Sorry, buddy, but you lost me on that one. If you think we can compromise on abortion, gay marriage, illegal immigration, stem cell research, and any other social issues….FORGET IT!!!!
You are way off base and barking up the wrong tree.
You are making the same mistake that McCain made when he came out in favor of catering to Mexican vote on illegal immigration and to the liberals on global warming.
Your “We are Repubican’s because….” is a middle of the road compromise to moderate Repubicans who think that the only way we can win elections is to compromise on social issues.

The base of the republican party ARE THE SOCIAL ISSUE REPUBLICANS

NO COMPROMISE ON ABORTION!!!

Your

I’m not calling for the Republican Party to be less conservative. I’m calling for the republican Party to do exactly what you called for in this part:

“Domestic policy issues like smaller government, free market capitalism, decreasing spending, lower taxes and defending Constitutional rights (like the right to keep and bear arms) should be the backbone of the Republican Party. These are the things that should be a requirement to be a Republican. Social issues like abortion and gay marriage, those things we can compromise on.”

This is the core of what I’m fighting for on the site. Check out our “Where We Stand” page. It’s exactly what you called for in this message.

I came to the Republican party because of the pledge you have posted on this page.

If you think we’re going in the wrong direction on the site, let us know. Write an article for us. Our only guidelines are the issues on the “Where We Stand” page.

I’d happy to stick around and refute what y’all are saying about the 2008 campaign. But, suffice it to say, I don’t think it was Mccain’s “Moderation” that lost the race. (1) America was tired of Republicans after the Bush years and wanted something different (2) Obama ran a slick campaign, (3) McCain’s campaign was a mess. If you recall, he barely made it through the primaries. It wasn’t ideology that won or lost the race. It was good old fashioned bad politics.

If John McCain wasn’t a sufficiently moderate leading candidate for that year to upset that applecart, who in the world would be? Seriously. Just answer that one question.

In 2008, the Republicans tried taking the moderate route, watering themselves down and equivocating. More so than any other election year in my lifetime, certainly. That experiment turned out to be a failure. Period, full stop, case closed.

Only morons are anarchists. Laws and order didn’t form by accident, there will always be some form of government. You can have Switzerland or Somalia. Your choice.

Hehe, “Dick Armey”…

“If something is so true you have to be an idiot to fail to see it, it shouldn’t be necessary to get the word out about it each & every single time something contrary has been stated.” -MKF

Amen! And yet, we still had eight years of the Cheney administration. Go figure. Maybe it’s that some things are so obvious that they are hard to see. Take Pres. Obama; He spent two and a half years telling everyone he met that he intended to “finish the job” in Af/Pak. True story, it’s prolly on YouTube. But as soon as he tries to keep his campaign pledge, BOOM! Mikey MooreBurgers is on DailyKos wailing about the cruel, cruel butthurt he’s suffering as a result of the guy he voted for actually doing what he said he was going to do. Reagan raised taxes 5 out of the 8 years he was in office, and did things to the national debt that would make a kleptomaniac blush with shame. He’s known in some parts these days as an anti-tax (hah!) crusader, and a fiscal hawk.

What’s the commonality here? Magical Thinking! “I like Person A, and I’d like to see Policy B enacted, therefore Person A supports Policy B”. It’s the same sort of squishy logic that causes things like Cassy’s post above, and political parties in general: “I like these policies; my party has pursued these policies diligently for years, and gotten it’s ass handed to it on a plate as a result; Ergo, my party has not pursued these policies ENOUGH. If we just double down on this busted inside-straight, everything will be cool.”

It’s not like I’m all that invested in the thing, anyway. I’m a radical techno-anarchist, and I’m looking forward to the day when the Nanny-Staters and the Galtians are all fighting it out over canned food and antibiotics in the burned-out shells of WalMart Superstores. I figure I get a Coleman stove, and some heavy firepower, and I’m good to go.

People; The Other White Meat. Yum >;)

But they need to understand that if they want my vote again they will have to present candidates I can vote for.

I am done with voting for Nota S. Badas.

I’m not going to hear any more “you Republicans were in office for …. and we still have the ….”

If we are going to have big, spend to oblivion, sell out to enemies government, I’m going to help insure they all sign with (D- after their names.

If I have the gasoline to drive the 24 miles to vote.

No, I did not suggest you learn anything about Reagan in my post, not sure where you pulled that one from. I said you should learn grammar and punctuation before you call other people illiterate, and fozzy is not a proper name.

Now who has the dumber handle you ask? Mine is a favourite character from a classic TV show. Your name is from Everquest.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You’re kidding right? Your cool name is from a Dungeons and Dragons name generator? OK, from now on I’ll call myself Davril Dragonsoul. Now I’m awesome.

It’s true, I’m an asshole. No, I’m not a bigot. I detest all human beings equally. You gotta admit the “South Tumbleweed” thing was kinda funny, though.

I’ve never had the pleasure of perusing the work of Strunk & Whyte. I’ve been too busy smoking pot, and bad-mouthing my country, fer all that thar book-learnin’. (another f%#$ing hyphen I’ll never see a dime for…)

I was serious about enjoying the blog, too. Cassy and I have a great many (ok, three) common interests: guns, tits, & ranting about politics on the InterTubez. Plus, she’s dating? married to? a Marine, so she’s gotta have some redeeming qualities, ya know?

Anyways, I will try to learn more about Rainbow Fantasy Reagan & His Band of Merry Supply-Siders, as you suggest (godamit, just typing those hyphens makes me feel like I’m gettin’ ripped off now. Frakkin’ Socialists…)

Question for the thread:
Which handle is dumber?

fozzy, from the Muppet Show, I’m guessing (capitalize proper names, dude! Jeebus, what would Strunk & Whyte say…)

or

Kordo, an old name i dug up out of Everquest’s Fantasy Name Generator. I was gonna go with “Neelazarybian”, but frankly it was a bit too LARP-ish for my tastes…

Discuss! =;)