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Limbaugh & Movement Conservatives: Successfully Distracted by Democrats

By: Darvin_Dowdy (Diary)  |  February 15th, 2009 at 01:36 AM  | 

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One of the symptoms of Adult Attention Deficit Disorder is a tendency to become distracted by extraneous stimuli.  Being lured off course by things that are personally stimulating but they offer no solutions or help with immediate life problems and predicaments.  The sad results are that these stimuli become a pleasant distraction while meaningful challenges continually get pushed aside and forgotten.  Hence, the individual never progresses or experiences any significant growth or maturity.   Gosh most men, including myself, have to fight this battle on a daily basis.  Seems like we’re always searching for pleasant distractions, huh? I digress.   So if this “condition” can  befall an individual could it not also infect a group? An organization? A political party?  Or even a political movement?  

 

The Conservative Movement has certainly contracted this ailment, in my view.  It has been sucked up in a vortex of emotional reaction directed towards the totally predictable course our government has taken since 1/20/09.  As if it should be a total surprise that this course has taken a sharp turn to the “left” under Obama/Pelosi/Reid.  “So” you ask, “how is this a pleasant distraction?”  I don’t know.  But it seems that Limbaugh, conservative talk radio, pundits and blogs are effuse with comment after comment, article upon article, essay stacked on essay, over and over and over again [ad nauseum] regarding the extreme leftward direction the democrats are steering our Nation.  Conservative commentators such as Ann Coulter continue to pump out articles and books telling us what we already know [and are sick of hearing] about the left.  Alright already!  We know enough about the devious, deceitful, Constitution-hating democrats!  My gosh how many times must we be told?  We’re convinced, ok?  Yet our conservative orators/pundits seem gleeful and shocked at the very same time in their continuous reporting of  the left’s shenanigans.  As if this is the first anyone has heard about this agenda of the left which works tirelessly  towards undermining our Constitution and moving us, instead, toward and under the control of some world governing body.  I mean, what the heck did they expect?  That congress would pass a bill declaring Ronald Reagan’s birthday a national holiday?  Why would they or any thoughtful person be surprised?  The answer is – they are not surprised.  They, the present conservative pundits, simply enjoy this game.  Tit for tat.  One-upmanship.  It’s a battle of the titan ego’s.   A glorious hobby!  They are having a blast.  They fiddle while Rome burns!  Its all become just a big game to them.  Again, they’ve been pulled into this vortex of strife and discord and have, hence, been rendered somewhat ineffective.   If they remain, they will become totally irrelevant. 

 

“So” you ask, “what should they do?  Shouldn’t they report these hideous attacks on our Constitution and Liberty? Shouldn’t we all protest?  Be shocked and appalled?”  Well, some years back I watched a football game with horrible officiating.  One call in particular was obviously flawed and unfair costing one team much needed points.  The team coach on the wrong side of the bad officiating kept his cool and did not complain.  His team was far behind but they had a superior strategy and tactics.  A better,  flexible plan.  Long story short, they came from behind and won the game despite the odds being completely against them.    The Conservative Movement has been beaten down by an unscrupulous opponent yet they have no come-back strategy, whatsoever. Oh, there are plenty who have a national “bloody pulpit” of some sort and they are standing behind those pulpits whining continuously about the encroachments of our arrant enemy.   There is no winning strategy, however,  or even a questioning of what went wrong on 11/7/06 and 11/4/08.  No attempt to reach out to the estranged GOP Base, better understand them and make adjustments that would draw them back.  Among conservative politicians or pundits there is no significant plan to go on the offensive against those negative forces within the GOP that continue to have a strangle hold on it.  Those that continue to drive away millions of former GOP voters.  No naming of names. No pointing of fingers.  No stomach for going after some of their golfing buddies or former comrades who have steered our GOP off of the super highway it was once on and into a muddy bog.  No sir, too unpleasant a task.  No gathering together of the great conservative minds for the purpose of an exhaustive analysis.  Why?  Largely because they’re afraid of what they’ll find. 

 

Nope, the only strategy our “distracted” side has now is that of throwing a few rocks at the democrats who are so well shielded by the MSM that the pebbles simply bounce off.  You hear the pinging sounds amid the laughter of our gloating opponents. 

Darvin Dowdy

 

 

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  • rbdwiggins

    to Rush often enough.

    In a nutshell…

    Repetition: Government Schools, Occasional Listener, Partisan Press

    Exhaustive Analysis: GOP compromised the Founding principles, embraced bipartisanship.

    Plan: “Conservatism wins every time it’s tried.”

    • Mike gamecock DeVine

      “There is no winning strategy, however, or even a questioning of what went wrong on 11/7/06 and 11/4/08. No attempt to reach out to the estranged GOP Base, better understand them and make adjustments that would draw them back. Among conservative politicians or pundits there is no significant plan to go on the offensive against those negative forces within the GOP that continue to have a strangle hold on it.”

      Rush et al have advocated alternatives that specifically reach out to the base and Rush never stopped accurately representing the base. It is the GOP elected officials that did.

      But they too are now and have for weeks, been offering alternatives to Obama’s plan. The McCain, Thune and DeMint amendments come to mind.

      What the heck are you talking about?

      • izoneguy

        Their guy won and now it is back to the movies & pot smoking for them. The Republicans as you pointed out DID come out with their own plans. PLANS to specifically address the crisis at hand. The “stimulus” that passed has been worked on ever since Clinton left the White House. You don’t come up with an 800 (now over 1000 pages) page bill in 3 weeks!!! 90% of what is in this bill is a goodie tree of democratic wants from all the players that pushed Obama into the White House. If I know democrats they will now kill each other over getting more for their state, city, etc. We need to stand back and let them tear themselves apart, they will be like vultures fighting over the prey. Now what WE NEED TO DO, is shine a 500,000 WATT LIGHT on where this money is going. We need to form an ANTI-ACORN unit. They send 100 people out, we send 1000. The very future of capitalism depends on what we do – NOW. NOT in 2010 or 2012. Graft, corruption, insider deals must be exposed at every level. It is time to clear the playing fiield just like Obama does. It will be nasty, brutal and wimps (Specter, Collins, Snowe) need not apply. Either get on the right bus or be crushed by 200,000 tons of thundering (Michael) steel.

        • Mike gamecock DeVine

          we highlight 3 pages per day for a year from the bill to keep the public that is attentive focused on the fact that it wasn’t read and will not create jobs in the provate sector.

          I actually do think more people than usual are attentive now, given the economy’s condition with many swing voters being the lower income folks that are looking to Obama for help.

          We can win them back.

          I will be part of that 500,000 watt light.

          • izoneguy

            Count me in – let me know what I can do.

          • JadedByPolitics

            …

      • rbdwiggins
      • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

        …I guess I was paying attention to the results of 11/7/06 and 11/4/08. Yea, you’re so right. Excuse me. The Conservative Movement is a winner!! On the right course! Rah! Rah! Hooray!. DD

        • Mike gamecock DeVine
          • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

            …so its not the democrats that we need to single out. Its those “repub’s who failed to listen”. Who are they? Name names. Point fingers. Go on the attack. Get our own dysfunctional GOP house in order so we can win. Thats what I’m saying Gamecock. And its not happening. We saw some of that here on RS with Operation Leper. But that barely scraped the surface. Continuously harping at the seditious dem’s is NOT GOING TO CUT IT!! The GOP hierarchy is rife w/rino transnationalist scoundrels and they are going unpunished. DD

          • mbecker908

            We don’t need to be “attacking” Republicans – although Arlen Specter should be disciplined for his vote. We need to be looking to conservative Republicans who will write a conservative, small-government agenda for the Party. When the Party starts to stand for conservative, small-government principles again people like McCain/Graham/Specter/ME girls etc will be naturally marginalized.

            We need to be attacking the Obama agenda with an agenda of our own. Until that happens, we’ll lose seats.

          • Mike gamecock DeVine
    • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

      …”every damned day”. I listen that is. And I love Rush like a brother. I’m using Rush here as a symbol. A living symbol of a leader in the Conservative Movement. His and your explanations as to why the GOP lost are definitely true. But they’re far too vague. The same w/Hannity and others. Middle America has deep concerns about their loss of control. Once we elect Repub’s they almost immediately turn their backs on us and focus on other non-elected forces. ie the msm, foreign gov’ts, NGO’s, the UN, and on and on. Until they return their focus on us, the voters, they will continue to lose ground. There is not nearly enough discussion of this aspect. DD

      • rbdwiggins

        “Until they return their focus on us, the voters, they will continue to lose ground.”

        Populism was also part of the GOP’s problem. It’s what the dems do, and they’re better at playing the class-warfare game than the GOP. It’s best to identify the tactic, point it out to the electorate, and move on.

        The GOP wins when conservative principles are advanced and a majority of the electorate is persuaded to think about the consequences of their vote, as opposed to feeling good about being pandered to.

        • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

          …had best learn to mix in a small amount of populism into their message. Not too much, but just the right amount. What can you say about the populace? Made up of people who vote. No, RBDWiggins, despite what you’ve learned at Young Republican meetings and polisci class, not a good idea to leave the populace out of the equation. DD

          • redneck_hippie

            from compassionate conservatism?

            Hint: It’s a rhetorical question.

          • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

            …don’t want anyones compassion or pity. They simply want to be treated fairly and they want our Nation and its citizenry put first. And don’t call them citizens of the world. Those are fighting words. DD

          • rbdwiggins

            It stems from a half-century of experience, a wealth of knowledge accumulated away from the influence of government schools (I bleed Black and Gold) and what my wife calls an unnatural penchant for First-Edition Hardcovers.

            Populism equals pandering. There’s no other way to define it. Better to convince the electorate that a return to the Founding principles ensures the longevity of our Republic, protects individual liberties and enables prosperity.

            The path laid before us by Obama and the Democrats is exactly what Hamilton, Jay and Madison feared most.

          • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

            …doesn’t know and understand these founding principles. Most elitists think like that. They seem to forget that it was the populace that put “W”s butt in the oval office twice. Not to mention the ’02 mid-terms. Then he turned on them.

            And give me a good Louis L’amour paper back. Hey, I hear they’re on sale at Walmart. $4 each! Can I interest you? You can keep your 1st edition hard covers. Hey, they make good door stops. DD

          • rbdwiggins

            A majority of the “populace” are victims of failed government schools.**

            I consider myself to be one of the lucky ones. I was not subjected to Public Law 96-88. Unfortunately, my children were. However, all was not lost. I taught them to love books, too.

            Most are not so lucky. If the current trend holds, less than half of this year’s ninth-grade class will graduate from high school. It’s much worse than that in the inner-city schools. Depending on the city, two-thirds to three-fourths of those students will fail to graduate. On the extreme end, seventy-seven percent of Cleveland’s high-school students will fail to graduate.

            And the foundation for the future doesn’t look good. Only twenty-nine percent of eighth-graders are able to perform at, or above, grade-level. Again, it’s worse in the inner-city schools. Chicago, for example, falls far behind the national average. Only seventeen percent of Chicago’s eighth-graders are able to perform at, or above, grade-level.

            Have you looked at what passes for a US History book lately? They’re selected by committee at the state level…

            **Note: This does not mean a majority of the American people are failures. Not all education is formal.

          • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

            …my boys will go to college or get their butts kicked. Texas A&M, yee, haa! The Aggies. If we can afford it. But you know, I feel that spirituality, common sense and enlightenment are more important. However, if you can mix them… even better. So all is not lost.
            OH the rewriting of history. Tragic. Not only that but what is going on at some of the universities, nothing less than revisionist brain washing. You are right. Taking back the universities is a priority. DD

  • reddog53

    But I’d have to disagree with your premise.

    Movement Conservatives have not been ‘distracted,’ they’ve been accurate in their predictions of how far left things would go.

    They have also had some winning issues, such as “Drill Here, Drill Now” that were crippled by the lack of support by moderate Republicans and RINOS. This issue came too late to generate enough support to slow the Democrats and their ‘hope change’ message, but it was effective.

    It may be that you haven’t heard the movement calls for limited government and lower spending because they’ve been ignored or shouted down by the relentless left.

    • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

      …far too vague. Pardon my analogy here but the problems of our Nation are like a big disco ball. With many facets. But there are many more facets today than there were 20 or 30 years ago. Yet we continue to hear the same language, rhetoric, phrasing as we did way back when. DD

  • JadedByPolitics

    conservatives NOT holding those who have brought about this destruction on the Republican party to account. WE and Rush, Hannity, Coulter etc HOLD them to account day in and day out. It would be the party apparatus ie: RNC, RNSC, RNCC etc that does NOT hold them to account.

    If Michael Steele REALLY wants to change the direction of the party he would come out and say that Specter and the two traitors from ME will NOT be recieving funding from the party and he SHOULD have said it prior to the vote.

    So if you want to go after those in the party please do so BUT do NOT say that movement ie: grassroots is NOT going after them!

    • Mike gamecock DeVine
    • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

      …doesn’t sound like it. So I ask you, how’s that “going after them” been working for you? Not so well, obviously. Grass roots conservatives are demoralized and confused right now. Millions have simply become so exasperated that they’ve simply dropped out of the process.

      I disagree that Steele should take that tactic. If I were Michael Steele, I’d try to gather together the great conservative minds of our day and I’d commission them to create an exhaustive survey/questionnaire directed at the conservative base covering all issues. I’d then use the same database that they use to beg for $$ [the never seem to have a problem finding us when they need to ask for money, do they?] and I’d send out that questionnaire. Once rec’d back I’d have these same conservative guru’s analyze the results. This, at least, would give the GOP some idea of how they & the Base have become estranged. DD

      • JadedByPolitics

        perhaps you are demoralized and confused…..well perhaps is not right for that obviously you ARE…..BUT I am not and millions more like me are not. I live in the here and now and I don’t DROP OUT when I lose I fight harder….why don’t you give that a whirl and stop trying to be so judgemental about where this party stands.

        I am here to tell you that if the Congress and 38 members of the Senate STAY ON MESSAGE for the next 18 months WE can take back the Congress BUT if they go following the idiot traitors from PA and ME well they will indeed be in the minority for years to come.

        I would also clue you in that being Jaded By Politics does not mean I opt out imeans I pay careful and intelligent attention to what those who have been elected have to say. I don’t buy into the hype that Congress knows better than the masses.

  • redneck_hippie

    that way. On a daily basis, my local radio serves up interviews with politicians and pundits like Mark Kirk, Peter Roskam, Blago (yes, last week Don Wade had him on for a solid hour, and boy did he give up a ton!), Roland Burris, Mark Halperin, George Stephanopoulus, and on and on. These are the people and policies the public needs to become aware of. And when they are caught in a lie, it is exposed, big time.

    Talk radio and conservative internet sources are getting the word out. Of course the celebrities, Rush, Ann are going for the ratings. So what? In between “Barack the Magic Negro” and “The Justice Brothers” Rush is reaching out to inform the dumb class that 1) The country is not socialist (yet), and 2) Conservatives have fun, too.

    My congressman, Roskam, has regular conference phone calls in the district. He is doing his job. And Rush is doing his job. Rush’s job is not to spearhead the conservative movement. That is the job of Steele and every person who intends to run as a conservative, as well as the job of the people they intend to represent.

  • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

    …”the dumb class”? There are those that are totally governed by their emotions and I suppose that can cause a dumbing down, certainly. But there are many former GOP voters who are not presently buying what the GOP has been trying to sell over the past 8 years. And I’m not talking about the war. There is wide support for the war. The war has nothing to do with the “great gulf fixed” that is presently between the former estranged Base and the GOP.

    And the jury is still out on whether Steele will be able to put his finger on what the problem is. But don’t delude yourself into believing that those out in flyover country, Middle America are the “dumb class”. I’m talking about the 10-20 million that stayed at home on 11/4/08. DD

    • redneck_hippie

      those who drank the koolaid and those who sat on their hands and watched it happen.

      I live in Middle America and geography does not an ideology make. The dumb class “want theirs” without having to work for it. I should call it the dumb and lazy class.

      • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

        …there are 2 classes. The elites and the dumb class. I wish it was that simple. DD

        • redneck_hippie

          There are many, many, many elites in the dumb class. I wont waste anybody’s time naming names but it has something to do with government sinecures and nepotism and never having held a real job in the private sector.

          • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

            …that the GOP has its share of elitists.

            And when a professional sports team is in a consistant mode of losing, the coach and his/her staff usually get named and can’d. Happens all the time sports and in business. But not in the GOP Hierarchy. No – the untouchables. DD

  • loewenbrau

    The shift to the extreme left has been guided by persons, who grew up under the puplic school system, ( in the last 50 years). When children are turned away from their parents’ teachings, the following generation looses that foundation and tradition, that normally are passed down. After 50-70 years of this — -there are no more voices from the past to remind us because they either have died or are not heeded.
    Celebrities aid & abett the MSM, coupled by the various nefarious anti-American groups that operate under the guise of “looking out for the small person”, such as ACORN.

    Now, the extreme left is viewed as the center, the right of center is viewed as extreme right—-no wonder Rush, Ann and the others are flailing——–they too, hear only themselves along with a few TV & print Conservatives.

    Where are the idea people? The leaders? That is what we need and fast—-2010 will be the mark — unles BHO no longer deems elections necessary.

  • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

    …sense of urgency. I totally agree with you, if the GOP doesn’t take back either the House, the Senate or both in 2010 our nation is in danger of reaching a point of no return. If we can take one of the legislative bodies back we can stop this socialist death march in its tracks. DD

  • barry915barry

    You wrote: “There is no winning strategy, however, or even a questioning of what went wrong on 11/7/06 and 11/4/08.”

    I think it is fairly obvious that (the GOP) navigating AWAY from (its) conservative ideals is what led to the election results of ’06 & ’08.
    I submit that we CONSERVATIVES have not been distracted at all. I submit that we are more focused than ever. As you suggest, the drumbeat by our “national” brothers and sisters such as Rush and Ann is louder and more insistent than ever. It is a return to form (for the GOP) which will make 2010 and 2012 something to behold! Distracted? Hardly.
    God bless John McCain, but one could hardly argue that he is from the “base”.

    To Rush, Ann and the others I say: Keep on Keepin’ on!!!

    I do believe that this county wanted and still wants a change. I believe that we have gotten away from sound conservative values that people in this country long for a return to that (as a whole). Now THAT is change you can believe in.

  • loewenbrau

    that the Republican Party will not be destroyed in the next coming months by the so-called Fairness D, continued MSM assault and the publics’ ignorance. Our hope goes back to the politicians and people like Rush, who , at least keep the conversation going —- if their voices are stilled, we are doomed.
    The movie ” Mortal Storm” ( 1940) comes to mind — and “Those who will not learn from history—–”.

  • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

    …And a bit shrill. And, again, the dem’s get hammered every day [which is great] and those within the GOP who are steering it off course go unscathed. As a result nothing really changes.

    And as for a “return to form”, well a return to past strategies is going to keep them/us “off target”. You wouldn’t plug in an older cpu into a new modern motherboard. Not that the old cpu isn’t great but its limited in what it can do. Kinda’ like the Conservative Movement refuses to get rid of its old Pentium II strategy. DD

  • rbdwiggins

    and fails to perform as advertised, changing the processor (new or old doesn’t matter) will dutifully duplicate the failure.

    The solution is to discard the failed platform and return to the platform that performs as advertised and enjoys historical evidence of success.

    Finger-pointing is unnecessary and counter-productive. By mandating a return to the Founding principles, the GOP will simply allow the “moderates” to self-marginalize.

    “And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way.”

  • http://impudent.blognation.us/blog kyle8

    finger pointing as you call it is very necessary. I have NEVER seen a successful reform of any institution without a reckoning, or clean sweep happen first.

  • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

    …is that this finger pointing is an unpleasant task. Many of the culprits have, in the not too distant past, been allies/comrades. Golfing buddies, yes! Its difficult to be in a position where you must chastise a friend. But thats what a leader must do at times. Unfortunately leadership is a rare commodity in the conservative movement right now. DD

  • barry915barry

    “Unfortunately leadership is a rare commodity in the conservative movement right now.”

    Where do you come up with this crud?
    You’re joking right?

    I suppose that the GOP in the House not casting a SINGLE vote for the so-called stimulus bill (TWICE) just happened all by itself. I suppose Reps Cantor (VI-07) and Boehner (OH-08) had nothing to do with it? You don’t consider Justices Roberts, Alito, Scalia, and Thomas solid, conservative, princiapaled leaders as members of Scotus? Am I supposed to dismiss their stated desire to simply interpret the Constitution as written (as opposed to considering it a “living document”)? You don’t consider the men and women who write books, lead radio programs, write blogs, host-websites, and run for office leaders?? What about People like Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter? Oh, that’s right, you already dismissed them as being “distracted”. What about people like Dobson, Colson, Dayton (of Crown) from the christian right? Does being a christian conservative automatically disqualify them? What about up-and-comers like Palin and Jindahl? Oh, I forgot. You already bashed them too. What about the people who took the time to put up sites like RedState, The New Ledger, Newsmax, OneNewNow, etc.? I could go on. This list, contrary to what you suggest. is long and distinguished.
    Soundslike to me DD, that you need to be motivated. I leave you with this:

    I hope it embeds.

  • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

    …how’d that work for the conservative movement on 11/7/06 and 11/4/08? Good but not good enough! There’s some major flaws in the party. Deletions. Huge voids. Barry, you shouldn’t be in denial about that. ok? DD

  • barry915barry
  • barry915barry

    The party did not do well in those elections because they were simply not CONSERVATIVE in their approach. Yes the party has issues. I do not believe that conservatives are the issue. I believe that it is moderates and liberals in the party are the issue. Not only for the party, but for this country as a whole. I believe that liberalism is like a big puss-oozing sore that needs to be excised. If you do not see that, then we will just have to agree to disagree. BTW, You strike me as a Tactical Troll, given your time here. I am certainly open to seeing you show me otherwise. I will defer, if others here vouch for you. Until then, I am invoking the Hinz Rule, with higher-up approval of course, where you are concerned.

  • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

    …got a good laugh out of the video. Been a while since I’ve seen it. You don’t need others to vouch for me. Make your own judgements. Certainly the GOP is in the toilet but the conservative movement is at a low point, too. Like an 8 cylinder motor running on about 5 cylinders. Performance. Its about performance. Its poor performance demonstrates my points. There are too many people within the movement that are all about – an only about – protecting their little patch of turf. DD

  • Flagstaff

    Are you complaining that our talking heads are talking about the wrong things altogether, or just not talking enough about what you want to hear? Do you want them to stop mentioning Democrat offenses entirely?

    Here’s a perplexing statement:

    “As if this is the first anyone has heard about this agenda of the left which works tirelessly towards undermining our Constitution and moving us, instead, toward and under the control of some world governing body. I mean, what the heck did they expect?”

    You may have meant that rhetorically, but it’s a legitimate question. There were millions of voters who either did not vote for McCain because they perceived no difference between the two candidates, or who voted for Obama in order to feel good and who seemed to think, “What can it hurt?” Those people did NOT expect what is being delivered to them. Going over the errors that Obama has made and will make is a means of driving home the realization that, “This is what it can hurt.”

    And

    “There is no winning strategy, however, or even a questioning of what went wrong on 11/7/06 and 11/4/08. No attempt to reach out to the estranged GOP Base, better understand them and make adjustments that would draw them back.”

    That couldn’t be further from the truth, at least in regards to the pundits. Every one of them is centered on the idea that the party needs to return to conservatism, rather than try to chase the elusive “moderate voter.” The party leadership itself seems to want to go the opposite direction, but I haven’t heard much about what Michael Steel is planning.

    Finally,

    “Among conservative politicians or pundits there is no significant plan to go on the offensive against those negative forces within the GOP that continue to have a strangle hold on it. Those that continue to drive away millions of former GOP voters. No naming of names. No pointing of fingers.”

    It seems to me that names have been named, but not in the sense you’re looking for. So, how about it? Name some names. The bully pulpit of RS awaits.

  • http://streetlevel.blogtownhall.com Darvin_Dowdy

    … I want to thank you all for your comments. It was lively and uplifting. DD