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Too much of the Republicans’ “Stupid Party” strategy is based on the mechanics of getting people with little elephants on their campaign signs elected. They view the election as the conclusion of a contest, when in fact it’s only the beginning. A successful Republican Party doesn’t have to be ideologically rigid, but it should insist on candidates who possess an intellectual foundation of conservative theory, and the ability to explain it at least as well as the thousands of people posting comments on conservative blogs.
Republican voters would be well-advised to ignore the people who engineered the Scozzafava debacle, and listen for the sound of Sarah Palin’s monster truck instead. America needs conservatives more than it needs Republicans. Both the party, and the country, benefit when they are one and the same. Next Halloween, just to be on the safe side, we should test the blood of every “moderate” Republican with a hot wire and a petri dish, just to make sure we don’t have another DIABLO on our hands.
But…but…we have to reconcile with the RNC.
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I think that was already tried, Bill…
Somewhere around two million or more folks tromping around D.C. and other locations, waving signs and listening to/making speeches, in essence saying to the RNC, “Run some candidates who’ll help stop this madness, and you’ll get all the votes you need”
Response (so far) from the RNC: “We bow to the obvious and superior wisdom of the Northern NY GOP, and wholeheartedly back their efforts in NY-23 to elect a RINO who’s clearly several steps to the left of Hillary Clinton - all in the name of unity, “pragmatism” and, of course, unquestioning Party loyalty.”
When the RNC “pick” was pressured into bailing, those who supported the genuine conservative, Hoffman, and helped force Scuzzyflava’s bailout, said in essence “This is what we mean by conservative - got it?”
The GOP “conciliatory” response (so far): “Just shut up, you total flamers - when we actually want your input, we’ll tell you what it will be!”
Not that, of course, people shouldn’t continue to attempt a “reconciliation,” of course…