to bring moderates back into the fold and still maintain core Republican principles.

Hey General Powell…you think The American People want more government in their lives?…Wait till they get the bill..We’ll see

“Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less” Unfortunately he seems to have his little RINO Cantor on his side, or was it McCain that did the trick? No matter, Cantor is an extreme dissapointment as my Rep in my district. I won’t be voting for him ever again. When I commented on his site, that I was very dissapointed that he voted for the TARP funds, my comment was deleted from his site. What a “listener” for his constitutients in his district that elects him.

“Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less” Unfortunately he seems to have his little RINO Cantor on his side, or was it McCain that did the trick? No matter, Cantor is an extreme dissapointment as my Rep in my district. I won’t be voting for him ever again. When I commented on his site, that I was very dissapointed that he voted for the TARP funds, my comment was deleted from his site. What a “listener” for his constitutients in his district that elects him.

First, thank you for your service.

Now, yes, our party has gotten a little smaller of late. We have had a few interlopers, who had no real core principles guiding them anyway, drift off because they felt in their best interest.

The really wonderful thing about them moving on, is that now, they feel more at home, we feel better not having to deal with the petulance of their whining about “smaller, less inclusive…etc”.

Additionally, we now have room for some of the people, who left the party because they refused to accept the denigration of principles we sufered at the hands of said same interlopers.

We respect your opinions, we just do not agree to be bound ny them. The heart and soul of this party refuses to abandon the prinicples that made the party great and brought the greatest prosperity in the history of the world to our great Nation. We understand some people grow weary of responsibility, thus, the base of the Democrat party is assured a steady supply.

We, the base of the Republican party know, that the converse is true. There are plenty of us of the opposite view that treasure liberty above all else and understand that with that comes sacrifice and responsibility. We embrace that and are willing to fight to preserve the essential truth of it, thus, The base of the Republican Party is equally assured of a steady supply.

Again, we understand that some of us have no fortitude for the levels of sacrifice this may entail. It to, is an unfortunate truth.

So if you find yourself among those whose beliefs no longer follow this essential truth, we can only thank you for your service and bid you adieu (French for Pound Sand).

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Let’s dump the tax code, flat/fair tax everything, give civil unions for legal contractual purposes, and allow religious institutions to perform the marriages.

BAN GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED MARRIAGE!

How’s that for moderate?

than he is at finding http://www.democrats.org/contact.html

That’s not a snark. I don’t see how to reconcile “Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less…” with what I view as a Republican view of govt.

who will sell what ever is left of his soul for another 15 minutes in front of a tv camera.

However, the fact that he managed to rermove his lips from Obama’s butt long enough to say anything is perhaps encouraging.

White America has proven itself to be beyond racism. We voted for a young unqualified black guy over an old experianced white guy. When black America sees how much of a failure Obama’s policies are in 4 years will they be willing to dump him?

I welcome the end of racism and sexism in the black community when they dump a black guy for a white grandmaw and prove once and for all we are a meritocracy. Ah the content of our character! Won’t we be equal then.

No one cares what you think anymore FSoS. Obviously the koolaid has rotted through your teeth and in to your brain to think that Americans DO want MORE government in our lives and we DO want to pay taxes for services.

NO WE DON’T!! All I want from government is to defend this land from foreign invaders . . . nice FAIL on that one. As far as paying taxes, no one pays . . . it is stolen from our wallets at the point of a gun . . . and what services do I actually see a return on my “investment”? GB

after a great deal of thought, I have say there currently isn’t anyway to share the party. I’ll come back once the GOP to becomes less ideological and more pragmatic. Which just might not happen, c’est la vie.

57,000,000 million voted against obama and not for McCain. If elections were held today another 20,000,000 or more not counting Senior Citzens would be voting against obama and his rape of the middle class hard working taxpayers of the United States. Do you call that shrinking Colin getta outta my life!!!!
Take the inconcciderate incompetent marxist LIAR obama with you.

Thanks, now you have me screaming at the computer monitor again. Constitutionally we are a far right nation and that should be considered the “Center”. Over the past ten years government has almost doubled in size and now may well double in size in the next two years. This so called center keeps moving to the left in response to this, it is too far to the left for any so called conservative and can be considered totally un-American. It is supposed to be “We the People” and NOT “we the government”, why is this so hard to understand for some? What really make me mad is that I believe most RINOs will believe this malarkey. This has me so mad I would like to tar and feather these RINOs at my next Tea Party. Is this what we have to do to get their attention and get them to listen to us, “We the People”? The GOP needs to make a sharp right turn toward the real center as it was intended to be, no more pandering to the left. I am really sick and tired of holding my nose when it comes to vote trying to figure out what stinks more. We have socialism or socialism light as a choice and this is simply wrong. Everyone in the GOP who does not stand for the Constitution and Conservative values needs to be thrown under the bus, fed to the left or be tarred and feathered. Heck, I am fed up with this….

Now look what you have done, you have me so POed I am starting to rant….

…be they so-called “moderate Republicans or Democrats please define just what “far right” is? There is an endless parade of people who claim the GOP is too far to the right but are unable to define just what that means or where it is they think we ought to be. Most of these people are Big government types regardless of party to naturally they will want small government Conservatives to change.

The entire political establishment has moved Left while we and the rest of the bulk of the country remain center right.

How I loathe career pols.

who believes in affirmative action. Nothing else explains his switch. He wanted moderate republican and then voted for the extreme left liberal. Whatever excuse he is offering is crap. This guy is a shameless creature.

of “seminar” outcomes (i.e., talking points) in these concerted efforts to convince everyone but the “radical right” to abandon Republican government and embrace the new Democratic hegemony. After all, it is said, Democratic hegemony is now what all correct-thinking patriots want…right? These times of “crisis” require it…right? The radical right are just a bunch of loser/whiners…right? They are dinosaurs with no place in this 21st century of enlightened governance… right? They are just getting in the way of the new Democratic Utopia…right? They are bad and ignorant and dangerous people, that the world would be better off without…right?

The Republicans already have a big tent - it is there for all to come and join who share core principles of limited government (i.e., constitutional government), acting with personal responsibility to self, family, job and country, and who embrace open markets and voluntary commerce between free persons. All who believe that the Natural Rights of man are our birthright as human beings are welcome under the tent. Those who believe in individualism along with voluntary association with others are welcome under the tent.

Republicans do not have to move left to find such people. What is needed is a program to clearly articulate those principles, AND CLEARLY EXPLAIN THEIR LONG-TERM BENEFITS to the citizen and her/his family. Keep on articulating the principles and explaining the benefits non-stop for the next 42 months. People who love liberty will come and join voluntarily. To be successful (IMO) this needs to be a “big picture” effort. Do not allow niggling/controversial issues, for which there is no Federal role anyway, to cloud the message. Notice, the second paragraph says nothing about religion, gays, abortion, etc., etc…? Have I lost you?

Those who believe that their natural place in the world is to exist as merely a cog in the efforts of the collective will feel unwelcome under this tent, and will not join. Those who demand collective benefits for favored groups, at the expense of others, will feel unwelcome under the tent, and will not join. Those who believe in collective responsibility, collective guilt, and collective punishment for disfavored groups will feel unwelcome under the tent, and will not join. Republicans do not really want these people yet; not until they experience their “road to Damascus” moment, and decide to embrace liberty and reject slavery.

Where did that get us?

because they messed up so much the last 8 years. There’s really nothing else to it. People can claim whatever they want, but it’s pretty clear what the facts are. People left because the Republicans messed up a lot.

George W. wasn’t exactly the most conservative guy around. He grew the government a substantial amount. What did he do that was far right, anyway? The Bush tax cuts and reforms? I’m sorry, but those were definitely not far right propositions.

Incursions into foreign countries aren’t a conservative platform but one shared by both parties, so I don’t see the Iraq war as a Conservative position, but one made for a variety of other reasons. Waterboarding? I don’t see that as part of the conservative platform, but more of a national security or moral decision. Making it a partisan thing seems like obfuscating.

Not ratifying Kyoto? Look who has control of the House and Senate. They don’t have 2/3 control, but they could always put it up to a vote.

I’m not going to be the one to say that the Republicans lost because they weren’t conservative enough. I’m going to say Republicans lost because they weren’t effective enough. The degree of conservatism doesn’t enter into it.

Violence is on the rise in Iraq and Afghanistan has gotten significantly worse, and Obama isn’t calling for time tables, but his approval rates are in the 70s. Clearly something has to give.

no matter how concerned one is with one’s health

We need to stop listening to these people…. The difference is pretty cut and dry, and pretty inclusive at that……..

your either #1 big, big, government
or #2 your not..

I think the Dems need to figure out that not all Democrats are pro choice, not all Democrats are atheist…..

The republicans need to figure out that not all republicans are pro life, not all republicans are christian… People vote the way they vote, stop trying to ponder so much on the BS

It is conventional wisdom on this site that Obama will be an unmitigated disaster on economic and foreign policy. So why are we worrying over winning over these moderates? If people report being conservative my such a wide margin, then their opinions are so malleable that we’ll have no difficulty winning them back in 2012, provided we run a competant campaign. Many people voted against the Republican Party due to the real and imagined incompetance of the Bush Administration. No amount of positive press can hide 10% unemployment or an unstable international order, or, heaven forbid, another terrorist attack.

If the country has titled left to the point where an incompetant Obama administration can still beat a conservative candidate, it might be best to take Powell’s advice and reevaluate the saliency of the Reagan coalition. But that moment has yet to come, and social conservatism is still winning outside the Northeast in America.

If Obama proves incompetant and this party cannot defeat him, it deserves to lose.

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How did he get Axelrod’s talking points? Direct feed or does he just parrot what he hears?

Loyalty and Honesty are important attributes to people in the military, you Sir, have neither. Leave the Republican Party like your disloyal, self-serving, socialist peer Arlen. We don’t need you working to socialize America from within our ranks, GET OUT!

What does Colin Powell know, anyway. He’s the nominal “Republican” that endorsed Obama, then re-assured us all that he was “qualified to be Commander-in-Chief” the week before the Russians caught Obama completely asleep-at-the-wheel and nabbed the Krgyzstani air-base that we use to fly-in most of our supplies to Afghanistan.

I don’t trust Powell an inch, he apparently feels guilty about promoting the Iraq war (but shouldn’t) and is trying to make amends.

Powell’s advice and a quarter will get you a cup of coffee at 7-11 (small). Who cares what he thinks, Obama’s programs are a guaranteed fail- and that’s all that matters in the end. There’ll be no hiding the damage Obama is doing to the county in a year or two. I love how these critics of the GOP assume everything will just work out great with trillion dollar deficits and a pacifist foreign policy-

When their pork-n-welfare spending orgy fails to create any real economic gains -but stokes vicious inflation and crashes the dollar instead- the Democrats face a bloodbath in 2010.

Barack can kiss 2012 goodbye, no matter how hard he attacks the GOP and has the MSM plant BS stories and manufactured “scandals”. His foreign policy is headed straight for an iceberg, as well.

Ironically, Powell and W did a lot of damage to the GOP brand… but Obama-Pelosi-Reid will be the ones to fix it all-up for us- already as good as done. Funny how life is.

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