Powell was on Oreilly. Good interview
I am literally unsure of the question here. I don't think I understand it.
If you are asking which Republican president was the last one I respected as a true conservative it would have to GHW Bush, who did the right thing by increasing taxes (even though he had foolishly promised not to do it) and then the Republican base failed to support him. I always thought that was one of the reasons that W. was so willing to raise the deficits regardless of anything else, because he was so afraid that he would make the same mistake as his dad.
Other than that, I don't know what you are asking, really.
Yeah that was pretty much what I was asking. I don't think the base left him as much as Perot took the Tea Party from him.
It was funny to see the HBO doc of GHB and how to this day he dislikes Perot and has nothing good to say about him.
I thought he was a terrific president but a lousy politician. Had the best resume for president than anyone else in my lifetime. Really lousy politician, though, and poor public speaker. And he was very reasoned.
I think he was more a victim of the times. People didn't want a WW2 era President. Plus Bill could sell water to a drowning man.
All the GOP needs to do is stop pandering to old fossils, talk-radio zombies and the neocon Tea Party, and start embracing younger conservatives, who prefer Ron Paul and his movement...
The GOP has really shot themselves in the foot by alienating their most active, informed, and passionate supporters, tbh...
i'm sick of hearing that the only way for the republicans to win is to legalize all the illegals and basically become the democratic party. romney lost because he was a rich mormon and people just didn't really like him or feel like he could relate to them, conservatism is actually on the rise calm down guys.
Probably on the same level of maturity as RINO
They could probably win if they'd stop sucking up to Wall Street and also end the drug war.
Well, it's not like the dems don't suck up to WS too... the problem is when they roll with the "47% takers" talk and alienate half of the electorate.
But as Teysha said, probably 70% of it comes from the rigid social conservative dinosaur rhetoric. When the party of 'individual liberty' wants to mandate who people should marry, what mothers have to do with their own body, etc.
Which is why there would be a reason to vote for them in that case. Instead they nominate some asshole who wants to zero the capital gains tax.
You're underestimating how much damage their idea to completely dismantle Medicare did to their campaign. Ryan and his re ed plan were proof that the Republicans had become every bit the extremists Obama painted them as. How the could they have thought it was a good idea to cede the under 55 vote?But as Teysha said, probably 70% of it comes from the rigid social conservative dinosaur rhetoric. When the party of 'individual liberty' wants to mandate who people should marry, what mothers have to do with their own body, etc.
Probably not. Since RINO's call themselves RINOs and I've never heard of anyone refer to themselves as a teabagger.
I kind of agree with that. However, Karl Rove's strategy of energizing the core party worked. It worked for Obama too.
If GOP had revolving state Primary rules, I believe alot could be changed. Or if they just had a two week primary. It would allow candidates to work towards their right wing base. There by allowing a pro choice fiscal conservative to get a nomination and not lock themselves in on guarantees and promises
I would tack that on the other 30%, along with their lack of attention/understanding toward minorities (esp hispanics). While it's likely that 30% cost them more votes than the 70%, they need to work on both, IMO.
This hasn't hurt Obama.
Obama is not pandering to the far right in concert with sucking off Wall Street.
So, is this the list of uber-extremist VRWC positions?
Anti Obamacare
Pro reduced spending
Pro low taxes
Pro traditional marriage (Obama's same position until recently)
Pro life
Pro voter id
Pro en lement reform
Pro Israel
Pro business
Pro border security and enforcement of existing immigration laws
Just want to get it straight
Why is everyone's response to that statement akin to "The Democrats are ed up, so the Republicans can be too"??? The Republicans share all of Obama's faults and then add a heap of jeebo on top of it.
LOL, traditional marriage is treating your daughter as property and selling her off to the highest bidder.
Obama believes in jeebus too
Me wonders if there will ever be a rift between African-American and Latino "jeebo s" and their white athiest comrades in the Democratic party?
Disagree.
First of all, a lot of those don't tell the real story. It's not 'Pro reduced spending' that's extreme, it's how they think they have to execute that (with 'Pro obstruction').
Another one is 'traditional marriage'... nobody is against a man and a woman marrying... it's the outright religious anti-gay agenda that doesn't pass muster.
'Pro voter id' isn't extreme. What's extreme is to remember about 'Pro voter id' 6 months before the election, which makes it 'Pro disenfranchise'.
And so on and so forth...
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