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Originally posted by micmerci
Originally posted by sheepslayer247
Ok my fellow Republicans, it’s time to sit down with a strong cup of coffee and have a chat.
I’m sure most of you know of those soccer games in which there is no score taken so the kids can feel good about themselves. Fast forward a few years later and it’s these kids that are crying on the sidelines after they lost their first real match.
That is how you are acting! I wake up this morn and turn on Fox to see the reactions…..and it’s a sobbing boo hoo fest. I l click on ATS to read up on things and it’s the same thing.
Republicans are telling me how the country has gone to crap and we are not exceptional people all because Romney was whooped in the election. One thread is asking why there are not any riots and another claiming it’s the death of capitalism, opening the door wide-open for the socialist Red’s to take over America.
The best thing we can do is pick ourselves up off the floor, dust off the defeat and work towards the next election.
But this is where it gets real important…….
If you continue to go down the same path, if you continue to alienate people with religious mantra, party rhetoric and outright propaganda, you will lose again.
If you continue to push an agenda that favors the few at the expense of the many, you will lose again.
If you continue to refuse to compromise and be open to ideologies other than your own, you will lose again.
If you don’t learn to check your religion at the door, you will lose again.
If you don’t take the time to learn the value of a diverse nation, you will lose again.
The overall point is that if you learn nothing from this defeat and continue to travel the same road that has been traveled since 2000, our party will become a relic of olden times.
Please don’t go down this road! I beg of you! Let’s work together to champion the conservative ideals that we are supposed to stand for, not the emotional zealots and bigots we have easily become.
I think it is safe to say that this is our last chance to open our party to different ideas and ideologies. Otherwise…stick a fork in it…it’s done!
How we move forward from here is up to you. There is a quote from the Lord of the Rings that fits this situation very well and sums up my thoughts on the future of the GOP.
Please do not go where I cannot follow
edit on 7-11-2012 by sheepslayer247 because: (no reason given)
So, basically you are asking Republicans to not be true traditional Republicans anymore. Biblical values, pro-life, sanctity of marriage are stalwart Republican platform. Asking Republicans to put these issues aside is asking them not not be true to themselves. If you give yourself the label Republican, then you should stand on the platform that it puts forth- win or lose. To Thine own Self be true! Compromising on basic principles is weak. If people do not hold those values then they will affiliate with a party that holds their values.
What you allow, you encourage.
Originally posted by micmerci
reply to post by Trustfund
Really? Those things that I listed are not Republican stances? So all these candidates have not been pushing pro-life, sanctity of marriage platforms? That's news to me. If you would have read my post carefully you would have seen that I did not reference a personal stance on any of these issues. I just merely stated what has been obvious for decades and that is that the Republican candidates have been pushing Judeo-Christian values forever.
So I don't think I need to take notes.
Originally posted by sheepslayer247
reply to post by Sissel
My employers know that I am a Republican, they also know that I was going to vote for Johnson or Ron Paul. So I do not think I fall into the fables of Peter.
Nice analogy though.
Originally posted by PvtHudson
As long as our mass media/press are nothing but Democrat activists, a Republican will never get elected again. They're just too powerful and able to manipulate mass amounts of people through the news and entertainment like Jon Stewart and the endless TV shows that are clearly made by left wing Democrats.
Originally posted by PvtHudson
Originally posted by sheepslayer247
reply to post by Sissel
My employers know that I am a Republican, they also know that I was going to vote for Johnson or Ron Paul. So I do not think I fall into the fables of Peter.
Nice analogy though.
Basically, you want the Republicans to become Democrats. You also believe MSM talking points about Republicans being racist and all that crap, when in reality that's political spin to deflect from real issues like our borders and racist policies like Affirmative Action.
You're no Republican. You say that over and over, yet every post of your just parrots the typical Democrat rhetoric. Even your sig is the typical left winger BS.
Originally posted by PvtHudson
Basically, you want the Republicans to become Democrats. You also believe MSM talking points about Republicans being racist and all that crap, when in reality that's political spin to deflect from real issues like our borders and racist policies like Affirmative Action.
You're no Republican. You say that over and over, yet every post of your just parrots the typical Democrat rhetoric. Even your sig is the typical left winger BS.
Originally posted by PvtHudson
As long as our mass media/press are nothing but Democrat activists, a Republican will never get elected again. They're just too powerful and able to manipulate mass amounts of people through the news and entertainment like Jon Stewart and the endless TV shows that are clearly made by left wing Democrats.
Originally posted by HappyBunny
Just a little advice from a former Republican who left in '04:
"True traditional Republicans" are not Bible-thumping nutters. There is more to being conservative than just being as extreme as the Taliban on social issues.
So, basically you are asking Republicans to not be true traditional Republicans anymore. Biblical values, pro-life, sanctity of marriage are stalwart Republican platform. Asking Republicans to put these issues aside is asking them not not be true to themselves. If you give yourself the label Republican, then you should stand on the platform that it puts forth- win or lose. To Thine own Self be true! Compromising on basic principles is weak. If people do not hold those values then they will affiliate with a party that holds their values. What you allow, you encourage.
Originally posted by Nite_wing
reply to post by LeatherNLace
I suggest "gridlock".
Put a halt to it all.
Let sequestration go through.
Originally posted by Annee
Originally posted by HappyBunny
Just a little advice from a former Republican who left in '04:
There's a lot of us.
"True traditional Republicans" are not Bible-thumping nutters. There is more to being conservative than just being as extreme as the Taliban on social issues.
Originally posted by PvtHudson
Originally posted by sheepslayer247
reply to post by Sissel
My employers know that I am a Republican, they also know that I was going to vote for Johnson or Ron Paul. So I do not think I fall into the fables of Peter.
Nice analogy though.
Basically, you want the Republicans to become Democrats. You also believe MSM talking points about Republicans being racist and all that crap, when in reality that's political spin to deflect from real issues like our borders and racist policies like Affirmative Action.
You're no Republican. You say that over and over, yet every post of your just parrots the typical Democrat rhetoric. Even your sig is the typical left winger BS.
Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by BritofTexas
reply to post by LeatherNLace
As much as you folks disagree with me on some issues, it's good to see that we cn agree on this.
The Anti-Lobby Lobby.
Lobby's represent special-interest groups. Yet we are ALL special-interest groups. The purpose would be to remove the "special-interest" and just have the group. One people. Not the "99%" not the left or the right, the rich or the poor, the young or the old, white or not, but people.
People.
The Anti-Lobby Lobby would remove the influence from specific peoples over the rest of the group. We would counter the influence with common sense and a reminder to those in DC that they represent EVERYONE.
That is funny coming from an obama supporter. Liberals do not believe in personal responsibility. They believe in state ownership of individual production.
Originally posted by HappyBunny
Take some personal responsibility, admit your side lost, then do some soul-searching for the reasons why.