In GOP base, a 'rebellion brewing'

[BlueStateSaint]

I got this from a link provided at Real Clear Politics.  It's something that we already knew.

In GOP base, a 'rebellion brewing'

By BEN SMITH & JONATHAN MARTIN | 4/26/09 7:03 AM EDT

A quick tour through the week’s headlines suggests the Republican Party is beginning to come to terms with the last election and that consensus is emerging among GOP elites that the party needs to move away from discordant social issues.

There was Sen. John McCain's daughter and his campaign manager who last week demanded that their fellow Republicans embrace same-sex marriage. Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman – the most devoted modernizer among the party's 2012 hopefuls – won approving words from New York Times columnist Frank Rich for his call to downplay divisive values issues. The party’s top elected leaders in Congress, meanwhile, spooked by being attacked as the “party of no,” were recasting themselves as a constructive, respectful opposition to a popular president.

But outside Washington, the reality is very different. Rank-and-file Republicans remain, by all indications, staunchly conservative, and they appear to have no desire to moderate their views. GOP activists and operatives say they hear intense anger at the White House and at the party’s own leaders on familiar issues – taxes, homosexuality, and immigration. Within the party, conservative groups have grown stronger absent the emergence of any organized moderate faction.

There is little appetite for compromise on what many see as core issues, and the road to the presidential nomination lies – as always – through a series of states where the conservative base holds sway, and where the anger appears to be, if anything, particularly intense.

"There is a sense of rebellion brewing," said Katon Dawson, the outgoing South Carolina Republican Party chairman, who cited unexpectedly high attendance at anti-tax “tea parties” last week.

Note to lurking DUmb****s--We're coming back.  2010 will be 1994 all over again, and 2012 will be 1980 all over again.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21677.html

[Lord Undies]

There was Sen. John McCain's daughter and his campaign manager who last week demanded that their fellow Republicans embrace same-sex marriage. Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman – the most devoted modernizer among the party's 2012 hopefuls – won approving words from New York Times columnist Frank Rich for his call to downplay divisive values issues. The party’s top elected leaders in Congress, meanwhile, spooked by being attacked as the “party of no,” were recasting themselves as a constructive, respectful opposition to a popular president.

Of course the phony conservative infiltrator will get the press coverage.  It's a concerted effort to create a false impression and get as many people as possible to believe a lie.  That's the foundation on which liberalism is built.

Now is a crucial time in the war between the good and the evil in this country.  The evil ones must put forth all they have in order to make it appear as if conservatives are confined to small pockets of resistence spread around the "Bible Belt" and the campgrounds of the KKK.   

[NHSparky]

If Megan McCain is the "new" face of the GOP, it's time to leave. 

And if anyone gives a shit what a so-called "conservative" like Frank Rich thinks, well, I'll reserve my words for the Short Bus.

[thundley4]

The tea parties still have the lefties worried, they'll continue to try and define the conservative party. They're pushing Meghan McCain as the new face of the Republican party because she already has name recognition . Sara Palin does also, but the left fears her.  I look for the MSM to try and pick the new "front-runner" of the Republicans, much like they picked John McCain as the GOP candidate.

[5412]

The tea parties still have the lefties worried, they'll continue to try and define the conservative party. They're pushing Meghan McCain as the new face of the Republican party because she already has name recognition . Sara Palin does also, but the left fears her.  I look for the MSM to try and pick the new "front-runner" of the Republicans, much like they picked John McCain as the GOP candidate.

Hi Thundley,

Personally I think this report is two things; long overdue and also the tip of the iceberg. 

I have to believe Michael Steele is getting a ton of letters like the blistering ones I have sent him.  In addition, they are sending out requests for money in the mail and on the internet almost once a week.  Like a lot of others, my checkbook is closed and my mouth is open, telling them when they decide to be the party of conservatives to let me know.

Personally, I hope this is something they can no longer ignore, if they want to have a viabale political party they better wake up.

regards,
5412

[DumbAss Tanker]

If Megan McCain is the "new" face of the GOP, it's time to leave. 

And if anyone gives a shit what a so-called "conservative" like Frank Rich thinks, well, I'll reserve my words for the Short Bus.

I couldn't agree more, Sparky.

[DixieBelle]

Hi Thundley,

Personally I think this report is two things; long overdue and also the tip of the iceberg. 

I have to believe Michael Steele is getting a ton of letters like the blistering ones I have sent him.  In addition, they are sending out requests for money in the mail and on the internet almost once a week.  Like a lot of others, my checkbook is closed and my mouth is open, telling them when they decide to be the party of conservatives to let me know.

Personally, I hope this is something they can no longer ignore, if they want to have a viabale political party they better wake up.

regards,
5412

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