I attended the Legislative District 18 Republican meeting this evening to listen to their guest speaker on gun rights, Alan Korwin. He slipped in that he is a libertarian in a very discreet way and I'm not sure how many picked up on it, but I have to say I was overall impressed with the meeting. Granted this is a very conservative district, but I left somewhat troubled. I'm fed up with the Republican party, I have been for a while now. I traded them for Independent registration status and with a completely clear conscience voted for the man I felt best suited for the job as president; Alan Keyes, via write in.
I am so tired of voting for the so called "lesser of two evils". Whatever happened to voting for the candidate you felt would do what's right for the country? That said, I came away from this meeting thoroughly impressed with Senator in the AZ state legislature, Russell Pearce. He's taking heat for his part on the State Appropriations committee, because he is proposing State program cuts. He stated that he is firmly opposed to raising taxes and the only way to balance the budget is to start cutting programs. THANK YOU!!!! Finally someone gets it. There is not endless money and he's doing the unpopular thing by decreasing government spending and he's taking a lot of flak for it. He addressed taking the heat by saying that he represents the voters and if next go around the voters don't like what he's done, then vote him out and he'll be able to spend more time with his wife.
So a great meeting, but it has resurfaced the question for me. Is the Republican party salvageable? Could the true Conservatives push out the Liberal Republicans like McCain and return the Republican party to its better days, the days of Reagan and Goldwater? Or is the only solution to let the liberal Republicans have it and create a new Conservative party?
I left the Republican party because of Amnesty, Medicare reform, War on drugs, border security, bank bailouts, and their "bipartisan" politics.
ReplyDeleteBecause it's been hijacked by so called "moderates" who are actually liberal. Did you hear about Alan Specter yesterday? He claims that Pennsylvania right wing extremists forced him to join the Democratic party. I think Conservatives there who still had hope in the Republican party did some cleansing by promoting a more conservative candidate to challenge Specter. Russell Pearce and Alan Korwin at the meeting last night laid into some of the moderate Republicans pretty hard last night by telling them that their support for the programs you left their party over are what is costing them voter support. If they want to regain voter support they need to grow a pair and start standing up for the original principles and values. Anyways, I left them for basically the same things, and notice those are all things McCain supported.
ReplyDeleteBut I thought we were supposed to be moderate in all things?
ReplyDeleteHa! Didn't Christ say lukewarm water is to be spewed from the mouth? That He would that we be either hot or cold?
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, I believe what the Media is labeling as Right Wing Extremist and "The Greatest threat to National Security" are actually the moderates in this country. It is the left wing that is extreme. Infanticide is extreme. Government takeover is extreme. Gay and Lesbian marriage is extreme. Standing up for freedoms, values, and principles outlined in the Constitution is preserving what has already existed!
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't the media that called republicans or right wing extremists a threat to national security, it was the National Security advisor for this country! They stated in that memo that if you believed in increasing states rights you were considered an extremeist and a threat to national security.
ReplyDeleteMy thinking here is that they know exactly what they are doing and that is why they are feeling so threatened by it.
Yes James. You are right. That's what you're expecting to hear right?
ReplyDeleteso freakin obinoxious.....
Wow... I actually liked your post. Sorry to give you the impression I disagreed or was trying to get you to agree with me. I was simply clarifying that the extremist thing was not just a media bias but that there was an official memo by the NSA on this very thing.
ReplyDeleteYou need a vacation or something. Not everything ever written or done in this world is a personal attack on you.
By the way it is Arlen Specter and Alan. (that last sentence was meant to get under your skin)
Alright girls keep your hair down and your skirts on.
ReplyDeleteYes Yes, You are right on that too. It is Arlen Specter and not Alan, and it was the Sec of Dep of Homeland Security our "beloved" former governor who released the statement on R.W. Extremists. You are always right James. I would point out mistakes in your posts and comments, but you just don't make any. So....can I take a vacation to your house?
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