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BlazeCast Rewind: Is The Republican Party Really Imploding?

Nov. 8, 2012 1:13pm Scott Baker

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nimrod
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:00pm
We can only hope they’re imploding.. The GOP is too similar to the Democratic party. Both far left. American conservatives need to start electing RADICALS. Anarcho Capitalism baby – radicals for freedom. No ‘reaching over party lines’, no concessions, no middle ground. It’s time to reject government period. What would the founders do? Tax payers need to unite; cut our omnipotent government off. End the entitlement state – we own the purse strings.

Educate yourselves! Read any material you can concerning the Austrian School of Economics. Murray Rothbard, Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig Von Mises!

Liberty or Death! Unite or Die. It’s time to get serious. Free your mind, educate yourselves regarding free market economics. Our founders were hard core radicals, we should be too.

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Ms.Independence
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 7:37pm
My answer to this question is: because Mitt Romney lost by 3million votes the Party is over? As a former Dem, I started really doing my homework on the election this year and found myself appalled at both the Dem Party and Obama. I can’t even stand to hear his voice or see his face. As a basically conservative lesbian, who loves this country and wants to see it free, is that really where I fit – a socialist/communist party? No. Is the Republican Party where I fit? Most people think I’m nuts because I switched but I don’t care. What appeals to me about conservatism are these values: limited government, preservation of the constitution, work ethic, Christian beliefs, the belief that anyone can rise from nothing to become something – whatever level of success one wishes to achieve, pro-life. What I saw in Mitt Romney was a wonderful, wonderful candidate: a truly good man, as opposed to the hypocrit Obama who professes Christianity and then calls his opponent a bullshi**er and puts out an ad equating voting to losing one’s virginity. I have no fear of being an outcast as a Republican – or losing my rights as a lesbian or a woman. If someone like me is acceptable as Republican, then if the RNC has any money left, it should get some whiz to start doing image ads NOW professing the party’s values and maybe regional and local working groups to look at things like voter fraud, as well as types of outreach.

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- jettson
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 9:48pm
  Have you ever tried on a burka ? Its coming get ready
  
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- Ms.Independence
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:03pm
  @ Jetson…they’ll have to shoot me first…
  
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Jenasus
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 7:18pm
The Republican and Democrat Party are both doomed as soon as the people feel the pain that Obama is going to rain down on them.
Just like Obama did to the people in the North East using HAARP to create and guide the Superstorm Sandy to New York, NY.

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Lord_Frostwind
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 6:27pm
I don’t get why all the talking heads are saying we need to “abandon social conservatism” and “expand the tent.” THAT’S WHAT THE ENTIRE PRIMARY WAS ABOUT! We tried to stick to economics and fiscal conservatism and we got dragged into the social issue fight by the media, to the point where they made up the issues to goad us into it. Worse, because the base got pushed to the sidelines, they didn’t show up to vote. The base got passed over in the primaries to go straight for the independents, so the base passed on Romney.

Right or wrong, the Tea Party conservatives have had enough of the milquetoast Republicans. And if 3 million people were willing to take another term of Obama over accepting another candidate who they don’t see as being conservative, then the Republicans are going to need to change tactics, or go the way of the whig party.

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orionhunter
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 6:00pm
Where are the young conservatives? Where are the minority conservatives? Where is the black conservative platform? This is the Republicans only problem. They come across as only middle aged white people due to the lack of diverse media outlets. FoxNews features many black conservatives but never by themselves, it is always with a middle aged white host. This needs to change. As a white person I would like to embrace Hispanics and Blacks in the party. Give them a platform to reach out to others that share the same conservative views. It is insane that we are alienating a block of conservatives that are moving here(all be it illegally) but regardless they are here and they are conservatives. We need them. They need us. Lets extend our hands.

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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 6:16pm
  blacks make up less than 1% of the party. that will never change until the rest of the blacks get tired of being slaves.
  
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MonkeyBeagle
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 5:50pm
The GOP officially imploded during the Primary this year, here is an article that talks about it http://news.yahoo.com/republican-party-imploding-thats-many-gop-voters-asking-200700551.html

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- drs1969
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:46pm
  At the convention and Ron Paul’s expulsion. Long live the tea party.
  
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MonkeyBeagle
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 5:48pm
Remember Glen was all about our founding principles, and even called Ron Paul closest to the founders, then turned around and endorsed, Santorum, and then Romney.

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- orionhunter
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 6:07pm
  He also realizes that it is a different world now and foreign policy is a real concern. While Paul has the right idea with domestic issues he is a bit naive with regards to foreign threats. This is not the GOP’s problem. Their problem is the shrinking base due to the lack of extended hands to minorities. I am not saying they need to pander like the Democrats but the majority of Hispanics are conservative and should be embraced by the GOP. The longer they refuse to realize the changing demographic the longer they will lose to these thugs on the left. We cannot expect them to abandon the Democrats on their own.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 11:55pm
  Changing demos are created by welfare. If you extend your hand to them, it will be stolen! House elections were mostly honest, who held the house?
  
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affinity
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 5:22pm
When Romney said “I’ll reach across the aisle he lost my vote.

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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:23pm
Tea Party Constitutional Conservatives and Religious Principled voters need a different party than the RNC. The same people are involved in both RNC and DNC campaigns they do not care who wins. The Trilateral Commission gave us Carter, GH Bush, Clinton, Cheney, and 0. All want World Government run by the UN. Time to find candidates for the Constitution Party or Start a new party. As far as the RNC – stick a fork in them. They are done and made their bed at the convention when they passed new rules and shut down the Libertarians that would have attracted many youths. Dirty tricks just like all Progressive/Socialists do to remain in power. Maybe a new “We the People” Party. I went with RNC during 2010 because I thought they would go more conservative but

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 4:43pm
  there would be lots of parties to represent the people and there wouldnt be any of that ‘lesser of two evils’ stuff if we reformed our political system to get rid of the winner-take-all electoral system
  
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sgtstubbs
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:04pm
This is a fact that Mitt was the fair haired boy from the heart of the left wing just a little right of the center, he was picked prior to anyone voting, and was cut from the same cloth of Bush, you do remember the No new taxes don”t you the RNC made this without any real input from WE the People.
It will not change until the day someone will stand up and say no.

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Mutiny
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:41pm
I hope so. I am one of the people who wrote in Ron Paul’s name. I didnt leave the party, the party left me. I will never bend or break my principles in a vote again like I did in 2008.

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- riseandshine
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:46pm
  I wrote-him in also, Mut.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:58pm
  as long as you know those write-ins were not counted
  
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- riseandshine
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:18pm
  Yeah I know…I think it is on file though…that’s something…to me anyway.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 3:29pm
  The only reason we would be on file is so that their machines know not to count us next time as well. peace
  
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:40pm
The republican party is not imploding – it has been on a gradual decline for over a decade. The leadup to Iraq was orchestrated by evil men within the party….Iraq was a nightmare….Then came the welfare – no child left behind, medicare part D, spending increases….Then came the corruption and lobbist stuff…Then came RINO McCain….Then came RINO Romney

Those who think the republican party are imploding are just now waking up to the facts and over-reacting. The truth is that Romney didn’t lose to Obama by that much – but it is going to get worse every election unless they adopt the liberty platform and inspire a new generation of voters.

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ShyLow
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:30pm
Republicans are right wing progressives that want to dictate from the federal level.
Quit trying to fix the unfixable.

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riseandshine
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:16pm
The Republican Party got Bush’whacked’ and neo’conned’.

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- ShyLow
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:34pm
  Power from the top and intangled in wars on the other side of the planet. That is the Republican party.
  No different from the Democrats
  
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kgholloway
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:10pm
I just hope that the Republicans can hang in there and serve as a voice for the conservative half of this country. If the conservatives keep getting marginalized without having a voice I can see the polarization building up to the point of civil war.

===KGHolloway

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- drs1969
  Posted on November 9, 2012 at 12:02am
  I hope tea party stands their ground against Boehner.
  
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hauschild
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:08pm
It’ll only implode if the knee-jerk idiots out there buy into the nonsense that we need to “morph” our beliefs to be more in tune with the “mainstream”.

It never fails – every single time Republicans get their azzes handed to ‘em, the elitists of the group start to Monday-Morning-Quarterback and tell us all why we need to listen to their nonsense.

Look, the demographics are wildly different than 1980. All we can do is tow the line and hope certain segments “get wiser” with age and understand what being an American is really about. If not, the country turns third-world, which it has already begun to do – meaning you cannot fight change and expect people to believe you’re sane.

Do what you can do and let the chips fall where they may.

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- drs1969
  Posted on November 9, 2012 at 12:08am
  The Jewish-Bolshevik media truly expects us to fall before their puppet Obama and kiss his toes, for being our black socialist savior.
  Fall in line, YT.
  
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Metallicat
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:06pm
This is what the MSM want us to believe. So we adopt an idealology that mirrors the democrat party. despite the grumblings about the candidate,half the country still voted Republican. notice they all say that unless the Republican party drops their Christian beliefs,the party is done. War on religion,while they promote sodomy.

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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 6:23pm
  yeah, only half of the republicans showed up to vote. the other half failed in their duty. Whites account for 75% of the electorate and 39% of those voted democrat. Blacks and latinos are not a big enough republican demographic. Republicans would be better off courting the latinos as they are a superior percentage of the population than the blacks. Even the future projections show latinos overtaking whites in population and blacks remain pretty much where they are percentage wise.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on November 9, 2012 at 12:16am
  I held my nose and voted for McCain, then Romney. Many others refused to, don’t blame them one bit. House of Rep. heid strong, so the Jew-run media needs to re-think their propaganda.
  
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unsafe
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:04pm
I’m done watching the Death of the US I dont care any more let it go over the Cliff.

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- hauschild
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:11pm
  The sooner it happens, the sooner a good number of people will wake up – at least those that should have known better in the first place.
  
  Let’s face it – we were going over the cliff no matter who was POTUS. Obama will just do it much more quickly. However, one of the unfortunate aspects is good, productive people are going to be destroyed along way, and their children and grandchildren are going to be supporting a helluva lotta bottom-feeding losers.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 4:39pm
  It’s unavoidable now Hchild, sad yes, but the faster the better. Romney might have been able to slow it down a bit, but it’s going over. This is the will of the ignorant masses at work, we’re out numbered, give them what they want.
  
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unsafe
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:02pm
The country sold us all out for BirthControll pills, Abortions being used as a form of birthcontroll,Gays,,Illegals,Blacks that has never gotting off the plantation with PPL taking care of them. The USSR of America

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gridlock812
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:39pm
I don’t think it’s imploding but like the churches around the country it needs to clean it’s house.

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- jamestoms
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:48pm
  2 millon votes less for Romney than McCain results, Repubs didn’t come out to vote this time, if they had, Romney would be Prez. Sad Rep. were to lazy to vote.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:58pm
  the republican party is finished. Their despicable actions during the convention and primaries, and the fact they pushed a loser candidate that couldn’t even beat the loser candidate from last election. They don’t know which side is up.
  
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- gridlock812
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:59pm
  That’s sad but probably true. At my polling station we had a long line but I saw a bigger line at the same polling station in 08.
  
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- gridlock812
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:02pm
  @Warmunger_al
  
  That really goes back to cleaning the house. The more we allow the party to slip toward the left the more we will lose because you can’t out democrat a democrat.
  
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- American2012
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:04pm
  RNC did not vote this time where ever tea party vote won in 2010, that includes WI state, Marco Rubio/Allen West county all were Romney lost the votes by 200K. This is a sign where RNC did not find Bush name in the ballot. The GOP will have high tunrout for Jeb Bush in 2016…. thats how they have been since Reagan 1980 Presidency…… Even if the conservatives succeed, the country is destroyed …. good luck….
  
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eCharleen
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:22pm
Yeah… I’m done torturing myself for a while. Except for a couple Websites, I’ve had to divorce myself from politics–radio and TV. I’m tired of being jacked up all the time and having no power to do anything about it. The dust needs to settle.

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- Obama Snake Oil Co
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:35pm
  I feel your pain brother. I have worn my local TV station out over the past year. I am the same OSOC I post here under. I followed and researched the polls, read the comments on other sites….relentlessly. On Monday night, I was on a plane and missed most of the election coverage. What I did catch, showed Romney ahead prior to boarding the plane. I caught Tuesday morning, the news. The pit in my stomach was there all day long. Time to be suttle for awhile, you’ll note, I am the number one poster on this site. Time for a break!
  
  http://www.witn.com/news/headlines/Republican-Mitt-Romney-Wins-North-Carolina-177582361.html
  
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Cavallo
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:21pm
Who cares, they vote like demorats anyway. They’re either spineless, or complicit. Either way they can go spit. I have no use for someone that will willing sell my freedom down the river, or refuses to lift a finger to stop someone else from doing it.

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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on November 8, 2012 at 2:00pm
  I second that motion.
  
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BubbleheadDan
Posted on November 8, 2012 at 1:19pm
I sure hope so.

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