine. The messengers are not, at times. Old white men answering hypotheticals about abortion is a death knell. These candidates need to be better counselled and prepared on HOW to run, not the beliefs they espouse per se.

Addressing shifts in the electorate is prudent. Fundamentally abandoning your core beliefs is simply trying to achieve power for powers sake is a pyrrhic victory, at best. God does not want leaders to garner power for themselves. The entire purpose of leadership is to lead people to a better life, and frankly, one driven towards service all humanity and the dignity of each individual.

The Soviet union had leaders. Cambodia had leaders. To what end? I’m not saying Republicans lost to Pol Pot and Yuri Andropov, but the simple fact is ultimately, if God is not at the center of EVERYTHING we do in our vocations, we will fail every time.

Here is a list of midterm election results all time. The common denominator is the opposition party to the White House tends to have significant gains.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_term_elections

 

[seekerz]

Abortion

Extreme pro: Abortion on demand at any time even after birth

Extreme con: no abortion under any circumstance

Moderate: Abortion on demand, but keep it quiet. I don’t want to be bothered by a guilty conscience. Besides, there are more important issues to worry about.

Moderate on abortion could mean that people accept legal abortion is too widely accepted and too accessible to the individual, to ban effectively at this time, but that there are non-confrontational ways to make headway against it all the same.

Moderate on abortion could mean recognizing that there are ways to turn people against abortion without insulting/demeaning/disrespecting them and hardening their positions.

Moderate on abortion could mean clarifying terminology to reassure people that they will not be condemned as “baby killers” for using the pill or for accepting treatment for life-threatening conditions that results in delivery of a previable fetus.

That’s just for starters…if we’re serious about making headway.

 

[seekerz]

A mighty help to “him”. A bit of a Freudian slip there, wasn’t it. Besides, There aren’t enough people who would ever vote against a Democrat again to make them lose.

No slip: Biden is dropping hints, and per Clinton she has no aspirations…It’s early yet though.

 

[Luigi_Daniele]

WASHINGTON—Six conservative leaders blasted Mitt Romney as a “weak, moderate” candidate and called for Republican Party leaders to resign a day after Democrats dealt the GOP a sweeping defeat in the 2012 elections. Brent Bozell, founder of the Media Research Center, Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List, and Jenny Beth Martin, national coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots, were among the press conference speakers who laid “the epic election failure of 2012” at the feet of Republican elites. Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus, Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Speaker John Boehner were all identified as individuals who “should be replaced with leaders more in tune with the conservative base of the Republican Party…"

worldmag.com/2012/11/conservatives_call_on_gop_leaders_to_step_down

I could not agree more.