Uh oh, the right wing fanatic at Renew America isn’t at all happy with the present “leadership” of the GOP,
To state the blindly obvious, the Republican Party establishment — by which I mean the network of advisers, elected office-holders, Party organs, and higher-level Party officials who primarily determine the direction in which Party policy and Party money goes — is politically tone deaf. All across this country, you have Tea Parties and town halls bursting with the frustration of the common man who is seeing himself becoming the victim of a political class that has absolutely no concern about his wants and desires. Poll after poll after poll, on every issue imaginable, show that the American people are opposed to, well, pretty much everything that Obama and the Democrats in Congress are trying to do. There is clearly an opportunity being handed to the Republican Party on a golden platter to utterly destroy the Democrats on health care, cap-and-steal, the Porkulus spending, the deficits, the war in Afghanistan, and any number of other pressing issues. For the first time that I can remember, voters have told Rasmussen that they trust Republicans more than Democrats on all ten of the “trust issues” that Rasmussen tracks — including Democrat-friendly issues like health care, education, and social security. That’s without the Republicans even really doing anything — that’s a sign of how badly people don’t like the way the Democrats are handling this government.
So what has the GOP leadership done with this extremely favorable political landscape? They’ve let it grow weeds through their inaction, and have sprayed Roundup on what little green grass remains left. Many of the Republican elected officials in Congress seem to trip over themselves in their zeal to “reach across the aisle” to accommodate Democrats, thereby giving the Evil Party bipartisan cover with which to defuse voter anger when election day comes. Instead of distancing themselves from this Obamacare monstrosity and attacking it at every turn, they’re silent (at best) or quietly finding ways to add enough stuff that they want so as to justify voting for it — witness the evil twins from Maine, one of whom (Olympia Snowe) recently voted to move one of the more egregious versions out of committee so that it is one step closer to becoming a reality.
Establishment Republicans have also taken pains to loudly and arrogantly distance themselves from those leading figures — like Sarah Palin — who speak for the conservative base and aren’t ashamed of it. For example, we see Steve Schmidt and other former McCain staffers doing their level best to pin every ill of the poorly-ran McCain campaign on Palin, accusing her of being a “drag” on the ticket. That’s a tin ear, folks. If it weren’t for Palin, McCain would not have merely lost badly, he’d have been blown out roundly. She was the only thing that even came near to salvaging that catastrophe. No, the blame for McCain’s poor showing rests with McCain himself — with his reaching across the aisle, with his telling the voters not to be afraid of an Obama presidency (???), with his out-of-step position on illegal immigration and so forth.
Yet, this leadership caste in the Republican Party looks down its nose at conservatives, viewing us with disdain. We’re not “respectable.” We don’t fit into the good ol’ boy network of backslapping, backroom deals, compromise, PAC-funded vacations, $1000-a-plate fundraisers, and nice words from the media elite. Conservatives are “scary” because they hold to moral values which would go against the way the Republican elites live, and our views on fiscal issues would hinder the elite from successfully playing the “go-along-to-get-along” game of buying votes and favor out of the public largesse.
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Tags: conservatives, Elections, Republican Party
Act UP.
http://www.blowoutcongress.com
If not you, who?
@ taxfreekiller:
Dang straight TFK, and it looks like more and more folks are deciding to act instead of opine. How are things in the north 40?
@ taxfreekiller:
You are right tfk,they all need to go home.Except Michelle Bachmann and a couple of others.
F*ck’ em.
I hope my coarse language and terse response didn’t drive everyone away. Just sharing my feelings on the RINO situation as best I can.
Hello, out there? Pittsburgh calling, are we reaching?
“Nothing”-Mikey Steele
This guy, in my opinion nails it. if you read LGF & other Progressive sites & media outlets, they go the other way. They claim that the Republicans are too conservative & obstructionist.
The emperical evidence seems to say that Republicans do better when they don’t kow tow to Democrats.
@ RIX:
RINO’s are scared for their political lives.
I guess DeDe’s husband was a big AFL-CIO muckety-muk.
What did they expect when they elected her the first time?
I should probably shut my mouth coming from the land of Benedict Arlen, but crikey.
@ Bumr50:
Dede was not chosen in a primary ,but by NY party leaders.
Nobody forced her out, she could have stayed in. She would have lost, but she could have remained in the race.
We ought to learn a thing or two from Alinsky: “never let a good crisis go to waste.”
Good morning everyone…
Love the new look. Just one question totally off topic… How do I get my avatar in? I go to the profile page and their is no place to put a jpg unless I am stupid.. which could be the case…
@ doriangrey:
Dorian, want some joe?
ohhhh, love the new format, gotta get da eagle back up. ok dorian, slide your cup ovah here bud. hey right, bumr and rix and tfk!
@ Rightside:
Why certainly… Thank you sir…
@ apachegunner:
Yo Gunner!
@ apachegunner:
Perfect timing gunner, just got a cup of US Naval grade JP5 from rightside and some Baileys will top it off nicely…
@ Bumr50:
Look at the bright side Bumr, on this date in 1920 the first commercial rado broadcast station – KDKA – went on the air in Pittsburgh. Hold your head high, you’re on the cutting edge.
Good Morning. Love the new outfit. Verry Nice!
The whole political world is run like a tv channel and our remote is broken! It’s so far removed from real life it’s crazy. I don’t know anybody that likes what is going on in DC or state politics right now.
Damn, where’s my gravatar?
waiting for directions for displaying my avatar, hmmmmmmmm?
@ apachegunner:
Morning gunner!
@ Mrs.Robinson:
Morning Mrs. R
Apachegunner, the only American to recieve a Man of the Year Award from the Dairy Association of Ireland. This auspicious moment was somewhat sullied however when he immediately pawned the trophy to get another case of Bailys.
apachegunner wrote:
I thought that if you associated it with the email that you registered here with , that it appears?
@ Rightside:
Morning!
No, Conservative Republicans do not want to drink the blood of Moderate Republicans, plus the definition of Moderate and Liberal.
http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-we-do-not-want-to-drink-blood-of.html
I can see it now: The GOP: The Admiral Horthy Party. So how did landlocked Hungary once have an admiral as its leader?
Admiral Horthy
RINOs Rule! Or something.
@ RIX: nope, don’t remember doing that with my bird
@ RIX:
I thought so too, I can see the avatar up beside my name above, next to profile/dashboard, but not on my posts.
Hmm, I will have to delve deeper.
Panhandler wrote:
Sullied? Hell they awarded him a second one almost instantly for that act…
yes, i deserved it more than nobama did :>)
@ apachegunner:
@ Rightside:
I thought that this wouold be easier.
@ Rightside:
That should have been a gunner reply.
avatar instructions are in the FAQs
Bumr50 wrote:
Why in the hell are you talking so fucking crudely!!
Good morning all!
@ RIX:
I registered using my home email address, then added my work one. I replied to the email it sent me here at work this morning, but I just went back and re-selected my work address (the one I used to register here).
It said give it 5 or 10 mins to change.
apachegunner wrote:
Apache, go to Gravatar – register under your email address. You’ll find that your nic is “already in use”. keeep trying nics until it accepts one. Set up your avatar (or avatars) and decide which one is “primary”. When you log back in to Blogmocracy with your nic, your avatar will appear since Gravatar links to e mail address, not nic. Go ye now and don’t return without a picture. The cork is on the Bailys until you do.
BenZacharia wrote:
Thank you.
LOL,heres a group the rinos may appeal to.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/56423
Primaries must be closed, along with the voting reform of having a photo ID requirement. Absentee ballot reform must also be broached, making it more difficult by allowing fewer reasons for voting absentee (military and invalid are two valid reasons which spring to mind). If you can’t get your ass out of bed one day every two years to vote within a 10-12 hour window, then you have no business voting.
The ‘having the primaries on one day’ is a great idea, and one which will prevent the bus caravans of ACORN/SEIU/Dem operatives roaming across the country like a swarm of voting locusts watering down the choice of a Republican candidate (Dem lite, ie., McCain).
@ Panhandler: shit, that ain’t easy WTF! i’ll work on it later, thanks
Hmmm, do I have gravater yet?
@ doriangrey:
i thought you had one yesterday
@ doriangrey: hmmmm, where do dorian and i find this gravater?
All this stuff politics and America is fine and dandy and I know election day is tuesday, but more important right now–Hey How about them Yanks?
@ phoenixgirl:
Meh… I cant seem to get it to work…
apachegunner wrote:
Google Gravatar, hit the link.
apachegunner wrote:
Gravatar.com I just cant seem to get it to work…
There is political strength in numbers, but liberty stands with the individual.
So, which will prevail? Political strength or individual liberty?
Individual liberty means that not only do you have your freedom, but everybody else has their freedom as well. There will be conflict.
@ doriangrey:
Hmm, I have two email addresses I use, and just changed my primary email account to his email, the one I used to register here.
Dorian
Did you clear your cache and sign in using the EMAIL that you used to get the new avatar?
Avatars: Go to gravatar . com. On your account, load a picture, after doing all the sizing. It will show on gravatar. Give it a while to show up here. For me, it didn’t show up here in the 5-10 minutes it said it would. I shut down for the night, and the avatar is there this morning.
@ Rightside:
Hey that avatar looks familiar
I sent my most recent RNC survey back with a short note on my lack of contributions since the ‘06 mid-term. I told them to stop grazing the RINOs with general fund contributions and they may see me back as a financial contributor. And further, until then I will directly support any candidate that believes and demonstrates legislatively liberal small government American ideals.
Until such time it is that and fightin’ da power by teabaggin’ and blogin’ on.
I have been invited to attend the local RNC committee meetings but have not taken the time to attend. It is mostly Chamber of Commerce level stuff, so there is not a lot I can add. However, my neighbor is an active tea sacker (went to 9-12), and has invited me to the State Capital for an event. I plan on being there…..what else can me….not a hell of a lot until the elections.
Which brings me to tommorow. In races that are not consequential to me, I will be writing in a few suggestions on the ballot about what the DNC can do with Dear Leader.
Oh, come on now Phoenix
Our”leadership” is pathetic. If they would do the job they are being paid (and paid well) to do, they’d e setting things up to blow the donks out of the water next year. Hell, this year. It is looking like the Donks may get a harsh reality-check without competant Republican leadership. NY-23 should be a reality check for both parties. we on the Right are willing to stand and fight. we are waiting for someone to lead us. Sarah Palin may very well be that person. She is the only bright spot in a pantheon grown dim and weak. If Hoffman wins (please, God) the whole game table is overturned.
If the Republican leadership can’t lead, they should get out of the way. America is a Center-Right country. We are, in general, for liberty, capitalism, smaller government (in theory), God and Country (you’d never catch a Donk saying he/she supports God and Country),and so forth. I say “in theory” on smaller government because everyone wants a handout from Uncle Sugar these days. Look at what Bush did with prescription drugs for the elderly. I am paying taxes so that Ted Kennedy wouldn’t have to pay for his meds. Word up, dude, but I pay over $300 a month for my pharmacopia. Why should I also pay for some rich guy’s drugs simply because he has lived longer than me (that is a fixable problem)?
The Republicans are missing all kinds of oppertunities. Blindingly obvious oppertunities like gun control (Americans hate it) and gay marriage (not even in California). By tacking Left they are trying to get votes that they can never get while pissing in the face of people who have been their most loyal supporters. The key to winning elections for both parties is to maximize their voter turnout. Sure, appealing to a larger segment of voters can help in this, but only so far as it doesn’t start suppressing turnout among voters whose vote you already had.
This isn’t fucking rocket science. You don’t need an advanced degree in physics to understand my point. Hell, I’d bet most fifth graders would get it if I explained it that way, but the Republican leadership doesn’t get it. They don’t want to get it. And they seem quite content to be in the minority if that is what it takes for them to continue neglecting their core constituancy.
Israel’s offer to restrain settlement expansion is an unprecedented and positive step but still falls short of Washington’s wishes, U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday.
“The Israelis have responded to the call of the U.S., the Palestinians and the Arab world to stop settlement activity by expressing a willingness to restrain settlement activity,” she told reporters in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh.
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“This offer falls far short of what our preference would be but if it is acted upon it will be an unprecedented restriction on settlements and would have a significant and meaningful effect on restraining their growth.”
So Israel bends over and unzips it’s fly and still that bitch and her boss aren’t happy?
@ Panhandler:
Dang it! There was supposed to be a Smiley! Where’s the Smiley? Stupid box, dumb HTML,
@ Nevergiveup:
Thanks Doc, I am going to rotate through some, since it’s easy with gravatar. The hippie control freak wouldn’t let you, imagine that. Not to mention, they were so small you couldn’t tell what it was half the time.
@ Iron Fist:
Michelle Bachmann has her head on right too. Pun intended.
Looks like the girlies have more testosterone than the R men.
morning all
was reading the nancy/lgf thread and I noticed…the “tone” has changed, very much feels like stage 7 of grief…acceptance and hope for the future.
we are shaking the dust of the old place from our boots and moving on down the road.
@ typicalwhitey:
Meh… no, but now I’m out of time, have to head off to work…
http://en.gravatar.com/
eamil must be the same as the one here.
The avatar size is just right too. My kitteh looks especially,er,well rounded,no?
@ Iron Fist:
Well said, it seems to me they are trying to win a popularity contest against the libtards, by trying to be libtard light.
People will vote for the authentic one instead of the wannabe every time.
@ Nevergiveup:
They aren’t happy, and they will never be happy, because the palestinians will never be satisfied. We’ve played this game before. It was called the Sudatenland and involved an amusing little Austrian corporal and the nation of Czechoslovakia. Obama and Clinton seem to be determined to be Chamberlain when it comes to appeasing the Mohammedans.
now, lets see ia an avatar appears
Rino’s beware!
damn
Maybe this time – [url=http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php][img]http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-ashamed006.gif[/img][/url]
@ typicalwhitey:
I’m going to get Christie off to a running start early Tuesday AM
Iron Fist wrote:
I agree!
If you give in to a bully, they will only demand more.
It has always been that way.
@ Panhandler:
Boo, I’m going to start drawing them on the monitor with a crayon. If I type “Smiley” you can ask me which one it is.
Here’s a tip when refreshing to see new comments – click on the comment number of the last comment in the thread, then refresh. You’ll be exactly where you were and can continue reading.
I’ve got to do some paying work today so I won’t be able to tweak anything here. I spent four days last week with a 100+ fever so as a freelancer, if you don’t work, you don’t get paid. So I’ve got to hustle to get some money in the door to get things going.
Thanks for all the kind words for the design and tweaks I’ve done here. I really do appreciate it.
♪ ♫ Good morning! ♫ ♪
Saaaaaaaaay – this place is looking mighty new and improved.
*real men don’t tweet/retweet*
@ Miss Trixie:
{Miss Trixie}
Good morning!
Rightside wrote:
I firmly believe people are looking for truth in advertizing from their politicians. This century has been nothing but complete two-faced frauds speaking with forked tongues, and their tired disgust is growing exponentially. I think that is why the Repubs lost in ‘06 and ‘08, and why the Tea Party/9-12 movements are making great strides in taking back the GOP now, as shown in NY-23, where the GOP ‘leadership’ wasn’t.
@ Nevergiveup:
Good for you!!
@ MightyConservative:
Thanks for the tip!
And we DO appreciate all your hard work!
This place is awesome!
MightyConservative wrote:
Thank you for that invaluable tip.
@ Miss Trixie:morning, hows trixs?
Free enterprise WORKS!!!
Ford announces profit, keep Obama away.
http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2009/11/ford-announces-profit-keep-obama-away.html
My browser at work won’t let me see most of the formatting nor avatars, but the rest of it doesn’t look too shabby.
{Iron Fist} Backatcha.
Since Karzai has now been declared the winner in Afghanistan, will Obama FINALLY make up his mind on his strategy??
@ apachegunner:
gunner, I will try to help you.
I am assuming you registered at gravatar, with the same email address you used to register here?
If so, log into gravatar, and look to see if you have more than one email address. If not, make sure that the one you registered for here is your PRIMARY address.
If it is, and you see the avatar you uploaded, then click on it, and it should pop up a confirm button for it. Click confirm, and it should then show up here. It did for me, right after I confirmed it.
Also, since you are logged in to your account here, do you see your avatar next to your name in the upper left of this page?
We’ll get you there!
@ typicalwhitey:
“Since Karzai has now been declared the winner in Afghanistan, will Obama FINALLY make up his mind on his strategy??”
Yeah, sure…that’s a hot one!
Good morning, everyone! Testing avatar.
@ Mrs.Robinson:
You are soooooo right! Not only do I not like anything they are doing in DC but I also trust almost no one now. They say get a swine flu vaccine and i say, “why? what did you put in it?” trust no one.
And those fools who are insisting that this socalled health care reform bill and it’s public option is dead, you are the soothing voice of the serpent in the grass saying, don’t worry, no need to fight, it’ll never pass. i say, fight until they no longer have the majority in congress. they never let anything die. they are like the jihadis and just lie in wait until they have the numbers again.
@ typicalwhitey:
Also note, the UAW is threateningto go on strike with Ford. Something bout how Ford made a profit this year so lets share the goodies with the only ones who deserve it – the UAW.
@ typicalwhitey:
He’s too busy trying to feed the Jews to the lions.
Scathing article!
@ Miss Trixie:
Good morning, Miss Trixie
@ RickZ:
Quite concur.
Let’s hope this isn’t a one-shot deal, and we sweep out the rest of the mess in 2012, along with zero.
@ apachegunner:
Can’t complain – the sun’s up, making it a perfectly crisp fall morning where I’d rather be out walking in the woods than slaving away at the orifice.
Doggone. It appeared when I logged in above, next to the “welcome.” What gives. I cleaned out my IE cache and everything. WTH?
Gypsy wrote:
Works fine, I see “G” for Gypsy. //
This is what passes of intelligence on 1.0
Never mind that there WAS an election and the number 2 guy decided to drop out:
Cheesehead…hurting. Favre…hangover. Grrr….
Morning, rightside and RickZ. I can’t see it to verify but is my avatar clear?
Miss Trixie wrote:
One small dog with goggles and the wind in his hair?
@ Kirly:
They think they can take over the health care of 300 million people, and they can’t even get the swine flu vaccine out to the population?
@ Miss Trixie:
I see a cute lil biker doggie
@ Rightside:
thanks partner, i am still working on it but you helped.
Another good article
heyyyyyyyyyy
@ Miss Trixie:
“I can’t see it to verify but is my avatar clear?
”
Might be a tad clearer after a shot or 2 of bourbon?
apachegunner 70 wrote:
Yours is working! I see da eagle!
Help!My new avatar is hwoing up below the “Welcom Gypsy!” but not in the comments. How Come?
OK just so we’re clear, who is covering 3rd base here?
@ m: and I see you! errrr, that is you isn’t it? :>)
Rightside wrote:
Well, now that you’ve reported it, how about TRACKING it?
Navy Ship Built With World Trade Center Steel Visits New York
Just saw her on the River in front of my Office.
Panhandler wrote:
Ummmm – that would be her but you’re right – thanks. It worked.
apachegunner wrote:
Barmaid! You can get the Bailys out of the safe now, we’ve safely navigated the Gravatar link.
Miss Trixie wrote:
Yes, quite clear. Hope the little scoundrel can actually see through that thing or PETA will be all over your butt, not to mention the Ontario HRC (just because they can).
@ Panhandler:
I have a valid fire control solution on all but one.
In God we trust, all others we track.
Report it? TRACK it? Whaaaaaaaa?
@ Gypsy:
no one said they were smart. i think my message is that they are evil. it’s all about control. and anyone who tells us not to fight them because they can’t possibly get their evil passed, is not on my side.
if you have not seen it…
Rush’s interview on fns
28 min long but damn he is smokin
FOX news is saying that VP Biden is going to rally with the Dem in the 23rd district in upstate NY? That and Scozzavwhateverthefuckhernameis? endorsment really should put Hoffman over the top
@ Kirly:
I like your avatar
typicalwhitey wrote:
Christie, beware! The Demoocrat Party of NJ is in the backroom filling our ballots to be “discovered” after the election. The Dem machine in NJ is crookeder than a strip of rickrack, and has been since the days of Boss Hague, the pride of Joisey City.
BenZacharia wrote:
Welll, now that you put that way….OMG!
@ Rightside:
I knew I could get you to rise to the bait. You FTs own that quote don’t you.
@ typicalwhitey:
I still want my bailout. I’ve said before that I’d settle for a meare $5 million, preferrably in gold. Kruggerands would work splendidly, but, hell, I’ll trust them. Treasury securities will do. I’d want an additional 3% surety for that, though.
@ Cheesehead:there, there. go greenbay and this coming from a bears backer!
Seems Hoffman is going with country music today and the Dem is going with Biden? Hum? I’ll take the country music.
New Anti-Limbaugh-Beck Group Tied To Ex-Obama Czar Van Jones
@ Gypsy:
Have you verified your avatar yet? It may take some time to show up, 5-10 minutes. Also, ensure the email you registered here is the PRIMARY email address for your gravatar.
todays daybyday cartoon
Good morning!
Q: What’s the main problem with Barack Obama jokes?
A: His followers don’t think they’re funny, and no one else thinks they’re jokes.
RickZ wrote:
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Don’t give the bastages any ideas! Jebus!
*looks over shoulder*
@ Panhandler:
heh
Okay, I’ve gone to Gravatar with the same e-mail I use here, and uploaded the same image I used on 1.0, so it fit fine there. Gravatar says to select with the dotted box, then click the “save”-equivalent button.
What dotted box? And the small preview is blank, the big one shows the upper left corner of my image. I click for more information, and it just shows the same thing. I’m obviously doing something wrong, but I have no idea what, since I’m following what few instructions I see.
@ Gypsy:
“ballots to be “discovered” after the election. The D”
Nah that’s the way Minn. does it. In Joosey, you either vote for our candidate or we breaka your knee caps.
@ Empire1:
Make sure you “rate” your image! I had a bugger of a time getting mine.
I remember the first time during the election when I got a shiver that Zero might actually win. CJ played a video of all the candidates, Hillary and all the GOP pols seeking the nomination. All had adopted Zero’s word “Change.” I knew then that they had been looking at Zero, thinking that what he was hauling was the prize.
They adopted his snake oil strategy, when they could have used this vague and empty word “Change” against him.
Zero never explained what “change” meant. The Republicans could have jumped on that and said Zero means “Destruction.” Change for the sake of change is absurd.
The point is the Rinos had nothing. They had no confidence. No enthusiasm. So they scrambled to get on Zero’s momentum. We can’t be defensive anymore. We need to lead with basic conservative principles.
Sarah enumerated them. Small gov’t, low taxes, strong military and emphasis on the individual and the Constitution. That simple message is all we need to get out plainly to the public.
We really don’t need to pay any attention to what the libs are doing. Fck them. Let them spew.
Nothing they can offer can compare to a basic conservative philosophy of life.
Nevergiveup wrote:
Biden is campaigning for the Dem? That should really impress the living daylights out of the locals in District 23.
//for emphasis
@ Panhandler:
It’s the fire control technician motto!
Ugh. I’m not doing something right. Just spent 10 minds with gravatar! And you all figured it out I see. It figures. LOL Good job.
It keeps saying something in my WP account is incorrect. I cleaned my cache and all that too. New some new braincells probably.
Oh well. Happy Monday
I like the new look. Good job!
@ chickadee:
chickadee wrote:
That’s what I said!
We don’t need them. We DO need a strong and clear message. Rush said as much yesterday.
Ford has found a formula for success: self-sufficiency, or at least enough of it to differentiate themselves from their domestic competition
“New some new braincells probably”
LOL ya think?
@ RickZ:
What about being able to vote twice- an ‘instant runoff’ in the primaries.
You have Candidates A, B, C, D & E running. Your first pick is ‘C’, your second is ‘B’. ‘C’ doesn’t do well, but ‘B’ is running a close 2nd at the end of the first round. His ‘2nd choice’ votes are added in, as are all votes for whoever the first place finisher was, and that determines the ultimate winner.
We should also have ‘None of the Above’ as an option.
@ Gypsy:
I’m surprised there’s no ACORN involvement.
OT here’s a company that didn’t take bail out money…how dare they show a profit./
Carnage uncovered
@ timbok:
A new F250 Crew Cab and Red Mustang convertible are coming to the Madsen house next year.
With one exception (my ‘97 F250), these will be the first domestic vehicles I have bought in 24 years. My 2005 Volvo SUV is sort of a Ford, they currently own the brand.
My family has always owned fords until I broke the mold and started on VWs in the eighties. I wrote Ford a letter last Fall telling them that I was in the market for a new truck and sports car,
however, I was emphatic that if they took the people’s money to reorganize their finances; I would be buying foreign and would bad mouth them as much or more as I currently do the other two domestics.
A woman applying for a job in a Florida lemon grove seemed to be far too qualified for the job.
The foreman frowned and said, “I have to ask you this; “Have you had any actual experience in picking lemons?”
“Well, as a matter of fact, I have!” she replied. “I’ve been divorced three times, owned 2 Plymouths, and I voted for Obama.”
linky no worky
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,571009,00.html
there we go
@ Empire1:
You should have a greyed out section in the center of your selected picture. That is showing what part of the picture Gravatar is “reading” Put your cursor on the corner or edge of the box and you’ll get expansion tags as in Photoshop. Drag and expand the box until you’re happy with the picture and the resolution, then click Save.
The Republican leadership are Dhimmis. They don’t fight back against The Progressives. They seek to appease and get along. They need to view politics as an all out war and must develop a strategic vision of how to combat Progressivism.
@ apachegunner:
WTH? I saw your eagle, but now it’s gone again?
@ Rightside:
Thanks for the tip. I did use the correct email address, just went back to gravatar and went through the process again.
BTW, Good Morning Everyone.
WOW this place looks fabulous. Just incredible.
Big applause for everyone who had a hand in this amazing transformation.
Bumr50 wrote:
What? How? Me konfoozed!
@ Bumr50:
We need a fighter and a great speaker. We need someone who can demagogue the Progressives and their ideas.
I really love the new look here. It’s awesome!
The Worst Bill Ever
Epic new spending and taxes, pricier insurance, rationed care, dishonest accounting: The Pelosi health bill has it all.
Rodan wrote:
I’m scared of your avatar
@ Empire1:
I had to “rate” my image as family-friendly or some other such rating in order for it to appear.
Just discovered something and don’t know if it works all the time.
Instead of refreshing, I clicked the # on the last post and it refreshed and kept me at the same spot, but brought up the new posts.
Anyone else tried this?
Rightside wrote:
Busy girls can’t see the point either….
There. I just chose another image, and rated it “G.”
@ typicalwhitey:
It’s meant to put fear in Progressives. I swoop down and destroy them!
@ Bumr50:
Oh, there’s ACORNs dropping from the trees into Retirement Homes, into the Barrios (”you don’t need to be a citizen to vote!) — and from what I read, they’ll have a hand in shredding the absentee military ballots — Corzine is particularly worried about these, by all reports.
@ Rodan:
@ Empire1:
After you’ve chosen your image, and then cropped it (made it fit in the bounding box), it should ask you to “rate” the image, from G to X, (g-rated not offensive to anyone through X, adults only).
If your email address you used to register here is the same as your primary gravatar address, then you should see your avatar, click on it, and then “confirm” it. That should be all you need to do.
@ Mrs.Robinson:
Ten minds? Damn, I’m impressed. I can usually only manage two or three minds. More if I’ve been drinking, but then I tend to lose control of them. It really sucks when two of them hold down the third and kick the shit out of him!
Gypsy wrote:
All you’ns granvatars show up for me.
KORSOER, Denmark – The world’s largest cruise ship cleared a crucial obstacle Sunday, lowering its smokestacks to squeeze under a bridge in Denmark.
The Oasis of the Seas — which rises about 20 stories high — passed below the Great Belt Fixed Link with a slim margin as it left the Baltic Sea on its maiden voyage to Florida.
Wonderful terrorist target ha?
Rodan wrote:
There is so much to use against them and more coming everyday from Zero. I agree, a great speaker: who explains what we stand for and who can contrast that with the bad policies that the left is pushing. We can’t give any ground with reach across the aisle bullshit. The opposition is ruthless. This is serious business now. We can never again have a candidate like McCain who says his (commie) opponent would make a fine POTUS.
@ pbird:
Yes!
@ Bumr50: well, i am sure there is we just don’t see it yet
Last update – 07:26 02/11/2009
Netanyahu to fly Arkia to U.S. instead of pricey El Al
That’s great, but I wonder if Bibi ever really tasted the food on Arkia?
Mrs.Robinson wrote:
If you have a wordpress account remove your avatar from there.
And BTW,
What is all this then?
@ chickadee:
We need a political equivalent of Genghis Khan, who will show the Progressive no mercy and destroy their movement.
This is quite an article:
A Generation of Sociopaths
@ Rightside: naaa, thanks for you it’s there partner
Is anyone seeing a critter in the avatar box next to my post? All I’m seeing is this cockeyed G.
I think I got it — thanks to everyone for your help! I also had to use an IE tab to see the box … it wasn’t visible in Firefox.
@ pbird:
I hate twitter.
Why Won’t Obama Celebrate Freedom’s Victory?
Gypsy wrote:
I see an owl.
@ Iron Fist:
It was the Rum!
…testing testing avatar…
@ Bumr50:
Never been there, or My Space or Digg.
Gotta run now — I’ll try to check in again before I leave for the afternoon, to see if it “took”.
mfhorn wrote:
No. Way too confusing. I think awarding apportioned delegates based upon %ages in the voting is good, not winner take all (like with the Dems).
I totally agree. But what happens when he/she/it whens? Because you know that will happen. A new election? Too costly. A coin flip? Cheaper, but somebody will eventually use a two-headed coin. A good idea that would send a message but, like a dog chasing a car and finally catching it, what do we do when “None of the Above’ wins?
<@ typicalwhitey:
Thanks Whitey. it’s Lake Takepo on the South Island of New Zealand. I’m standing a few yards from the Church of the Good Shepherd.
@ typicalwhitey:
I also LOVED that column.
It’s so spot on. I’m on here complaining about my young employees all the time.
It’s like their parents never required them to do anything at home.
@ Mrs.Robinson:
I see it!
Koo koo ka-choo!
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Hurrah! A pygmy saw whet owl is what it’s supposed to be. I can see everyone else’s avatar, but not my own. Is that the way it’s supposed to be? Sorry about all the nuisance questions.
@ Gypsy:
Nein.
@ Gypsy:
Sorry, no critter.
@ typicalwhitey:
Obama is sad the Berlin Wall fell. He is rebuilding the Soviet System here in America.
@ song_and_dance_man:
Twitter just seems like it would annoy other people. I don’t want to know what everyone in my phonebook is thinking and doing. Why would they want to know what I’m doing?
I think that this is going to lead to new and different psycological disorders.
Quite honestly, I miss being “not home.”
@ Rightside:
I don’t!
Just the sideways G.
Holy cow I’m out of it this morning. LOL
@ Gypsy:
I see an owl.
Hello everyone. I’m sure this question has been asked over and over but how does one add a custom image for their avatar? I looked under my “profile” at the top of the page but couldn’t figure it out. Anyone?
@ Gypsy:
It may take some time to propagate completely. I still cannot see it.
@ typicalwhitey:
Of course Zero isn’t going to that celebration. It’s not about him.
(also as a totalitarian sob he’s not into freedom).
More and more Europe will sour on this stupid fop.
Well, well. Love what you’ve done with the place. Just in time for award nominations. Kudo’s and congrats to the admins for all the hard work.
@ Scott Madsen:
wow! I did nearly the same thing! I’m the daughter and the niece of (now deceased) Ford retirees and the entire family owns Fords and has for decades! I wrote them last year saying that I’d not buy another Ford for as long as I live if they took bailout $. I wonder how many similar letters they received.
@ Rodan:
He reminds me of Krank from City of Lost Children.
@ Gypsy:
I see yours and it is an owl. Now it’s off to load mine. If I can figure it out.
@ typicalwhitey:
yes. after responding to a comment, when your comment is displayed, click on the link that you just responded to and it’ll take you back to the comment that you just responded to.
@ Kirly:
There’s nothing like a Ford F-Series pickup.
I learned on and drove a 79′ F-150 that I inherited from my Dad. It’s still on the road being used by a young landscaper.
The thing I miss the most about it is being able to sit in the fenderwell and be able to identify and work on any problem with English wrenches.
Good morning one and all. Looks like it’s going to be a fun week. Only complaint I have about the new look to this site is that it doesn’t play nice with IE 6. Can’t do anything about that though I guess. Onwards and upwards.
@ typicalwhitey:
That just sums Obama up. We question his patriotism because he demonstrates nothing but contempt for our country. He does it in small ways (like placing his hand over his crotch during the National Anthem), he does it in large ways (this is the best example of that so far, but saying he doesn’t want victory in Afghanistan is a close second), but it seems he always does it.
this one really takes the cake. I guess in addition to hiring Mao-lovers he believes in his heart of hearts that the wrong side won the Cold War.
@ Runner:
Read the FAQ’s up there ^^^
@ Runner: go to google and put in gravatar, it will take you to a page and just follow the instructions. insure your email address you use at gravatar is the same one you registered here with. go for it
@ PaladinPhil:
Use Firefox! I likes it better anyway!
All-In-One sidebar is the bees knees.
@ Runner:
Go under FAQ at the top of the blog; it will tell you. Nutshell Make an account at gravatar.com. If I can figure it out you can! LOL
Thanks all who answered my avatar question. I’ll get on it!
@ Bumr50:
Alas, I am at work and can’t modify it. Takes forever sometimes for them to upgrade browsers no matter what company you are with.
Runner wrote:
gravatar.com ~ You can set up an image for the email addess you use here. The gravatar nic doesn’t have to match, just the email address.
Even a throwaway hotmail, gmail, yahoo…
(and if someone wants to change their email address here- it can be done on the profile page)
@ PaladinPhil:
Oh sorry!
We can’t even surf at my job so…
Cheesehead wrote:
Well at least the 2nd half was a little better. Green Bay needs to protect their QB.
@ Bumr50:
It’s like the twits who tweet are having a contest — they brag about how many “followers” they have, as does Meghan McCain. All it is is texting to the world at large, “I’m going to the bathroom now” or “I’m turning the ignition key in my car, and I’ll keep tweeting while I’m driving down the Interstate” and “Big thrill! I’m on the interstate in a 7-car pileup. I ran into an Escalade while I was texting. I can hear police sirens now.”
@ HarryS:
Hey nice gravatar! I’ve got “Pompeii” on in the background!
@ Gypsy:
I guess, like anything else, it can be used wisely or foolishly.
Given the average intelligence of the nation, I’ve got a pretty good idea which direction the technology is going.
Bumr50 wrote:
My daughter will be in high demand because even at 11 she has a great work ethic.
We own our own business. Started out living in a single wide trailer on our farm lol.
My daughter wanted a laptop and I said only if you pay for it.
She has always saved her birthday money, Christmas money etc. She even gets to keep the change out of her dads pocket when she helps me with laundry.
Well she bought that laptop and still has over 700 bucks in her savings and she is 11!
Let’s go back to the dark days of November 2008. The only ray of light was the passage of Prop 8 here in CA. That passed in overwhelming numbers, especially in Los Angeles County. That should have been the indication that social conservatism was neither dead nor dying. It should have been the indication that it was the candidate which had been rejected–not the philosophy. It was message that has been obscured and hidden. Social Conservatism is still very much alive.
test
Okay, I went to gravatar.com and I cannot log into Wordpress.com using my name and password from Blogmocracy. I assumed that when I signed up to this blog by using Wordpress that my user name and password from here was my Wordpress.com user/pass. Is this not the case? Do I need to create a completely different user name and password just to get into gravatar.com and/or Wordpress.com?
Sorry to sound like a luddite….
Hope no one minds all the links and quotes I post.
I am trying to keep myself occupied but even during normal times, I get a little crazy doing it
BTW a SERIOUS thank you for the “get involved” links.
This is the first time I have ever seen that on a blog!
@ calcajun:
It is but can’t win alone. There are parts of the Country that are not into that. That’s where Libertarians fit in. Libertarians can win in Liberal areas by peeling off Economic Conservative Democrats who don’t like discussion of social issues. With Social issues not a factor, Libertarians can expose the Totalitarian nature of the Progressives.
Social Conservatives are a better fit in the South and Midwest. It needs to be an alliance based on Freedom from Progressive Tyranny.
@ typicalwhitey:
That’s awesome! I’m the son of a small-business owner who had previously worked with corporations.
The best piece of advice he ever gave me was to “work like I owned the place” everywhere I went.
@ calcajun:
BWAHAHAHA! Get back here Beaker!
Rodan wrote:
I agree.
The R’s need to be the party of personal responsibility, fiscal responsibility and smaller govt.
@ Kirly:
Many,I hope.
They were considering it at the time.
testing avatar. Oh, and Happy Birthday to me.
Just a drive by right now…
Gotta go paint…YUK!
Hope everyone has a great day!!!
@ Rodan:
That’s a very insightful post.
I’m constantly trying to talk to the hippie/jamband crowd about wtf they are doing supporting BHO and his piles of bullsh*t.
Inroads can be made to artists and craftspeople.
Such strong faith they have in people though!
@ Bumr50:
One other thing I forgot. She understands the difference between “paying” jobs and contributing as a member of the household.
For instance, when we are putting up new fence (we live on a farm) she helps “for free” because the money we get from selling calves every year provide income for the entire family. Installing new fencing keeps those calves on our property!
However, if I am cleaning out the mess her Dad made in the garage (sigh…again!) then I will shell out a few bucks for help lol.
Her regular chores are putting away the clean dishes, helping me feed the dogs and horse, keeping her room clean, helping me with her laundry and picking up the yard before I mow.
And she does it all without complaining…..too much
@ GrandJunctionite:
Happy birthday! No image yet, but soon!@ Lolly Gator:
You too!
Don’t drip.
@ typicalwhitey:
Correct I believe in a Conservative-Libertarian Alliance. We need to appeal to all regions of this country and it can be done. What we need is an Individual responsibility message, One of Freedom and Defense of America’s Interests.
GrandJunctionite wrote:
Happy Birthday GrandJunctionite…
Hope you have a Great One!
My avator isn`t working yet…Grrrr…
Bumr50 wrote:
During a weird period in my life a few years ago, when I didn’t even have a cell phone, just landline, I used to literally hide in my car, driving around, so the person who was driving me crazy couldn’t call me or know where I was. That was real comfort, just the being untrackableness of it.
@ Rodan:
The problem is that is not an easy task. Tomorrow will be a nice barometer of 2010. VA is getting a GOP governor. It would be great if Hoffman and Christie win, too.
The good news out here is that SF mayor Gavin Newsome dropped out of the CA governor race. He cited family concerns. The truth is that he could never carry any counties away from the coast. The video where he gloat and says of gay marriage that it’s coming, get ready, “like it or not” would kill him. Yeah, GOP, values matter.
@ Runner:
Runner, you create an account at gravatar using the email you registered here at blogmocracy. You can then choose a password.
Then, upload an image, crop it, and set it for use with that email address, and it should show up here.
Bumr50 wrote:
I`m pretty good at not dripping…
Getting myself covered…Guaranteed…lol!
@ typicalwhitey:
Excellent work!
I run into a lot of “critical thinking” type issues where adolescents and young adults have no concept of how things got to be in their current state. (other people did work to put this here, for example)
I see a real detachment from that type of thinking into a more feminized “how we feel about it being there” sort of thing going on.
Hey y’all, check out the latest NY-23 news!
@ Bumr50:
What is my avatar showing? From my end, it looks like a chimp and Chuck Heston discussing Second Amendment rights.
Good morning. Testing my avatar.
A friend I have on facebook is very clever. He’s quoting the “Sly Tyrant’s Handbook” for his status each day. Here’s the latest installment:
@ Bumr50:
To attract those people Libertarianism is the route to go. There are people who vote Democrat because although they don’t agree with the economic and foreign policy ideas, they feel the Democrats leave their personal lives alone. This of course is total bunk as the Progressives seek to transform society. Libertarianism believes you do what you do in your personal life and so long as you don’t harm others, it’s none of my business. This would appeal to that crowd and If we focus on Economic Freedom, Personal Responsibility and Defense of our Interests.
Social Conservatism would be perfect to draw Hispanics into the GOP. We are a traditional Catholic people who would be drawn to this. Plus the GOP’s support of small businesses would appeal also.
We need to tailor our message to various parts of the country.
Rightside wrote:
So the account I create at Gravatar has nothing to do with the user name and password I use here at Blogmocracy? It’s confused me because I thought you could use your Wordpress.com user name and password to log into Gravatar and I had assumed when I joined here and this blog uses Wordpress that I have a Wordpress.com account. Or am I confused?
Sorry to keep perpetuating this…
@ calcajun:
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
Gotta run now…
Bye all!
Well, that didn’t work. I’ve followed all instructions and I can’t change my gravatar.
If I sign in with a new e-mail addy to use a different image it will mean I’ll have to use that e-mail every time I access this site, is that right?
Help!
@ GrandJunctionite:
Happy birthday! Here, have some nice mead.
Back to the subject — one problem is that Congress and the Senate- and their staffs – are topheavy with lawyers. Not that some lawyers aren’t needed, but the predominance of lawyers means that measures like tort reform, or sunsetting laws, or even refraining from writing and passing unnecsary laws becomes impossible — because law is what lawyers do. They have more empathy for the ambulance chasers like Sen. John Edwards & et al than they do for the citizen whose paycheck ultimately has to pay for their big wins in court. RINOS are very much part of this culture, particulary with regard to the lawyerly obsession with doing deals.
RINOS are also, like their Dem counterparts, increasingly careerists. Since the Sixties they have gone to college with the idea of eventually “going into politics” and moving from the House to the Senate to a Governorship to the Presidency. The concept of “Service to the Constituency” or “Service to the nation” is corny and naive to them. It’s all about them and their egos and how much power they can personally amass. BHO is the exemplar of this type of modern politician, as were the RINOs who replaced Gingrich and DeLay and were booted out in 2006.
To them we are a bunch of ingnorant, unsophisticated yahoos who don’t understand what’s important — that is, them and their little friends.
Rodan wrote:
Rodan, I still have to say that I think these are kind of spurious arguments, or at least they rely on spurious caricatures of conservatives.
Exactly how do conservatives want to “run peoples’ lives”? Pretty much the two main issues of interest to even overtly religious conservatives are abortion and gay marriage – both of which are public issues that rightly involve a public response to them. There’s isn’t a really solid libertarian case to be made for the leftist position on either of these issues.
tqcincinnatus wrote:
Can you blame her? In a sense I can understand. The GOP forced her to quit–life pols just do not suspend campaigns (unless you’re John McCain) without some prodding. The GOP leadership made like Marcellus Wallace and told Dede’s “Butch” to take a dive. The sad thing is that she was polling so poorly that Owens might not want her support.
@ calcajun:
Vaqlues matter but it’s not the only think the GOP talks about. In all honestly America is being surrounded by enemies, Our Economy is turning 3rd world and we have traitors in our nation. That should be what we focus on besidesd values. We need to speak to Americans concerns and develop Non Progressive ideas. Just talking about Abortion and Gay Marriage is not a winning formula.
FYI- I am a Social Conservative, but there are other concerns that take priority right now with me.
coloratura wrote:
She shows here. Very cute.
@ calcajun:
J Bunsen Honeydew to me.
Bumr50 wrote:
It worked! My experiment worked! HA!
Now, for my next project; to cross the DNA of a dung beetle and Charlie Gibson.
Rightside wrote:
Good. Now I can speak with authority when we ridicule Ludwig.
Morning all, great work on the new look – veddy snazzy.
I’m just sitting here waiting for Glass Doctors to show up to replace my back Envoy hatch glass, which some soulless shitstains busted out yesterday. For fun. Took nothing.
I have some 3.5″ turkey loads I’d just love to show the bastards. Or at least some LTL rounds.
Oh well, only EIGHT HUNDRED and SIXTY THREE dollars.
Gah.
Totally OT – and just dropping in before heading to bed after a long night shift. Had to log on to tell you:
The place looks GREAT!! Love it – good job!
Monica
@ Runner:
Don’t worry, I’m here to help ya!
No, they have nothing to do with each other. Simply create a gravatar account using the email address you registered with here. We’ll go from there.
tqcincinnatus wrote:
I think he’s going to win. She looks like a petty bitter angry loser for going over to the enemy. What a bitchy thing to do. No one can respect that kind of behavior. She isn’t even a Rino, she’s a flat out traitor lib. She is the type who should be purged from the party.
@ calcajun:
Wow you work fast.
@ tqcincinnatus:
Libertarians believe Government should not be involved in people’s personal lives or preach morality. This can appeal to some Democrat voters who agree with the GOP’s Economic and Defense positions. By taking Social Issues off the table in Liberal areas, the Left’s Control agenda can be exposed. The Left promotes Radical transformation of society. To achieve this they pretend to approve of people’s personal privacy. In reality they are using this to enact a stealth agenda. I say let’s call them on it.
Social Conservatism does not appeal to everyone that is the truth.
Rodan wrote:
I agree. The biggest threat to the sovereignty to the nation is the crushing debt we all have to bear. It’s not the problem of one party or the other; it’s a national issue. But so long as anyone who attempts to solve the issue by the only reasonable means (cutting spending) is demonized, then the problem will continue to grow.
I think my avatar now works… lets test…
Well, I’m off to my Monday mah-jongg game. See y’all about 4 Eastern.
Busy mornin I tells ya…now were was I?
Rightside wrote:
Thanks Rightside. Hopefully I can figure it out now!
@ calcajun:
Logic is like antigravity in Washington DC.
@ pbird:
Thanks, pbird. But….which image are you seeing? The dog or the singer? It’s the singer I’m trying to use.
I think my avatar now works… lets test…
Looks good from here, MikeA
@ calcajun:
Correct also we need to change the Culture itself. We need to infiltrate Businesses, Education and Entertainment. Once we control these 3 parts of societies, Social Conservatism can spread naturally through the culture. We need to win the culture war from the ground up, not by Government dictate. Once teh culture changes and people realize Traditional values are needed, Social Conservatives will win the converts.
Finally figured it out.
This site is awesome!
Rodan wrote:
Rodan I have to say, you are one of my favorite posters on here!
chickadee wrote:
My question: Was she ever in the party, really? It looks like she started her career as a bugeyed radical running for some local office on the ACORN-sponsored Family Party or some such. Then presto! Somewhere down the line she shows up as a Republican assemblywoman, and is selected in a murky process to be the GOP Congressional candidate. All her policy positions are to the left of Hillary Clinton, for catssake. Looks like Al D’Amato’s “machine” was trying to do a “Big Tent” thing with her. Talk about a Manchurian candidate, though.
I’m 2 semesters away from becoming a 4th-9th anti-indoctrinator… it’s been a, um… slightly hostile educational environment for me.
when I logged in yesterday it was a pleasant surprise to see the new format
Time to go to the salt mines
Later
@ Rodan:
Social Conservatism does not appeal to everyone that is the truth.
I agree – but that’s a far cry from saying that the GOP shouldn’t talk about such issues.
Fact – the public mood on abortion is swinging WAY towards the pro-life position, and has been since Obama took office. People saw what a tru, hard-core pro-abortionist (rather than a mealy-mouthed “I’m against it personally”) fanatic looks like, and they don’t like it.
Fact – a strong majority across this country oppose gay marriage, and if the GOP has any hope of actually making inroads with blacks and Latinos, then being viewed as a big-tent party that embraces gay marriage is the last thing they want to do.
Let’s face it – liberal parts of the country are that way for a reason. We need to accept that there are parts of this country where a GOP which is anything at all approximate to what we want it to be is simply not going to make inroads. If we try to be everything to all people, we end right back up where we’re at now – a party full of RINOs that half the base doesn’t want to vote for. Not a smart electoral strategy.
Besides, I am not at all convinced that “libertarian” candidates will be able to make the inroads in liberal areas that you think they will. Liberals are liberals for a reason – they hold to a particular set of interrelated worldviews which mutually reinforce each other. A person who is liberal on social issues is usually also liberal on fiscal and defence issues – because of values they hold within that worldview framework. Libertarian candidates will have only minimal impact on that, and their positive impact in bringing in some lefties may in fact be mitigated by their negative impact in driving away base voters.
I prefer a strategy that seems a lot like yours, but has some subtle differences – I call it the Australian Strategy for Conservative Victory. We need to tailor the message to the district, as you say, but we do so using conservative candidates for the most part who, depending on their district, may or may not be vocal about social issues. That way, you have solid conservatives in who will then have an incumbency advantage, without the detraction of having a bunch of libertarians who might decide to break ranks on defence issues (where a lot of libertarians are noticeably moonbatish) or social issues.
@ Rodan:
You aren’t going to win nationally on a pro-abortion platform. The pro-aborts belong to the Democrats. The Republicans need to do some things to truly differentiate themselves from the Democrats, and they need to make sure that everyone realizes how radical they are.
And the Republicans really need to energize their base. Until they are turning out their entire base they don’t need to worry about expanding the party.
@ mawskrat:
WTF is your avatar? Some sort of assembly line?
@ mawskrat:
Now if the republicans would just fix their format I might have a party to vote with in 2010, I will not hold my breath.
mawskrat wrote:
Based on your avatar I would say you could use a second cup of coffee!
McDonnell Could Lead GOP ‘Landslide’ in Virginia Race
Gravatar instructions:
Click on this link, and enter the email address you used to register at blogmocracy.
It will send you a confirmation email to the address you entered, to enable your account. Click on the link it provides in the activation email, and you can then choose a password.
Once you’ve been verified and choose a password, you will be logged in to gravatar. Along the top left, you will see “My Account”. Click on that, and select “manage”
You should see your email address with (primary) after it. If it’s not the only email address you have on there, then you can choose “Make primary” If you only have one email address listed, then disregard the last sentence.
You can then choose where you want your gravatar to come from. The web, an image on your hard drive (most often chosen) a webcam attached to your pc, or a previously uploaded image.
I chose image from my hard drive. I had to browse to the location on my hard drive, choose the image, then click next. It will then allow you to crop the image by using a bounding box (a wire square with “handles” on the corners and sides to allow you to stretch the box horizontally, vertically, or diagonally). Once you have cropped the image to your liking, “Crop and finish”
You will then see your gravatar, and have to rate it. Choose G, PG, R, or X just like the movie ratings. Once you rate it, you will see it beneath your email address, where you click on it.
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Admins/Mods, can you please point future questions about gravatar usage to my #291?
LOL
@ Iron Fist:
I’m not calling for a Pro-Abortion platform, not all. There are parts of the country where the Pro-Life message doesn’t fly becasue they view it as a personal decision issue. I say call there bluffs in those districts, say OK who Cares about abortion. Then go after their Progressive ideas.
@ tqcincinnatus:
I disagree many people vote Liberal/Progressive not because of economics, but because the Left is perceived to protect personal freedoms. This is not true off course and those people can flip if they don’t feel Government will interfere in their personal lives. I’ve came across many who would vote GOP but have been brainwashed into thinking the GOP will get involved in their personal lives. Take away that fear and they flip GOP.
By Libertarian I don’t mean the Ron Paul types. I mean reasonable Libertarian who know we need a military to defend our interests.
@ Rightside:
Avatar victory! Thanks!
Siena New York 23rd Congressional District Poll:
Hoffman Leads Owens 41-36%; Undecided up to 18%
@ Runner:
Ahh! I see running poultry! Good deal!
@ Rodan:
Exactly right! I’ve run into so many of what I call “Playboy democrats”. People for whom there’s only one political issue, which is, the Republicans are conspiring to take their Playboys away. It’s ridiculous, but there are a lot of them out there, and if they could get their puds out of their magazines for a couple of minutes, they might understand which party supports freedom.
The donx have gotten pretty good at spreading this meme, and the socons have to be careful not to be assisting them.
Ok,
going to lunch, bbl.
@ tqcincinnatus:
@ Iron Fist:
We conservatives and conservative candidates nationwide need to make the 2010 mid-terms a referendum on Obama, Pelosi, Reid, and all the other America-hating radicals running the Congress and openly serving in The Zero’s™ administration.
Just as the radical left was able to sieze control of the DNC from the supposedly more moderate “Clinton wing”, we need to do the same thing.
There was a gallup poll that was released a week or two ago showing that the majority of Americans were much more conservative than they were liberal- 40% conservative, 37% moderate, and 20% liberal, with only 5% of that 20% calling themselves extrememly liberal.
The days of us allowing our views to be to painted by the real radicals as radical or out of touch with mainsream America have to be stopped BECAUSE WE ARE THE MAINSTREAM OF AMERICA!!!
my gravatar is from a photo I took at the Epcot Center years ago
@ Rodan:
AKA “small-l: libertarians.
You’re completely right. That’s the message that’s going to resonate with the culture in the short run. The socon message is a much longer term project. Socons have a daunting task similar to that which faced the communists in the ’20s. They literally have to make a project of changing the culture itself. That’s going to take at least a generation, maybe two.
In the mean time, those of us who want a free economy need a strategy to win. Making the millineal generation understand the importance of personal liberty, particularly in the economic sphere, is the only way that’s going to happen.
Of course, that’s mostly a coastal reality. As you say, in flyover, there’s a different culture, and the socon message will work there. Interestingly, the only democrat demographic which just might respond positively to the socon message is minorities; particularly Blacks and Hispanics. If there’s any chance of peeling them away from the donkeys, that’s the way it’s going to be done.
typicalwhitey wrote:
I’m so hoping that happens. If we just 1 or 2 out of the 3 races it is a major coup.
If we sweep them all we will have the libs on the run looking back over their shoulders.
Zero will be in the lead, pumping his skinny legs and yelling unintelligible platitudes.
@ snork:
You nailed it!!!!!!!!
These playboy types would vote GOP in a heart beat if in their areas the Social agenda is off the table.@ snork:
Hispanics can and have in places like Texas responded to Social Conservatism. We are a natural constituency for teh SoCon agenda.
As for Blacks, it’s a lot tougher although they maybe Socially Conservative that are economically and Foreign policy wise Progressive. However So Con agenda is the way to begin making inroads.
They are only economically progressive until they are successful.
This is why the progressives tend to “giveaways” ie handing out fish instead of teaching someone to fish.
@ chickadee: Next thing is who the heck had the idea of supporting this lib broad, what are their names and what do they have to do with the republican party. they surely aren’t of our political pursuasion and if they are holding elected republican positions they should be voted down and out immediately. right?
apachegunner wrote:
Newt endorsed her!
How fast has Obama Fallen? This fast!
@ Rodan:
to both you and TQC. This is one of the reasons I push so hard for the Republicans to lead on the gun control issue. They really have nothing to lose and everything to gain. The majority of Americans believe in the Second Amendment. Hell, the majority of Americans who are old enough to vote own guns. right now the GOP is content to do nothing but quietly let it be assumed that they would vote en masse against any gun control legislation. Combined with the Blue Dogs who have explicitly said “Hell no!” on the issue, the Donks know better than to bring it up.
This is good enough to keep an “A” rating from the NRA, but it isn’t going to energize the base. It is, in fact, the absolute minimum that they could do to not piss off the base. People won’t turn out to vote against them, but if their Democrat opposition makes the right noises people won’t turn out to vote for them, either. That is how, BTW, the Donks took the House and Senate in 2006. Lots of semi-conservative Democrats were elected in normally Republican districts. That is also the big reason that Pelousie and Reid can’t just ram Obamacare through. These Blue Dogs would vote against it.
A crushing bipartisan defeat for the Administration would be inconceivably bad from their viewpoint (I’d pass out candy).
Because of these Blue Dogs, the Republicans have a precious oppertunity to craft pro-Second Amendment legislation and pass it with bipartisan majorities. Dare Obama to veto it. Either way, the Republicans win. There are two places that would be a good start. They could attack DC for not complying with the Heller decision and they could go after US v. Cruikshank (a case during Reconstruction that permitted the KKK to disarm freed slaves under the guise of crime prevention. Sound familiar?). Both of these are really low hanging fruit. What is there to oppose? The Congress orders DC to abide by a Supreme Court ruling and repudiates the Klan. These would pass by huge majorities, and Obama wouldn’t dare veto them.
And the Republicans go into next year with a massive victory on their plate, an energized base, and a platform to outreach to true moderate Democrats and independants that won’t lose them votes they currently have. It is all right there for the taking. All the Republicans have to do is find the balls to stand and deliver.
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@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Right on Bob!
typicalwhitey wrote:
Yeah, Newt’s got some ’splaing to do.
@ typicalwhitey: awwww shit, thanks whitey ya ruined my day. I wonder just why it was he endorsed such a loser as her, did he ever give any type reason, such as following party lines or something similiar.
apachegunner wrote:
I couldn’t agree more. They have to go. The Rinos up there in the 23rd district “selected” her.
There was no primary. That has to make some people very angry .
apachegunner wrote:
Others correct me if I am wrong, but I got the impression since she was running with the R beside her name he endorsed her. Plus I think he thought she was the only kind that could win there ie a DemLite.
That was my take of it anyway.
Sorry for ruining your day…..
@ apachegunner:
If ya click on my nic the pic of my cootie patootie grandson might make ya smile!
Hi everyone. Greetings and salutations.
@ typicalwhitey:
Shame on them, all of them. If this was a Republican, this would be covered wall-to-wall.
The blame is ours alone.
Middle America, Football fans, NASCAR fans, Baseball fans, Church people, Honkey Tonk people, working people, farm, ranch, small buss people, not enough of us get up off our ass’s and go vote.
We are America, only we do not vote like we give a shit.
When you point fingers, each of us should be pointing at a mirror.
There is no try, do. – Yoda
I hope my avatar works!
I don’t see it working. hmm.
Avatar test, now that it’s been a few hours.
This is what happens when a cult of ‘professional political elite’ take over a political party and manipulate it not for the common good but for narrow personal advantage. The so called RINOs are nothing more than latter day ‘carpet baggers’ sucking on the teat of the Republican party. Their arrogance and unbridled sense of entitlement would be awe inspiring if it were not so revolting. These corrupt individuals who use the ’system’ to their own advantage are a pox on any party and especially so in a party that once had policies and a culture based on conservative values.
These corrupt narcissists need to be uprooted and thrown on the scrap heap of history, and the sooner the better. The road back to an America envisioned by the Founders of the nation begins with a thorough house cleaning of the Republican party which after all is the natural party of power in the US because the US remains a basically conservative electorate. Once the RNC and party is cleansed then it will sweep the corrupt and terminally philosophically compromised Democratic party from the levers of power for a generation.
If that does not happen then expect a third party to arise and rip the heart out of the GOP, so that forever more the GOP will have to indulge itself in coalition politics if it ever wishes to govern again.
@ Iron Fist:
The ‘fly in that particular ointment’ Rodan is the fact that the professional politicians of the RNC and GOP ask themselves. “Should i put my head up and look over the parapet or should i just stay down here and keep my nose fully immersed in the public trough sucking up $$$$s and privilege like crazy?”
I think we both know the answer to that question!