Tea Party revolt within the GOP

#78
#78
volinbham said:
You've been ready too many of LG's posts. No one here (particularly me) has suggested it is a strictly fiscal conservative group. I even specifically said that social conservative issues have infiltrated the TP to some extent.

When I see the FRC trotted out as a mouthpiece for or incarnation of the TP though I've have to call BS.
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Why were we ever sideways? We agree. :hi:
 
#79
#79
Here is the text of Huckabee's email:

The Party’s leaders have for reasons that aren't rational, left [Akin] behind on the political battlefield, wounded and bleeding, a casualty of his self-inflicted, but not intentional wound. In a Party that supposedly stands for life, it was tragic to see the carefully orchestrated and systematic attack on a fellow Republican. Not for a moral failure or corruption or a criminal act, but for a misstatement which he contritely and utterly repudiated. I was shocked by GOP leaders and elected officials who rushed so quickly to end the political life of a candidate over a mistaken comment in an interview. This was a serious mistake, but it was blown out of proportion not by the left, but by Akin's own Republican Party. Is this what the party really thinks of principled pro-life advocates? Do we forgive and forget the verbal gaffes of Republicans who are "conveniently pro-life" for political advantage, but crucify one who truly believes that every life is sacred?


Who ordered this "Code Red" on Akin? There were talking point memos sent from the National Republican Senatorial Committee suggesting language to urge Akin to drop out. Political consultants were ordered to stay away from Akin or lose future business with GOP committees. Operatives were recruited to set up a network of pastors to call Akin to urge him to get out. Money has changed hands to push him off the plank. It is disgraceful. From the spotlights of political offices and media perches, it may appear that the demand for Akin’s head is universal in the party. I assure you it is not. There is a vast, but mostly quiet army of people who have an innate sense of fairness and don't like to see a fellow political pilgrim bullied. If Todd Akin loses the Senate seat, I will not blame Todd Akin. He made his mistake, but was man enough to admit it and apologize. I'm waiting for the apology from whoever the genius was on the high pedestals of our party who thought it wise to not only shoot our wounded, but run over him with tanks and trucks and then feed his body to the liberal wolves. It wasn't just Todd Akin that was treated with contempt by the thinly veiled attack on Todd Akin. It was all the people who have faithfully knocked doors, made calls, and made sacrificial contributions to elect Republicans because we thought we were welcome in the party. Todd Akin owned his mistake. Who will step up and admit the effort being made to discredit Akin and apologize for the sleazy way it's been handled?

I’ve always believed and still do, that if you don’t honor your friendships, you don’t honor yourself. And I consider Todd a friend. So I will join Todd as often as I can, in his fight for our Party’s pro-life policies, traditional marriage and our efforts to rein in the massive expansion of government under President Obama. Todd is being systematically scourged for one thing he said. Is that more important than what Claire McCaskill has DONE over her 6 years in the Senate? If you’d like to join the fight, and help defeat a Democrat Senator standing in the way of a conservative majority, I encourage you to join me. The party has decided it won't help. In fact, it has decided that it will try to cut off the supply lines to Akin to pressure him to exit and let the party bosses overturn the voters of Missouri and pick their own candidate. If this can happen to Todd Akin, who is next?


I’ve heard the talk of new deadlines and the nonsense about the Republican Party running a 3rd party candidate, but I am no longer listening to that noise. The idea that our Party would continue to play games behind the scenes and feed the Democrats make-believe narrative of the GOP’s fictional war on women is equally ridiculous. Now is the time to focus on electing a conservative Senate Majority. And if the NRSC and RNC and the money-rich PACS won't help Todd Akin get us to the majority, then we'll do it without them. And his seat will not have been sold to the highest bidder, but obtained by the highest principles.






Points:

1) He finished second in the 2008 GOP primaries, has that show on Fox, and refers here to a "vast army" behind and supporting Akin.

2) He is speaking at the convention Monday night.

3) He is not some gadfly with no power. He is THE guy at the had of the religious conservatives.

4) He says that if the wealthy party elite won't get behind Akin and save his bacon, then grassroots conservatives will.

Pretty big deal, imo, and the issue is not going anywhere soon, precisely because the far right perceives Romney to be a weak candidate who is likely to lose and, when that happens, they want to be in a position to battle the current party elite for control of the GOP.

Its people like him, Akin, Beck, and Palin that freak out the sensible moderates in the party but that they must simultaneously bow to in order not to offend the "vast army" of the religious right that is still the foundation of the modern GOP.
 
#80
#80
This part, alone, is astounding:



From the spotlights of political offices and media perches, it may appear that the demand for Akin’s head is universal in the party. I assure you it is not. There is a vast, but mostly quiet army of people who have an innate sense of fairness and don't like to see a fellow political pilgrim bullied. If Todd Akin loses the Senate seat, I will not blame Todd Akin. He made his mistake, but was man enough to admit it and apologize. I'm waiting for the apology from whoever the genius was on the high pedestals of our party who thought it wise to not only shoot our wounded, but run over him with tanks and trucks and then feed his body to the liberal wolves. It wasn't just Todd Akin that was treated with contempt by the thinly veiled attack on Todd Akin. It was all the people who have faithfully knocked doors, made calls, and made sacrificial contributions to elect Republicans because we thought we were welcome in the party. Todd Akin owned his mistake. Who will step up and admit the effort being made to discredit Akin and apologize for the sleazy way it's been handled?
 
#82
#82
It's almost as if MSNBC and CNN are forcing me to watch Hannity. All they have been talking about are Uteruses and Abortions. I can't be the only one who feels this way, as it's got to be a turn off for most voters.

And the DNC is going to have Sandra Fluke speak, who cares what she has to say.
 
#83
#83
VolsNSkinsFan said:
It's almost as if MSNBC and CNN are forcing me to watch Hannity. All they have been talking about are Uteruses and Abortions. I can't be the only one who feels this way, as it's got to be a turn off for most voters.

And the DNC is going to have Sandra Fluke speak, who cares what she has to say.
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I am sure you are not the only loyal viewer of MSNBC that Maddow is driving into the arms of Hannity.
 
#84
#84
VolsNSkinsFan said:
It's almost as if MSNBC and CNN are forcing me to watch Hannity. All they have been talking about are Uteruses and Abortions. I can't be the only one who feels this way, as it's got to be a turn off for most voters.

And the DNC is going to have Sandra Fluke speak, who cares what she has to say.
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Yes, I'm sure it's their coverage of the issue THAT THE GOP keeps bringing up that is causing you to watch Fox, lol. I guess just do what Romney is doing. Pretend it doesn't exist and hope no one notices.

Hey. Come to think about it, I think that is exactly what Akin and Huckabee are angry about.
 
#85
#85
VolsNSkinsFan said:
It's almost as if MSNBC and CNN are forcing me to watch Hannity. All they have been talking about are Uteruses and Abortions. I can't be the only one who feels this way, as it's got to be a turn off for most voters.

And the DNC is going to have Sandra Fluke speak, who cares what she has to say.
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they are under strict orders from the WH not to discuss anything about the troubles in this country that could be attributed to the Pres. They are good little soldiers
 
#86
#86
lawgator1 said:
Yes, I'm sure it's their coverage of the issue THAT THE GOP keeps bringing up that is causing you to watch Fox, lol. I guess just do what Romney is doing. Pretend it doesn't exist and hope no one notices.

Hey. Come to think about it, I think that is exactly what Akin and Huckabee are angry about.
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Like Obama is running on his name and accomplishments.
 
#88
#88
BeecherVol said:
Like Obama is running on his name and accomplishments.
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You must not have heard about his latest accomplishment. Jimmy Hyams had the breaking news this morning. Obama got Osama. Killed him, graveyard dead, dumped his body in the ocean.
 
#89
#89
Gramps said:
You must not have heard about his latest accomplishment. Jimmy Hyams had the breaking news this morning. Obama got Osama. Killed him, graveyard dead, dumped his body in the ocean.
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No way. Jimmy is dancing in the studio because DR is gone. He doesn't have time to dig up year old, global breaking news.
 
#92
#92
PKT_VOL said:
Most people would say the same thing about about Republican National Convention.
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who at the RNC is such a fringe speaker? She has a lone issue that made her famous and elections getting hijacked over meaningless issues like hers is stupid.

She exists as a speaker to move the spotlight away from the one issue that wins and loses elections because the guy at the helm sounds like a moron discussing economics and has a track record that makes Bush look respectable.
 
#100
#100
BigPapaVol said:
who at the RNC is such a fringe speaker? She has a lone issue that made her famous and elections getting hijacked over meaningless issues like hers is stupid.

She exists as a speaker to move the spotlight away from the one issue that wins and loses elections because the guy at the helm sounds like a moron discussing economics and has a track record that makes Bush look respectable.
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Yep, and it will work. You and I might not care to hear her, but she has become an identifiable figure for millions of people across the country.

Reince Priebus, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Ann Romney, Rick Santorum, Bob McDonnell, Mitch McConnell, John McCain, Tim Pawlenty...yawn :boredom:.

Both sides have these boring type of speakers.

The only people I am remotely interested in hearing speak are Condoleezza Rice, Rand Paul, and Chris Christie. I think a Chris Christie telling it like it is stump speech and ripping Obama a new one would be hilarious to hear. If it is a ra ra Romney speech I might puke.

It will be interesting to see what the tone of the convention is. If it is a ra ra Romney convention or an anti-Obama convention.
 
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