What about the Republicans?

[Questor]

What are the Republicans doing to fix the party after being kicked out of power so decisively? Is there any evidence of change? Do they realize that they deserve the thrashing they got? Today we are a one-party system until they fix themselves.

[williamlayton]

Questor
Are you suggesting that lowering standards is a fix needed. If I wanted standards lowered I would have voted Democrat.
What do you see as broken?
What we needed was for Republicans too vote period and those as Republicans too vote republican, not a third party.
Blessings

[lrs]

Questor
Are you suggesting that lowering standards is a fix needed. If I wanted standards lowered I would have voted Democrat.
What do you see as broken?
What we needed was for Republicans too vote period and those as Republicans too vote republican, not a third party.
Blessings

I don't think that is what Questor meant.   I got the impression he was wondering if the Republicans are going to stop acting like democrats.
If that's the case, sadly I do not think so.  Call me a pessimist, but I think the higher ups in the Republican party are stuck in pathetic LOOSER mode.

[SHOOTALL]

jusy maybe its not their fault !
maybe the masses have learned how to secure a free ride !
IF SO WE ARE DONE FOR !

[williamlayton]

I sure hope you are wrong. If not, you are correct. Is that an Oxymoron--I trust you understand me.
I hope it is a fact that the true conservative was just not moved too vote in this election and that events during the next two years will encourage them too come together.
Blessings

[Questor]

WilliamLayton:

I meant what IRS said. I object to the lowering of standards that led to the demise of the Republican party as we knew it. I wont low taxes and limited government, but I think those days are long gone.

The post from ShootAll is not to be taken lightly, as there are so many people in this country who pay no taxes or have their income supplemented by taxpayer dollars that we are at the point of moral hazard. There are too many incentives to vote for a democrat agenda today for so many people. I wonder if the Republicans are changing their agenda to accommodate this shifted demographic.

[alsaqr]

What are the Republicans doing to fix the party after being kicked out of power so decisively?

Crying because the Democrats will be getting most of the lobby money from the fat cats. 

Is there any evidence of change?

Frankly very little.  They are thinking of making that Steele guy from MD head of the RNC.  Just what they need; an anti-gunner running the Republican party.  Newt Gingrich and a few others are trying to change things but they are swimming against the tide.

Do they realize that they deserve the thrashing they got?

Not really. 

Today we are a one-party system until they fix themselves.

Pretty much so.  It may be a very long dry spell for Republicans unless they get away from that feel good stuff that replaced fiscal conservatism.  The RNC is run by about 70 old fossils that they can continue to win elections on a platform of opposing stem cell research, abortion, gay marriage and flag burning.

[Heather]

IMHO there is now very little difference in the two parties.  They are controlled by the same people, and it is not us!

Heather

[Troyboy]

What it is it that i always say? 



                                   All politicians are corrupt

[45-70.gov]

there  are groups  trying to reform  the Republican party
i  think  this  is a more  efficient way  to get  good people  in  office
than  to  try  to start  a 3rd  party from scratch

if  any  of the  current  3rd  parties  were  going  any where
they  would  have  gotten  some where  by  now

check  out  this  link
it  contains  oother  helpful links

http://republican.meetup.com/609/

[magooch]

The Republican Party needs clarity about our borders (immigration), gun rights, low taxes, security, and energy.  They will also need to have some firm plans on how to control govenment spending.  The Dumocrats will take care of the rest of the resurgence of the the Republicans by their arrogance, their inevitable tax increases and their total inability to protect the country from enemies--foreign and domestic.

The Dumocrats will try to secure their dominance by a proliferation of entitlements, which will make it clear to even the liberal masses that the total bankruptcy of the county is imminent and not somewhere off in the fuzzy future.

[myronman3]

at the rate they are going they need to change the party name to the "republican'ts"

[45-70.gov]

at the rate they are going they need to change the party name to the "repuclican'ts"

i  like  that



as  fast  as OBAMA   is  swinging  right   it  will  be  hard  to  tell  wich side  of  the Republicratic party  he  is   on

the  lines  between/through  the parties/party  are/is  hard  to see  any more

now  that  i  am  a registered  Republican  i can  fight liberals  in  the primaries

[torpedoman]

The last time i checked, true republicans have filed for endangered species protection.

[bilmac]

  First thing they need to change is the way we do primaries, allowing a few eastern states, some of which allow Dems to vote, to determine who our candidate will be. 

[SHOOTALL]

BILMAC. I live in one of those states , good point !

[magooch]

Right arm, Bilmac.  All primaries, caucuses and what have you should be on the same damned day.  I live on the left coast and by the time we had our primary, the only guy left was McGore.  That ain't the only reason the Republicans got shot down, but heck, if you're going to have a liberal for president, it might as well be a Dumocrat.

The number one lesson that Republicans had better learn and learn good is to have short wars.  And only those that have the blessings of the mainstream media.

[SHOOTALL]

Better yet only have wars that we intend to win and get something out of other than loss of soilders and wealth . Better way to say it is we should get our own house in order before setting out to save the world !

[magooch]

I think we had more than enough reason to attack Iraq and I said at the time that we should have bombed that country into oblivion.  I got flamed for saying that.  I know that the world would have recoiled and that we would be hated; what's new?

If you're going to have a war, let it be all out.  I'd use nukes, or whatever it takes to make the war short and successful.  I would never commit troops to fight as long as we've got bombs and a way to deliver them.  In war there are no innocent people--just victims.

[gypsyman]

I believe that the upper eichilon Republicans pushed for McCain to be the nominee. They seen what was happening to the economy, the world's outlook, and figured, no matter who got elected, it was turning to crapola. 3 years from now, they can blame Obama, just like the did with Carter, THEN, they'll come up with a true conservative. Maybe bring back Palin with Romney or Huckabee. They'll be able to say, told ya so. No matter how the media spins it, 2-3 years from now, the majority of the people that voted Dem., will call for Obama's head. The fix that the country is in, is going to take more than 4 years to get back on track.Just hope it can get back!! gypsyman

[myronman3]

unless obama actually does a good job....i know, unlikely, but you never know.

[Redhawk1]

Just because we lost the election does not mean we have to dump on the Republicans or abandon ship. .

What needs to happen is, the Republicans need to get back to were they were, the right and quit trying to be in the middle. Hard line conservatives is what we need. Sarah Palin is a good example of a good conservative Republican.

The Democraps got elected because everyone wants hand outs, the American people as a whole have gotten lazy.

[Fazak]

As long as the people continue to vote either Democrat or Republican, they'll never have a government which represents them.

That's been made so clear by bi-partisan support for the bailout bill that it's amazing that there's anyone who can't see it.

Washington D.C. is a big club,...and you ain't in it.

[Dee]

As long as the people continue to vote either Democrat or Republican, they'll never have a government which represents them.

That's been made so clear by bi-partisan support for the bailout bill that it's amazing that there's anyone who can't see it.

Washington D.C. is a big club,...and you ain't in it.

I would certainly agree with all that.

[SHOOTALL]

me too !

[Troyboy]

I'm not a republican or a democrat. I'm a free thinker and vote for who the best man is. Rep or dem they are a bunch of elitest fatcats. I did vote Mccain to keep obama out. They all need voted out as they don't care about what is best for Amercia. They only care about two things MONEY POWER

[45-70.gov]

well   troy

i  wish  you  were a republican
then  matbe  you could  help keep  mccain  and  the 
liberal   republicans  out

99.99%  of  the  time it  will  be a republican  or a democrat
mostly  a democrat  wants your gun  and  rebuplican  don't care

join  a  party  and  you get  2  votes......[unless  your already  in  an  open primary state]

[Dee]

Troyboy I agree with you. It seems I was catching much flak prior to the election for NOT voting McCain. Now AFTER the election one of the chief "flak producers" is wanting you to join up and help keep the likes of McCain OUT. How strange.
Such thinking processes is the reason we are where we are. Constant horse trading, in the middle of the canal.

[45-70.gov]

Dee  has more  in common  with me  than he  will  ever  admit and i  have  learned from  him

we  just disagree  on  how  to acheive  the  same  outcome and  evaluated   the  hand we are delt

[SHOOTALL]

people vote for what they can get not who will do the best job !
as long as they can vote themselves freebies it won't change even if we had 10 parties !