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Posted at 2:27am on May 16, 2008 The "Hyper-Partisan" Type

By BigGator5

[In responce to this article.]

I was shocked that Tim Schieferecke said McCain accused Republicans of being "hyper-partisan". So I had to look for myself:

For too long, now, Washington has been consumed by a hyper-partisanship that treats every serious challenge facing us as an opportunity to trade insults; disparage each other's motives; and fight about the next election. For all the problems we face, if you ask Americans what frustrates them most about Washington, they will tell you they don't think we're capable of serving the public interest before our personal and partisan ambitions; that we fight for ourselves and not for them. Americans are sick of it, and they have every right to be. They are sick of the politics of selfishness, stalemate and delay. They despair when every election -- no matter who wins -- always seems to produce four more years of unkept promises and a government that is just a battleground for the next election. Their patience is at an end for politicians who value ambition over principle, and for partisanship that is less a contest of ide as than an uncivil brawl over the spoils of power. They want to change not only the policies and institutions that have failed the American people, but the political culture that produced them. They want to move this country forward and stake our claim on this century as we did in the last. And they want their government to care more about them than preserving the privileges of the powerful.

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Posted at 12:08pm on May 14, 2008 Fix It

By redscan

The Democrats and their "tax maggots" have screwed up this country
so badly, and they are taking the GOP with them.
Is it possible to fix it?

This President has presided over the greatest growth of
government since the New Deal.
For 6 years, with majorities in the House and Senate,
He spent like a drunken "liberal".
More government employees.
More deficit spending.
Where's the "conservative"?

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Posted at 11:13pm on Apr. 30, 2008 Will the Senator who would be President...march for AMNESTY for all?

By Jaded

I know you saw the title and thought which one? hehehe...

I am talking of Senator Obama who marched on May Day (International Workers Day) 2006...with many legal and illegal people who flew Mexican flags in solidarity with their country.

Tomorrow there will be a repeat of that...I am glad personally because my drive to work that last time was sweet...I shaved a good 10 minutes off my drive..but I digress.

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Posted at 10:26am on Apr. 29, 2008 The Inevitable Polarization of American Politics

By whiskeyboarder

Often I find that the material that I produce for a blog that I maintain solely for personal satisfaction is applicable to ideologies present here at RedState. As I am interested in intelligent, critical feedback, I often find it worthwhile to submit my material here. What follows is an example of such a case.

THE INEVITABLE POLARIZATION OF AMERICAN POLITICS

The following was encouraged by a comment posted in response to the most recent edition of Educated Soldier. Within the comment was a detail made in passing that, upon rereading effectively caught my attention.

The comment suggested that, perhaps, it would be useful to shed my current political biases. This is to suggest that one could choose to present and understand political discourse in a less segregated type of way. Perhaps, America would be best served to no longer exist along a deep Republican / Democrat divide. I respect this suggestion because it was framed around noble reasoning. As stated (and I am paraphrasing): the current situations facing the United States are too critical to become bogged down by political party divisions.

Abandon Right and Left wing biases. – This idea immediately struck me as surprisingly profound. The task seems so easy. But it is not. Indeed, to abandon such biases would constitute a paradigm shift in the way one perceives modern American politics.

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Posted at 3:00pm on Mar. 6, 2008 Are We Better Off...

By BobParks

Last week, I was approached by an official by the Massachusetts Republican Party and asked if I would consider running again for State Representative of our heavily Democrat district.

Man, was I torn.

You know me; I’m a fighter. So having to turn my back on my home district was very disappointing because all I would have to do is ask one simple question. A question that many around the nation should ask of their local representatives: “Are we better off now than we were two years ago?”

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Posted at 11:22pm on Feb. 3, 2008 Wondering about your thoughts on winner-take-all Republican Primaries.

By A Rational Liberal

In the world of progressives we're all abuzz about Super Tuesday, especially since polls are getting tighter by the second and it appears as if Obama may just catch and pass Clinton in California. (And Connecticut? Delaware? Missouri?)

But what makes it all more interesting is that all the Democratic primaries are proportional, most often based on congressional districts and so... even if he were not to win most of the states he could end up with, essentially, as many delegates.

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Posted at 7:16pm on Jan. 20, 2008 New American Conservative Party

By Oklahoma Colossus

As he and many others are unhappy with the state of the Republican Party, Bill Quick is taking ideas for a new party called the American Conservative Party. Of course there is some precedent for this on a smaller scale, as New York has the Conservative Party. Still, I'm not ready to abandon the Republican Party just because we have a slate of candidates many people don't like this time around.

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Posted at 5:54pm on Jan. 11, 2008 Conservatism: Top Party Favor For 2008

By haystack

Let's get it said up front...the word Conservative has been thrown around, bit, kicked, beat up, trampled, spit on, dragged through horse puckey, and left generally tattered and abused beyond recognition. Really. It's become the biggest beating stick (for both parties) since...well... since as far back as I can remember.

"I'm the true Conservative" - no... "I'm the true Conservative" - nuh uh... "I'm the true Conservative."

And from the left? Well, I'll shelve that for a sec...except to remind everyone of the extent to which they have gone to actually convince their shirt-tearing screamers that Conservatism is what has CAUSED all the problems we face.

Our Field of Dreams™ POTUS wannabes on the GOP ticket (like the herd of geldings some of them are) is doing a lot of fluffing and primping to impress a brood mare they can do nothing FOR, while telling any fairy tale they see fit to tell hoping to distinguish themselves as the "true Conservative" in this race.

Sorry folks...of those in the "statistically likely Primary winner" pool, not a one of them is a "true Conservative"...well-oiled machine of political opportunism, perhaps...but Conservative? Please.

And if I see ONE more freaking essay decrying an ONLY answer to anything... I swear my hair is going to spontaneously combust.

More below the stinking fold...

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Posted at 2:56pm on Dec. 16, 2007 Who's Zoomin Who: The video you didn't know you needed to see

By ilitigant

Take another look at a topic you may have missed, or may have forgotten. Things have been going on in government that slide under the radar. Watch the video and think it through. Ask yourself "Who IS Zoomin' Who?"

Go to http://www.countryaboveself.com and click 'Play' to watch Who's Zoomin' Who?

Watch it directly at: http://www.vidiLife.com/index.cfm?f=media.play&vchrMediaProgramIDCryp=A8...

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Posted at 6:03pm on Dec. 10, 2007 A query from the left side of the aisle.

By A Rational Liberal

So, a little game.

In a world in which you must vote for someone of the other party, who would it be?

Some rules...

1) You're choice cannot be designed to destroy the other party. Meaning I can't choose Alan Keys just because I think his ascension to the highest office in the land would destroy the Republican Party for a generation to come.

2) There's no need to choose someone and then go on and rail about why you wouldn't actually choose them because... of course... you're not choosing them.

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Posted at 7:04pm on Nov. 21, 2007 Illinois Congressional Race Round Up

By Illinois GOP Network

11^th District

Jimmy Lee is an announced Republican candidate in the 11th District. His website is here. He also has a 953 member Facebook group. You can access that here.

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Posted at 5:12pm on Nov. 8, 2007 Torture: The New Abortion

By Chris Jones

An Op-Ed by Rosa Brooks in today's L.A. Times suggests that the litmus test for nominees used to be the abortion issue, but now is torture.

Why can't we just call this a compromise? The Democrats can have their abortions as long as we get to torture terrorists. I think that's a pretty fair trade.

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Posted at 2:33am on Oct. 23, 2007 Religion of the Presidential Candidates (According to AP & me) [closed]

By Phillip D

[Hey, readers. As a moderator the following is important to me: NO RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY IS PERMITTED HERE. That explicitly includes attacks on Mormonism. - Moe Lane]

Hey Voters. As a pastor the following is important to me. The Associated Press asked the 2008 presidential candidates what their religion is.
Seven are Roman Catholic, three are Methodist, three are Baptist, one is Episcopalian, one is Presbyterian, one is Mormon, and one describes himself simply as Christian. Just remember by their fruits ye shall know them. Important: Believe their actions and track record more than their words and promises. Be an informed voter. Some candidates have dropped out since this survey and others have joined so there may be a bit extra or some missing.

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Posted at 11:41am on Oct. 14, 2007 Social Cons vs Fiscal Cons: The Gulf Explained

By streetwise

By that master of the English language (whose courage helped keep English as the world language, as opposed to German)

Clement Atlee (leader of the Labour party) and Winston Churchill were heeding the call of nature at the urinals. (Note that prior to the 1960's, Labour's electors were like the Reagan Democrats- socially conservative but fiscally liberal).

Churchill went out of his way to put some extra social distance between himself and Atlee. Atlee was miffed and called him on it.

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Posted at 5:25pm on Oct. 5, 2007 Republicans Rule Radio But Democrats Rule the Internet

By Chris Jones

I read an interesting article on Reuters today that compares the Conservative domination of talk-radio with the Democrats domination of the Internet and Blogosphere.

Having failed to find commentators who can draw the millions-strong audiences of conservative radio stars like Rush Limbaugh or Bill O'Reilly, liberals have turned to political blogs and Web sites to respond to airwave attacks.

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