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‘Cold-Hearted’ Republicans Have Lost ‘Moral High Ground’ to Democrats, Experts & GOP Insiders Say

Dec. 13, 2012 12:49pm

Editor’s Note: This is the final installment in a series of articles examining what went wrong for the Republican Party in the 2012 presidential election and where the GOP goes from here. Please visit our special section GOP: What Next? to see the series of stories and find related content.

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Democrats Have Redefined Moral Issues But Can Republicans Win Back the Moral High Ground?Republicans have lost touch with the messaging, tone and cultural reach needed to capture the majority of the electorate. That much is clear from the results of the 2012 election.

Lacking leaders who can imbue a sense of humanity into the party’s ideals, the GOP has, according to many conservatives, lost the moral high ground to the Democrats, who have redefined their political agenda using universal terms like social justice, fairness, kindness and equality.

Political experts and party insiders point to defining moments in the 2012 presidential campaign, including instances in which an inability to properly package and deliver the GOP ideals such as personal freedom and individual opportunity was evident.

Consider, for a moment, the differences in how the presidential candidates addressed the American people during the debates.

While Republican candidate Mitt Romney was often statistical, relying upon numbers and schematically detailing his plans, Obama opted for a more friendly tone that relied upon emotive imagery. During the first debate, for instance, a discussion about Medicare showcases the stark differences:

“We also have 50 percent of doctors who say they won’t take more Medicare patients. This — we have 4 million people on Medicare Advantage that will lose Medicare Advantage because of those $716 billion in cuts,” Romney said. “Now, you point out, well, we’re putting some back; we’re going to give a better prescription program. That’s one — that’s $1 for every 15 (dollars) you’ve cut. They’re smart enough to know that’s not a good trade.”

Obama, seeking a more relatable tone, barely touched upon the numbers, focusing instead on the raw emotion surrounding Medicare and the elderly:

“Now, in fairness, what Governor Romney has now said is he’ll maintain traditional Medicare alongside it. But there’s still a problem, because what happens is those insurance companies are pretty clever at figuring out who are the younger and healthier seniors,”  Obama proclaimed. “They recruit them leaving the older, sicker seniors in Medicare. And every health care economist who looks at it says over time what’ll happen is the traditional Medicare system will collapse.”

Democrats Have Redefined Moral Issues But Can Republicans Win Back the Moral High Ground?

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While anecdotal, this exchange encapsulates the issue. One side of the aisle tried to make its case using mainly numbers and statistics, while ignoring much-needed moral arguments, with the other appealing mainly to emotion. Rabbi Aryeh Spero, president of Caucus For America and the author of “Push Back: Reclaiming the American Judeo-Christian Spirit”, explained this dynamic in an interview with TheBlaze.

“[The Democrats] use language wonderfully. Our people use statistics,” he said, noting that “a personal language” is needed to reach the populace. ”Too many in the conservative movement became so statistical, they forgot the moral language that inspired our Founding Fathers to begin with.”

This is certainly something to consider, as the Republican Party is coming off of its 2012 presidential loss, however statistics aren’t the only problem at hand. While some GOP insiders are jumping at the opportunity to quickly reform and adapt in an effort to bring in new voters, others are sitting quietly and assessing in an attempt to determine what, exactly, has gone wrong.

After all, the GOP, based on available indicators, didn’t just miss out on electoral victory; the party also lost the narrative and failed to court much-needed cohorts. Considering these developments, it appears that the GOP’s problems are larger than losing one, isolated presidential election; they are structural and, in many ways, cultural.

 

REDEFINING CLASSICAL TERMS TO WIN THE NARRATIVE

Asked why he believes that the Democrats have a winning strategy of late, Spero was candid.

Democrats Have Redefined Moral Issues But Can Republicans Win Back the Moral High Ground?

Photo Credit: Rabbi Aryeh Spero

“They have a narrative — now I don’t subscribe to that narrative, but they talk in moral terms,” Spero explained. “They’ve been able to co-opt moral language [and] they have redefined vital moral phrases like tolerance, fairness and equality.”

It is this redefinition and rebranding of the Democrats’ agenda that has secured power for liberals by winning over the American electorate. Spero said that the party’s redefinition of these sentiments from the classical meaning into more contemporary notions that comply with its agenda (what Spero called a “socialist welfare state”) has been successful. As a result of 50 years of this redefinition, the faith leader explained that many Americans are beginning to join the Democrats is viewing the nation through the socialist welfare state lens.

Michelle Selesky, former deputy press secretary to presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and communications director for GOPAC, a conservative political organization, echoed Spero’s assessment in an interview with TheBlaze.

“The loss wasn’t about Republican values or conservative principles,” she said of Romney’s failure to secure the presidency. “It was our failure to articulate them clearly and effectively to the people who needed to hear it.”

Selesky noted that Republicans must consider both the message and the messenger, as both are essential. Rather than merely highlighting what the party is opposed to, she said that there needs to be communication about what it supports as well. From an issue standpoint, this means having viable talking points about contentious issues, including pro-life values and traditional marriage.

All-too-often, the right-of-center rhetoric speaks out fervently against abortion and gay marriage, without always defining why Republicans generally support sustaining life and keeping marriage in tact. The challenge, Selesky argues, is finding a way to draw people in without excluding those who have ideological disagreements.

“We should also focus on promoting credible messengers who can speak articulately on both issues, and who can relate to the people we’re trying to persuade,” she added.

This ability to articulate is exactly what the Democrats have refined, with Republicans clearly not keeping pace. An example of this phraseology debacle can be found when examining the basic human trait of hard work and dedication. While Republicans have always argued that the human soul is best fulfilled and progressed through hard work and personal effort, the Democrats have changed the narrative.

“Fairness” has now become something that has little to do with tenacity and dedication and everything to do with the redistribution of wealth and other related big government policies, Spero argued.

Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media, is one spokesman who has set out to fix the definition of these key terms. In a recent interview with The Washington Times, he discussed his new book, “Freedom Manifesto: Why Free Markets Are Moral and Big Government Isn’t,” and his views on the current economic and political dynamic.

“Free markets are moral because they’re fundamentally about meeting the real-world needs and wants of others,” he said. “In a free-market transaction, two parties — individuals or companies — come together voluntarily to make a reciprocal exchange that provides mutual benefit.”

Forbes said that one must treat others well if he or she wants to do business and that, as a result, moral and ethical behavior is encouraged most of the time in open markets.

“Economic freedom is also moral because it is the world’s most powerful engine of prosperity,” he added. “Free enterprise has done more than any other system to serve the common good by lifting billions of people out of poverty.”

It is the proper articulation of these values that Spero, Selesky and Forbes, among others, are advocating.

 

A FAILURE TO ARTICULATE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES

And the changes didn’t just evolve over night. As stated, the narrative faltered over decades, with the Republican Party holding a major portion of the blame. Rather than relying upon classical language to define Judeo-Christian terms, while showing how they benefit society, the rabbi believes that the GOP has waffled in this area.

“Either too many of our politicians don’t understand the moral high ground upon which conservatism rests — or if they do, they are unable to communicate it or they’re simple fearful of ridicule that might come if they define terms in the way they have historically been framed,” Spero contends.

For those looking for a quick political fix to this crisis of conscience and messaging, Spero doesn’t seem to think that one is in order. He argues that it will take time to “re-educate the public of their heritage.” Additionally, the way in which Republican politicians interact needs to be altered; either they must understand the traditional moral high ground or gain the courage to define terms boldly and historically.

Spero argues that it takes “a special person” to take in Judeo-Christian language and to both believe and process it.

Democrats Have Redefined Moral Issues But Can Republicans Win Back the Moral High Ground?

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This challenge shouldn’t be monumentally difficult, as Selesky noted that the Declaration of Independence, the very document that led to the creation of the United States, noted that mankind is “endowed by our Creator.” She explains that this endowment doesn’t come from a king, a government or a bureaucracy and that the basic rights of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” derive from the Almighty.

“Republicans’ core belief in a strong but limited government that allows for maximum individual and economic opportunity is in sync with these truths,” Selesky explained. “To the degree that Democrats seek to grow government, demand more and more of our tax dollars, increase government dependency and dictate the terms of our lives, they’re limiting the individual liberty that is essential to our being American.”

Despite this purported moral truth inherent in the party’s values, the left has been able to advance its agenda, while also successfully disparaging and denigrating Republicans’ views in the process.

 

THE RIGHT ALLOWING ITSELF TO BE DEMONIZED

As for the right’s responsibility, Spero believes that Republicans have allowed themselves to be demonized and to be slapped with the claim that conservatives’ definitions and choices of language are “mean spirited.” To solve this problem, the faith leader believes that America — and the GOP — need courageous personalities, a suggestion that coincides with Selesky contention that finding the right messengers is paramount.

Spero noted that the current dynamic, fueled by the left’s tendency to dub conservatives as “homophobes” and other such labels, has right-leaning Americans and their leaders afraid to speak up.

“What I’m concerned about is the rekindling of the classic, natural moral language that has to do with personal responsibility, accountability, what it means to be an individual,” Spero told TheBlaze. “Our rights come from God and they don’t come from the state. The state gives rights and can take them away.”

The faith leader said that it is essential for the GOP to “return to the spirit that animated the Founders to begin with.” There needs to be a fundamental re-education, showcasing Republicans, and the American people as a whole, the role of the individual and government. Rather than focusing predominantly on lower taxes, Spero said that the main thrust of ensuring that people understand the individual’s roles and responsibilities is one rooted in human dignity and integrity.

“When we speak about personal responsibility it’s not because end game is to keep taxes lower…its to raise the individual to be someone who is mature and strong and takes care of themselves,” the rabbi said.

Democrats Have Redefined Moral Issues But Can Republicans Win Back the Moral High Ground?

US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann wave after Romney conceded defeat to President Barack Obama on November 7, 2012 (Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

Selesky, who focused more intensely on the strategic nature of the GOP’s messaging, agreed. Considering Romney’s loss and the overarching decline in support for conservative candidacies, she noted that the Republican Party “failed to convince the American people that Republicans could offer a better alternative to the Obama record of the past four years.”

“There is room to improve on communicating how Republican policies – particularly on the economy – can impact people on an individual, personal level,” Selesky added.

 

THE NEED TO EDUCATE THE MASSES

Getting people to understand these dynamics, though, will likely take some time. It will involve lectures, education and fervent engagement to ensure that individuals understand the grander message. All-too-often the Republican Party is characterized by its tax policy, but, as Spero advocated, the grander theme of personal responsibility and building up the individual may need more fervent attention.

“We have to educate the people,” Spero said, noting that the challenge to get the conservative message back to the forefront won’t be easy and will require both courage and confidence. “It’s not going to be done in one election cycle…two or three election cycles.”

Rather than cutting anyone out of the discussion, the rabbi believes that it’s essential Republicans reach every cohort — something that the party has not traditionally done well with. But rather than pandering, these actions must be taken in a way that speaks truth and honesty to the electorate, he said.

Taking an honest look at the Republican Party’s current schema is paramount. Selesky, like Spero, told TheBlaze that the movement has not built an adequate coalition that takes each subgroup into account, while reaching its members on the issues that matter to them.

“We must be serious about including youth, women, Hispanics, African Americans, Asian Americans, poor, middle class, wealthy – everyone – into the Republican Party if we want to build a majority,” the communications expert contended. “This starts by building relationships with these communities and communicating our principles in a way that includes, not alienates, people.”

Selesky provided some examples regarding the barriers and how the GOP can overcome them. On immigration, for instance, she argued that the party must come to a workable solution before support among Hispanics will grow. As for youths, the issue may be more structural at its core, calling for a renewed method of getting messages out to campuses and selecting the proper spokespeople to reach younger Americans.

In addition to educating the masses, Selesky also mentioned another important point of consideration — the vehicles through which messaging is spread. Considering Obama’s ground game and his upper-hand in organization and technology, she noted the important of the Republican Party “catching up” in these arenas.

Based on expert opinion, it is clear that, if the GOP fails to reform itself, former House Speaker and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s recent statement about the 2016 could come to fruition. In an appearance on “Meet the Press” over the weekend, he noted that Hillary Clinton would be a difficult competitor for Republicans next election cycle, should she choose to run.

“If [the Republicans'] competitor in ’16 is going to be Hillary Clinton, supported by Bill Clinton and presumably, a still relatively popular President Barack Obama, trying to win that will be truly the Super Bowl,” Gingrich proclaimed. “And the Republican Party today is incapable of competing at that level.”

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  • kdshell1
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:35pm

    The progressive Marxists fine-tuning the Pied-Piper Syndrome to con the sheeple is NOT taking the “moral high-ground” The Republican Party and conservative politicians must find a way to break through this brainwashing and show the progressive lies for what they are: an indoctrinating and herding of the sheeple back into serfdom under their elitist overlords.

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    • doomytram
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 2:06pm

      Obozo’s drones will have to go to the grocery and see Ozero food on the shelves before they will admit that their messiah’s non governance has led to this Ba-frucking-na-na is what was left of this great country.

      This is turning into a Monty Python movie where you have to have Obozo chop off both of your legs, arms, and head before these low information voters understand Obozo had decimated the country.

      What a pathetic hypocrite Obozo is.

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 4:12pm

      You mean like the Koch brothers did with the Tea Party?

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    • lovenfl3
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 7:12pm

      If we don’t get the Karl Rove’s and the Jeb Bush’s out of the position of being the chosen speakers of conservatism, we’ll be welcoming President Clinton or Biden in the next four years. I am so sick of hearing from these people! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92rcPxgopFE

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on December 14, 2012 at 1:34am

      Jay1975 – I know that you Marxists love to lie about being fiscally conservative when you really aren’t. You demonize those you deem to be wealthy and claim that they should pay higher taxes when they pay for you freeloading bums. So don’t bite the hand that feeds you. I also don’t see you liars advocating for any welfare programs to be cut or illegal aliens to be deported (that would save a ton of taxpayer money instead of keeping them here).

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    • ron2win
      Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:35am

      The elephant in the room is the media.How can you control the narrative ,when the msm owns ninety percent of whats put out there. they suffer no negative inter action due to the fact they all live in a bubble in n y city and washington. They work together ,socialize ,all in the same circle.They are all basically cowards ,walking around in a media gang assaulting any one who disagrees with them.They decide what gets talked about and how long it will be discussed .A perfect example is the union vandalism in Mi.Nary a word reported about the the unions thuggery on any of the three major net works,even though some of it was directed at a black man ,for merely trying to make a n honest living.The t-party was harangued for days on end ,for merely protesting .Until we come up with a way to counter all this negative reporting ,we will all ways be losing the narrative.It will be hard . Its always a tough row to hoe when you are trying to shame the shameless !

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  • Brainmuffin
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:34pm

    Conservatives and Libertarians need to unite.

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    • cessna152
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 2:26pm

      We do… the 5% or so on things we disagree on are better than the 95% we disagree with the Marxist liars. This is so frustrating how quickly our great nation has fallen. Such an awesome idea for freedom, limited government and free thinking. It’s amazing that all of the marvelous inventions, ideas and freedoms that exploded in a 200 +/- span of this great nation have been almost wiped out.

      It’s amazing how getting free stuff and fearing failure has engulfed our nation instead of taking chances and working outside of the box. I guess anyone can package cr@p and sell it. Who would have thought you could direct people back into slavery and gladly accept it? Well, now we see how and wow. By offering comfort and free stuff…no GOP candidate can compete with that. Heck, if I were offered $100,000 per year to work a few days a week only, maybe I would. However, the way I was brought up, I don’t think I would….

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    • freedoc
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 3:06pm

      Yes and no.

      The Republicrats need to dump their party, and its leaders and embrace the Constitution and Freedom, which MUST include ridding themselves of the NeoCon military-industrial complex.

      Call it whatever you want. The NEW Libertarian party. Whatever.

      But, even more immediately important is to get an ARTICULATE LEADER who can demonstrate that Capitalism and Liberty IS the moral high ground—-that it is the party of LIFE( protecting and preserving individual rights) and that Socialism is the party of ANTI-LIFE.

      This is actually easy to do.

      Take off the gloves, and start punching—-metaphorically—-these Commies in the kisser before its too late.

      Ooops. Its already too late.

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    • jay1975
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 3:07pm

      I don’t see that happening. As the GOP push for a social agenda that is the antithesis of liberty and individual freedom, while spending like drunken sailors, they drive away most Libertarians. Religious right, spendaholics versus commie spendaholics is no real choice at all.

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    • Just_Us2
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 3:08pm

      I agree 100%…I no longer consider myself a Republican…much closer to libertarian now.

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    • Nlitend1
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 4:13pm

      You mean sex?

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  • GhostOfJefferson
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:31pm

    The GOP is on the skids, and I don’t support them.

    That being said, I do wonder; when exactly did it become “moral” and “compassionate” to take money at the point of a gun from decent, honest people in order to hand it to other people? How did compassion come to be defined as “gimme!” and “entitlement!”? And if “a human face” means a government that openly and gleefully tracks you, imprisons you without warrant or cause, tortures you with impunity and else wise deprives you of life and liberty, then to hell with humanity.

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    • ArmedAndReallyPissed
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:46pm

      You always best me GHOST. LOL. As usual, well said.

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    • freeberty
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 2:30pm

      You’ll have your answer the first day you deposit your social security/medicare check.

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    • truthnstuff
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 2:41pm

      Right. Most constitutionalists have given the GOP the proverbial finger. They are no better than the Dems and are only better at equivocating. There has to be a 3rd party, Libertarian?, who can stick to the constitution. A great many who voted for Romney, holding their noses, will never do it again. The GOP probably can never win again. The constitutional members of the GOP need to get out.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 2:48pm

      Well Bert, ol’ buddy ol’ pal, I’ve already set up plans for my retirement that are doing quite well despite the bad economy, and should things turn around economically will put me far, far into the bracket of “I envy that lucky schmuck” (according to the Left). So no, no I won’t, thanks, I made it a point to be responsible for my own maintenance in life.

      You do unwittingly point to the issue however. The creation of a dependent class (the people who will cash those cheques then surely demand their continuance) is the surest path to moral decay to the levels suggested by this article.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 2:52pm

      Thanks Armed! :)

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on December 14, 2012 at 1:44am

      Freeberty – You must have never had a job in your life or else you’d know that Social Security and Medicare are paid into by people who work.

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  • Owt_Raged
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:30pm

    Obviously, Democrats can’t tell the difference between overbearing government and personal responsibility.

    Conservatives wish for people to be self sufficient, they will help people on a personal level attain that self sufficient life. They donate their time to churches, to charities, to worthy private causes which have the same goals, helping people, help themselves.
    Democrats do not understand this because they think all good, wealth and life comes from the government.
    We have not lost any moral ground, we just don’t look to the government to live our lives for us, and we know that is the best way and want it for others. So we work to help others do the same.

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 4:23pm

      So I guess there weren’t any democrats/liberals out there helping their fellow hurricane Sandy victims? Funny I saw many of my fellow democrats/liberals during the 3 days I drove up to lend a hand. People helping people, yes with government assistance as it should be.

      The world isn’t as black and white as you would like to make it out to be.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on December 14, 2012 at 1:32am

      Simplelies – Statistics don’t lie. You Marxists don’t lift a finger nor do you donate your own money to help out other people in need compared to religious people. That’s why you’re such a supporter of all of these entitlement programs.

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    • CanadaRocks
      Posted on December 14, 2012 at 1:48am

      Spot on simple. Your logic stands out in this room like a fart in a rose bush unfortunately. Logic doesnt seem to be in abundance in this neck of the woods.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:50pm

      Canadasucks – When do you Marxists use any logic? And your country isn’t nearly as charitable with your own money and time as Americans. But that’s b/c you Marxists consider paying taxes to be charitable.

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  • YAHSHUARULES
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:30pm

    The democrats have not refined articulating the message unless you call lying and misrepresenting intentions refining – an unshakeable belief that snow is black all part of the Agenda
    https://vimeo.com/52009124
    if that is not working try this: https://vimeo.com/16647512

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  • 00100111
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:28pm

    Every time I see a liberal post on here, or read or hear some diatribe about “those mean ole wepubbwicans” the only thing I hear in my head is a crying and screaming infant. It’s really sad their arguments have gotten to that point they’re no better than a teething baby.

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    • Exrepublisheep
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:55pm

      And yet the Dems are winning.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 2:52pm

      Exrepub,

      Yes, much in the same way that a spoiled child wins in arguments with his exhausted mother. I’m not entirely certain that is something to be proud of, nor something to want to emulate. A better course is to teach the child right from wrong, personal responsibility and to not hand him everything he screams for every time he screams. We both know the path spoiled children take when they grow up, and the path that decent responsibly raised children take. There’s no glory in learning how to spoil a child in order to gain his favour.

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    • Just_Us2
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 3:03pm

      To Democrats bankrupting the country = winning

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    • h20sue
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 3:12pm

      Amen! Whine, whine, whine.
      They want everything for free, and now that insurance plans are changing due to Obama Care, democrats are “shocked”. Why are they shocked? They were dumb enough to vote the monster back in the Whitehouse four more years, What the He!! were they expecting? Welfare receipients are already getting free food, free medical care, free housing, free phones, free air time, free computer services, and they just want us poor working stiffs to give them more. Well, us poor stiff’s are tired of it. Welfare receipents are also buying cars while being on welfare. I guess they can afford personal property taxes and live in big houses, as they are scamming the government! I think Obama, Peolsi, and Reid, need to get out of their limo’s/jets and come down for a landing. they need to start visiting grocery stores, 7-11′s, restaurants and see what’s going on with SNAP and WIC. They have no idea what’s going on in this country. They are too busy trying to beat up on republicans who are more aware of the situation(s). Welfare Fraud is everywhere!

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  • common cents
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:26pm

    ” lost the moral high ground to the Democrats, who have redefined their political agenda using universal terms like social justice, fairness, kindness and equality.?”
    That’s the problem today, people are not teaching their children that life is not fair, we are not equal, is 5 foot man equal to a 6 foot man? no and I submit that because we are different physically and mentally, we can’t all function the same way, can a 100 pound female carry a 100 pound 30 foot ladder, extend it to a second floor window, climb up it and carry a 200 pound person back down?
    Can a male become pregnant with a child? Can a 3 foot midget play in the NBA?
    We are not all the same, therefore you can’t expect us to be the same.
    Moral high ground? since when are liberals moral? you have to have moral values to have the moral high ground. Social justice? when a whole race of people can use a word like ni&&er and *******,
    just because their skin is black, and if your skin is white you can’t? when a white woman can’t compete in the miss black America, but a black woman can compete in miss America? and there is no miss white America contest? when the whole country is polarized by something called political correctness? When the eight hundred pound gorilla in the room is that one party just bought enough votes to stay in power with our tax dollars? when a whole race of people just voted for a president because they have the same skin color? Not much left but civil war folks.

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    • Zipit
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 3:36pm

      CC! How about it? ”Too many in the conservative movement became so statistical, they forgot the moral language that inspired our Founding Fathers to begin with.” Ain’t that a hoot! Conservatives being lectured about morals! I think that our founding fathers would puke at the lack of morals put forth by today’s progressive culture!!!!

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  • PAPPY72
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:25pm

    One thing I haven’t seen anyone say, yet, is that the Republican party is dead for conservatives. We need to form a new party minus the progressives that currently run the Republican party. Until we do that, any analysis of what we need to do differently is a waste of time because the Republican party leadership can be counted on to foul-up any tactics or strategy. The bottom line is: The Republican party leadership does not believe in conservatism.

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    • LIBSALWAYSLIE
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:42pm

      Until the liberal media is changed republicans wont win. The liberal media still has a huge influence on people, causing otherwise rational people to believe that democrats are good and republicans are evil. People who actually think know better, but too many are lazy and enjoy being spoon fed lies. Progressives will destroy this country.

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    • right-wing-waco
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:58pm

      OK! I agree, the Republican party is dead. It’s time for the Libertarian party to start, right now, to run for the next election. They appear to be the only party that wants to return to the original meaning of the Constitution. (Especially Article 1, Section 8.)

      A return to Art. 1, Sec 8 would solve all or at least most of the countries problems.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 2:23pm

      @ libsalwayslie

      “Progressives will destroy this country.”

      Dems and Reps will CONTINUE to destroy this country. Until some party stands up and starts calling for sane items like Term Limits, Flat Taxes as well as Representatives that receive NO MORE in compensation than the average wage earner, use the SAME health care plans that WE THE PEOPLE do, have the SAME social security and retirement plans that WE THE PEOPLE do, our country and freedoms will continue to swirl down the toilet. Republicans are nothing but lesser Progressives today. They’re all in this together enslaving you and me. We’ve allowed them over the years to change all the rules to benefit themselves.

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  • HKS
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:23pm

    Wow, giving our future away and that’s what they call it now. Moral high ground may ass, sounds like the ghetto to me.

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  • bikerdogred1
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:22pm

    America could have had Mitt and his wife but no they wanted a boy from a third rate country to drag us down to a nothing 2 bit country,a nation of fools.

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  • grimmster
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:20pm

    So dems//progressive//commies, it’s still the repubs you are worried about?Keep thinking that, cause the consevatives in the country are going to reach up and b!tchslap your ass back to the stone age. The republican party is toast,it’s just a progressive arm of the left,when the true conservatives rise up, it will spell the death knell of the commies in this country.

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  • eaglesview
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:20pm

    The GOP never articulated a truly conservative position, and the value of that position to all people.
    Therefore, what people heard was a muddled, half hearted attempt to appease as many as possible.
    It was so ineffective, that 3 mil less R’s voted for Romney than McCain.
    Now the so called leaders of the party want to water it down even further.
    It is time for a 3rd party, unless we can continue to overrun the establishment with people of our choosing who actually are conservative, and can logically present the benefits.
    We did it with Ted Cruz here in TX, and this must continue on a larger scale.

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    • Locked
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 2:00pm

      “The GOP never articulated a truly conservative position, and the value of that position to all people.”

      If you’re talking about a fiscally conservative position, I very much agree.

      If you’re talking about a socially conservative one, I wonder where you’ve been getting your information from.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on December 14, 2012 at 1:46am

      Locked – Yet appealing to the social liberals isn’t going to help the Republican party. That’s another lie that you leftists like to tell.

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  • thibx
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:20pm

    not so most people who would vote repubican do not even vote. it’s the ground game the repubicans how lost. i have a sister and her husband who has never voted but she wants things to go right. yeah she is a dummie and i get pissed talking to her. someone else might convince her.

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  • mcsledge
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:19pm

    ‘Moral high ground’….? Taking from the haves to give to the have nots is not moral high ground. Even the writer has no clue what is moral.

    Moral is one reaps what they sow (God’s law). Immoral is allowing one to reap what they did not sow.

    Taxation is not a form of charity. Either the giver gives it willingly (i.e., time, amount and to whom they choose) according to their conscience or it fits the definition of an obligation and not charity.

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 5:59pm

      Not taking from the haves to give to the have nots is allowing one to reap what they did not sow. People are entitled to be rewarded for being smart and working hard, but nobody is fifty times as smart as me or works fifty times as hard. If they are make that much, they are doing it by preventing somebody else from getting as much as they deserve, so there is nothing wrong with taking it away from them.

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 6:43pm

      Just because a few idiots are saying this, does not make it true-just more lib propoganda.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on December 14, 2012 at 1:40am

      Chet – Unless you’re the owner of a company, you have NO right to say how much anybody else should make. Obviously you’re not smart enough to figure that out or else you wouldn’t be whining about how “greedy” the “rich” people are.

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  • GoodStuff
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:17pm

    Obama just uses the word “folks” over and over again and people think he’s one of them.

    Stupid people will fall for anything…even an Ivy League elitist altering his language to fool them.

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  • SquidVetOhio
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:17pm

    ““[The Democrats] use language wonderfully. Our people use statistics,” ”

    Translated: “Democrats lie, we use facts.”

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    • checkingbothsides
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 2:18pm

      I mostly agree with this article, except for the part where Romney talked statistics. When did he do that exactly? Not during the debates when he spoke in vague generalities about everything. I still don’t know what his five point plan was supposed to be…

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  • jackact
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:16pm

    The moral high ground lost by the RNC was compromised by John Boehner and his panty-waist RINOS who have attempted to marginalize all Tea Party affiliated members of Congress.
    Somehow Boehner believes, without Tea Party support, that the RNC will gain ground in the 2014 mid-terms.
    When the RNC establishment fails, yet again, we can remove Boehner and begin whittling out the RINO hubris.
    Enough is enough for THE MIDDLE CLASS!
    Work with us or we will revolt.
    This is a promise.

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  • GoodStuff
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:16pm

    I would say enslaving people to the welfare state is “immoral” and “cold-hearted”!

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  • barber2
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:15pm

    The Left has control of the Media which enables them to propagandize and to ” define” anything as they wish. How can union mobs, OWS gangs, and MIC checks be considered ” high moral ground ?” That is nothing more than the total control the Left has been silently clawing away for themselves. While America Slept.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:56pm

      BARBER2, Yep, they want everybody to believe what Alan Grayson said about us.

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    • skimmer57
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 4:01pm

      Barber– If the left has control of the media. The GOP has control of the internet. Moral High Ground? Yeah right . The top ten states that down load porn are red states. Real Moral HYPOCRITS!

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on December 14, 2012 at 1:42am

      Skimmer57 – When did you Marxists ever have morals? And when did the GOP have control over the internet?

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  • mcsledge
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:10pm

    the Democrats, who have redefined their political agenda using universal terms like social justice, fairness, kindness and equality.

    All of which mean:

    Require the haves to pay the way for the have nots
    Spread the wealth regardless of effort, risk, hard-work
    Expect less accountability from the poor

    To the expert, this may be a sign of getting in touch with the masses. But really, it is a sign of the degeneracy of America. The collapse of morals and values. The failure to be accountable. Welcome to the end of America.

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    • jimbo_from_suwanee
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:17pm

      Is is not the USA it is the Socialist Oligarchy of America.

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    • naughtycal
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:25pm

      Republican played it lose and loss conservatives by the truck load. The GOP are like to think they are the adults in political game. And they are when compared to the democrats. But in a nation of irresposible full grown children voters who do you think they’ll support to one telling to eat all of their peas or the one telling them to go straight for dessert.

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    • Appleton
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:27pm

      Well said! The 46% are not interested in the moral high ground.

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  • Cavallo
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:10pm

    Give the Dems more than what they ask for ..50% top rate, no deductions. Eliminate the debt ceiling. Increase the federal min wage to 12$/hr. Triple the increase in medicaid and medicare spending. Give the Social Security recipients a huge increase in monthly benefits. Give them everything the left wants and more and watch what happens to the economy.

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    • SquidVetOhio
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:18pm

      Bingo

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    • 00100111
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:32pm

      Agreed. Give it to them and let them own it.

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    • apojoe69
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 2:04pm

      Wait a minute. You forgot to reduce the military in half by exiting all foreign countries.

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    • harley96cube
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 2:23pm

      Give them nothing. No tax increases!!!! NONE!
      Decrease spending!!
      Reduce the size of the bloated government!
      I will not vote for ANY public official that caves and gives in to higher taxes and spending!
      I will work to have them removed! Republican RINO or Dem…I don’t care!

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  • ArmedAndReallyPissed
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:09pm

    Politicians and Morals don’t belong in the same Article. They don’t mix.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 2:57pm

      Quite true. Fear the “Moral” government. A cruel government does what it does out of pragmatism and can sometimes be swayed by a logical rebuttal. A Moral government does what it does to you because it actually is wired to believe that it is acting compassionately in your own best interest. There’s no stopping that kind of government, since it acts with a sense of virtue in its own actions.

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  • barber2
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:06pm

    The Republican Party represents the interests of America . The Chicago radical Democrats are aligned with the international Left . Now whom do you suppose has deeper pockets and more connections ? THAT is what makes this a Super Bowl for the Republicans.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:01pm

    We have allowed the Progressive Republicans and the Democrats to define who and what the conservative movement is anymore. Its time for the people who are conservatives, the grass roots to make the changes needed or to let the Republican party go as the Whig’s did long ago.

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  • DougHuffman
    Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:01pm

    The GOP never held the high ground to lose it.

    The GOP has been the progressive’s right wing since FDR.

    Good people ought to be armed as they will, with wits and Guns and the Truth. God Bless Bitter Clingers, damn know-nothings, progressives.

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    • MDECKER
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:08pm

      Si, Senyor!

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    • Cavallo
      Posted on December 13, 2012 at 1:14pm

      Sure they did.. they had it in the late 90s when some fiscal hawks were starting to make a dent in the insanity and at least putting on the brakes if not turning us around. Then they got both houses and went hog wild lefty spending under GWB, and then lost both the house and senate to the dems.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on December 14, 2012 at 1:48am

      Amen, Doughuffman.

      Leftists just can’t stand that the people that they’re trying to appeal to drag everybody else down with them and destroy societies.

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