tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079623.post2198600265013577527..comments2023-04-20T23:23:08.705-07:00Comments on NeoMugwump: The GOP Purity ExperimentDennis Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06115504318620722199noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079623.post-84700575993323914472009-04-29T18:08:00.000-07:002009-04-29T18:08:00.000-07:00I call horse-hockey here on several points.
1 - Th...I call horse-hockey here on several points.<br />1 - The Club for Growth simply is in existence to try to elect fiscal conservatives and/or keep republicans from acting like Democrats fiscally, when Republicans eschew free-market positions they are generally perceived well by voters.<br />2 - I debunk your entire notion that ridding the party of liberals (who are simply democrats with an 'R' by their name) will not help the party, Reagan come to mind? Near ideologica purity sure worked for him<br />3 - Democrats are always ideologically pure, they never stray from big-labor, abortion rights, enviromental issues, and a host of other hot button voter groups. They don't do as McCain made a career out of and become 'maverick', ie. giving a big 'f' you to their base.....Left Coast Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292257205859285528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21079623.post-24493009637831329222009-04-28T20:35:00.000-07:002009-04-28T20:35:00.000-07:00There's a good article in the Moderate Voice by El...There's a good article <A HREF="http://themoderatevoice.com/30329/knee-capping-why-the-club-for-growth-does-it-and-why-it-will-never-work/" REL="nofollow">in the Moderate Voice by Elrod</A> about how the knee-capping by the Club for Greed hurts the Republicans... <br /><br />I've been mentioning it for years: the constant push by the wingnuts to purge us so-called RINOs (why are the sane and sensible ones being called "In Name Only"? Who gave Norquist, Rush and their ilk the God-given power to label people like that?) is going to reduce party rolls until the Republicans won't have enough voters to secure local elections for dog catcher. Just look at the 200,000 Pennsylvanian voters who dropped out from 2004 to 08. Just look at the polling that shows 21 percent (!!!) of voters consider themselves Republicans.<br /><br />Until the GOP leadership shrinks down to barely fit a Denny's banquet hall will any of them sit up and take notice. By then, who knows? Maybe the Reform Party will make a comeback.Paul Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13092023794397583036noreply@blogger.com