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Does the GOP Need to Get With the Times? A Few Top Republicans Think So

Nov. 17, 2012 5:44pm Erica Ritz

Associated Press: Republicans Say GOP Needs to Get With the Times

Speaker John Boehner (center) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor are shown. (Photo: AP)

(TheBlaze/AP) — To hear some Republicans tell it, the Grand Old Party needs to get with the times.

Some of the early prescriptions offered by officials and operatives to rebuild after devastating elections: retool the party message to appeal to Latinos, women and working-class people; upgrade antiquated get-out-the-vote systems with the latest technology. Teach candidates how to handle the new media landscape.

From longtime GOP luminaries to the party’s rising stars, almost everyone asked about the Republicans’ Nov. 6 election drubbing seems to agree that a wholesale update is necessary for a party that appears to be running years behind Democrats in adapting to rapidly changing campaigns and an evolving electorate.

Interviews with more than a dozen Republicans at all levels of the party indicated that post-election soul-searching must quickly turn into a period of action.

“We’ve got to have a very brutally honest review from stem to stern of what we did and what we didn’t do, and what worked and what failed,” said former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who ran the party in the 1990s.

The party “has to modernize in a whole wide range of ways,” added former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who ran against White House nominee Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential primary. “We were clearly wrong on a whole range of fronts.”

Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Photo: AP)

To determine what went wrong, the Republican National Committee is examining every detail of the 2012 elections, with the goal of rebuilding the party for the future – much as the Democratic Party did in the 1980s after suffering a series of stinging losses at all levels of government.

Now, as was the case back then, the stakes are enormous for the party that failed to win the White House and has lost the popular vote. They’re perhaps even higher for Republicans grappling for ways to court a rapidly changing electorate whose voting groups don’t naturally gravitate toward the GOP. The dangers of failing to act could be severe: permanent minority status.

So it’s little surprise that, after the election, some Republicans were quick to sound stark warnings.

The scale of the losses largely shocked a party whose top-shelf operatives went into Election Day confident Republicans had a considerable chance of capturing the White House and gaining ground in Congress, where Republicans controlled the House and had a sizable minority in the Senate.

Instead, Romney lost all but one of the nine contested states, North Carolina, to President Barack Obama and was trounced in the electoral vote. Republicans also lost ground to Democrats in both houses of Congress, though Republicans retained their House majority.

Former vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. (Photo: AP)

How to move forward dominated the discussions at last week’s Republican Governors Association meeting in Las Vegas, where some of the party’s leading voices castigated Romney’s assessment – made in what was supposed to be a private telephone call to donors – that Obama won re-election because of the “gifts” the president had provided to blacks, Hispanics and young voters.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal attributed Romney’s loss to a lack of “a specific vision that connected with the American people.”

Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, who describes himself as a “pro-choice moderate Republican,” echoed Republicans across the spectrum when he said last week: “We need to be a larger-tent party.” Brown lost his seat to Democrat and self-described Native American Elizabeth Warren.

Across the board, Republicans say that arguably the most urgent task facing the party is changing its attitude about immigration as it looks to woo Hispanics. This rapidly growing group voted overwhelmingly for Obama, by margins of 7-to-1 over Romney, who had shifted to the right on the issue during the GOP primary.

It didn’t take long after the election for even staunch conservatives to start changing their tune on immigration.

Republican Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana (Photo: AP)

Barbour said soon after the election: “If we would be for good economic policy in terms of immigration, that would go a long way toward solving the political problem.”

As many others joined in, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh argued that immigration policy is not necessarily what draws Latinos to the Democrat Party. To appease both sides, however, he said that he’d be willing to consider complete amnesty for all illegal aliens, provided they don’t vote for 25 years. That way, national policy is not being dictated by party politics.

Republicans said they also have work to do with single women and younger voters, many of whom tend to be more liberal on social issues than the majority of the Republican Party. These Republicans said a change in tone is needed, though not a change in principles, such as opposition to abortion.

“We need to make sure that we’re not perceived as intolerant,” said Ron Kaufman, a veteran Republican strategist who advised Romney’s campaign. “The bottom line is we were perceived to be intolerant on some issues. And tone-deaf on others.”

Republicans also said the party has to work on its relationship with working-class voters.

Republican Scott Brown answers a question during a debate against now-Senator Elizabeth Warren (Photo: AP)

“Republicans have to start understanding that small business and entrepreneurs are important, but the people who work for them are also important,” said Rep. Charles Bass, R-N.H., who lost his seat to Democrat Ann Kuster. “We’ve got to be compassionate conservatives.”

Party leaders also said the GOP needs to change how it communicates its message. Obama’s campaign, they said, was particularly effective at talking directly to voters, and building relationships over long periods of time, whereas the GOP was more focused on top-down communication such as TV ads and direct mail.

“There are whole sections of the American public that we didn’t even engage with,” Gingrich said.

Others pointed to the pressing need to recruit candidates who know how to stick to a carefully honed message, especially in a Twitter-driven era. Among their case studies: Senate candidates Richard Mourdock in Indiana and Todd Akin in Missouri, who both discussed rape and pregnancy during the campaign, to the chagrin of party leaders looking to narrow the Democrats’ advantage among women.

“We need candidates who are capable of articulating their policy positions without alienating massive voting blocs,” said Kevin McLaughlin, a Republican operative who worked on several Senate races for the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Many Republicans say the party doesn’t have a choice but to change – and quickly.

Said Kaufmann: “In this business, either you learn and grow or you die.”

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Comments (318)

Nanaswords
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:37pm
Will we then become a one-party system of “democracy” ??? How about restoring a “Republic” foundation again!!! Neither party has any BACKBONE at this point of time !!!

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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:00pm
  In some situations, “one party” might actually produce a better result. Case in point: Massachusetts. What if the Republicans fold their tent? The only primary would be the Democratic primary. You would very often have 3-way split contests where pro-American candidates would win the nomination. I used to be a Massachusetts Democrat — just so that I could vote in the REAL election (the Democrat primary). I also like being a registered Democrat and vocally supporting Reagan.
  
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- 1bambam
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:07pm
  time for a third party ..good bye G.O.P.
  
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- Red Meat
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:39pm
  The Republican’s can do whatever the Hell they want to do. I called my state RNC chair and told him to never solicit from me again. I also told him to go straight to Hell.
  
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- hallkbrdz
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:50pm
  Actually – BAN PARTIES!
  
  Seriously – No R, No D, No I, etc. No straight party voting! Make people at least learn the candidates names they will vote for. Half the nation probably has no clue – and this will help those who are informed – get their people elected.
  
  Join the BAN the PARTIES movement. ;-)
  
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- rickc34
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:56pm
  I would rather stand for what is right than compromise my principals. One good friend is more valuable than a room full of a acquantances. The left lies and the right wants to move to the left? Stand firm and trust in God. A person that would sell themselves for free stuff has no worth and is empty.
  
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- momprayn
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:59pm
  Think there is a movement coming re a THIRD PARTY guys — talking about running Sarah Palin (some kind of Tea Party official party). I know many have knee-jerk reaction saying it won’t work as in the past, but I truly think it might work this time. Too many done with the GOP with no hope. Plus they refuse to fix fraud problem.
  Re a great site that is exposing stuff that needs to be shared:
  “group of people who have been brought together to assist in the world’s awakening by reporting truth and exposing our fraudulent corporate government. We bring forth information that the mainstream media (msm) refuses to report and our news comes from high level “inside” intelligence sources.”
  
  http://tdarkcabal.blogspot.com/2012/07/july-12-2012-white-hats-report-45.html
  
  Spread the word —
  
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- HappyConservative
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 11:26pm
  Well they can start by getting rid of the term GOP!!! I hate it! “Grand Ole Party” just sounds blatantly outdated and yes, it does sound like a bunch of old white fogies. To start with, “GOP” needs to be thrown out for good and they should just be called the Republican Party. Please, I BEG!
  
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- Liberty555
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 11:39pm
  If you think the Conservative Agenda is losing followers … Consider these hard facts
  In Ohio and Florida (Where the race is lost or Won) Both have a Republican Gov. / 2/3 of the State House and the U.S. Congress from both States are Republican. Every major State wide office is held by Republicans. And the Republicans enjoyed more landslide victories in both of these States again in 2012.
  … But CNN and even Fox news (yes not even Fox does its homework) told me that Ohio and Florida were trending away from Conservative Values and Ideas. ???
  .. How could these States that voted over 2/3 Republican last week for Congress and everything else vote for Obama and a Donkey Senator ? The Answer ….. THE DONKEYS CHEATED AGAIN
  
  How ? Did you know the following: Only the inner city had 30 day early voting. Most of the Conservative areas of these States had one day voting, the old fashioned honest way. Only the donkey counties had to stay late in to the night to keep counting till they had enough Obama votes. Only the donkey voting locations had 100% or 106% of their votes for their candidate. And last and maybe most important (its too hard to cheat for a donkey congressman in every county) , But its pretty easy for Obama to campaign with the Dem Senator during most of October, hand out food, gifts, cigs, booze, free rides and even cash. And then tell the crowd to cross the street and early vote. Hey, it will be easy, just vote the top of the ticket.
  
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- Liberty555
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 11:48pm
  Another way is to change the meaning of the letters …
  
  G.O.P. could be “Great opportunity Party”
  
  Remember the people of Ohio and Florida voted more than 2/3 for Republican Candidates
  
  NOBAMA CHEATED AGAIN
  
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- MadAsHeII
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:21am
  What made the Republican Party the Grand Ole Party was the fact that they had about 40% Libertarian ideals. Republican ideals, along with some Libertarian ideals make a winning theme. Fiscally Conservative in both (a little more on the Libertarian side) socially moderate (Individual Liberty, more on the Libertarian side) and less entangling alliances with foreign countries, but free trade with all and protectors of human atrocities (70 to 30% Republican and Libertarian). That is what we need to bring us back from the brink. Can’t all of you see that? Ron Paul was not a staunch Libertarian, but a Republican with Libertarian leanings, more in tune to the GOP of yesteryear when they were considered the Grand Ole Party. Why don’t we get back to being that Party?
  
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- Raging_Waters
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 1:11am
  I’m getting sick of hearing about what was wrong with the GOP platform!!! What was wrong was Republicans f**king us over 3 decades ago when they signed a Consent agreement that gives Democrats free range to commit voter fraud in minority districts. THAT was the problem. Now Republicans must go the way of the Whigs and evaporate!
  
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- Thatsitivehadenough
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 6:39am
  Be careful of wolves in sheeps clothing. Look at #15 here: http://onceuponatimeinthewest1.wordpress.com/45-goals-of-communism/
  
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- GETLIFE
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 7:20am
  LIBERTY555, RAGING_WATERS,
  The most outrageous thing about the voter fraud, is that there are those in the GOP who must know all about it… and yet are keeping it from the people, pretending that somehow Romney is at fault, or the Republican platform is at fault. Even if going public with suspected fraud doesn’t change the outcome, it will stop the RIDICULOUS conservative self-flagellation which is taking place. Not only did they cheat, but the successful fraud is making the Right question and perhaps destroy its own values.
  
  Conservative media and the GOP have abandoned the values of tens of millions of supporters by ignoring probable instances of fraud. Romney could have won with less than 500,000 votes spread over a few swing states, ALL with probable voter fraud instances, and yet even the Right would have us believe that we have miserably failed. Even TheBLAZE is only reporting on West.
  The snooty French have a phrase: (roughly translated) It is not always a good idea to speak the truth.” This “wisdom” allows those who know the truth to judge who should be advised of it and who should not.
  
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- GETLIFE
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 7:50am
  DESPITE outrageous media bias and no voter id laws in key states, roughly half of the votes counted were for Romney and the conservative platform.
  
  Now a bunch of conservative talking heads are trying to tell almost 60,000,000 people they/we need to change…. when we very well know that the Media and voter fraud need to be cleaned out FIRST.
  
  The rest is just so much bla bla bla.
  
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- DrKev
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 8:43am
  restoring founding fathers vision and the constitution no matterbwhat the name of the party here here
  
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- joey g
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 8:48am
  what no choice?? i would rather be dead than red !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  we need a third party,,,we have so much power no one wins without us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- upeopleneedtogetalife
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 9:25am
  Why not just focus on abiding by the Constitution, Protecting Liberty, and stopping all of the wasteful spending including wasted military spending and endless insane Wars who only benefit a fringe minority?
  The GOP lost approximatey 10 million Paul supporters and I must confess it was all I could do to vote for Rommney.. I held my nose once again and voted for the lesser of two pathetic evils..
  
  Don’t count on that again GOP! If you move one millimeter to the left I’ll surely be gone. And Amnesty is a nonstarter. Want a War we will give you a damn War.
  
  Get Boener’s dumbass gravel voice out of the leadership! he sucks! Most Rs in leadership suck! That’s a big part of the problem.
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 9:39am
  They don’t haveto!! Theyare 85% Commie/PROGS on both sides…lookit the Bohner inchgarge of the “house-O-reps”!!
  
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- repairsea
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 11:21am
  Well said.
  
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- longknifed
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 4:28pm
  How about infiltrate all parties just to implode them?
  
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:33pm
No, GOP should get with the old times – as in the Founders and the Constitution

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- OlefromMN
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:45pm
  I agree
  
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- Git-R-Done
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:48pm
  Amen to that.
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:52pm
  No, the Tea Party needs to form an official party. The GOP is in on the global agenda.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:58pm
  @Stelex
  I dont think voting for Romney helped that agenda
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:05pm
  May not have helped but would not have hindered either, the Globalists are all throughout the Gov. He may have slowed it down but not for long.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:09pm
  Well Soy we’ve gone so far backwards in terms of our rights that getting with the times is anything post 1215 when we first recognized the right to a trial. I don’t know why both parties and the media won’t talk about how pissed off people are about what they’ve done to us in this regard. I think we’re to a point where most people realize that the terrorist threat doesn’t excuse the BS they’ve passed.
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:32pm
  Rand Paul 2016
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:35pm
  Hey guys…
  
  No, i don’t think the “Tea Party” needs to form it’s own party. The left wing smear campaign against it was successful… Public perception of the movement, combined with the confused message put forth when it got bloated with “members” who weren’t honestly concerned with LIBERTY made that ship sail long ago.
  Ditto “Libertarian Party”… it just sounds boring… like a combination of “Liberal” and “Librarian”…
  “Constitutional Party” sounds like three dudes taking a crap at once… “Confederate” is useless,also.. “Anti-Federalist”?…. too negative.
  
  What about simply forming the “Liberty” party?… how can that be twisted as meaning anything other than “Liberty”?
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:36pm
  Nationalist or Libertarian sounds good for another part if the GOP dies.
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:46pm
  How about the FUUN PARTY………I like it.
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:51pm
  I’ll even throw in a Keg and with a little work, we get Dave Mustane to play the Convention.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:59pm
  STELEX… lol
  
  love it! “Hello me, it’s me again”
  
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- Madriky
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:00pm
  That would include the repeal of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution. The stat legislatures would send the two Senators to Washington. No longer voted in (for life it seems) by popular vote.
  
  I would also argue for a larger House of Representatives from properly drawn/configured districts that represent no more than so many thousands of people each. That would make each Representative more closely accountable to their constituents.
  
  Last, I would be in favor of the Unicameral state legislature system such as Nebraska has. There is no need for a state Senate. Your state legislature Representative would be in an even smaller district and would thus represent you and your community more closely and thus reflect your wishes in sending the Senators to D.C.
  
  Just my opnion
  
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- resme
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:13pm
  @east, Easy… Too much liberty and rape will happen!
  
  http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/24033238.jpg
  
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- yiska8
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:16pm
  Yes! Boehner.Cantor.McConnell.Graham. You’re all free to leave, anytime. You all are the problem. GOP Rats. All of them. Old School Constitutionalism would have never brought us to this disgraceful leadership and scandal. Conservatives don’t need change!!! People need to grow up and WORK.
  Idiot GOPers. Such weak,little, sniveling liars. They helped keep Baraka Claus another four years and are too stupid to figure out why. And their refusal to raise the massive voter fraud that took place just tells me they are the problem and always will be. Yeah, a lot of change is needed… like new consevative people, clean people, and anti-establishment men and women that will make 2010 look like a field day. Out with the old. In with the new.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:18pm
  MADRIKY…
  
  well said. all of it.
  
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- wzanesdad
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:28pm
  yiskab,
  I absolutely agree…the only one to stand up against voter fraud is allen west. AHe could be the first leader of the party as far as I’m concerned.s
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:28pm
  lol RESME…
  ….or too many gays soliciting in public bathrooms..
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diYAc7gB-0A
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:33pm
  Thanks East…..going to bed soon with that song in my head. Now I’m afraid of what I’ll wake up to. Going out to lock the shed and throw away the key.
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:35pm
  WTF, I just almost watched a George Micheal thing. WTF Don’t do that again
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:44pm
  ha ha STELEX…. gotcha!
  
  going to bed?… i’ll be sure to “wake you up before i go go”
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A
  
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- GENEPAGLIARI
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:45pm
  That’s the spirit. It sounds much like the Tea Party to me.
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:51pm
  East…. I forgive your transgretion and leave you with this little gem. :-0
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRJ99wuV1ng
  
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- jadams1214
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:57pm
  @RESME The liberty to carry a firearm will stop the rape!
  
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- Marine25
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 9:23pm
  @jaadams
  you said; The liberty to carry a firearm will stop the rape!
  Tell that to the 14 year-old girl, and her grandmother. You are telling women that if they don’t want to be raped, carry a sidearm. That 18 point gender gap that vaulted Obama to a second-term, all those Democratic women in the Senate, claims of a conservative war on women? Small minds like yours are responsible.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 9:23pm
  Thanks STELEX… saw them open for Crue in 2000… they blew my doors clean off! (and embarrassed Crue BTW)
  
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- MadAsHeII
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 12:38am
  I say that the Liberty Movement that Ron Paul started with the r3VOLution should continue to grab chairs at the local and state levels, getting 40% of the GOP toward Libertarian philosophy. That is what we need. A combination of both brings us back to the Grand Ole Party of yesteryear, and will give us the position we need in the federal government. More Liberty, less Intervention, more fiscal responsibility and freedom for all with checks and balances our society has come to expect. This is the only way to ensure a country that adheres to the Constitution and still takes care of the less fortunate.
  
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- Raging_Waters
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 1:20am
  How about the Free Party? It seems like it would appeal to both ends of the political spectrum…
  
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- reform
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 7:12am
  Why did the GOP not like the results from 2010? Why do they still shut out the likes of a Mr. Cruz and Mike Lee’s and a Allen West most on here know that answer Control they really don’t want things to change for the rest of us. They are just one big happy family and that must change all sell outs don’t cha know.
  
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- upeopleneedtogetalife
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 9:27am
  Individualism
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:32pm
  Rand Paul 2016
  
  You can bet that the Jewish Media is already digging up dirt trash and if they can’t find it they’ll manufacture it.
  
  Until we establish an alternative Media in America we will struggle mightly..
  
  The people in the Media are devout Marxists and they hate America they hate our Founders and our Constitution!
  
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- mr.goodvibe
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 10:35am
  Soy, agreed, the democrat party has been fully taken over by collectivists, the GOP has mealy mouthed inside the beltway progressive wusses who buy into everything that the meia tells them. The unfortunate thing is that the parties have the financial infrastucture neede to win elections, that is why the GOP needs to be taken over by constitutionalists so that the collectivist can be defeated. That is my opinion, what say you.
  
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- mr.goodvibe
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 10:39am
  Ragingwaters- Free party would draw the wrong crowd as the freeloaders would come for gifts.
  
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legendarytwo
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:30pm
The GOP is simply trying to fulfill Nancy Pelosi’s comment that it shouldn’t matter which party wins you get the same outcome.

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- GENEPAGLIARI
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:46pm
  Right you are.
  
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Chromo200
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:28pm
Again the GOP “leaders” are talking in generalities. Before I even think that I should side with them, and I say think, they’d better list what they are going to do and say. I’d rather keep losing the election then sell my soul next time to the devil.

The GOP Lost because they could not get the different factions together. I went against my principles because I disliked Obama so much that I held my nose and voted for Romney. Not the next time.

If they still Abort they will not get my vote
If they have no comprehensive immigration they will not get my vote
If they stray away from the Constitution they will not get my vote

Not one penny to the RNC and RINO GOPs.

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:50pm
  even after the disastrous election, just last week they re-nominated Boehner and McConnell for at least 2 more years…..
  
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- Small World
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:41pm
  @ Soybomb315_ll say it isn’t so.
  
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- GENEPAGLIARI
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:48pm
  Tea
  
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legendarytwo
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:26pm
The GOP is in bed with big government. Rush Limbaugh doesn’t even get it or he would spend all of his time bashing the GOP instead of the left. We know the left is evil but our guys are the ones stabbing us in the back when they are in control. Boehner is in control right now and can prevent another dime from being spent but he is in bed with big government.

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:51pm
  exactly, the house could not let Obama spend another nickel – if only they have the backbone. With Rush and Glenn having the base captive on the radio – their time would be much more beneficial if they talked about ways to make the party better instead of talking about the other party
  
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:26pm
Agree with RESISTSOCIALISM. The Republican party has now caved to the Demoncrats. They have always been one playing off the other and Progressives are now as much R as D. There is no choice.
There needs to be a NEW PARTY I suggest the Tea Party and Freedom works join in with the Constitution Party where Conservative and Libertarian Principles can be Restored without being STABBED in the BACK. http://www.fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/why-the-gop-will-not-do-anything-about-vote-fraud/ This should wake up anyone who gave ANY of their hard earned money to the GOP. They KNEW they could lose on this issue because of a signed Consent Decree yet did they tell the voters this? NO. Never trust a Republican AGAIN. Demoncrats are EVIL. What choice is open? START A NEW PARTY or join in with one that has formed that will NOT BE HOSTILE but will be WELCOMING to Restoring the Republic.

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- Small World
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:35pm
  There is no Rep. party only Progressive one big masquerade party.Check out http://www.breitbart.com Media declares Libya a non scandal
  
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- revelation2012
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 5:38pm
  The GOP never explained that to anyone – I wonder if ‘We the People’ had known
  
  what we were UP against it would have made a difference,,, re
  
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chips1
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:25pm
The article suggests changing to appeal to latinos, women and working-class people. That describes the TEA PARTY. We include everyone and all without bribing anyone. They are called Americans.

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- Keatonc333
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:33pm
  hahaha! you may believe that.. but no one else does! tea party favoring women and latinos! haha
  
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- Wisdom7
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 2:37pm
  Keaton is obviously some idiotic teenager.
  
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mikegray24
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:23pm
First, it doesn’t much matter what the message of the GOP is if the media is actively working to misrepresent it. I suppose we could just go from townhall meeting to townhall meeting and give it directly to the people. Assuming we get 1,000 people to each one, we could reach 100 million voters in as few as 100,000 meetings. That doesn’t seem like a winning strategy.

Second, correct me if I’m wrong, but the GOP is supposed to stand for a handful of specific principles. All this talk about “retooling the message” either demands misrepresenting those principles to dupe people into taking the side of the GOP (i.e. the Democrat strategy), or coming away from those principles in an effort to attract a broader audience. Either way, what was the point in the first place? Either we have certain principles we believe in that we communicate honestly with people and stick to, even in the face of harsh, unfair criticism, or we just say and do whatever gets votes, just like the Democrats do.

I’m tied of all the “big tent” talk. Hispanic voters (or blacks, or women, or gays, or whomever) are all welcome, as far as I’m concerned. But I’m not going to say, “hey, let’s open the borders and give everyone amnesty!” just to attract votes. Half the reason that there’s not more Hispanic support (or support from women, blacks, gays, etc.) is because the media and others just keep parroting the idea that the GOP has no place for those people over and over until it becomes accepted

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- IndiscriminatenessAnEpidemic
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:45pm
  You are correct. We are in an inferior position because we don’t use fear in the same as the Democrats have done. They have adjusted over the years and the GOP has not. Go to Facebook, Twitter, Forums, or speak to people of color. They are positive that Republicans don’t care about them and only want to help the rich. It’s the same technique that has been used for thousands of years, and it is very powerful, and now that the Latino vote is so massive, you can forget about it. It’s over baby. The Republican Party could spend 25 billion dollars trying to reinvent themselves over the next four years and compromise their beliefs in the process and it ain’t gonna matter. Europe is openly electing Socialists for goodness sake. People want to be taken care of and they want moral relativity.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:56pm
  the problem with the GOP message is that they are progressive-light…
  - Liberal people will go with the democrats
  -Many independents would rather stay home than vote for a party they dont believe in
  - Increasing number of republicans are tired of McCain/Romney country club candidates. They want fresh ideas and real change. They are not showing up to vote like they did in previous elections
  
  Basically the only people who vote republican are those who dont want the democrats to win.
  
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- braddock66
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:23pm
  Agree The real problem is the media, no matter what the republicans say or do it will be twisted into a racist way. If the republicans abandon their principals I will abandon them.
  
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- mikegray24
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:37pm
  Point taken soybomb, but the “fresh” ideas I want are mostly a couple hundred years old. Technically, that would be real change, given the current state of affairs. We’ve learned from history and corrected injustices like slavery and so on, but the basic idea of the role of government has not been improved upon since the founding, despite the injection of a lot of fresh ideas over the last two centuries.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:01pm
  A constitutional republic is boring historically speaking, but for anyone alive today – it is a fresh idea
  
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Carlinpa
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:19pm
You have to listen / see this.. watch?v=daay8yvgsGM
This is what we all need to return to. This vid is a lesson on the constitution as well as an exposition of the eloquence and character of men from a by gone time. We need to return to that period for guidance to our future.

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hlopeor
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:18pm
A Few Top Republicans Think So or A Few Rinos Think So

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Swalker
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:16pm
The Republicans can not change enough for me, Never again will they get my vote, Small Federal Government, States Rights and return to the Constitution is all I want to see. No more big Global Government for me.. They Suck

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- reform
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 7:05am
  What is needed is to peel back the onion and see who really runs these people? Why do we allow the F-eds to print our money? I was taught in school that only congress has that right, to coin and print money. I have a pension but what happens if the market tanks? So all the union people better wake up and those who put all their money in the market. Ron Paul had some things right people should be hearing that message right about now.
  
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- scottfreedom
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 4:12am
  ditto time for 3RD PARTY AFTERALL WE Are stairing communism in the face no reason to hold back 3rd party a conservative party no gop.besides conservativism is the gop…
  
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Gregb
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:15pm
it is really sad when you have to compromise reality with fantasy. We should have to buy voters? Dems have proclaimed their fantasy for so long that the less informed (need I say ignorant) believe it. The majority of voters – call them lazy or freeloaders if your want – believe the democrat lie.

The question is whether we should perish to prove the lie for what it is or if we should stand for truth and try to build America back to the great country that is was.

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- momrules
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:29pm
  Ah GregB, I always say stand with truth. I will not compromise my morals nor my belief in God’s rules regardless of who thinks I should.
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:48pm
  We know its not our grandparents Democratic Party…….Time to wake up and realize it’s not our Grandparents Republican party. We’ve been sold out. Party doesn’t matter. They in the gov are just fighting over control, they are not fighting for us. They serve the UN now and a Globalist agenda.
  
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- Gregb
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:50pm
  @ momrules…
  I know … our situation is a sad one. stand with the truth or bend with a lie.
  Sounds like the party wants to do a little bending for promotional purposes. Sounds like we are going to lose America and all that she stands for. We need a lot of patriots. I love Glenn Beck, but one voice against a multitude is sad. more people want “free stuff” and that laziness is the ruin of our American Principles.
  I am praying that we can come together as a nation…..again… as patriots … to fight for what is right.
  
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- Gregb
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:21pm
  @stelex
  no it is not our grandparents republican party, but we are stuck with the way that it has been bastardized. I think that the “tea-party” is our closest answer to getting it back. WE NEED AMERICA BACK. I don’t know how to do it, but I will listen to the right voice. Seems like our only voice now, is Glenn Beck. Our mission now is to get a movement behind us.
  
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- jadams1214
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:47pm
  If you seriously think GB is the only voice for the patriots you are part of the problem. I wouldn’t even consider him a good voice. I watched him and so many other “conservative” voices go from”we need a true conservative” to “anybody but Obama” in the last election they make me sick. In the end he sold out for Mitt and that says it all. I think some better voices might be Mike Church,Andrew Napolitano,and Ron Paul. People who truly believe in the constitution and not big government run by Republicans.
  
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- Gregb
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:21pm
  @jaadams…
  it seems that Beck is as close as we have as a spokesman for mass media. How do we get a major movement behind a movement to promote the American Constitution? I am all for fighting this communist movement that we are fighting now. Everyone wants to know the best way to beat it.
  
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- reform
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 7:39am
  Jadams who other then Glenn has talked about the U.N. and AGENda 21 who????? Any of the other networks? Yes i know Alex has for some now And Michael Savage but who else? It’s real and at a rapid pace now just look around, that’s why they have to come after the net it moves to fast now-a-days they can’t keep up with it.
  
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Stoic one
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:14pm
How about fiscal responsibility, adherence to the Constitution?

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- GENEPAGLIARI
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 9:01pm
  Yeah, imagine that. What a concept. Sure would be nice. People, we have lost control of our country. The thieves are in charge and America is at the mall, dancing with stars, got talent and voice. Actually, our best talent is wasted and voicing our opinion in blogs to the like-minded is an exercise in futility. All it does is make us feel better without really accomplishing anything.
  This is not meant as an answer, strictly observation. We need to demand better from the people elected to SERVE us. Instead all they do is sever us.
  
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CrazyChicken
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:14pm
These people are spineless! 2 elections 2 losses. I will not vote another election until they recognize that conservatism is what we need, not Rhino’s. The more these establishment Repubicans push away the tea party the more people they will lose. The Communist now control America. Voter fraud is the way they will win. We are doomed!

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- revelation2012
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 5:25pm
  It’s WHO has the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$’s anymore (sighs)
  
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sparkyrules
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:09pm
Republicans sound like the bend over and Grab Ankles Party.

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- 338lapua
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:17pm
  GAP (hee hee)
  
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- Small World
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 9:27pm
  Love it !
  
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ResistSocialism
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:06pm
Ronald Reagan stated, “I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism”

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- DougHuffman
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:38pm
  Even a great movie actor can be wrong. It is just this error in the GOP that has killed the party and the union.
  
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- TMOverbeck
  Posted on November 19, 2012 at 9:51am
  If by libertarianism you mean “true individual liberty with minimal government meddling”, Reagan hit the nail on the head. There’s nothing wrong with religion, with having faith in God, living your life by healthy traditional values or encouraging your neighbor to do the same. But if you’re clamoring for the government to pass laws effectively imposing your religion’s guidelines on the entire populace, you’re really not practicing what you preach. You can be socially conservative without being a nanny-statist. You can promote traditional values while letting gays marry (or civil-unionize) or letting people ingest cannabis. If the GOP can show the world that they can have an open-minded “marketplace of ideas”, they could gain a lot of new blood.
  
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TROLLMONGER
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:05pm
The GOP and extreme right wing tea party have become obsolete.

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- Stelex
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:56pm
  Hey Troll…….look behind you.
  
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- charles116
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:28pm
  The Republicans REALLY need to get their act together if light weights like Jindal and Rubio think THEY are presidential material, and Jebby has to understand the Bush name is political poison
  
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- CrazyChicken
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:45pm
  Hey Troll, I am fed up with Communists in America….When the light turns green and the civil unrest starts, I will take our as many communists as I can..Watch your back, Kommi!
  
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- Small World
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 9:24pm
  @ Charles116 are you a union thug???
  
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- charles116
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 10:22pm
  Your schtick isn’t flying anymore.
  Time you thought more about country than party, Like Christie
  
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- Oldphoto678
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 8:05am
  Hey CrazyChicken. I’ll be out there too. Only I will be taking out the clowns on your side. Don’t know what part of the country you live in, but I’m in the south so churches are full and target rich on Sunday mornings.
  
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DougHuffman
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:05pm
The GOP is the right wing of the American States’ progressive movement. The GOP is dead (Bush 41), dead (Bush 43) and dead at the hands of Obama’s enablers.

See Hillsdale College’s Constitution and Western History lectures, free on-line. Const-101 Lecture 4 tears the blanket with progs.

Good people ought to be armed as they will, with wits and Guns and the Truth. Hope4Change Damn progs

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- Stelex
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:55pm
  I agree……..we’ve been sold out by both parties. No Roth Ron Paul can’t fix it either. Just we the people.
  
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Polarized America
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:03pm
.”Moving the Center Line” ..That seems to be the name of the game (so i’ve heard )

and i wish they would stop playing games with our lives !!

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BODYBAG
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:02pm
“A Few Top Republicans” NEED TO GROW A PAIR

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- Stoic one
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:16pm
  Need to be retifed.
  
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Thinman
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:00pm
It seems to me that Dems now openly laugh at Republicans with good reason.(Obama’s re-election) However, they still fear the Tea Party..Maybe the Republicans need to start supporting the Tea Party and take a back seat.

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- Oldphoto678
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 8:15am
  You’ve got it all wrong. We’re laughing at the GOP because of the tea party. The whole friggin world is laughing at the tea.
  
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Metallicat
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 5:58pm
The GOP still won half the country and would have won had they ran a real conservative. Too many conservative voters sat out because once again we ran a RINO and not a real conservative. The people speaking for “our” party now are the problem. now they want us to become more like progressive liberals,and make the same mistake again in 2016.

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- banjarmon
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:42pm
  Romney was chosen for us. He was NOT MY first choice…Bachman was!!
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:02pm
  The media is choosing GOP candidates…….the media is very much the True Enemy. Even more so than Obama……he would never have been elected without the media having his back. Bombard the media, emails, phone calls, personal visits….whatever. The media influence the populace more than anyone.
  
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- reform
  Posted on November 18, 2012 at 7:27am
  We still have until Dec for the electoral college to cast there votes with all the fraud in all these states, why can’t we stop it? This is the electronic age NO?
  
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Isis79
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 5:56pm
If getting with the times means embracing sodomy, abortion, amnesty, and the giving of free handouts at the expense of others I want no part of the Republican party. Those values are the main reason I have rejected the Democratic party and for good reason. I welcome the coming civil war in this country.

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- randy
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:15pm
  Couldn’t have said it better myself Isis!
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:36pm
  I agree 100%, WTSHTF…….I got dibs on Ryan Clayton. He just irritates me so much. I’m actually starting to believe that the two party system is playing us for fools. And no Roth….I don’t think Ron Paul would have solved the problem. But it is becoming clear……real Americans are out of the loop.
  
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- momrules
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:42pm
  ISIS79……….Me too.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:58pm
  how about a Constitutional republic where the federal government only does things authorized in the Constitution and everything else left to the states (sodomy, abortion, etc)?
  
  You would rather have a civil war than what the country was set up to be?
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:07pm
  Ok Soy, I agree with you also……but with everyone in power striving for a Global Gov. How do we get there………..????? Ron Paul? Really. With all the other forces in play? Come on man …..wake up. Its bigger than just going libertarian.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:13pm
  Why must ‘conservatives’ insist that those issues should be federalized though?
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:19pm
  Soy, for the record, I’ve agreed with you on many things, I lean libertarian to a point. But what we are facing is not just a battle of ideology of left right libertarian. We are fighting the UN and a Global agenda of people even more powerful than the president. These people tell the presidents what to do. No I’m not an Alex Jones fan…….but if you look at history and whats going on now. You really can’t miss it. Read everything and look for the patterns. After a while, you can’t miss them. So now after the election ya got ***** and Obama being buddy buddy. The last four years where a show, the next four the real show.
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:24pm
  Sorry Blaze meant Bnner wow
  
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- justangry
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:26pm
  @Stelex, Alex Jones is wonderful covering the internationalists agenda. I know there’s some stuff he puts out there that can’t be proven, but he’s typically way ahead of the curve on these matters.
  
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- Stelex
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 7:36pm
  Just……I go there now and then. But he does tend to mix it up. I’m not saying he’s wrong but some of the stuff is hard for even me to believe. Trust me I’m as opened minded as you can get, I have no doubt’s about the evil of powerful people and what they will do to achieve there goals, just take it with a grain of salt thats all
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 8:11pm
  The liberty movement stands against NWO and fights for sovereignty like nobody else. We wouldnt even be talking about Agenda 21/NWO/etc if it werent for the small government libertarian forces
  
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- SilentRunning
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 9:49pm
  Isis79, I pray you are wrong about the revolution but I fear you are right. I am glad I am old. I have seen enough. It is in God’s hands now.
  
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The_Jerk
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 5:53pm
They are with the liberal times. That’s the problem. Can’t go to market with a similar product.

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BlackCrow
Posted on November 17, 2012 at 5:50pm
They sure do, abandon this RINO appeal to the “moderates” and return to Regan’s conservatism.

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- Oneirishman
  Posted on November 17, 2012 at 6:21pm
  Lets call it the Tea Party.
  
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