Republicans Want Party To Be Like Palin - Page 3

TGRR · 02-04-2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Good Lord Please say it isn't so.

A new Rasmussen poll further demonstrates that the GOP could be in for a long stretch in the wilderness: A majority of GOP voters now say that the party should be more like Sarah Palin.

The numbers: 55% of Republicans say the party should be like Palin, compared to 24% who say they should be like John McCain.

As I've previously noted, poll data like this could indicate that the Republican Party is getting ready to relive the classic cycle of ruling parties who get turned out of power in a landslide: With the party base itself shrunk down, the people who are still around are the most hard-line members, and are really the least fit people to fix the situation.

Yep. This also happens to small parties. The Libertarians, for example.

Undertoad · 02-04-2009, 10:32 PM

Rog, been there done that! Watched the "purists" take over, walked away. Watched the "purists" walk away for "purity" reasons. Laughed.

TGRR · 02-05-2009, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Rog, been there done that! Watched the "purists" take over, walked away. Watched the "purists" walk away for "purity" reasons. Laughed.

Just because the 3rd parties are FUNNIER, doesn't make them BETTER.

Undertoad · 02-05-2009, 08:17 PM

Yes, it was a lesson hard learned.

slang · 02-07-2009, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

The numbers: 55% of Republicans say the party should be like Palin, compared to 24% who say they should be like John McCain.

John McCain is an honorable man but I did not and would not vote for him. Why? I'm a conservative. He's not.

Palin is often mocked for interviews that she's done during the election. When I have seen her on TV it's understandable. Those that watch think that she's the dumbest ass on planet earth, except for W.

Glenn Beck has had her on his radio program long before, during and after the election. She's a conservative. Not a Rino, a conservative.

This perception of being a complete idiot will probably follow her with most viewers. Those of us that have heard her speak without her McCain handlers like what we heard and her record is consistent.

This past election I did not vote because "my guy" McCain didn't deserve to get my vote. Many conservatives that I've spoken to either held their nose and voted for him or didn't vote at all.

Those 24% should just slide on over to the Democratic party. The coming cycles will not garner huge support and more importantly more money for campaigns. That money will most likely come from conservatives for a real, honest to goodness conservative. Sarah Palin is one.

Those Rinos in office now are seeing the tide change and acting or speaking like they are not Dems. They know where the money is. The same as those hard lefty groups and their incredible ability to raise money to get Obama elected.

HungLikeJesus · 02-07-2009, 02:24 PM

The thing I don't understand about conservatives - what are they conserving?

slang · 02-07-2009, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

The thing I don't understand about conservatives - what are they conserving?

Ammo.

Might need it in the future.

TGRR · 02-07-2009, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

The thing I don't understand about conservatives - what are they conserving?

15th century values.

TheMercenary · 02-08-2009, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

The thing I don't understand about conservatives - what are they conserving?

The ability to protect us from becoming a quasi-socialist country. Other than that, not much.

TGRR · 02-08-2009, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

The ability to protect us from becoming a quasi-socialist country. Other than that, not much.

That ended in 1932.

classicman · 02-08-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by TGRR

I do hate Bush. I'm proud to hate Bush. My whole family hates Bush.
And none of us are "blinded" by hate. We hate Bush because of what we saw him do...we don't hate what he did because he did it. And we don't vote GOP, because the GOP still thinks we want Bush's policies. The very same policies that made us hate him in the first place.

Based upon the above quote, you are certainly filled with enough of it as the bitterness is leaking out.

TGRR · 02-08-2009, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Based upon the above quote, you are certainly filled with enough of it as the bitterness is leaking out.

Yes, I believe I made that quite clear. I think the part where I said "I hate Bush" might have been a dead giveaway.

classicman · 02-08-2009, 06:06 PM

That dog won't hunt over here pal.

TGRR · 02-08-2009, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

That dog won't hunt over here pal.

Which dog, chum?

TheMercenary · 02-08-2009, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TGRR

Which dog, chum?

Bill Clinton.
:p

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